Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia
Season	1970/71
Player Of The Match	John Edrich
Match number	ODI no. 1
Match days	day (40-over match)
ODI debut	Ashley Mallett Alan Thomson Alan Connolly Graham McKenzie Greg Chappell Ian Chappell Ian Redpath Doug Walters Keith Stackpole Rod Marsh Bill Lawry Alan Knott Basil D'Oliveira Geoff Boycott John Snow John Edrich John Hampshire Ken Shuttleworth Keith Fletcher Colin Cowdrey Peter Lever Ray Illingworth
Umpires	Lou Rowan Tom Brooks

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
WM Lawry	caught	27	49
KR Stackpole	caught	13	15
IM Chappell	stumped	60	103
KD Walters	caught	41	51
IR Redpath	bowled	12	14
GS Chappell	not out	22	29
RW Marsh	not out	10	18
Extras	(lb 4, nb 1, w 1)
Total	191(5 wkts; 34.6 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	8	0	38	0	3.56
K Shuttleworth	7	0	29	1	3.1 (1 nb)
P Lever	5.6	0	30	0	3.91
R Illingworth	8	1	50	3	4.68
BL D'Oliveira	6	1	38	1	4.75

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	19	Bill Lawry	Keith Stackpole
2nd	32	Bill Lawry	Ian Chappell
3rd	66	Ian Chappell	Doug Walters
4th	41	Ian Redpath	Ian Chappell
5th	7	Ian Chappell	Greg Chappell
6th	26	Rod Marsh	Greg Chappell

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