Australian Cricket Team In The West Indies In 1972–73
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The Australian cricket team toured the West Indies in the 1972–73 season to play a five-match Test series against the
West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...
. Australia won the series 2–0 with three matches drawn. Australia therefore kept the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy.


Australian squad

The original squad selected were as follows: *Batsmen – Ian Chappell (captain), Greg Chappell, Keith Stackpole, Doug Walters, John Benaud, Ian Redpath, Ross Edwards *Fastbowlers – Dennis Lillee, Jeff Hammond, Max Walker, Bob Massie *Spinners – Kerry O'Keeffe, Terry Jenner, John Watkins *Wicketkeeper – Rod Marsh


Test matches

Dennis Lillee became injured during the tour and Bob Massie lost form. However the other Australian bowlers performed admirably and Australia wound up winning the series comfortably.. Henry Blofeld later wrote in '' Wisden'':
It hardly seemed possible for Australia to win a series in the West Indies without any contribution from Lillee and Massie who had developed into such a formidable combination against England a few months earlier, and without the services of Mallett, their off spinner, who was unavailable for the tour. In spite of all this Ian Chappell's side won impressively, beating the West Indies in the third and fourth Test matches at Port of Spain and Georgetown respectively. Australia won as much as anything because of the strength and the nature of their temperament which both collectively and individually refuses to accept defeat until it has become a fact. On the other hand it was the temperamental deficiencies of the West Indies players which contributed more to their defeat than any technical inadequacies.Henry Blofeld ''Australian cricket team in the West Indies 1972–73''
at Wisden


Test series summary


First Test


Second Test


Third Test


Fourth Test


Fifth Test


References


External links


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