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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th, 30th December 1972, 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1973 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 92 runs |
| Umpires | JR Collins, PR Enright |
| Scorers | BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (Pakistan) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 349/4 (GS Chappell 71*, Marsh 27*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Pakistan (1) 292/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 125*, Majid Khan 92*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 47/1 (Sheahan 27*, Benaud 11*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 416/8 (Walker 10*, Thomson 15*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Redpath | c Saeed Ahmed b Intikhab Alam | 135 | 204 | 277 | 14 | - | |
| AP Sheahan | run out | 23 | 46 | 72 | 2 | - | |
| *IM Chappell | c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz | 66 | 105 | 130 | 11 | - | |
| GS Chappell | not out | 116 | 204 | 230 | 12 | - | |
| J Benaud | c Sarfraz Nawaz b Intikhab Alam | 13 | 40 | 30 | - | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz | 74 | 83 | 125 | 11 | - | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| MHN Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Lillee | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 7 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 434 minutes, 85.5 overs) | 441 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60 (Sheahan), 2-183 (IM Chappell), 3-273 (Redpath), 4-295 (Benaud), 5-441 (Marsh, 85.5 ov) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Asif Masood | 17 | 0 | 97 | 0 | - | - | |
| Saleem Altaf | 9 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 22.5 | 4 | 100 | 2 | - | - | |
| Intikhab Alam | 16 | 0 | 101 | 2 | - | - | |
| Majid Khan | 21 | 2 | 80 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pakistan first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Sadiq Mohammad | lbw b Lillee | 137 | 261 | 313 | 15 | - | |
| Saeed Ahmed | c GS Chappell b Walker | 50 | 73 | 95 | 8 | - | |
| Zaheer Abbas | run out | 51 | 55 | 72 | 5 | - | |
| Majid Khan | c Marsh b Walker | 158 | 276 | 303 | 18 | - | |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | c Marsh b O'Keeffe | 60 | 157 | 133 | 5 | - | |
| Asif Iqbal | c Lillee b Mallett | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| *Intikhab Alam | c Sheahan b Mallett | 68 | 126 | 141 | 6 | - | |
| +Wasim Bari | b Mallett | 7 | 18 | 16 | - | - | |
| Saleem Altaf | not out | 13 | 28 | 32 | - | - | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | not out | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |
| Asif Masood | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 566 minutes, 124.6 overs) | 574 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-128 (Zaheer Abbas), 2-323 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-395 (Saeed Ahmed), 4-416 (Majid Khan), 5-429 (Asif Iqbal), 6-519 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 7-541 (Wasim Bari), 8-572 (Intikhab Alam) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 16.6 | 1 | 90 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 17 | 1 | 100 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 24 | 1 | 112 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 38 | 4 | 124 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 23 | 1 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| IM Chappell | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Redpath | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Redpath | c Wasim Bari b Saleem Altaf | 6 | 13 | 26 | - | - | |
| AP Sheahan | c Sarfraz Nawaz b Asif Masood | 127 | 207 | 275 | 12 | - | |
| J Benaud | c Wasim Bari b Saleem Altaf | 142 | 207 | 211 | 18 | 2 | |
| *IM Chappell | st Wasim Bari b Majid Khan | 9 | 36 | 48 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | run out | 62 | 80 | 108 | 7 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Asif Iqbal b Asif Masood | 3 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | b Sarfraz Nawaz | 24 | 70 | 110 | 2 | - | |
| AA Mallett | c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz | 8 | 20 | 16 | - | - | |
| MHN Walker | run out | 11 | 22 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| JR Thomson | not out | 19 | 30 | 39 | 3 | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Mushtaq Mohammad b Intikhab Alam | 2 | 24 | 18 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 9 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 446 minutes, 87.6 overs) | 425 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Redpath), 2-251 (Benaud), 3-288 (Sheahan), 4-298 (IM Chappell), 5-305 (Marsh), 6-375 (GS Chappell), 7-391 (Mallett), 8-392 (O'Keeffe), 9-418 (Walker), 10-425 (Lillee, 87.6 ov) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 22 | 2 | 99 | 2 | - | - | |
