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Rest of the World cricket team in Australia in 1971–72

January 01, 1970

A World XI cricket team, which was a multi-national captained by Gary Sobers, toured Australia in the 1971–72 season. It replaced the proposed Test tour by South Africa which the Australian Cricket Board had cancelled in 1971.[1]

World XI Cricket team in Australia 1971-72
 
  World XI Australia
Dates November 1971 – February 1972
Captains Gary Sobers Ian Chappell
Test series
Result World XI won the 5-match series 2–1
Most runs Gary Sobers (341)
Hylton Ackerman (323)		 Ian Chappell (634)
Greg Chappell (425)
Most wickets Intikhab Alam (19)
Bishan Bedi (17)		 Dennis Lillee (24)
Bob Massie (11)

World XI played 16 matches between early November 1971 and early February 1972. There were five matches against Australia which were regarded as official test matches in Wisden however the status was later withdrawn.[2] World XI won this series 2–1. The team also played three limited overs internationals against Australia and the remaining games were first-class fixtures against Australian invitational and state teams.[1]

After this series, World XI would not play in Australia again until World Series Cricket in the late 1970s.

The team edit

The World XI cricket team which played in Australia in 1971–72
Players of various nations made up the team;

Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style Nation/Region
Gary Sobers  (c) 28 July 1936 Left handed Left-arm fast medium   Barbados   West Indies
Zaheer Abbas 24 July 1947 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak   Pakistan
Hylton Ackerman 28 April 1947 Left-handed Right-arm medium   South Africa
Intikhab Alam 28 December 1941 Right-handed Right arm leg break   Pakistan
Bishan Bedi 25 September 1946 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox   India
Robert Cunis 5 January 1941 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium   New Zealand
Farokh Engineer 25 February 1938 Right-handed Wicket-keeper   India
Sunil Gavaskar 10 July 1949 Right-handed –   India
Norman Gifford 30 March 1940 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox   England
Tony Greig 6 October 1946 Right-handed Right-arm medium   England
Richard Hutton 6 September 1942 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium   England
Rohan Kanhai 26 December 1935 Right-handed Right-arm medium   Guyana   West Indies
Clive Lloyd 31 August 1944 Left-handed Right-arm medium   Guyana   West Indies
Asif Masood 23 January 1946 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast   Pakistan
Graeme Pollock 27 February 1944 Left-handed Leg break   South Africa
Peter Pollock 30 June 1941 Right-handed Right-arm fast   South Africa
Robert Taylor 17 July 1941 Right-handed Wicket-keeper   England[3]

"Test" series summary edit

First match edit

26 November–1 December 1971 (5–day match)
Scorecard
v
389/4d (85 overs)
IM Chappell 145
BS Bedi 1/53 (8 overs)
285/4d (63 overs)
HM Ackerman 112
KJ O'Keeffe 1/36 (8 overs)
220/3d (58 overs)
IM Chappell 106
GS Sobers 1/7 (4 overs)
108/4 (35 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 32
DK Lillee 2/38 (9 overs)
  • World XI won the toss and elected to field.
  • 29 November was taken as a rest day.
  • There was no play on the second day.
  • BC Francis made his first-class debut for Australia.

Second match edit

10–12 December 1971 (5–day match)
Scorecard
v
349 (72.3 overs)
KD Walters 125
AW Greig 4/94 (13.3 overs)
59 (14.1 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 14
CH Lloyd 14
DK Lillee 8/29 (7.1 overs)
279 (f/o) (71.3 overs)
RB Kanhai 118
DK Lillee 4/63 (14 overs)
Australia won by an innings and 11 runs
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Umpires: LP Rowan and NE Townsend
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.

Third match edit

1–6 January 1972 (5–day match)
Scorecard
v
184 (49.3 overs)
AW Greig 66
DK Lillee 5/48 (16.3 overs)
285 (71.6 overs)
GS Chappell 115*
AW Greig 4/41 (16 overs)
514 (124.3 overs)
GS Sobers 254
TJ Jenner 4/87 (20.3 overs)
317 (76 overs)
KD Walters 127
BS Bedi 4/81 (24 overs)
World XI won by 96 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: JR Collins and MG O'Connell
  • World XI won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 4 January was taken as a rest day.
  • J Benaud and RAL Massie made their first-class debuts for Australia.

