f29227	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1972
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 5th, 6th, 7th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 46 runs
Umpires	AGT Whitehead, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 3/0 (Dudleston 1*, Steele 2*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 191/6 (Tolchard 14*, Birkenshaw 14*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	b Stringer	16
RJ Inverarity	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	54
*IM Chappell	c Tolchard b Stringer	2
KD Walters	c Steele b Birkenshaw	34
AP Sheahan	not out	135
GD Watson	lbw b Spencer	5
+RW Marsh	lbw b McKenzie	47
RAL Massie	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	2
AA Mallett	not out	10
JW Gleeson	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 10 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 104 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-37, 3-92, 4-135, 5-164, 6-246, 7-257

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	17	4	41	2	-	-
Stringer	13	1	57	2	-	-
Spencer	17	4	46	1	-	-
Davison	4	1	10	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	28	2	78	2	-	-
Steele	10	4	21	0	-	-
Illingworth	12	0	36	0	-	-
Haywood	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Massie	1
JF Steele	c Inverarity b Lillee	6
JC Balderstone	c Chappell b Lillee	4
BF Davison	c Inverarity b Massie	5
*R Illingworth	lbw b Massie	5
+RW Tolchard	c Marsh b Lillee	0
PR Haywood	lbw b Massie	0
J Birkenshaw	c Inverarity b Massie	9
PM Stringer	not out	11
GD McKenzie	b Massie	13
CT Spencer	c Walters b Gleeson	1
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 24.3 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-13, 4-23, 5-23, 6-23, 7-27, 8-32, 9-56, 10-58 (24.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	11	3	25	3	-	-
Massie	12	3	30	6	-	-
Gleeson	1.3	1	0	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Gleeson	38
JF Steele	c Inverarity b Gleeson	20
JC Balderstone	b Gleeson	32
BF Davison	b Gleeson	58
*R Illingworth	run out	8
+RW Tolchard	not out	30
PR Haywood	c Marsh b Gleeson	0
J Birkenshaw	b Massie	17
PM Stringer	st Marsh b Massie	2
GD McKenzie	c Marsh b Massie	4
CT Spencer	b Massie	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-63, 3-147, 4-161, 5-163, 6-163, 7-198, 8-210, 9-220, 10-220 (81.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	13	1	60	0	-	-
Massie	16.4	4	33	4	-	-
Gleeson	28	6	75	5	-	-
Mallett	14	4	23	0	-	-
Inverarity	10	4	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PM Stringer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RAL Massie reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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