f28923	Victoria v World XI
	World XI in Australia 1971/72
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th November 1971 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JR Collins, WJ Smyth
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (World XI)
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 79/3 (Redpath 27*, Sheahan 7*)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (1) 218/5 (Sieler 46*, Bedford 26*)
Close of play day 3	No play

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World XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Ackerman	b Duncan	9
SM Gavaskar	c Redpath b Duncan	30
Zaheer Abbas	c Robinson b Sieler	32
CH Lloyd	c Lawry b Bedford	41
RA Hutton	c Lawry b Sieler	6
*GS Sobers	retired hurt	7
AW Greig	c Thomson b Sieler	2
+FM Engineer	c Stackpole b Bedford	0
Intikhab Alam	c Robinson b Bedford	0
N Gifford	b Thomson	19
RS Cunis	not out	6
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 206 minutes, 48.3 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-53, 3-93, 4-121, 5-127, 6-131, 7-131, 8-133, 9-156 (48.3 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	8.3	2	39	1	-	2
Duncan	8	1	34	2	1	-
Walker	3	0	16	0	-	-
Sieler	13	4	21	3	-	-
Bedford	13	4	37	3	-	-
Stackpole	3	0	5	0	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Stackpole	c Engineer b Greig	7
*WM Lawry	b Intikhab Alam	32
KH Eastwood	c Gavaskar b Greig	2
IR Redpath	c Gifford b Greig	31
AP Sheahan	c Engineer b Intikhab Alam	67
AJ Sieler	not out	46
PLA Bedford	not out	26
+RD Robinson	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
JRF Duncan	did not bat
AL Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 318 minutes, 61 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-12, 3-61, 4-88, 5-171

World XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	9	2	24	0	-	2
Greig	12	3	36	3	-	-
Hutton	13	0	55	0	1	-
Intikhab Alam	15	2	51	2	-	-
Gifford	12	2	45	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AP Sheahan (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> HM Ackerman made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> N Gifford made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> Zaheer Abbas made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> SM Gavaskar made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> RA Hutton made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> AW Greig made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> AW Greig reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Victoria first innings
--> GS Sobers retired hurt in the World XI first innings having scored 7 (team score 131/5)

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12th Men: WJ Scholes (Vic) and Asif Masood (World)
Crowds: 7362, 9813, no play, no play. Total: 17,175. Receipts: $8,168

 

 

 

 

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