f29276	Northamptonshire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1972
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
Umpires	J Arnold, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 89/2 (Cook 38*, Mushtaq Mohammad 19*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 143 all out

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	lbw b Dye	27
R Edwards	c Cottam b Willey	18
*IM Chappell	b Willey	5
GD Watson	c Crump b Bedi	37
RW Marsh	c Willey b Crump	42
RJ Inverarity	c Cottam b Bedi	14
DJ Colley	b Willey	1
+HB Taber	c and b Bedi	28
JW Gleeson	lbw b Bedi	5
RAL Massie	not out	3
DK Lillee	c Cottam b Bedi	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-50, 3-50, 4-104, 5-140, 6-141, 7-158, 8-175, 9-191, 10-191 (68 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	12	5	27	0	-	-
Dye	14	3	42	1	-	-
Willey	18	3	47	3	-	-
Bedi	17	3	57	5	-	-
Crump	7	3	7	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Tait	b Massie	0
G Cook	st Taber b Gleeson	62
DS Steele	lbw b Massie	19
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	88
*PJ Watts	lbw b Gleeson	0
BS Crump	lbw b Watson	3
P Willey	lbw b Watson	8
RMH Cottam	st +Marsh b Gleeson	0
+LA Johnson	b Watson	0
BS Bedi	b Watson	4
JCJ Dye	b Watson	4
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 19 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-53, 3-142, 4-142, 5-149, 6-171, 7-178, 8-191, 9-195, 10-210 (70 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Massie	24	10	50	2	-	-
Lillee	12	2	35	0	-	-
Colley	9	2	29	0	-	-
Watson	14	3	36	5	-	-
Gleeson	11	1	38	3	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	b Dye	9
R Edwards	c Cook b Dye	8
*IM Chappell	run out	31
GD Watson	hit wkt b Bedi	52
RW Marsh	c Johnson b Bedi	0
RJ Inverarity	lbw b Dye	6
DJ Colley	c Johnson b Bedi	16
+HB Taber	st Johnson b Bedi	3
JW Gleeson	b Willey	11
DK Lillee	not out	1
RAL Massie	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-18, 3-99, 4-103, 5-104, 6-124, 7-128, 8-141, 9-143 (54.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	8	1	32	0	-	-
Dye	13	6	25	3	-	-
Willey	13.3	5	27	1	-	-
Bedi	20	6	53	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Steele	not out	60
G Cook	c Chappell b Gleeson	24
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Marsh b Lillee	30
BS Crump	run out	1
*PJ Watts	not out	3
A Tait	did not bat
P Willey	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
+LA Johnson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 6 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 32.5 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-103, 3-104

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	7	0	25	1	-	-
Colley	6.5	2	27	0	-	-
Watson	4	0	11	0	-	-
Gleeson	9	4	26	1	-	-
Inverarity	6	0	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LA Johnson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RW Marsh (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Australians second innings

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