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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
235-4
Series badge NZL
229-8
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.70 vs spin: 4.00
vs seam: 4.51
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.58 vs seam: 4.20
Sun 01/02/81 Australia v New Zealand, Benson and Hedges World Series Cup, 3rd Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 6 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 235-4 (50.0; RR: 4.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AR Border c Parker b Hadlee 5 8 0 0 62.50
GM Wood b McEwan 72 114 4 0 63.16
GS Chappell c Edgar b Snedden 90 122 7 0 73.77
MF Kent c Edgar b Snedden 33 38 2 0 86.84
RW Marsh not out 18 13 1 0 138.46
KD Walters not out 6 5 0 0 120.00
KJ Hughes  
GR Beard  
TM Chappell  
DK Lillee  
MHN Walker  
Extras (8b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 235-4 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.70)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 153-2 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 199-3 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 215-4 (MF Kent 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RJ Hadlee 10.0 0 41 1 4.10 0 0
MC Snedden 10.0 0 52 2 5.20 0 0
BL Cairns 10.0 0 34 0 3.40 0 0
BJ McKechnie 10.0 0 54 0 5.40 0 0
PE McEwan 7.0 1 31 1 4.43 0 0
GP Howarth 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 0

New Zealand - 1st Inns 229-8 (50.0; RR: 4.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Wright c Kent b Chappell 42 81 4 0 51.85
BA Edgar not out 102 141 7 0 72.34
GP Howarth c Marsh b Chappell 18 20 2 0 90.00
BL Cairns b Beard 12 10 2 0 120.00
MG Burgess c Chappell b Chappell 2 5 0 0 40.00
PE McEwan c Wood b Beard 11 18 0 0 61.11
JM Parker c Chappell b Lillee 24 19 1 0 126.32
RJ Hadlee lbw b Chappell 4 2 1 0 200.00
IDS Smith b Chappell 4 3 0 0 133.33
BJ McKechnie not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
MC Snedden  
Extras (0b, 10lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 229-8 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.58)

Fall of wickets

85-1 (JG Wright 0.0 ov), 117-2 (GP Howarth 0.0 ov), 136-3 (BL Cairns 0.0 ov), 139-4 (MG Burgess 0.0 ov), 172-5 (PE McEwan 0.0 ov), 221-6 (JM Parker 0.0 ov), 225-7 (RJ Hadlee 0.0 ov), 229-8 (IDS Smith 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 10.0 1 34 1 3.40 0 0
MHN Walker 10.0 0 35 0 3.50 0 0
GR Beard 10.0 0 50 2 5.00 0 0
GS Chappell 10.0 0 43 3 4.30 0 0
TM Chappell 10.0 0 57 2 5.70 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Benson and Hedges World Series Cup, 3rd Final

Date

Sunday February 1, 1981

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

PM Cronin, DG Weser

Australia Team

Playing XI

KD Walters, RW Marsh, GS Chappell, DK Lillee, MHN Walker, KJ Hughes, GM Wood, AR Border, GR Beard, TM Chappell, MF Kent

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

MG Burgess, RJ Hadlee, JM Parker, BL Cairns, GP Howarth, BJ McKechnie, JG Wright, BA Edgar, PE McEwan, IDS Smith, MC Snedden