Fourth match edit

8–13 January 1972 (5–day match)
Scorecard
v
312 (69.2 overs)
KR Stackpole 104
BS Bedi 4/85 (20 overs)
277 (69.6 overs)
Intikhab Alam 73*
RAL Massie 7/76 (20.6 overs)
546 (102.4 overs)
GS Chappell 197*
Intikhab Alam 4/132 (24.4 overs)
173/5 (48 overs)
HM Ackerman 87
KJ O'Keeffe 3/34 (12 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 11 January was taken as a rest day.
  • There was no play on the final day.

Fifth match edit

28 January–1 February 1972 (5–day match)
Scorecard
v
311 (91.3 overs)
J Benaud 99
AW Greig 6/30 (15.3 overs)
367 (109.5 overs)
RG Pollock 136
AA Mallett 4/116 (34.5 overs)
201 (55.5 overs)
IM Chappell 111*
Intikhab Alam 4/78 (19 overs)
146/1 (41.6 overs)
HM Ackerman 79*
RJ Inverarity 1/52 (12 overs)
World XI won by 9 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: TF Brooks and LP Rowan
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 30 January was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
  • AJ Woodcock made his first-class debut for Australia.

Matches edit

No. Date Opponents Fixture Venue City Result Ref
1 5–8 November   Victoria Tour match Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Drawn [4]
2 12–15 November   New South Wales Tour match Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Drawn [5]
3 19–22 November   Queensland Tour match Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Won by 38 runs [6]
4 26 November–1 December   Australia 1st "Test match" Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Drawn [7]
5 4–7 December   Western Australia Tour Match WACA Ground Perth Won by 72 runs [8]
6 10–12 December   Australia 2nd "Test match" WACA Ground Perth Lost by an innings and 11 runs [9]
12 December   Australia Fill-up match WACA Ground Perth Won by 14 runs [10]
14 December   Australia 1st "ODI" WACA Ground Perth Won by 44 runs [11]
7 17–18 December   South Australia Tour match Adelaide Oval Adelaide Lost by an innings and 1 run [12]
8 22–24 December   Tasmania Tour match North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground Launceston Won by 8 wickets [13]
9 26–28 December   Tasmania Combined XI Tour match Tasmania Cricket Association Ground Hobart Drawn [14]
10 1–6 January   Australia 3rd "Test match" Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Won by 96 runs [15]
11 8–13 January   Australia 4th "Test match" Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Drawn [16]
15 January   Australia 2nd "ODI" Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Abandoned due to rain [17]
16 January   Australia 3rd "ODI" Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Lost by ten wickets [18]
16 January   Australia Fill-up match Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Lost by 6 runs [19]
18–19 January   Southern New South Wales Tour match Manuka Oval Canberra Drawn [20]
22–24 January   Northern New South Wales Tour match No. 1 Sports Ground Newcastle Drawn [21]
12 28 January–1 February   Australia 5th "Test" Adelaide Oval Adelaide Won by nine wickets [22]

References edit

  1. ^ a b T. L. Goodman, "A World XI Team in Australia", Wisden 1973, pp. 899-911.
  2. ^ "What if Packer SuperTests and World XI matches of the 1970s had been official Tests?". Cricket Country. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ Martin Williamson, "When People Power Sunk South Africa", Cricinfo 1 October 2005
  4. ^ "Victoria v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ "New South Wales v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Queensland v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Western Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  12. ^ "South Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Tasmania v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Tasmania Combined XI v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Southern New South Wales v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  21. ^ "Northern New South Wales v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Australia v World XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

External links edit

  • World XI in Australia, Nov 1971/Feb 1972 at Cricinfo
  • World XI in Australia 1971-72 at CricketArchive


 

