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| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 28th, 29th, 31st January, 1st February 1972 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | World XI won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | TF Brooks, LP Rowan |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 297/7 (Marsh 53*, Mallett 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | World XI (1) 265/5 (RG Pollock 101*, Greig 7*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 186/8 (IM Chappell 100*, Massie 4*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KR Stackpole | c Ackerman b Greig | 7 | |||||
| AJ Woodcock | lbw b Greig | 5 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | c Zaheer Abbas b Bedi | 18 | |||||
| J Benaud | c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam | 99 | |||||
| GS Chappell | c Ackerman b Intikhab Alam | 85 | |||||
| RJ Inverarity | c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam | 11 | |||||
| +RW Marsh | b Greig | 54 | |||||
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Taylor b Greig | 16 | |||||
| AA Mallett | not out | 7 | |||||
| RAL Massie | lbw b Greig | 6 | |||||
| JRF Duncan | c Taylor b Greig | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 392 minutes, 91.3 overs) | 311 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-21, 3-35, 4-212, 5-219, 6-248, 7-296, 8-299, 9-311, 10-311 (91.3 ov) | |||||||
| World XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| PM Pollock | 12 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 15.3 | 3 | 30 | 6 | - | 1 | |
| Bedi | 33 | 7 | 117 | 1 | - | - | |
| Intikhab Alam | 23 | 1 | 95 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| World XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HM Ackerman | b Mallett | 31 | |||||
| SM Gavaskar | c sub (KD Walters) b O'Keeffe | 18 | |||||
| RB Kanhai | c and b O'Keeffe | 16 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | b Stackpole | 73 | |||||
| RG Pollock | b GS Chappell | 136 | |||||
| *GS Sobers | c GS Chappell b Massie | 2 | |||||
| AW Greig | lbw b Duncan | 22 | |||||
| Intikhab Alam | c IM Chappell b Mallett | 16 | |||||
| PM Pollock | c IM Chappell b Mallett | 17 | |||||
| +RW Taylor | c Woodcock b Mallett | 5 | |||||
| BS Bedi | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 18 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 463 minutes, 109.5 overs) | 367 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-61, 3-74, 4-220, 5-241, 6-291, 7-327, 8-343, 9-356, 10-367 (109.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Massie | 17 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Duncan | 18 | 4 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 34.5 | 7 | 116 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| O'Keeffe | 18 | 3 | 60 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Inverarity | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Stackpole | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| GS Chappell | 9 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KR Stackpole | lbw b PM Pollock | 2 | |||||
| AJ Woodcock | c Taylor b Sobers | 16 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | not out | 111 | |||||
| J Benaud | c PM Pollock b Intikhab Alam | 27 | |||||
| GS Chappell | c Taylor b Intikhab Alam | 16 | |||||
| RJ Inverarity | b Intikhab Alam | 0 | |||||
| +RW Marsh | c Taylor b Intikhab Alam | 10 | |||||
| AA Mallett | run out (RG Pollock) | 1 | |||||
| KJ O'Keeffe | c RG Pollock b Bedi | 4 | |||||
| RAL Massie | c RG Pollock b Bedi | 8 | |||||
| JRF Duncan | lbw b Bedi | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 236 minutes, 55.5 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-28, 3-106, 4-129, 5-129, 6-141, 7-146, 8-163, 9-201, 10-201 (55.5 ov) | |||||||
| World XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| PM Pollock | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greig | 7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 9 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bedi | 15.5 | 1 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Intikhab Alam | 19 | 1 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| World XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HM Ackerman | not out | 79 | |||||
| SM Gavaskar | c Marsh b Inverarity | 50 | |||||
| RB Kanhai | not out | 14 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Pollock | did not bat | ||||||
| *GS Sobers | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Greig | did not bat | ||||||
| Intikhab Alam | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Pollock | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Bedi | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 156 minutes, 41.6 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-100 (Gavaskar) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Massie | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Duncan | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 13 | 4 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Inverarity | 12 | 2 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stackpole | 5.6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> J Benaud (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> AJ Woodcock made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
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