| Saleem Altaf | 14 | 0 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Asif Masood | 12 | 0 | 100 | 2 | - | - | |
| Intikhab Alam | 15.6 | 3 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Majid Khan | 17 | 1 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pakistan second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Sadiq Mohammad | c Marsh b Walker | 5 | 16 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| Saeed Ahmed | c Mallett b Lillee | 6 | 8 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| Zaheer Abbas | run out | 25 | 49 | 85 | - | - | |
| Majid Khan | c Marsh b Lillee | 47 | 89 | 87 | 6 | - | |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | run out | 13 | 38 | 54 | - | - | |
| Asif Iqbal | c Redpath b Walker | 37 | 54 | 63 | 3 | - | |
| *Intikhab Alam | c IM Chappell b Mallett | 48 | 126 | 107 | 11 | - | |
| +Wasim Bari | b Walker | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| Saleem Altaf | b O'Keeffe | 10 | 50 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | run out | 8 | 26 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| Asif Masood | not out | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 265 minutes, 57.5 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Saeed Ahmed), 2-15 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-80 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-83 (Majid Khan), 5-128 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 6-138 (Asif Iqbal), 7-138 (Wasim Bari), 8-161 (Saleem Altaf), 9-181 (Sarfraz Nawaz), 10-200 (Intikhab Alam, 57.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 11 | 1 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walker | 14 | 3 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 17.5 | 3 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 9 | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| IM Chappell | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MHN Walker made his debut in Test matches
--> JR Thomson made his debut in Test matches
--> Saeed Ahmed made his last appearance in Test matches
--> IR Redpath (1) 50 in 100 balls
--> IR Redpath (1) 100 in 179 balls, 250 minutes
--> IR Redpath (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 71 balls
--> GS Chappell (1) 50 in 119 balls
--> GS Chappell (1) 100 in 189 balls, 212 minutes with 9 fours
--> RW Marsh (1) 50 in 78 balls
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) 50 in 58 balls
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in Test matches
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) 100 in 189 balls, 239 minutes with 12 fours
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 81
--> Saeed Ahmed (1) 50 in 66 balls with 8 fours
--> Zaheer Abbas (1) 50 in 50 balls with 5 fours
--> Majid Khan (1) 50 in 95 balls, 115 minutes
--> Majid Khan (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in Test matches
--> Majid Khan (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> Majid Khan (1) 100 in 184 balls, 197 minutes with 12 fours
--> Majid Khan (1) 150 in 264 balls with 18 fours
--> Majid Khan (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 87
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (1) 50 in 119 balls
--> Intikhab Alam (1) 50 in 89 balls
--> Intikhab Alam (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Test matches
--> Intikhab Alam (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> AP Sheahan (2) 50 in 100 balls
--> AP Sheahan (2) 100 in 190 balls, 251 minutes with 8 fours
--> AP Sheahan (2) passed his previous highest score of 114 in Test matches
--> AP Sheahan (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 82
--> GS Chappell (2) 50 in 73 balls
--> J Benaud (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Test matches
--> J Benaud (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> J Benaud (2) 50 in 77 balls
--> J Benaud (2) 100 in 147 balls, 148 minutes with 12 fours and 2 sixes
--> J Benaud (2) passed his previous highest score of 134 in First-Class matches
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 17
--> Intikhab Alam (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 36
--> JR Thomson made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> MHN Walker made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> Sarfraz Nawaz made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DK Lillee reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed Sadiq Mohammad, his 1st wicket in the Pakistan first innings
--> Saeed Ahmed retired hurt in the Pakistan first innings having scored 18 (team score 31/0) - he returned when the score was 323/2
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