RESULT
3rd Final, Melbourne, February 01, 1981, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup
235/4
(50 ov, T:236) 229/8
Australia won by 6 runs
Australia INNINGS (50 overs maximum)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Border | c Parker b Hadlee | 5 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | ||
| Graeme Wood | b McEwan | 72 | 114 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 63.15 | ||
| Greg Chappell (c) | c Edgar b Snedden | 90 | 122 | 161 | 7 | 0 | 73.77 | ||
| Martin Kent | c Edgar b Snedden | 33 | 38 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 86.84 | ||
| Rod Marsh † | not out | 18 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 138.46 | ||
| Doug Walters | 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 | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hadlee | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 4.10 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Snedden | 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 5.20 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Cairns | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Brian McKechnie | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 5.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McEwan | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Howarth | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
New Zealand INNINGS (Target: 236 runs from 50 overs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wright | c Kent b GS Chappell | 42 | 81 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 51.85 | ||
| Bruce Edgar | not out | 102 | 141 | 202 | 7 | 0 | 72.34 | ||
| Geoff Howarth (c) | c †Marsh b GS Chappell | 18 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 90.00 | ||
| Lance Cairns | b Beard | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 120.00 | ||
| Mark Burgess | c TM Chappell b GS Chappell | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Paul McEwan | c Wood b Beard | 11 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 61.11 | ||
| John Parker | c TM Chappell b Lillee | 24 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 126.31 | ||
| Richard Hadlee | lbw b TM Chappell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | ||
| Ian Smith † | b TM Chappell | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 | ||
| Brian McKechnie | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 10) | 10 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 50 Ov (RR: 4.58) | 229/8 | |||||||
Did not bat: Martin Snedden | |||||||||
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 | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Max Walker | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Beard | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 5.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 4.30 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Chappell | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 5.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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MATCH DETAILS
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1980/81 |
| Series result | Australia led the best-of-5-finals 2-1 |
| Match number | ODI no. 113 |
| Match days | day (50-over match) |
| Umpires | |
MATCH NOTES
- 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.
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