A World XI cricket team, which was a multi-national 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 had cancelled in 1971.

[1] This meant that South Africa would not tour Australia for a test series again until the 1993–94 season.

The team also played three limited overs internationals against Australia and the remaining games were first-class fixtures against Australian invitational and state teams.

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