Rest of the World cricket team in Australia in 1971–72
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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = World XI Cricket team in Australia 1971-72
| team1_image = File:World XI 1971-2 logo.png
| team1_name = World XI
| team2_image = Flag of Australia.svg
| team2_name = Australia
| from_date = November 1971
| to_date = February 1972
| team1_captain = Gary Sobers
| team2_captain = Ian Chappell
| no_of_tests = 5
| team1_tests_won = 2
| team2_tests_won = 1
| team2_tests_most_runs = Ian Chappell (634)
Greg Chappell (425)
| team1_tests_most_runs = Gary Sobers (341)
Hylton Ackerman (323)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = Intikhab Alam (19)
Bishan Bedi (17)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = Dennis Lillee (24)
Bob Massie (11)
}}
A World XI cricket team, which was a multi-national captained by Gary Sobers, toured Australia in the 1971–72 season. It replaced the proposed Test tour by South Africa which the Australian Cricket Board had cancelled in 1971.T. L. Goodman, "A World XI Team in Australia", Wisden 1973, pp. 899-911. This meant that South Africa would not tour Australia for a test series again until the 1993–94 season.
World XI played 16 matches between early November 1971 and early February 1972. There were five matches against Australia which were regarded as official test matches in Wisden however the status was later withdrawn.{{Cite web|date=2014-10-03|title=What if Packer SuperTests and World XI matches of the 1970s had been official Tests?|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/what-if-packer-supertests-and-world-xi-matches-of-the-1970s-had-been-official-tests-194978|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US}} World XI won this series 2–1. The team also played three limited overs internationals against Australia and the remaining games were first-class fixtures against Australian invitational and state teams.
After this series, World XI would not play in Australia again until World Series Cricket in the late 1970s.
The team
The World XI cricket team which played in Australia in 1971–72
Players of various nations made up the team;
| class="wikitable" |
| Player
!Date of Birth !Batting style !Bowling style !Nation/Region |
|---|
| Gary Sobers (c)
| 28 July 1936 | Left handed | Left-arm fast medium | {{cr|Barbados}} {{cr|West Indies}} |
| Zaheer Abbas
| 24 July 1947 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | {{cr|Pakistan}} |
| Hylton Ackerman
| 28 April 1947 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | {{cr|RSA|1928}} |
| Intikhab Alam
| 28 December 1941 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | {{cr|Pakistan}} |
| Bishan Bedi
| 25 September 1946 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | {{cr|India}} |
| Robert Cunis
| 5 January 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | {{cr|New Zealand}} |
| Farokh Engineer
| 25 February 1938 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper | {{cr|India}} |
| Sunil Gavaskar
| 10 July 1949 | Right-handed | – | {{cr|India}} |
| Norman Gifford
| 30 March 1940 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | {{cr|England}} |
| Tony Greig
| 6 October 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | {{cr|England}} |
| Richard Hutton
| 6 September 1942 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | {{cr|England}} |
| Rohan Kanhai
| 26 December 1935 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | {{cr|Guyana}} {{cr|West Indies}} |
| Clive Lloyd
| 31 August 1944 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | {{cr|Guyana}} {{cr|West Indies}} |
| Asif Masood
| 23 January 1946 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | {{cr|Pakistan}} |
| Graeme Pollock
| 27 February 1944 | Left-handed | Leg break | {{cr|RSA|1928}} |
| Peter Pollock
| 30 June 1941 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | {{cr|RSA|1928}} |
| Robert Taylor
| 17 July 1941 | Right-handed | Wicket-keeper |
"Test" series summary
=First match=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26 November–1 December 1971 (5–day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = File:World XI 1971-2 logo.png World XI
| score-team1-inns1 = 389/4d (85 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = IM Chappell 145
| wickets-team1-inns1 = BS Bedi 1/53 (8 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 285/4d (63 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = HM Ackerman 112
| wickets-team2-inns1 = KJ O'Keeffe 1/36 (8 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 220/3d (58 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = IM Chappell 106
| wickets-team1-inns2 = GS Sobers 1/7 (4 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 108/4 (35 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Zaheer Abbas 32
| wickets-team2-inns2 = DK Lillee 2/38 (9 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32069.html Scorecard]
| venue = Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
| umpires = TF Brooks and LP Rowan
| toss = World XI won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 29 November was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the second day.
| notes = BC Francis made his first-class debut for Australia.
}}
=Second match=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 10–12 December 1971 (5–day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = File:World XI 1971-2 logo.png World XI
| score-team1-inns1 = 349 (72.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = KD Walters 125
| wickets-team1-inns1 = AW Greig 4/94 (13.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 59 (14.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Zaheer Abbas 14
CH Lloyd 14
| wickets-team2-inns1 = DK Lillee 8/29 (7.1 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =
| score-team2-inns2 = 279 (f/o) (71.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = RB Kanhai 118
| wickets-team2-inns2 = DK Lillee 4/63 (14 overs)
| result = Australia won by an innings and 11 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32080.html Scorecard]
| venue = WACA Ground, Perth
| umpires = LP Rowan and NE Townsend
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
| notes =
}}
=Third match=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1–6 January 1972 (5–day match)
| team1 = World XI File:World XI 1971-2 logo.png
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 184 (49.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = AW Greig 66
| wickets-team1-inns1 = DK Lillee 5/48 (16.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 285 (71.6 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = GS Chappell 115*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = AW Greig 4/41 (16 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 514 (124.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = GS Sobers 254
| wickets-team1-inns2 = TJ Jenner 4/87 (20.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 317 (76 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = KD Walters 127
| wickets-team2-inns2 = BS Bedi 4/81 (24 overs)
| result = World XI won by 96 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32117.html Scorecard]
| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
| umpires = JR Collins and MG O'Connell
| toss = World XI won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 4 January was taken as a rest day.
| notes = J Benaud and RAL Massie made their first-class debuts for Australia.
}}
=Fourth match=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 8–13 January 1972 (5–day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = File:World XI 1971-2 logo.png World XI
| score-team1-inns1 = 312 (69.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = KR Stackpole 104
| wickets-team1-inns1 = BS Bedi 4/85 (20 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 277 (69.6 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Intikhab Alam 73*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = RAL Massie 7/76 (20.6 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 546 (102.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = GS Chappell 197*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Intikhab Alam 4/132 (24.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 173/5 (48 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = HM Ackerman 87
| wickets-team2-inns2 = KJ O'Keeffe 3/34 (12 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32130.html Scorecard]
| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
| umpires = TF Brooks and PR Enright
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 11 January was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the final day.
| notes =
}}
=Fifth match=
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 28 January–1 February 1972 (5–day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = File:World XI 1971-2 logo.png World XI
| score-team1-inns1 = 311 (91.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = J Benaud 99
| wickets-team1-inns1 = AW Greig 6/30 (15.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 367 (109.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = RG Pollock 136
| wickets-team2-inns1 = AA Mallett 4/116 (34.5 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 201 (55.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = IM Chappell 111*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Intikhab Alam 4/78 (19 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 146/1 (41.6 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = HM Ackerman 79*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = RJ Inverarity 1/52 (12 overs)
| result = World XI won by 9 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32167.html Scorecard]
| venue = Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
| umpires = TF Brooks and LP Rowan
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 30 January was taken as a rest day.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
| notes = AJ Woodcock made his first-class debut for Australia.
}}
Matches
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1971-72/WORLD-XI_IN_AUS World XI in Australia, Nov 1971/Feb 1972] at Cricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/World_XI_in_Australia_1971-72.html World XI in Australia 1971-72] at CricketArchive
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