- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras10 (b 2, lb 3, nb 5)TOTAL222/8 (55 Overs, RR: 4.03)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Graeme Watson), 2-66 (Keith Stackpole), 3-125 (Ian Chappell), 4-156 (Greg Chappell), 5-167 (Paul Sheahan), 6-170 (Doug Walters), 7-205 (Rod Marsh), 8-222 (Ross Edwards)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JA Snow 11 1 33 1 3.00 0 0 GG Arnold 11 0 38 2 3.45 0 0 AW Greig 11 0 50 1 4.54 0 0 RA Woolmer 10 1 33 3 3.30 0 0 BL D'Oliveira 9 1 37 0 4.11 0 0 DB Close 3 0 21 0 7.00 0 0
24/08Result
1st ODI, Australia tour of England and Scotland at Manchester, Aug 24 1972
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![England]( "England")
226/4 (49.1/55 ov)
Player of the Match
24/08Result
1st ODI, Australia tour of England and Scotland at Manchester, Aug 24 1972
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![England]( "England")
226/4 (49.1/55 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (b 1, lb 6)TOTAL226/4 (49.1 Overs, RR: 4.59)Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Geoff Boycott), 2-173 (Keith Fletcher), 3-174 (Brian Close), 4-215 (Dennis Amiss)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DK Lillee 11 2 49 0 4.45 0 0 RAL Massie 11 1 49 1 4.45 0 0 GD Watson 8 1 28 2 3.50 0 0 AA Mallett 11 1 43 0 3.90 0 0 GS Chappell 3 0 20 0 6.66 0 0 KD Walters 3 1 16 0 5.33 0 0 KR Stackpole 2.1 0 14 0 6.46 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
24 August 1972 (55-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
Match Notes
- Amiss (134 balls, 161 minutes, 9 fours) completed the first century at this level off 130 balls in the 46th over. He shared the first hundred partnership with Fletcher, the pair addind 125 in 86 minutes (26.4 overs)
Australia tour of England and Scotland 1972 News
Bobby's day out
Forty-odd years ago, Australia went into a Lord's Test as underdogs, one down in the series, and came out smelling of roses
Boycott on a black pudding
In 1972, on a surface utterly ruined by rain, the England opener played an innings wholly uncharacteristic of his usual batting
Massie's mystery, Lillee's menace
In the Ashes series of 1972 the weather was hostile, the pitches indifferent and crowds at Old Trafford and Headingley stayed away
