First one-day century

Amiss (134 balls, 161 minutes, 9 fours) completed the first century at this level off 130 balls in the 46th over. He shared the first hundred partnership with Fletcher, the pair addindPrudential Trophy, 1972, 1st One-day International
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
24 August 1972 (55-overs match)

Result: England won by 6 wickets
England leads the 3-ODI series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: CS Elliott and AEG Rhodes
ODI Debuts: DL Amiss, GG Arnold, DB Close, AW Greig, RA Woolmer (Eng); R Edwards, DK Lillee, RAL Massie, AP Sheahan, GD Watson (Aus).
Man of the Match: DL Amiss
Man of the series: DL Amiss and KR Stackpole


Australia innings (55 overs maximum) R 4 6
KR Stackpole c D'Oliveira b Greig 37 6 0
GD Watson b Arnold 0 0 0
*IM Chappell b Woolmer 53 5 0
GS Chappell b Woolmer 40 3 0
R Edwards run out 57 6 0
AP Sheahan b Arnold 6 0 0
KD Walters lbw b Woolmer 2 0 0
+RW Marsh c Close b Snow 11 1 0
AA Mallett not out 6 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 5) 10
Total (8 wickets, 55 overs) 222

DNB: DK Lillee, RAL Massie.

FoW: 1-4 (Watson), 2-66 (Stackpole), 3-125 (IM Chappell),
4-156 (GS Chappell), 5-167 (Sheahan), 6-170 (Walters),
7-205 (Marsh), 8-222 (Edwards).

Bowling O M R W
Snow 11 1 33 1
Arnold 11 0 38 2
Greig 11 0 50 1
Woolmer 10 1 33 3
D'Oliveira 9 1 37 0
Close 3 0 21 0

England innings (target: 223 runs from 55 overs) R M B 4 6
G Boycott c Marsh b Watson 25 35 38 3 0
DL Amiss b Watson 103 161 134 9 0
KWR Fletcher b Massie 60 86 76 8 0
*DB Close run out 1 2 1 0 0
JH Hampshire not out 25 40 41 5 0
BL D'Oliveira not out 5 7 5 1 0
Extras (b 1, lb 6) 7
Total (4 wickets, 49.1 overs) 226

DNB: AW Greig, +APE Knott, RA Woolmer, JA Snow, GG Arnold.

FoW: 1-48 (Boycott), 2-173 (Fletcher), 3-174 (Close),
4-215 (Amiss).

Bowling O M R W
Lillee 11 2 49 0
Massie 11 1 49 1
Watson 8 1 28 2
Mallett 11 1 43 0
GS Chappell 3 0 20 0
Walters 3 1 16 0
Stackpole 2.1 0 14 0

125 in 86 minutes (26.4 ove