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Australia v Pakistan @ Adelaide Oval
22, 23, 24, 26, 27 December 1972 (five-day match)
Toss: Pakistan (bat)
Umpires: MG O'Connell, NE Townsend
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 114 runs
1st Innings
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sadiq Mohammad | c Greg Chappell b Bob Massie | 11 | - | 53 | 2 | - |
| 2. Talat Ali | retired hurt | 7 | - | 21 | 1 | - |
| 3. Zaheer Abbas | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 7 | - | 24 | 1 | - |
| 4. Majid Khan | c Paul Sheahan b Bob Massie | 11 | - | 86 | - | - |
| 5. Mushtaq Mohammad | c Greg Chappell b Dennis Lillee | 3 | - | 5 | - | - |
| 6. Saeed Ahmed | c Rod Marsh b Bob Massie | 36 | 0 | 107 | 4 | - |
| 7. Asif Iqbal | c Rod Marsh b Bob Massie | 16 | - | 41 | 3 | - |
| *8. Intikhab Alam | c Ross Edwards b Dennis Lillee | 64 | - | 195 | 8 | - |
| +9. Wasim Bari | c Ian Redpath b Ashley Mallett | 72 | - | 113 | 10 | - |
| 10. Saleem Altaf | not out | 17 | - | 80 | 1 | - |
| 11. Asif Masood | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 0 | - | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-30 (Zaheer Abbas), 2-30 (Sadiq Mohammad), 3-33 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 4-74 (Majid Khan), 5-95 (Saeed Ahmed), 6-104 (Asif Iqbal), 7-208 (Wasim Bari), 8-255 (Intikhab Alam), 9-257 (Asif Masood). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 75.3 ovs) 257 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 20.3 | 7 | 49 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Massie | 24 | 3 | 70 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 11 | 2 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Mallett | 12 | 3 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kerry O'Keeffe | 8 | 1 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Paul Sheahan | b Asif Masood | 44 | - | 108 | 4 | - |
| 2. Ian Redpath | c Wasim Bari b Asif Masood | 2 | - | 5 | - | - |
| *3. Ian Chappell | c Asif Iqbal b Majid Khan | 196 | 0 | 295 | 21 | 4 |
| 4. Greg Chappell | lbw b Saleem Altaf | 28 | - | 44 | 5 | - |
| 5. Ross Edwards | lbw b Asif Masood | 89 | - | 210 | 5 | 1 |
| 6. John Benaud | lbw b Saleem Altaf | 24 | - | 100 | 2 | - |
| +7. Rod Marsh | b Mushtaq Mohammad | 118 | 0 | 164 | 10 | 4 |
| 8. Kerry O'Keeffe | b Mushtaq Mohammad | 40 | - | 106 | 2 | - |
| 9. Ashley Mallett | c sub b Majid Khan | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Dennis Lillee | c Saeed Ahmed b Mushtaq Mohammad | 14 | - | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Bob Massie | not out | 12 | - | 11 | - | 1 |
| FOW | 1-3 (Ian Redpath), 2-103 (Paul Sheahan), 3-158 (Greg Chappell), 4-330 (Ian Chappell), 5-390 (Ross Edwards), 6-413 (John Benaud), 7-533 (Kerry O'Keeffe), 8-534 (Ashley Mallett), 9-566 (Rod Marsh), 585 (Dennis Lillee). |
| Extras | 2b, 12lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 110.2 ovs) 585 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Asif Masood | 19 | 1 | 110 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Saleem Altaf | 25 | 1 | 83 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asif Iqbal | 14 | 0 | 76 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Intikhab Alam | 18 | 2 | 115 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Saeed Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Majid Khan | 20 | 1 | 88 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mushtaq Mohammad | 11.2 | 0 | 67 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sadiq Mohammad | c & b Ashley Mallett | 81 | - | 215 | 8 | - |
| 2. Saeed Ahmed | lbw b Ashley Mallett | 39 | - | 118 | 2 | - |
| 3. Zaheer Abbas | c Rod Marsh b Kerry O'Keeffe | 0 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 4. Majid Khan | c Ian Chappell b Ashley Mallett | 11 | - | 21 | - | - |
| 5. Mushtaq Mohammad | lbw b Ashley Mallett | 32 | 0 | 86 | 2 | - |
| 6. Asif Iqbal | c Greg Chappell b Ashley Mallett | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| *7. Intikhab Alam | c Greg Chappell b Dennis Lillee | 30 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 1 |
| +8. Wasim Bari | c Kerry O'Keeffe b Ashley Mallett | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 9. Saleem Altaf | not out | 9 | - | 50 | - | - |
| 10. Asif Masood | c Rod Marsh b Ashley Mallett | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Talat Ali | c Ross Edwards b Ashley Mallett | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-88 (Saeed Ahmed), 2-89 (Zaheer Abbas), 3-111 (Majid Khan), 4-162 (Sadiq Mohammad), 5-162 (Asif Iqbal), 6-182 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 7-182 (Wasim Bari), 8-211 (Intikhab Alam), 9-214 (Asif Masood), 214 (Talat Ali). |
| Extras | 3b, 4lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 65.6 ovs) 214 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 15 | 3 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Massie | 9 | 3 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Mallett | 23.6 | 6 | 59 | 8 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kerry O'Keeffe | 14 | 1 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Paul Sheahan, Ian Redpath, Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell, Ross Edwards, John Benaud, Rod Marsh, Kerry O'Keeffe, Ashley Mallett, Dennis Lillee, Bob Massie