An easy paced Hobart pitch had the last word in the 1970s Test between Australia and Rest of the World. Tony Greig won the toss and ROW enjoyed batting, compiling 283-3 on day 1 in which India's little master Sunil Gavaskar contributed a belligerent 105. Zaheer (78) and Majid (66) helped boost ROW's 1st innings total to 460-9d on day 2. Dennis Lillee bowled manfully, taking 3-93 and was the pick of Australias bowlers.
Nearly 2 hours were lost to light showers on day 3, a day dominated by Doug Walters' exhilarating innings of 169. Along with the luckless McCosker, who fell 1 short of a hundred, these 2 edged the Australians to 416 all out (44 behind).
Day 4 started late because of heavy rain and there were more weather interruptions to come. In between, ROW established a lead of 186 by stumps and this was extended to 261 when Greig declared before lunch on the 5th day.
Australia started their innings with every intention of chasing down their target, but when Bedi dismissed McCosker and Greg Chappell in the same over they were forced to reevaluate. The pitch was taking spin but Ross Edwards (66no) and Rodney Marsh (32no) navigated the home side to the safety of an honourable draw. All rounder Clive Rice, with 51 and 102no, as well as 5-44 in Australia's 1st innings, was man of the match.
Australia 1970s: KR Stackpole, RB McCosker, GS Chappell (c), KD Walters, R Edwards, RW Marsh (wk), MHN Walker, DK Lillee, AA Mallett, JR Thomson, G Dymock
Rest of the World 1970s: SM Gavaskar, GM Turner, Zaheer Abbas, Majid Khan, CEB RIce, AW Greig (c), APE Knott (wk), GS Le Roux, JA Snow, DL Underwood, BS Bedi
Rest of the World 1970s 1st Innings 460-9 (150.2 Ov)
SM Gavaskar 105, Zaheer Abbas 78, Majid Khan 66, DK Lillee 3-93, AA Mallett 2-58
Australia 1970s 1st Innings 416-10 (131.1 Ov)
KD Walters 169, RB McCosker 99, KR Stackpole 58, CEB Rice 5-94, DL Underwood 2-76
Rest of the World 1970s 2nd Innings 217-5 (71 Ov)
CEB Rice 102*, Majid Khan 40, MHN Walker 2-27
Australia 1970s 2nd Innings 172-4 (65 Ov)
R Edwards 66*, RW Marsh 32*, KR Stackpole 31, DL Underwood 2-31, BS Bedi 2-39
Match Drawn
Man of the Match: CEB Rice
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