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Australia vs New Zealand Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 31 January, 1981, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Benson Hedges World Series Cup | January 31, 1981, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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Australia
Australia

*130/3 (39.3 ov)

vs
New Zealand

*126/10 (46.4 ov)

New Zealand

Australia won by 7 wickets

New Zealand Inning Inning

126/10 (46.4 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
John Wright
c †Marsh b Lillee
11 16 1 0 68.75
Bruce Edgar
c Border b Chappell
28 56 2 0 50.00
Geoff Howarth
b Walker
7 14 0 0 50.00
Jeremy Coney
lbw b Lillee
4 8 1 0 50.00
Mark Burgess
run out
13 44 1 0 29.55
Paul McEwan
run out
12 32 0 0 37.50
Brian McKechnie
lbw b Chappell
0 10 0 0 0.00
Ian Smith
b Chappell
13 27 1 0 48.15
Sir Richard Hadlee
c Chappell b Beard
16 43 1 0 37.21
Lance Cairns
c Chappell b Beard
14 21 1 0 66.67
Ewen Chatfield
not out
2 11 0 0 18.18
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 1, p 0) 6
TOTAL (2.72 RUNS PER OVER) 126/10 (46.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

14-1 (John Wright, 0 ov), 70-5 (Bruce Edgar, 0 ov), 21-2 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 30-3 (Jeremy Coney, 0 ov), 62-4 (Mark Burgess, 0 ov), 92-7 (Paul McEwan, 0 ov), 71-6 (Brian McKechnie, 0 ov), 95-8 (Ian Smith, 0 ov), 126-10 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 113-9 (Lance Cairns, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Dennis Lillee 8 0 25 2 0 0 0 3.13
Max Walker 10 0 25 1 0 0 0 2.50
Graeme Beard 8.4 3 20 2 0 0 0 2.31
Greg Chappell 10 2 22 1 0 0 0 2.20
Trevor Chappell 10 1 28 2 0 0 0 2.80

Australia (target 127 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

130/3 (39.3 ov)
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Saturday, January 31, 1981 - 07:30 PM

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Toss Australia won the toss and elected to field

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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