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A World XI cricket team which was a multi national captained by Gary Sobers toured Australia in the 1971 72 season It replaced the proposed Test tour by South Africa which the Australian Cricket Board had cancelled in 1971 1 World XI Cricket team in Australia 1971 72 World XIAustraliaDatesNovember 1971 February 1972CaptainsGary SobersIan ChappellTest seriesResultWorld XI won the 5 match series 2 1Most runsGary Sobers 341 Hylton Ackerman 323 Ian Chappell 634 Greg Chappell 425 Most wicketsIntikhab Alam 19 Bishan Bedi 17 Dennis Lillee 24 Bob Massie 11 World XI played 16 matches between early November 1971 and early February 1972 There were five matches against Australia which were regarded as official test matches in Wisden however the status was later withdrawn 2 World XI won this series 2 1 The team also played three limited overs internationals against Australia and the remaining games were first class fixtures against Australian invitational and state teams 1 After this series World XI would not play in Australia again until World Series Cricket in the late 1970s Contents 1 The team 2 Test series summary 2 1 First match 2 2 Second match 2 3 Third match 2 4 Fourth match 2 5 Fifth match 3 Matches 4 References 5 External linksThe team editThe World XI cricket team which played in Australia in 1971 72 Players of various nations made up the team Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style Nation Region Gary Sobers c 28 July 1936 Left handed Left arm fast medium nbsp Barbados nbsp West Indies Zaheer Abbas 24 July 1947 Right handed Right arm offbreak nbsp Pakistan Hylton Ackerman 28 April 1947 Left handed Right arm medium nbsp South Africa Intikhab Alam 28 December 1941 Right handed Right arm leg break nbsp Pakistan Bishan Bedi 25 September 1946 Right handed Slow left arm orthodox nbsp India Robert Cunis 5 January 1941 Right handed Right arm fast medium nbsp New Zealand Farokh Engineer 25 February 1938 Right handed Wicket keeper nbsp India Sunil Gavaskar 10 July 1949 Right handed nbsp India Norman Gifford 30 March 1940 Left handed Slow left arm orthodox nbsp England Tony Greig 6 October 1946 Right handed Right arm medium nbsp England Richard Hutton 6 September 1942 Right handed Right arm fast medium nbsp England Rohan Kanhai 26 December 1935 Right handed Right arm medium nbsp Guyana nbsp West Indies Clive Lloyd 31 August 1944 Left handed Right arm medium nbsp Guyana nbsp West Indies Asif Masood 23 January 1946 Right handed Right arm medium fast nbsp Pakistan Graeme Pollock 27 February 1944 Left handed Leg break nbsp South Africa Peter Pollock 30 June 1941 Right handed Right arm fast nbsp South Africa Robert Taylor 17 July 1941 Right handed Wicket keeper nbsp England 3 Test series summary editFirst match edit 26 November 1 December 1971 5 day match Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp World XI 389 4d 85 overs IM Chappell 145 BS Bedi 1 53 8 overs 285 4d 63 overs HM Ackerman 112 KJ O Keeffe 1 36 8 overs 220 3d 58 overs IM Chappell 106 GS Sobers 1 7 4 overs 108 4 35 overs Zaheer Abbas 32 DK Lillee 2 38 9 overs Match drawnBrisbane Cricket Ground Woolloongabba Brisbane Umpires TF Brooks and LP Rowan World XI won the toss and elected to field 29 November was taken as a rest day There was no play on the second day BC Francis made his first class debut for Australia Second match edit 10 12 December 1971 5 day match Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp World XI 349 72 3 overs KD Walters 125 AW Greig 4 94 13 3 overs 59 14 1 overs Zaheer Abbas 14CH Lloyd 14 DK Lillee 8 29 7 1 overs 279 f o 71 3 overs RB Kanhai 118 DK Lillee 4 63 14 overs Australia won by an innings and 11 runsWestern Australia Cricket Association Ground Perth Umpires LP Rowan and NE Townsend Australia won the toss and elected to bat The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three Third match edit 1 6 January 1972 5 day match Scorecard World XI nbsp v nbsp Australia 184 49 3 overs AW Greig 66 DK Lillee 5 48 16 3 overs 285 71 6 overs GS Chappell 115 AW Greig 4 41 16 overs 514 124 3 overs GS Sobers 254 TJ Jenner 4 87 20 3 overs 317 76 overs KD Walters 127 BS Bedi 