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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1981 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 58 runs |
| Umpires | RC Bailhache, AR Crafter |
| Scorers | MP Ringham (Australia), MK Walsh (West Indies) |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indies (1) 10/4 (Lloyd 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | West Indies (1) 187/9 (Murray 26*, Garner 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 217/7 (Border 65*, Lillee 0*) |
| Close of play day 4 | West Indies (2) 154/9 (Holding 4*) |
| Player of the Match | KJ Hughes |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM Laird | c Murray b Holding | 4 | 18 | 16 | - | - | |
| GM Wood | c Murray b Roberts | 3 | 28 | 49 | - | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Murray b Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| AR Border | c Murray b Holding | 4 | 43 | 61 | - | - | |
| KJ Hughes | not out | 100 | 200 | 266 | 11 | - | |
| DM Wellham | c sub (AL Logie) b Croft | 17 | 37 | 54 | 2 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Richards b Garner | 21 | 43 | 74 | 1 | - | |
| B Yardley | b Garner | 21 | 17 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Gomes b Holding | 1 | 4 | 11 | - | - | |
| GF Lawson | b Holding | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| TM Alderman | c Murray b Croft | 10 | 26 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 8 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 316 minutes, 68.1 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Laird), 2-4 (Chappell), 3-8 (Wood), 4-26 (Border), 5-59 (Wellham), 6-115 (Marsh), 7-149 (Yardley), 8-153 (Lillee), 9-155 (Lawson), 10-198 (Alderman, 68.1 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holding | 17 | 3 | 45 | 5 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 15 | 6 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Garner | 20 | 6 | 59 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| Croft | 16.1 | 3 | 39 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Haynes | c Border b Lillee | 1 | 13 | 20 | - | - | |
| SFAF Bacchus | c Wood b Alderman | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| CEH Croft | lbw b Lillee | 0 | 10 | 16 | - | - | |
| IVA Richards | b Lillee | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - | |
| *CH Lloyd | c Alderman b Yardley | 29 | 81 | 106 | 1 | - | |
| HA Gomes | c Chappell b Lillee | 55 | 108 | 175 | 4 | - | |
| PJL Dujon | c Hughes b Lillee | 41 | 48 | 58 | 6 | - | |
| +DA Murray | not out | 32 | 70 | 90 | - | - | |
| AME Roberts | c Marsh b Lillee | 18 | 23 | 37 | 3 | - | |
| MA Holding | c and b Alderman | 2 | 7 | 14 | - | - | |
| J Garner | c Laird b Lillee | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 9 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 281 minutes, 62.3 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Bacchus), 2-5 (Haynes), 3-6 (Croft), 4-10 (Richards), 5-62 (Lloyd), 6-134 (Dujon), 7-147 (Gomes), 8-174 (Roberts), 9-183 (Holding), 10-201 (Garner, 62.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 26.3 | 3 | 83 | 7 | - | 6 | |
| Alderman | 18 | 3 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lawson | 9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Chappell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 7 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Wood | c Murray b Garner | 46 | 86 | 118 | 5 | - | |
| BM Laird | lbw b Croft | 64 | 146 | 210 | 5 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Murray b Garner | 6 | 21 | 35 | - | - | |
| AR Border | b Holding | 66 | 136 | 190 | 2 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | b Holding | 8 | 48 | 74 | - | - | |
| DM Wellham | lbw b Holding | 2 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Murray b Holding | 2 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| B Yardley | b Garner | 13 | 17 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Murray b Holding | 0 | 9 | 20 | - | - | |
| GF Lawson | not out | 0 | 7 | 17 | - | - | |
| TM Alderman | b Holding | 1 | 10 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 363 minutes, 82.3 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82 (Wood), 2-106 (Chappell), 3-139 (Laird), 4-184 (Hughes), 5-190 (Wellham), 6-199 (Marsh), 7-215 (Yardley), 8-218 (Border), 9-220 (Lillee), 10-222 (Alderman, 82.3 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holding | 21.3 | 5 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Roberts | 18 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Croft | 20 | 2 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Garner | 18 | 5 | 37 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Richards | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Haynes | c Lillee b Yardley | 28 | 121 | 182 | 3 | - | |
| SFAF Bacchus | lbw b Alderman | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - | |
| IVA Richards | b Alderman | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| *CH Lloyd | c Border b Lawson | 19 | 36 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| HA Gomes | b Yardley | 24 | 48 | 85 | 1 | - | |
| PJL Dujon | c Marsh b Yardley | 43 | 163 | 163 | 1 | - | |
| +DA Murray | c Marsh b Yardley | 10 | 28 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| AME Roberts | lbw b Lillee | 10 | 40 | 85 | - | 1 | |
| MA Holding | lbw b Lillee | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| J Garner | lbw b Lillee | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| CEH Croft | not out | 0 | 2 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 9 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 330 minutes, 74.1 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Bacchus), 2-4 (Richards), 3-38 (Lloyd), 4-80 (Gomes), 5-88 (Haynes), 6-116 (Murray), 7-150 (Dujon), 8-154 (Roberts), 9-154 (Garner), 10-161 (Holding, 74.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 27.1 | 8 | 44 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Alderman | 9 | 3 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lawson | 17 | 3 | 36 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Yardley | 21 | 7 | 38 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PJL Dujon made his debut in Test matches
--> KJ Hughes (1) 50 in 99 balls, 143 minutes
--> KJ Hughes (1) 100 in 197 balls, 262 minutes with 11 fours
--> KJ Hughes (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97
--> HA Gomes (1) 50 in 97 balls, 153 minutes
--> BM Laird (2) 50 in 105 balls, 150 minutes
--> GM Wood (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 38
--> GM Wood (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 95 balls, 125 minutes
--> PJL Dujon made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> HA Gomes made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DA Murray made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SFAF Bacchus made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DK Lillee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 7-89)
12th men: J.R.Thomson (Australia) & A.L.Logie (West Indies).
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