Ashes Tour 1972

The Ashes Tour 1972 was the tour of the Australian national cricket team , which included the 46th edition of the Ashes , and was held between June 8 and August 28, 1972. The international cricket tour was part of the 1972 international cricket season and included five test matches and three ODIs . The test series ended 2-2 in a draw, so England could keep the Ashes as defending champions. England won the ODI series 2–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1970/71 season in Australia .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	3. ODI
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4th test
The oval	London	23,500	5th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. test; 2. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	1st test; 1. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	3rd test

Squad lists

The two teams named the following squads.

test		ODI
England	Australia	England	Australia
Geoff Arnold Geoff Boycott Basil D'Oliveira John Edrich Keith Fletcher Norman Gifford Ian Greig John Hampshire Richard Illingworth Alan Knott John Lever Brian Luckhurst Peter Parfitt John Price Mike Smith John Snow Derek Underwood Barry Wood	Greg Chappell Ian Chappell David Colley Ross Edwards Bruce Francis John Gleeson John Inverarity Dennis Lillee Ashley Mallett Geoff Marsh Bob Massie Paul Sheahan Keith Stackpole Doug Walters Graeme Watson	Dennis Amiss Geoff Arnold Geoff Boycott Brian Close Basil D'Oliveira Keith Fletcher Ian Greig John Hampshire Alan Knott John Snow Barry Wood Bob Woolmer	Greg Chappell Ian Chappell David Colley Ross Edwards Jeff Hammond Dennis Lillee Ashley Mallett Geoff Marsh Bob Massie Paul Sheahan Keith Stackpole Doug Walters Graeme Watson

Tour matches

Australia played 27 tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Manchester

June 8-13 Scorecard	Manchester	England 249 (120.4) & 234 (86.2)	-	Australia 142 (58) & 252 (85.2)
		England wins with 89 runs

Second test in London

June 22-26 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 272 (91.5) & 116 (55.2)	-	Australia 308 (122.1) & 81-2 (26.5)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Third test in Nottingham

July 13-18 scorecard	Nottingham	Australia 315 (118.4) & 324-4d (92)	-	England 189 (88.3) & 290-4 (148)
		draw

Fourth test in Leeds

July 27-29 Scorecard	Leeds	Australia 146 (86.5) & 136 (56.1)	-	England 263 (130.1) & 21-1 (10)
		England wins with 9 wickets

Fifth test in London

August 10-16 Scorecard	London (oval)	England 284 (92.2) & 356 (121.2)	-	Australia 399 (151.5) & 242-5 (92.2)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Manchester

August 24th scorecard	Manchester	Australia 222-8 (55/55)	-	England 226-4 (49.1 / 55)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in London

August 26th scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 236-9 (55/55)	-	Australia 240-5 (51.3 / 55)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Birmingham

August 28th scorecard	Birmingham	Australia 179-9 (55/55)	-	England 180-8 (51.3 / 55)
		England wins with 2 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo