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Result of 1972
The Ashes (Australia in England)
4th Test-The Ashes (Australia in England) 1972
Thu, 27 Jul - Sat, 29 Jul 1972 - 00:00 – 4th Test • Headingley, Leeds
England won by 9 wickets
England
365/9 (48.30)
Australia
543/2 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
543/2 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Keith Stackpole
c (wk)Knott b Underwood
52
119
121
6
0
43.69
In 1972
Career
Ross Edwards
c (wk)Knott b Snow
0
5
7
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Ian Chappell (c)
c & b Illingworth
26
126
162
2
0
20.63
In 1972
Career
Greg Chappell
lbw b Underwood
12
46
44
1
0
26.08
In 1972
Career
Paul Sheahan
c Illingworth b Underwood
0
29
32
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Doug Walters
b Illingworth
4
16
13
0
0
25.00
In 1972
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
c Illingworth b Underwood
1
11
12
0
0
9.09
In 1972
Career
John Inverarity
not out
26
87
89
3
0
29.88
In 1972
Career
Ashley Mallett
lbw b Snow
20
77
78
3
0
25.97
In 1972
Career
Bob Massie
b Arnold
0
7
5
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Dennis Lillee
c Greig b Arnold
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Extras
(lb 2, nb 3)
5
Total
146 86.5 Ov (RR: 1.68)
146
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Geoff Arnold
9.50
2
28
2
2.84
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
John Snow
13.00
5
11
2
0.84
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Tony Greig
10.00
1
25
0
2.50
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Ray Illingworth
21.00
11
32
2
1.52
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Derek Underwood
31.00
16
37
4
1.19
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Basil D'Oliveira
2.00
1
8
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
England innigs
365/9 (48.30)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Brian Luckhurst
c GS Chappell b Mallett
18
53
65
4
0
33.96
In 1972
Career
John Edrich
c IM Chappell b Mallett
45
101
129
7
0
44.55
In 1972
Career
Peter Parfitt
c (wk)Marsh b Lillee
2
21
19
0
0
9.52
In 1972
Career
Keith Fletcher
lbw b Mallett
5
21
26
1
0
23.80
In 1972
Career
Basil D'Oliveira
b Mallett
12
44
53
1
0
27.27
In 1972
Career
Tony Greig
c GS Chappell b Inverarity
24
88
85
2
1
27.27
In 1972
Career
Alan Knott (WK)
st (wk)Marsh b Mallett
0
4
1
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Ray Illingworth (c)
lbw b Lillee
57
252
276
3
2
22.61
In 1972
Career
John Snow
st (wk)Marsh b Inverarity
48
155
177
6
0
30.96
In 1972
Career
Derek Underwood
c IM Chappell b Inverarity
5
20
23
1
0
25.00
In 1972
Career
Geoff Arnold
not out
1
30
29
0
0
3.33
In 1972
Career
Extras
(b 19, lb 15, nb 8, w 4)
46
Total
263 130.1 Ov (RR: 2.02)
263
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
26.10
10
39
2
1.49
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Bob Massie
14.00
4
34
0
2.42
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Ashley Mallett
52.00
20
114
5
2.19
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
John Inverarity
33.00
19
26
3
0.78
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Ian Chappell
3.00
2
1
0
0.33
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Greg Chappell
2.00
0
3
0
1.50
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Australia innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Keith Stackpole
lbw b Underwood
28
61
76
4
0
45.90
In 1972
Career
Ross Edwards
c (wk)Knott b Arnold
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Ian Chappell (c)
c (wk)Knott b Arnold
0
3
6
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Greg Chappell
c D'Oliveira b Underwood
13
26
33
2
0
50.00
In 1972
Career
Paul Sheahan
not out
41
135
154
4
0
30.37
In 1972
Career
Doug Walters
c Parfitt b Underwood
3
30
28
0
0
10.00
In 1972
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
c (wk)Knott b Underwood
1
14
11
0
0
7.14
In 1972
Career
John Inverarity
c Illingworth b Underwood
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Ashley Mallett
b Illingworth
9
30
33
2
0
30.00
In 1972
Career
Dennis Lillee
b Underwood
7
20
20
1
0
35.00
In 1972
Career
Bob Massie
b Illingworth
18
20
20
2
1
90.00
In 1972
Career
Extras
(lb 12, nb 4)
16
Total
136 56.1 Ov (RR: 2.42)
136
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Geoff Arnold
6.00
1
17
2
2.83
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
John Snow
10.00
2
26
0
2.60
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Ray Illingworth
19.10
5
32
2
1.66
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Derek Underwood
21.00
6
45
6
2.14
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
England innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Brian Luckhurst
not out
12
37
39
2
0
32.43
In 1972
Career
John Edrich
lbw b Lillee
4
14
19
0
0
28.57
In 1972
Career
Peter Parfitt
not out
0
11
18
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 2)
5
Total
21/1 10 Ov (RR: 2.10)
21
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
5.00
2
7
1
1.40
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Ashley Mallett
5.00
1
9
0
1.80
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
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