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| Venue | Headingley, Leeds on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1972 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | DJ Constant, CS Elliott |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 43/0 (Luckhurst 18*, Edrich 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 252/9 (Illingworth 54*, Arnold 0*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KR Stackpole | c Knott b Underwood | 52 | 119 | 121 | 6 | - | |
| R Edwards | c Knott b Snow | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| *IM Chappell | c and b Illingworth | 26 | 126 | 162 | 2 | - | |
| GS Chappell | lbw b Underwood | 12 | 46 | 44 | 1 | - | |
| AP Sheahan | c Illingworth b Underwood | 0 | 29 | 32 | - | - | |
| KD Walters | b Illingworth | 4 | 16 | 13 | - | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Illingworth b Underwood | 1 | 11 | 12 | - | - | |
| RJ Inverarity | not out | 26 | 87 | 89 | 3 | - | |
| AA Mallett | lbw b Snow | 20 | 77 | 78 | 3 | - | |
| RAL Massie | b Arnold | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Greig b Arnold | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 3 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.5 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Edwards), 2-79 (Stackpole), 3-93 (GS Chappell), 4-93 (IM Chappell), 5-97 (Walters), 6-98 (Marsh), 7-98 (Sheahan), 8-145 (Mallett), 9-146 (Massie), 10-146 (Lillee, 86.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arnold | 9.5 | 2 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Snow | 13 | 5 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greig | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 21 | 11 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 31 | 16 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| D'Oliveira | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BW Luckhurst | c GS Chappell b Mallett | 18 | 53 | 65 | 4 | - | |
| JH Edrich | c IM Chappell b Mallett | 45 | 101 | 129 | 7 | - | |
| PH Parfitt | c Marsh b Lillee | 2 | 21 | 19 | - | - | |
| KWR Fletcher | lbw b Mallett | 5 | 21 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| BL D'Oliveira | b Mallett | 12 | 44 | 53 | 1 | - | |
| AW Greig | c GS Chappell b Inverarity | 24 | 88 | 85 | 2 | 1 | |
| +APE Knott | st Marsh b Mallett | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| *R Illingworth | lbw b Lillee | 57 | 252 | 276 | 3 | 2 | |
| JA Snow | st Marsh b Inverarity | 48 | 155 | 177 | 6 | - | |
| DL Underwood | c IM Chappell b Inverarity | 5 | 20 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| GG Arnold | not out | 1 | 30 | 29 | - | - | |
| Extras | (19 b, 15 lb, 8 nb, 4 w) | 46 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 130.1 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43 (Luckhurst), 2-52 (Parfitt), 3-66 (Fletcher), 4-76 (Edrich), 5-108 (D'Oliveira), 6-108 (Knott), 7-128 (Greig), 8-232 (Snow), 9-246 (Underwood), 10-263 (Illingworth, 130.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 26.1 | 10 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Massie | 14 | 4 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 52 | 20 | 114 | 5 | - | - | |
| Inverarity | 33 | 19 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| IM Chappell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KR Stackpole | lbw b Underwood | 28 | 61 | 76 | 4 | - | |
| R Edwards | c Knott b Arnold | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| *IM Chappell | c Knott b Arnold | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | c D'Oliveira b Underwood | 13 | 26 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| AP Sheahan | not out | 41 | 135 | 154 | 4 | - | |
| KD Walters | c Parfitt b Underwood | 3 | 30 | 28 | - | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Knott b Underwood | 1 | 14 | 11 | - | - | |
| RJ Inverarity | c Illingworth b Underwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| AA Mallett | b Illingworth | 9 | 30 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| DK Lillee | b Underwood | 7 | 20 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| RAL Massie | b Illingworth | 18 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | |
| Extras | (12 lb, 4 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.1 overs) | 136 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Edwards), 2-7 (IM Chappell), 3-31 (GS Chappell), 4-51 (Stackpole), 5-63 (Walters), 6-69 (Marsh), 7-69 (Inverarity), 8-93 (Mallett), 9-111 (Lillee), 10-136 (Massie, 56.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arnold | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Snow | 10 | 2 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 21 | 6 | 45 | 6 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 19.1 | 5 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BW Luckhurst | not out | 12 | 37 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| JH Edrich | lbw b Lillee | 4 | 14 | 19 | - | - | |
| PH Parfitt | not out | 0 | 11 | 18 | - | - | |
| KWR Fletcher | did not bat | ||||||
| BL D'Oliveira | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Greig | did not bat | ||||||
| +APE Knott | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Snow | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| GG Arnold | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 10 overs) | 21 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Edrich) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> KR Stackpole (1) 50 in 102 balls, 119 minutes with 6 fours
--> AA Mallett (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> R Illingworth (1) 50 in 221 balls, 243 minutes
--> DL Underwood reached 1150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KR Stackpole, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> RJ Inverarity achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AW Greig in the England first innings (previous best was 0-3)
--> AA Mallett reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed BL D'Oliveira, his 4th wicket in the England first innings
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