Rest of the World cricket team in Australia in 1971–72

A Rest of the World cricket team 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 cancelled in 1971.^[1]

The World XI played 16 matches between early November 1971 and early February 1972. There were five matches against Australia but these were not ranked as Test matches. The 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 state teams.^[1]

The team

Gary Sobers (captain, West Indies)
Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan)
Hylton Ackerman (South Africa)
Intikhab Alam (Pakistan)
Bishan Bedi (India)
Bob Cunis (New Zealand)
Farokh Engineer (India)
Sunil Gavaskar (India)
Norman Gifford (England)
Tony Greig (England)
Richard Hutton (England)
Rohan Kanhai (West Indies)
Clive Lloyd (West Indies)
Asif Masood (Pakistan)
Graeme Pollock (South Africa)
Peter Pollock (South Africa)
Bob Taylor (England)^[2]

References

1 2 T. L. Goodman, "A World Team in Australia", Wisden 1973, pp. 899-911.
↑ Martin Williamson, "When People Power Sunk South Africa", Cricinfo 1 October 2005

External links

World XI in Australia 1971-72 at Cricket Archive

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003 2008 2017

England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18

India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020

New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2020-21

Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20

South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19

Sri Lanka	1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 1998–99 2002–03 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23

West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1986–87 1988–89 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2019–20

Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04

Tournaments hosted

World Cup	1985 1992 2015

Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

Other tours

Afghanistan	2014

Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46

English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80

Fijian	1907–08 1959–60

Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06

New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75

PNG	2014

UAE	2014

West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

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