3rd 'Test': Australia v World XI at Melbourne, 1-6 Jan 1972

World XI in Australia, 1971/72, 3rd Match
Australia v World XI
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,3,5,6 January 1972 (5-day match)

Result: World XI won by 96 runs
Series: 5-Match series level 1-1

Toss: World XI
Umpires: JR Collins and MG O'Connell
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: World XI 184, Australia 58/1 (IM Chappell 21*) Day 2: Australia 285, World XI 42/1 (Gavaskar 12*, Zaheer Abbas 21*) Day 3: World XI 344/7 (Sobers 139*, PM Pollock 9*) Day 4: World XI 514, Australia 139/3 (Benaud 34*, Walters 2*) World XI 1st innings 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 (b 5, lb 8, w 1, nb 1) 15 Total (all out, 49.3 overs, 256 mins) 184 FoW: 1-0, 2-11, 3-26, 4-26, 5-105, 6-117, 7-151, 8-160, 9-177, 10-184. Bowling O M R W Lillee 16.3 4 48 5 (1nb,1w) Massie 14 3 70 2 GS Chappell 10 2 17 0 Watson 3 1 10 0 Jenner 6 0 24 2 Australia 1st innings 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 (b 1, lb 2) 3 Total (all out, 71.6 overs, 363 mins) 285 FoW: 1-58, 2-58, 3-78, 4-104, 5-133, 6-141, 7-146, 8-188, 9-285, 10-285. Bowling O M R W 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 2nd innings 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 & 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 (lb 13, w 3, nb 1) 17 Total (all out, 124.3 overs, 598 mins) 514 FoW: 1-12, 2-87, 3-146, 4-177, 5-214, 6-248, 7-319, 8-505, 9-505, 10-514. Bowling O M R W Lillee 30 3 133 3 Massie 25 4 95 1 (2w) Walters 2 0 5 0 Watson 16 2 37 1 Jenner 20.3 5 87 4 (1w) O'Keeffe 27 5 121 0 Stackpole 1 0 7 0 GS Chappell 3 1 12 1 (1nb) Australia 2nd innings (target: 414 runs) 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 & b Intikhab Alam 23 DK Lillee not out 1 Extras (b 6, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) 13 Total (all out, 76 overs, 328 mins) 317 FoW: 1-35, 2-117, 3-133, 4-157, 5-158, 6-163, 7-201, 8-313, 9-317. Bowling O M R W Greig 14 1 71 1 (4nb,1w) 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 Crowds: 29873, 30812, 38179, 28473, 6301. Total: 133,638. Receipts: $103,026