Australia vs New Zealand Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 3rd Final, 1 February, 1981, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Benson Hedges World Series Cup | February 1, 1981, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

Completed

Australia

*235/4 (50.0 ov)

New Zealand

*229/8 (50.0 ov)

Australia won by 6 runs

Commentary Scorecard Squad Point Table

Australia Inning Inning

235/4 (50.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Allan Border c Parker b Hadlee	5	8	0	0	62.50
Graeme Wood b McEwan	72	114	4	0	63.16
Greg Chappell c Edgar b Snedden	90	122	7	0	73.77
Martin Kent c Edgar b Snedden	33	38	2	0	86.84
Rod Marsh not out	18	13	1	0	138.46
Doug Walters not out	6	5	0	0	120.00
EXTRAS ( b 8, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	11
TOTAL (4.70 RUNS PER OVER)	235/4 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

8-1 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 153-2 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 199-3 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov), 215-4 (Martin Kent, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Kim Hughes, Graeme Beard, Trevor Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Max Walker

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Sir Richard Hadlee	10	0	41	1	4.10
Martin Snedden	10	0	52	2	5.20
Lance Cairns	10	0	34	0	3.40
Brian McKechnie	10	0	54	0	5.40
Paul McEwan	7	1	31	1	4.43
Geoff Howarth	3	0	12	0	4.00

New Zealand (target 236 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

229/8 (50.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Wright c Kent b Chappell	42	81	4	0	51.85
Bruce Edgar not out	102	141	7	0	72.34
Geoff Howarth c †Marsh b Chappell	18	20	2	0	90.00
Lance Cairns b Beard	12	10	2	0	120.00
Mark Burgess c Chappell b Chappell	2	5	0	0	40.00
Paul McEwan c Wood b Beard	11	18	0	0	61.11
John Parker c Chappell b Lillee	24	19	1	0	126.32
Sir Richard Hadlee lbw b Chappell	4	2	1	0	200.00
Ian Smith b Chappell	4	3	0	0	133.33
Brian McKechnie not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 10, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	10
TOTAL (4.58 RUNS PER OVER)	229/8 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

85-1 (John Wright, 0 ov), 117-2 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 136-3 (Lance Cairns, 0 ov), 139-4 (Mark Burgess, 0 ov), 172-5 (Paul McEwan, 0 ov), 221-6 (John Parker, 0 ov), 225-7 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 229-8 (Ian Smith, 0 ov)