- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras24 (b 1, lb 8, nb 9, w 6)TOTAL237 all out (84 Overs, RR: 2.82, 337 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (CPS Chauhan), 2-22 (DB Vengsarkar), 3-43 (SM Gavaskar), 4-91 (SM Patil), 5-99 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-115 (N Kapil Dev), 7-164 (SMH Kirmani), 8-190 (KD Ghavri), 9-230 (GR Viswanath), 10-237 (DR Doshi)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DK Lillee 25 6 65 4 2.60 0 0 LS Pascoe 22 11 29 3 1.31 0 0 GS Chappell 5 2 9 0 1.80 0 0 B Yardley 13 3 45 2 3.46 0 0 JD Higgs 19 2 65 0 3.42 0 0
06/02Result
3rd Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Feb 7-11 1981
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237 & 324 -
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419 & 83 (48.4 ov)
Player of the Match
06/02Result
3rd Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Feb 7-11 1981
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237 & 324 -
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419 & 83 (48.4 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 12, lb 6, nb 5)TOTAL419 all out (156.3 Overs, RR: 2.67, 580 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (J Dyson), 2-32 (GM Wood), 3-81 (KJ Hughes), 4-189 (GS Chappell), 5-320 (AR Border), 6-356 (KD Walters), 7-356 (B Yardley), 8-413 (DK Lillee), 9-413 (RW Marsh), 10-419 (LS Pascoe)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB N Kapil Dev 19 7 41 1 2.15 0 0 DR Doshi 52 14 109 3 2.09 0 0 KD Ghavri 39 4 110 2 2.82 0 0 NS Yadav 32 6 100 2 3.12 0 0 CPS Chauhan 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0 SM Patil 12.3 4 28 2 2.24 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras26 (b 11, lb 8, nb 7)TOTAL324 all out (109.1 Overs, RR: 2.96, 424 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-165 (SM Gavaskar), 2-176 (CPS Chauhan), 3-243 (GR Viswanath), 4-245 (DB Vengsarkar), 5-260 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-296 (SM Patil), 7-296 (N Kapil Dev), 8-308 (SMH Kirmani), 9-324 (DR Doshi)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 5, nb 2)TOTAL83 all out (48.4 Overs, RR: 1.7, 203 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (J Dyson), 2-11 (GS Chappell), 3-18 (GM Wood), 4-40 (KJ Hughes), 5-50 (B Yardley), 6-55 (AR Border), 7-61 (RW Marsh), 8-69 (DK Lillee), 9-79 (LS Pascoe), 10-83 (JD Higgs)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KD Ghavri 8 4 10 2 1.25 0 0 SM Patil 2 0 5 0 2.50 0 0 DR Doshi 22 9 33 2 1.50 0 0 N Kapil Dev 16.4 4 28 5 1.68 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to field first
Player Of The Series
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series drawn 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
7,8,9,10,11 February 1981 (5-day match)
Umpires
Close of Play
- Sat, 07 Feb - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 12/0 (J Dyson 9*, GM Wood 1*, )
- Sun, 08 Feb - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 272/4 (AR Border 95*, KD Walters 36*, )
- Mon, 09 Feb - day 3 - India 2nd innings 108/0 (SM Gavaskar 59*, CPS Chauhan 41*, )
- Tue, 10 Feb - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 24/3 (KJ Hughes 4*, B Yardley 4*, )
- Wed, 11 Feb - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 83 (48.4 ov) - end of match
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