Australia vs New Zealand, 3rd Final at Melbourne, Feb 01 1981 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Final, Melbourne, February 01, 1981, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup
Australia  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Parker b Hadlee | 5 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| b McEwan | 72 | 114 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 63.15 | |||
| c Edgar b Snedden | 90 | 122 | 161 | 7 | 0 | 73.77 | |||
| c Edgar b Snedden | 33 | 38 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 86.84 | |||
| not out | 18 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 138.46 | |||
| not out | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 120.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 3) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.70) | 235/4 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Allan Border), 2-153 (Graeme Wood), 3-199 (Greg Chappell), 4-215 (Martin Kent) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 4.10 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 5.20 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 5.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4.42 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand  (T: 236 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Kent b GS Chappell | 42 | 81 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 51.85 | |||
| not out | 102 | 141 | 202 | 7 | 0 | 72.34 | |||
| c †Marsh b GS Chappell | 18 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 90.00 | |||
| b Beard | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 120.00 | |||
| c TM Chappell b GS Chappell | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| c Wood b Beard | 11 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 61.11 | |||
| c TM Chappell b Lillee | 24 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 126.31 | |||
| lbw b TM Chappell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |||
| b TM Chappell | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 10) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.58) | 229/8 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-85 (John Wright), 2-117 (Geoff Howarth), 3-136 (Lance Cairns), 4-139 (Mark Burgess), 5-172 (Paul McEwan), 6-221 (John Parker), 7-225 (Richard Hadlee), 8-229 (Ian Smith) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 5.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 4.30 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 5.70 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Match Flow
15 were required from the final over. Hadlee hit the first ball for 4, was lbw to the second. Smith took twos off ball 3 and 4, and was bowled by the 5th. McKechnie came to the wicket with 7 required, and Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to bowl the final ball underarm, rolling along the ground.
Match Details
GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Season1980/81
Series resultAustralia led the best-of-5-finals 2-1
Match numberODI no. 113
Match daysday (50-over match)
Umpires
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