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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th January 1972 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | World XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | World XI won by 96 runs |
| Umpires | JR Collins, MG O'Connell |
| Scorers | BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (World XI) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 58/1 (IM Chappell 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | World XI (2) 42/1 (Gavaskar 12*, Zaheer Abbas 21*) |
| Close of play day 3 | World XI (2) 344/7 (Sobers 139*, PM Pollock 9*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 139/3 (Benaud 34*, Walters 2*) |
| World XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HM Ackerman | b Lillee | 0 | |||||
| SM Gavaskar | c GS Chappell b Lillee | 38 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | c Stackpole b Massie | 4 | |||||
| RG Pollock | c Marsh b Lillee | 8 | |||||
| *GS Sobers | c Stackpole b Lillee | 0 | |||||
| AW Greig | c Benaud b Massie | 66 | |||||
| +FM Engineer | c Marsh b Lillee | 5 | |||||
| Intikhab Alam | lbw b Jenner | 38 | |||||
| PM Pollock | lbw b Jenner | 3 | |||||
| N Gifford | not out | 0 | |||||
| BS Bedi | run out (Massie->Walters) | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 256 minutes, 49.3 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-11, 3-26, 4-26, 5-105, 6-117, 7-151, 8-160, 9-177, 10-184 (49.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 16.3 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Massie | 14 | 3 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watson | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jenner | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KR Stackpole | c Ackerman b Greig | 32 | |||||
| GD Watson | c RG Pollock b Greig | 16 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | b PM Pollock | 21 | |||||
| J Benaud | lbw b Intikhab Alam | 24 | |||||
| GS Chappell | not out | 115 | |||||
| KD Walters | b Greig | 16 | |||||
| +RW Marsh | b Greig | 4 | |||||
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam | 1 | |||||
| TJ Jenner | c Engineer b Sobers | 19 | |||||
| RAL Massie | c Engineer b Sobers | 34 | |||||
| DK Lillee | c Bedi b Sobers | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 363 minutes, 71.6 overs) | 285 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-58, 2-58, 3-78, 4-104, 5-133, 6-141, 7-146, 8-188, 9-285, 10-285 (71.6 ov) | |||||||
| World XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| PM Pollock | 19 | 2 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 14.6 | 0 | 67 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greig | 16 | 4 | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Intikhab Alam | 12 | 0 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bedi | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gifford | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| World XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HM Ackerman | c Stackpole b Lillee | 9 | |||||
| SM Gavaskar | c IM Chappell b Jenner | 27 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | c IM Chappell b Lillee | 86 | |||||
| RG Pollock | b Massie | 28 | |||||
| *GS Sobers | c Walters b GS Chappell | 254 | |||||
| AW Greig | c and b Jenner | 3 | |||||
| +FM Engineer | b Lillee | 14 | |||||
| Intikhab Alam | lbw b Watson | 15 | |||||
| PM Pollock | c O'Keeffe b Jenner | 54 | |||||
| N Gifford | not out | 4 | |||||
| BS Bedi | c Massie b Jenner | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (13 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 598 minutes, 124.3 overs) | 514 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-87, 3-146, 4-177, 5-214, 6-248, 7-319, 8-505, 9-505, 10-514 (124.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 30 | 3 | 133 | 3 | - | - | |
| Massie | 25 | 4 | 95 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Walters | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watson | 16 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jenner | 20.3 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 27 | 5 | 121 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stackpole | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KR Stackpole | c Engineer b Greig | 24 | |||||
| GD Watson | retired hurt | 21 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | run out (Intikhab Alam->Engineer) | 41 | |||||
| J Benaud | c Sobers b Intikhab Alam | 42 | |||||
| GS Chappell | c Sobers b Bedi | 12 | |||||
| KD Walters | c sub (RS Cunis) b Bedi | 127 | |||||
| +RW Marsh | lbw b Bedi | 0 | |||||
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Sobers b Intikhab Alam | 1 | |||||
| TJ Jenner | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 12 | |||||
| RAL Massie | c and b Intikhab Alam | 23 | |||||
| DK Lillee | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 328 minutes, 76 overs) | 317 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-117, 3-133, 4-157, 5-158, 6-163, 7-201, 8-313, 9-317 (76 ov) | |||||||
| World XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Greig | 14 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| PM Pollock | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 8 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gifford | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedi | 24 | 4 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Intikhab Alam | 24 | 5 | 83 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 5 Lunch: Australia (2) ?/? (Walters 104*, [unknown] ?*)
--> RAL Massie (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> RAL Massie made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> J Benaud made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> BS Bedi reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> GD Watson retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 4 (team score 7/0) - he returned when the score was 58/1
--> GD Watson retired hurt in the Australia second innings having scored 21 (team score 56/1)
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