4 81 24 overs World XI won by 96 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires JR Collins and MG O Connell World XI won the toss and elected to bat 4 January was taken as a rest day J Benaud and RAL Massie made their first class debuts for Australia Fourth match edit 8 13 January 1972 5 day match Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp World XI 312 69 2 overs KR Stackpole 104 BS Bedi 4 85 20 overs 277 69 6 overs Intikhab Alam 73 RAL Massie 7 76 20 6 overs 546 102 4 overs GS Chappell 197 Intikhab Alam 4 132 24 4 overs 173 5 48 overs HM Ackerman 87 KJ O Keeffe 3 34 12 overs Match drawnSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires TF Brooks and PR Enright Australia won the toss and elected to bat 11 January was taken as a rest day There was no play on the final day Fifth match edit 28 January 1 February 1972 5 day match Scorecard Australia nbsp v nbsp World XI 311 91 3 overs J Benaud 99 AW Greig 6 30 15 3 overs 367 109 5 overs RG Pollock 136 AA Mallett 4 116 34 5 overs 201 55 5 overs IM Chappell 111 Intikhab Alam 4 78 19 overs 146 1 41 6 overs HM Ackerman 79 RJ Inverarity 1 52 12 overs World XI won by 9 wicketsAdelaide Oval Adelaide Umpires TF Brooks and LP Rowan Australia won the toss and elected to bat 30 January was taken as a rest day The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four AJ Woodcock made his first class debut for Australia Matches editNo Date Opponents Fixture Venue City Result Ref 1 5 8 November nbsp Victoria Tour match Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Drawn 4 2 12 15 November nbsp New South Wales Tour match Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Drawn 5 3 19 22 November nbsp Queensland Tour match Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Won by 38 runs 6 4 26 November 1 December nbsp Australia 1st Test match Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Drawn 7 5 4 7 December nbsp Western Australia Tour Match WACA Ground Perth Won by 72 runs 8 6 10 12 December nbsp Australia 2nd Test match WACA Ground Perth Lost by an innings and 11 runs 9 12 December nbsp Australia Fill up match WACA Ground Perth Won by 14 runs 10 14 December nbsp Australia 1st ODI WACA Ground Perth Won by 44 runs 11 7 17 18 December nbsp South Australia Tour match Adelaide Oval Adelaide Lost by an innings and 1 run 12 8 22 24 December nbsp Tasmania Tour match North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground Launceston Won by 8 wickets 13 9 26 28 December nbsp Tasmania Combined XI Tour match Tasmania Cricket Association Ground Hobart Drawn 14 10 1 6 January nbsp Australia 3rd Test match Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Won by 96 runs 15 11 8 13 January nbsp Australia 4th Test match Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Drawn 16 15 January nbsp Australia 2nd ODI Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Abandoned due to rain 17 16 January nbsp Australia 3rd ODI Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Lost by ten wickets 18 16 January nbsp Australia Fill up match Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Lost by 6 runs 19 18 19 January nbsp Southern New South Wales Tour match Manuka Oval Canberra Drawn 20 22 24 January nbsp Northern New South Wales Tour match No 1 Sports Ground Newcastle Drawn 21 12 28 January 1 February nbsp Australia 5th Test Adelaide Oval Adelaide Won by nine wickets 22 References edit a b T L Goodman A World XI Team in Australia Wisden 1973 pp 899 911 What if Packer SuperTests and World XI matches of the 1970s had been official Tests Cricket Country 3 October 2014 Retrieved 31 January 2022 Martin Williamson When People Power Sunk South Africa Cricinfo 1 October 2005 Victoria v World XI CricketArchive Retrieved 18 August 2017 New South Wales v World XI CricketArchive Retrieved 18 August 2017 Queensland v World XI CricketArchive Retrieved 18 August 2017 Australia v World XI CricketArchive Retrieved 18 August 2017 Western Australia v World XI CricketArchive Retrieved 18 August 2017 Australia v World XI CricketArchive Retrieved 18 August 2017 Australia v World XI CricketArchive Retrieved 18 August 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