Victoria v World XI at Melbourne, 5-8 Nov 1971

World XI in Australia, 1971/72
Victoria v World XI
Melbourne Cricket Ground
5,6,7,8 November 1971 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: JR Collins and WJ Smyth
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: World XI 156, Victoria 79/3 (Redpath 27*, Sheahan 7*) Day 2: Victoria 218/5 (Sieler 46*, Bedford 26*) Day 3: No play World XI 1st innings HM Ackerman b Duncan 9 SM Gavaskar c Redpath b Duncan 30 Zaheer Abbas c Robinson b Sieler 32 CH Lloyd c Lawry b Bedford 41 RA Hutton c Lawry b Sieler 6 *GS Sobers retired hurt 7 AW Greig c Thomson b Sieler 2 +FM Engineer c Stackpole b Bedford 0 Intikhab Alam c Robinson b Bedford 0 N Gifford b Thomson 19 RS Cunis not out 6 Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 2) 4 Total (all out, 48.3 overs, 206 mins) 156 FoW: 1-37, 2-53, 3-93, 4-121, 5-127, 6-131, 7-131, 8-133, 9-156. Bowling O M R W Thomson 8.3 2 39 1 (2nb) Duncan 8 1 34 2 (1w) Walker 3 0 16 0 Sieler 13 4 21 3 Bedford 13 4 37 3 Stackpole 3 0 5 0 Victoria 1st innings KR Stackpole c Engineer b Greig 7 *WM Lawry b Intikhab Alam 32 KH Eastwood c Gavaskar b Greig 2 IR Redpath c Gifford b Greig 31 AP Sheahan c Engineer b Intikhab Alam 67 AJ Sieler not out 46 PLA Bedford not out 26 Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 7 Total (5 wickets, 61 overs, 318 mins) 218 DNB: +RD Robinson, MHN Walker, JRF Duncan, AL Thomson. FoW: 1-8, 2-12, 3-61, 4-88, 5-171. Bowling O M R W Cunis 9 2 24 0 (2nb) Greig 12 3 36 3 Hutton 13 0 55 0 (1w) Intikhab Alam 15 2 51 2 Gifford 12 2 45 0 12th Men: WJ Scholes (Vic) and Asif Masood (World) GS Sobers (1) retired hurt at 131/5 Crowds: 7362, 9813, no play, no play. Total: 17,175. Receipts: $8,168