Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Francis	lbw b Dye	27	-	-	-	-	-
Ross Edwards	c Cottam b Willey	18	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Chappell (c)	b Willey	5	-	-	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	c Crump b Bedi	37	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Marsh	c Willey b Crump	42	-	-	-	-	-
John Inverarity	c Cottam b Bedi	14	-	-	-	-	-
David Colley	b Willey	1	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Taber †	c & b Bedi	28	-	-	-	-	-
John Gleeson	lbw b Bedi	5	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Massie	not out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Lillee	c Cottam b Bedi	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 2, w 1)	11
Total	68 Ov (RR: 2.80)	191
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-50, 3-50, 4-104, 5-140, 6-141, 7-158, 8-175, 9-191, 10-191

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Cottam	12	5	27	0	2.25	-	-	-
John Dye	14	3	42	1	3.00	-	-	-
Peter Willey	18	3	47	3	2.61	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	17	3	57	5	3.35	-	-	-
Brian Crump	7	3	7	1	1.00	-	-	-

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alan Tait	b Massie	0	-	-	-	-	-
Geoff Cook	st †Taber b Gleeson	62	-	-	-	-	-
David Steele	lbw b Massie	19	-	-	-	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	88	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Watts (c)	lbw b Gleeson	0	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Crump	lbw b Watson	3	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Willey	lbw b Watson	8	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cottam	st †Marsh b Gleeson	0	-	-	-	-	-
Laurence Johnson †	b Watson	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	b Watson	4	-	-	-	-	-
John Dye	b Watson	4	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 19, w 1)	22
Total	70 Ov (RR: 3.00)	210
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-53, 3-142, 4-142, 5-149, 6-171, 7-178, 8-191, 9-195, 10-210

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Massie	24	10	50	2	2.08	-	-	-
Dennis Lillee	12	2	35	0	2.91	-	-	-
David Colley	9	2	29	0	3.22	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	14	3	36	5	2.57	-	-	-
John Gleeson	11	1	38	3	3.45	-	-	-

Australians 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Francis	b Dye	9	-	-	-	-	-
Ross Edwards	c Cook b Dye	8	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Chappell (c)	run out	31	-	-	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	hit wicket b Bedi	52	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Marsh	c †Johnson b Bedi	0	-	-	-	-	-
John Inverarity	lbw b Dye	6	-	-	-	-	-
David Colley	c †Johnson b Bedi	16	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Taber †	st †Johnson b Bedi	3	-	-	-	-	-
John Gleeson	b Willey	11	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Lillee	not out	1	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Massie	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 5)	6
Total	54.3 Ov (RR: 2.62)	143
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-18, 3-99, 4-103, 5-104, 6-124, 7-128, 8-141, 9-143

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Cottam	8	1	32	0	4.00	-	-	-
John Dye	13	6	25	3	1.92	-	-	-
Peter Willey	13.3	5	27	1	2.00	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	20	6	53	4	2.65	-	-	-

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 125 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Steele	not out	60	-	-	-	-	-
Geoff Cook	c Chappell b Gleeson	24	-	-	-	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Marsh b Lillee	30	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Crump	run out	1	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Watts (c)	not out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 1, nb 6)	7
Total	32.5 Ov (RR: 3.80)	125/3
Did not bat: Alan Tait, Peter Willey, Bob Cottam, Laurence Johnson †, Bishan Bedi, John Dye
Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-103, 3-104

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	7	0	25	1	3.57	-	-	-
David Colley	6.5	2	27	0	3.95	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	4	0	11	0	2.75	-	-	-
John Gleeson	9	4	26	1	2.88	-	-	-
John Inverarity	6	0	29	0	4.83	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 05 Aug - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 89/2 (Geoff Cook 38*, Mushtaq Mohammad 19*)

Sun, 06 Aug - rest day

Mon, 07 Aug - day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 143

Tue, 08 Aug - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 125/3 (32.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1972
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Eddie Phillipson John Arnold