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Thu, 08 Jun - Tue, 13 Jun 1972 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Old Trafford, Manchester
England won by 89 runs
England
508/9 (48.30) & 234/10 (86.2)
Australia
574/2 (20.00) & 252/10 (85.2)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Tony Greig
2
Keith Stackpole
2
Rod Marsh
2
Best Average
Dennis Lillee
13.250000
Tony Greig
14.800000
John Snow
16.000000
Basil D'Oliveira
18.000000
John Gleeson
20.333333
Most Wickets
John Snow
8
Dennis Lillee
8
Geoff Arnold
5
Tony Greig
5
David Colley
4
Best Bowling Fig
Dennis Lillee
6
John Snow
4
Geoff Arnold
4
Tony Greig
4
David Colley
3
Most Runs Conceed
David Colley
151
John Snow
128
Geoff Arnold
121
Dennis Lillee
106
Tony Greig
74
Best Economy
Doug Walters
1.400000
John Inverarity
1.444444
Basil D'Oliveira
1.636363
Dennis Lillee
1.796610
Greg Chappell
1.881720
Best Strike Rate
Rod Marsh
0.798387
Basil D'Oliveira
0.535714
Keith Stackpole
0.530973
Tony Greig
0.497907
Geoff Boycott
0.440000
Highest Score
Rod Marsh
91
Keith Stackpole
67
Tony Greig
62
John Edrich
49
Geoff Boycott
47
Best Averages
Keith Stackpole
60.000000
Tony Greig
59.500000
Rod Marsh
49.500000
Ray Illingworth
40.000000
John Edrich
37.500000
Most Runs
Keith Stackpole
120
Tony Greig
119
Rod Marsh
99
John Edrich
75
Basil D'Oliveira
60
Most Wickets
John Gleeson
3
Basil D'Oliveira
2
Greg Chappell
2
Graeme Watson
1
Best Bowling Fig
John Gleeson
2
Graeme Watson
1
Basil D'Oliveira
1
Greg Chappell
1
Most Not Outs
Ray Illingworth
2
Most Fours
Tony Greig
14
Keith Stackpole
13
Rod Marsh
10
John Edrich
9
Basil D'Oliveira
9
Geoff Boycott
7
Greg Chappell
4
Most Not Outs
Geoff Arnold
2
Dennis Lillee
2
Most Runs Conceed
Greg Chappell
70
John Gleeson
61
Best Economy
John Gleeson
1.942675
Geoff Arnold
2.688888
Best Strike Rate
Tony Greig
31.44
John Snow
35.25
Dennis Lillee
44.25
Graeme Watson
54
Geoff Arnold
54
John Gleeson
62.8
Basil D'Oliveira
66
Best Strike Rate
Bruce Francis
0.402439
John Gleeson
0.389610
Best Averages
Basil D'Oliveira
30.000000
Geoff Boycott
27.500000
Worst Bowling Fig
John Snow
87
David Colley
83
Dennis Lillee
66
Best Average
Geoff Arnold
24.200000
Greg Chappell
35.000000
Most Runs
Geoff Boycott
55
Greg Chappell
47
Most Ducks
Norman Gifford
2
John Snow
2
Brian Luckhurst
2
Ian Chappell
2
Graeme Watson
2
John Gleeson
2
Most Fours
Ray Illingworth
3
John Gleeson
3
Most Balls Faced
Mike Smith
139
Greg Chappell
133
Geoff Boycott
125
Worst Bowling Fig
Geoff Arnold
62
Tony Greig
53
John Gleeson
45
Greg Chappell
42
Highest Score
Basil D'Oliveira
37
Mike Smith
34
Most sixes
Rod Marsh
4
Most Balls Faced
John Edrich
240
Tony Greig
239
Keith Stackpole
226
Ray Illingworth
156