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Test no. 705

Pakistan in Australia Test Series - 2nd Test
Australia v Pakistan

1972/73 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29,30 December 1972, 1,2,3 January 1973 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 92 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	IR Redpath	c Saeed Ahmed b Intikhab Alam	135	277	204	14	0	66.17
	AP Sheahan	run out	23	72	46	2	0	50.00
	IM Chappell	c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz	66	130	105	11	0	62.85
	GS Chappell	not out	116	230	204	12	0	56.86
	J Benaud	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Intikhab Alam	13	30	40	0	0	32.50
	RW Marsh	c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz	74	125	83	11	0	89.15
	Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 7)	14

	Total	(5 wickets dec; 85.5 overs)	441	(3.86 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat KJ O'Keeffe, AA Mallett, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee

Fall of wickets1-60 (Sheahan), 2-183 (IM Chappell), 3-273 (Redpath), 4-295 (Benaud), 5-441 (Marsh)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Asif Masood	17	0	97	0	4.27
Saleem Altaf	9	0	49	0	4.08
Sarfraz Nawaz	22.5	4	100	2	3.31
Intikhab Alam	16	0	101	2	4.73
Majid Khan	21	2	80	0	2.85


Pakistan 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b Lillee	137	313	261	15	0	52.49
	Saeed Ahmed	c GS Chappell b Walker	50	95	73	8	0	68.49
	Zaheer Abbas	run out	51	72	55	5	0	92.72
	Majid Khan	c Marsh b Walker	158	303	276	18	0	57.24
	Mushtaq Mohammad	c Marsh b O'Keeffe	60	133	157	5	0	38.21
	Asif Iqbal	c Lillee b Mallett	7	13	11	1	0	63.63
	Intikhab Alam	c Sheahan b Mallett	68	141	126	6	0	53.96
	Wasim Bari	b Mallett	7	16	18	0	0	38.88
	Saleem Altaf	not out	13	32	28	0	0	46.42
	Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	0	4	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 12, lb 7, w 1, nb 3)	23

	Total	(8 wickets dec; 124.6 overs)	574	(3.45 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat Asif Masood

Fall of wickets0-31* (Saeed Ahmed, retired not out), 1-128 (Zaheer Abbas), 2-323 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-395 (Saeed Ahmed), 4-416 (Majid Khan), 5-429 (Asif Iqbal), 6-519 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 7-541 (Wasim Bari), 8-572 (Intikhab Alam)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	16.6	1	90	1	4.02
JR Thomson	17	1	100	0	4.41
MHN Walker	24	1	112	2	3.50
AA Mallett	38	4	124	3	2.44
KJ O'Keeffe	23	1	94	1	3.06
IM Chappell	5	0	21	0	3.15
IR Redpath	1	0	10	0	7.50


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	IR Redpath	c Wasim Bari b Saleem Altaf	6	26	13	0	0	46.15
	AP Sheahan	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Asif Masood	127	275	207	12	0	61.35
	J Benaud	c Wasim Bari b Saleem Altaf	142	211	207	18	2	68.59
	IM Chappell	st Wasim Bari b Majid Khan	9	48	36	0	0	25.00
	GS Chappell	run out	62	108	80	7	0	77.50
	RW Marsh	c Asif Iqbal b Asif Masood	3	6	7	0	0	42.85
	KJ O'Keeffe	b Sarfraz Nawaz	24	110	70	2	0	34.28
	AA Mallett	c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz	8	16	20	0	0	40.00
	MHN Walker	run out	11	25	22	2	0	50.00
	JR Thomson	not out	19	39	30	3	0	63.33
	DK Lillee	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Intikhab Alam	2	18	24	0	0	8.33
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 9)	12

	Total	(all out; 87.6 overs)	425	(3.63 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Redpath), 2-251 (Benaud), 3-288 (Sheahan), 4-298 (IM Chappell), 5-305 (Marsh), 6-375 (GS Chappell), 7-391 (Mallett), 8-392 (O'Keeffe), 9-418 (Walker), 10-425 (Lillee)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Asif Masood	12	0	100	2	6.25
Saleem Altaf	14	0	50	2	2.67
Sarfraz Nawaz	22	2	99	2	3.37
Intikhab Alam	15.6	3	70	1	3.33
Majid Khan	17	1	61	1	2.69
Mushtaq Mohammad	7	0	33	0	3.53


Pakistan 2nd innings (target: 293 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Sadiq Mohammad	c Marsh b Walker	5	23	16	1	0	31.25
	Saeed Ahmed	c Mallett b Lillee	6	16	8	1	0	75.00
	Zaheer Abbas	run out	25	85	49	0	0	51.02
	Majid Khan	c Marsh b Lillee	47	87	89	6	0	52.80
	Mushtaq Mohammad	run out	13	54	38	0	0	34.21
	Asif Iqbal	c Redpath b Walker	37	63	54	3	0	68.51
	Intikhab Alam	c IM Chappell b Mallett	48	107	126	11	0	38.09
	Wasim Bari	b Walker	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
	Saleem Altaf	b O'Keeffe	10	49	50	1	0	20.00
	Sarfraz Nawaz	run out	8	21	26	1	0	30.76
	Asif Masood	not out	1	5	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras		0

	Total	(all out; 57.5 overs)	200	(2.60 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Saeed Ahmed), 2-15 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-80 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-83 (Majid Khan), 5-128 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 6-138 (Asif Iqbal), 7-138 (Wasim Bari), 8-161 (Saleem Altaf), 9-181 (Sarfraz Nawaz), 10-200 (Intikhab Alam)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	11	1	59	2	4.02
JR Thomson	2	0	10	0	3.75
MHN Walker	14	3	39	3	2.08
AA Mallett	17.5	3	56	1	2.38
KJ O'Keeffe	9	4	10	1	0.83
IM Chappell	3	0	16	0	4.00
GS Chappell	1	0	10	0	7.50

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0

Test debuts JR Thomson and MHN Walker (Australia)

Umpires JR Collins and PR Enright

Close of play
29 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 349/4 (GS Chappell 71*, RW Marsh 27*)
30 Dec day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 292/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 125*, Majid Khan 92*)
31 Dec rest day
1 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 47/1 (AP Sheahan 27*, J Benaud 11*)
2 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 416/8 (MHN Walker 10*, JR Thomson 15*)
3 Jan day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 200 (57.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Saeed Ahmed (1) retired hurt on 18* from 31/0 to 323/2

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