England vs Australia, 1st ODI at Manchester, Aug 24 1972 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st ODI, Manchester, August 24, 1972, Australia tour of England and Scotland
Australia (55 ovs maximum)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c D'Oliveira b Greig | 37 | 62 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 59.67 | |||
| b Arnold | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Woolmer | 53 | 75 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 70.66 | |||
| b Woolmer | 40 | 66 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 60.60 | |||
| run out | 57 | 84 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 67.85 | |||
| b Arnold | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| lbw b Woolmer | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| c Close b Snow | 11 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 64.70 | |||
| not out | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 3, nb 5) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 55 Ov (RR: 4.03) | 222/8 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
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 | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 3.45 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 4.54 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 3.30 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4.11 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
England (T: 223 runs from 55 ovs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Marsh b Watson | 25 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 65.78 | |||
| b Watson | 103 | 134 | 161 | 9 | 0 | 76.86 | |||
| b Massie | 60 | 76 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 78.94 | |||
| run out | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| not out | 25 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 60.97 | |||
| not out | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6) | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 49.1 Ov (RR: 4.59) | 226/4 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
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 | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 4.45 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 4.45 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 3.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 3.90 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6.46 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Match Flow
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)
Match Details
GroundOld Trafford, Manchester
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Season1972
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultEngland led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberODI no. 2
Match daysday (55-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires