Australia vs Pakistan, 1st Test at Adelaide, Dec 22 1972 - Match Result

RESULT

1st Test, Adelaide, December 22 - 27, 1972, Pakistan tour of Australia

257 & 214

585

Australia won by an innings and 114 runs

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Scorecard summary

Pakistan • 257/9(75.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

72 ()

4/49 (20.3)

64 ()

4/70 (24)

Australia • 585/10(110.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

196 (243)

3/110 (19)

118 (123)

Mushtaq Mohammad

3/67 (11.2)

Pakistan • 214/10(65.6 overs)

2nd INNINGS

81 ()

8/59 (23.6)

39 ()

1/44 (14)

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Match details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Pakistan, elected to bat first
Series	Pakistan tour of Australia
Season	1972/73
Series result	Australia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 704
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	John Benaud Talat Ali
Umpires	Max O'Connell Norman Townsend

Match Coverage

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Pakistan Innings

Player Name		R	B
Sadiq Mohammad	caught	81
Saeed Ahmed	lbw	39
Zaheer Abbas	caught	0
Majid Khan	caught	11
Mushtaq Mohammad	lbw	32	81
Asif Iqbal	caught	0	1
Intikhab Alam	caught	30	75
Wasim Bari	caught	0	1
Saleem Altaf	not out	9
Asif Masood	caught	1
Talat Ali	caught	0
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 3, w 1)
Total	214(10 wkts; 65.6 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	88	Saeed Ahmed	Sadiq Mohammad
2nd	1	Sadiq Mohammad	Zaheer Abbas
3rd	22	Majid Khan	Sadiq Mohammad
4th	51	Mushtaq Mohammad	Sadiq Mohammad
5th	0	Mushtaq Mohammad	Asif Iqbal
6th	20	Mushtaq Mohammad	Intikhab Alam
7th	0	Intikhab Alam	Wasim Bari
8th	29	Intikhab Alam	Saleem Altaf
9th	3	Saleem Altaf	Asif Masood
10th	0	Saleem Altaf	Talat Ali

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