| a2880 o112 |
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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st January 1981 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | RA French, DG Weser |
| Scorers | MP Ringham (Australia), GGA Saulez (New Zealand) |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| JG Wright | c Marsh b Lillee | 11 | 16 | 17 | 1 | - | 68.75 |
| BA Edgar | c Border b TM Chappell | 28 | 56 | 99 | 2 | - | 50.00 |
| *GP Howarth | b Walker | 7 | 14 | 12 | - | - | 50.00 |
| JV Coney | lbw b Lillee | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | 50.00 |
| MG Burgess | run out | 13 | 44 | 40 | 1 | - | 29.55 |
| PE McEwan | run out | 12 | 32 | 47 | - | - | 37.50 |
| BJ McKechnie | lbw b TM Chappell | 0 | 10 | 7 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +IDS Smith | b GS Chappell | 13 | 27 | 17 | 1 | - | 48.15 |
| RJ Hadlee | c GS Chappell b Beard | 16 | 43 | 46 | 1 | - | 37.21 |
| BL Cairns | c TM Chappell b Beard | 14 | 21 | 22 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 2 | 11 | 13 | - | - | 18.18 |
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.4 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Wright), 2-21 (Howarth), 3-30 (Coney), 4-62 (Burgess), 5-70 (Edgar), 6-71 (McKechnie), 7-92 (McEwan), 8-95 (Smith), 9-113 (Cairns), 10-126 (Hadlee) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Lillee | 8 | 0 | 25 | 2 | - | - | 24.00 | 3.12 |
| Walker | 10 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.50 |
| Beard | 8.4 | 3 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 26.00 | 2.31 |
| GS Chappell | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.20 |
| TM Chappell | 10 | 1 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.80 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GM Wood | c Smith b Chatfield | 32 | 87 | 90 | 4 | - | 36.78 |
| AR Border | c Burgess b Howarth | 19 | 27 | 33 | 1 | - | 70.37 |
| *GS Chappell | not out | 58 | 87 | 99 | 4 | - | 66.67 |
| KJ Hughes | st Smith b Cairns | 12 | 33 | 29 | - | - | 36.36 |
| KD Walters | not out | 4 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 100.00 |
| GR Beard | did not bat | ||||||
| TM Chappell | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Marsh | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Lillee | did not bat | ||||||
| MHN Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| LS Pascoe | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 39.3 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Border), 2-85 (Wood), 3-118 (Hughes) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Hadlee | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.90 |
| Chatfield | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 3.50 |
| McEwan | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.50 |
| Howarth | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 24.00 | 3.25 |
| Cairns | 10 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.30 |
| McKechnie | 5.3 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.82 |
Notes
--> GR Beard made his debut in ODI matches
--> GP Howarth passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 1
--> AR Border passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 17
--> GS Chappell passed 1500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 58
--> GR Beard made his debut for Australia in List A matches
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