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Wednesday, December 27, 1972

1st TEST: Australia v Pakistan at Adelaide, 22-27 Dec 1972

Test # 704 (708/7)
Australia v Pakistan, 1972/73, 1st Test
Adelaide Oval
22,23,24,26,27 December 1972 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 114 runs
Australia leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Pakistan
Umpires: MG O'Connell and NE Townsend
Test Debuts: J Benaud (Aus); Talat Ali (Pak).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Pakistan 255/7 (Intikhab Alam 64*, Saleem Altaf 15*)
  • Day 2: Pakistan 257, Australia 363/4 (Edwards 78*, Benaud 7*)
  • Day 3: Australia 585, Pakistan 111/3 (Sadiq Mohammad 59*)
  • Day 4: Pakistan 214/9 (Saleem Altaf 9*, Talat Ali 0*)
    Pakistan 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    Sadiq Mohammad c GS Chappell b Massie 11 53 2 0
    Talat Ali retired hurt 7 21 1 0
    Zaheer Abbas c Marsh b Lillee 7 24 1 0
    Majid Khan c Sheahan b Massie 11 86 0 0
    Mushtaq Mohammad c GS Chappell b Lillee 3 5 0 0
    Saeed Ahmed c Marsh b Massie 36 107 98 4 0
    Asif Iqbal c Marsh b Massie 16 41 3 0
    *Intikhab Alam c Edwards b Lillee 64 195 8 0
    +Wasim Bari c Redpath b Mallett 72 113 10 0
    Saleem Altaf not out 17 80 1 0
    Asif Masood c Marsh b Lillee 0 8 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 4, nb 2) 13
    Total (all out, 75.3 overs) 257

    FoW: 1-30 (Zaheer Abbas), 2-30 (Sadiq Mohammad),
    3-33 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 4-74 (Majid Khan),
    5-95 (Saeed Ahmed), 6-104 (Asif Iqbal), 7-208 (Wasim Bari),
    8-255 (Intikhab Alam), 9-257 (Asif Masood).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 20.3 7 49 4
    Massie 24 3 70 4
    GS Chappell 11 2 29 0
    Mallett 12 3 52 1
    O'Keeffe 8 1 44 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    AP Sheahan b Asif Masood 44 108 4 0
    IR Redpath c Wasim Bari b Asif Masood 2 5 0 0
    *IM Chappell c Asif Iqbal b Majid Khan 196 295 243 21 4
    GS Chappell lbw b Saleem Altaf 28 44 5 0
    R Edwards lbw b Asif Masood 89 210 5 1
    J Benaud lbw b Saleem Altaf 24 100 2 0
    +RW Marsh b Mushtaq Mohammad 118 164 123 10 4
    KJ O'Keeffe b Mushtaq Mohammad 40 106 2 0
    AA Mallett c sub (Sarfraz Nawaz) b Majid Khan 0 3 0 0
    DK Lillee c Saeed Ahmed b Mushtaq Mohammad 14 26 1 1
    RAL Massie not out 12 11 0 1
    Extras (b 2, lb 12, nb 4) 18
    Total (all out, 110.2 overs) 585

    FoW: 1-3 (Redpath), 2-103 (Sheahan), 3-158 (GS Chappell),
    4-330 (IM Chappell), 5-390 (Edwards), 6-413 (Benaud),
    7-533 (O'Keeffe), 8-534 (Mallett), 9-566 (Marsh),
    10-585 (Lillee).

    Bowling O M R W
    Asif Masood 19 1 110 3
    Saleem Altaf 25 1 83 2
    Asif Iqbal 14 0 76 0
    Intikhab Alam 18 2 115 0
    Saeed Ahmed 3 0 28 0
    Majid Khan 20 1 88 2
    Mushtaq Mohammad 11.2 0 67 3

    Pakistan 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    Sadiq Mohammad c & b Mallett 81 215 8 0
    Saeed Ahmed lbw b Mallett 39 118 2 0
    Zaheer Abbas c Marsh b O'Keeffe 0 4 0 0
    Majid Khan c IM Chappell b Mallett 11 21 0 0
    Mushtaq Mohammad lbw b Mallett 32 86 81 2 0
    Asif Iqbal c GS Chappell b Mallett 0 1 1 0 0
    *Intikhab Alam c GS Chappell b Lillee 30 59 75 2 1
    +Wasim Bari c O'Keeffe b Mallett 0 1 1 0 0
    Saleem Altaf not out 9 50 0 0
    Asif Masood c Marsh b Mallett 1 2 0 0
    Talat Ali c Edwards b Mallett 0 2 0 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 1, nb 3) 11
    Total (all out, 65.6 overs) 214

    FoW: 1-88 (Saeed Ahmed), 2-89 (Zaheer Abbas), 3-111 (Majid Khan),
    4-162 (Sadiq Mohammad), 5-162 (Asif Iqbal),
    6-182 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 7-182 (Wasim Bari),
    8-211 (Intikhab Alam), 9-214 (Asif Masood),
    10-214 (Talat Ali).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 15 3 53 1
    Massie 9 3 26 0
    GS Chappell 4 0 21 0
    Mallett 23.6 6 59 8
    O'Keeffe 14 1 44 1

    • Talat Ali retired hurt at 12/0 (fractured right thumb)
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