RESULT

2nd Test, Lord's, June 22 - 26, 1972, Australia tour of England and Scotland

England

272 & 116

Australia

(T:81) 308 & 81/2

Australia won by 8 wickets

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	b Massie	11	29	47	0	0	37.93
John Edrich	lbw b Lillee	10	43	62	2	0	23.25
Brian Luckhurst	b Lillee	1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Mike Smith	b Massie	34	107	112	3	0	31.77
Basil D'Oliveira	lbw b Massie	32	49	72	5	0	65.30
Tony Greig	c †Marsh b Massie	54	117	152	4	0	46.15
Alan Knott †	c Colley b Massie	43	82	113	4	0	52.43
Ray Illingworth (c)	lbw b Massie	30	47	64	2	0	63.82
John Snow	b Massie	37	61	74	4	0	60.65
Norman Gifford	c †Marsh b Massie	3	20	25	0	0	15.00
John Price	not out	4	2	6	0	0	200.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 6, w 1)	13
TOTAL	91.5 Ov (RR: 2.96)	272
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Geoff Boycott), 2-23 (Brian Luckhurst), 3-28 (John Edrich), 4-84 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-97 (Mike Smith), 6-193 (Alan Knott), 7-200 (Tony Greig), 8-260 (Ray Illingworth), 9-265 (John Snow), 10-272 (Norman Gifford)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	28	3	90	2	3.21	-	-	-
Bob Massie	32.5	7	84	8	2.55	-	-	-
David Colley	16	2	42	0	2.62	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	6	1	18	0	3.00	-	-	-
John Gleeson	9	1	25	0	2.77	-	-	-

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole	c Gifford b Price	5	8	9	0	0	62.50
Bruce Francis	b Snow	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Ian Chappell (c)	c Smith b Snow	56	113	143	6	1	49.55
Greg Chappell	b D'Oliveira	131	303	373	14	0	43.23
Doug Walters	c Illingworth b Snow	1	8	5	0	0	12.50
Ross Edwards	c Smith b Illingworth	28	137	148	1	0	20.43
John Gleeson	c †Knott b Greig	1	24	32	0	0	4.16
Rod Marsh †	c Greig b Snow	50	68	74	6	2	73.52
David Colley	c Greig b Price	25	43	68	3	0	58.13
Bob Massie	c †Knott b Snow	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	not out	2	28	33	0	0	7.14
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2)	9
TOTAL	122.1 Ov (RR: 2.52)	308
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Bruce Francis), 2-7 (Keith Stackpole), 3-82 (Ian Chappell), 4-84 (Doug Walters), 5-190 (Ross Edwards), 6-212 (John Gleeson), 7-250 (Greg Chappell), 8-290 (Rod Marsh), 9-290 (Bob Massie), 10-308 (David Colley)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	32	13	57	5	1.78	-	-	-
John Price	26.1	5	87	2	3.32	-	-	-
Tony Greig	29	6	74	1	2.55	-	-	-
Basil D'Oliveira	17	5	48	1	2.82	-	-	-
Norman Gifford	11	4	20	0	1.81	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	7	2	13	1	1.85	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	b Lillee	6	12	17	1	0	50.00
John Edrich	c †Marsh b Massie	6	38	53	1	0	15.78
Brian Luckhurst	c †Marsh b Lillee	4	10	11	0	0	40.00
Mike Smith	c Edwards b Massie	30	99	157	2	0	30.30
Basil D'Oliveira	c GS Chappell b Massie	3	16	23	0	0	18.75
Tony Greig	c IM Chappell b Massie	3	11	15	0	0	27.27
Alan Knott †	c GS Chappell b Massie	12	26	24	2	0	46.15
Ray Illingworth (c)	c Stackpole b Massie	12	39	45	2	0	30.76
John Snow	c †Marsh b Massie	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Norman Gifford	not out	16	48	67	1	0	33.33
John Price	c GS Chappell b Massie	19	36	48	3	0	52.77
Extras	(nb 4, w 1)	5
TOTAL	55.2 Ov (RR: 2.09)	116
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Geoff Boycott), 2-16 (Brian Luckhurst), 3-18 (John Edrich), 4-25 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-31 (Tony Greig), 6-52 (Alan Knott), 7-74 (Ray Illingworth), 8-74 (John Snow), 9-81 (Mike Smith), 10-116 (John Price)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	21	6	50	2	2.38	-	-	-
Bob Massie	27.2	9	53	8	1.93	-	-	-
David Colley	7	1	8	0	1.14	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS (Target: 81 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole	not out	57	79	103	8	0	72.15
Bruce Francis	c †Knott b Price	9	25	32	1	0	36.00
Ian Chappell (c)	c Luckhurst b D'Oliveira	6	33	37	1	0	18.18
Greg Chappell	not out	7	24	29	0	0	29.16
Extras	(lb 2)	2
TOTAL	26.5 Ov (RR: 3.01)	81/2
Did not bat: Doug Walters, Ross Edwards, John Gleeson, Rod Marsh †, David Colley, Bob Massie, Dennis Lillee
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Bruce Francis), 2-51 (Ian Chappell)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	8	2	15	0	1.87	-	-	-
John Price	7	0	28	1	4.00	-	-	-
Tony Greig	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-
Basil D'Oliveira	8	3	14	1	1.75	-	-	-
Brian Luckhurst	0.5	0	5	0	6.00	-	-	-

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MATCH DETAILS

Lord's, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1972
Series result	5-match series level 1-1
Match number	Test no. 699
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Bob Massie Ross Edwards
Umpires	Arthur Fagg David Constant

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Thu, 22 Jun - day 1 - England 1st innings 249/7 (Ray Illingworth 23*, John Snow 28*)

Fri, 23 Jun - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 201/5 (Greg Chappell 105*, John Gleeson 0*)

Sat, 24 Jun - day 3 - England 2nd innings 86/9 (Norman Gifford 3*, John Price 2*)

Sun, 25 Jun - rest day

Mon, 26 Jun - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 81/2 (26.5 ov) - end of match

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
KR Stackpole	not out	57	79
BC Francis	caught	9	25
IM Chappell	caught	6	33
GS Chappell	not out	7	24
Extras	(lb 2)
Total	81(2 wkts; 26.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	8	2	15	0	1.87
JSE Price	7	0	28	1	4
AW Greig	3	0	17	0	5.66
BL D'Oliveira	8	3	14	1	1.75
BW Luckhurst	0.5	0	5	0	6

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	20	Keith Stackpole	Bruce Francis
2nd	31	Ian Chappell	Keith Stackpole
3rd	30	Keith Stackpole	Greg Chappell

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