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Australia vs New Zealand Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 1 February, 1981, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

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

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Australia
Australia

*235/4 (50.0 ov)

vs
New Zealand

*229/8 (50.0 ov)

New Zealand

Australia won by 6 runs

Australia Inning Inning

235/4 (50.0 ov)
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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 Dots NB WD ECO
Sir Richard Hadlee 10 0 41 1 0 0 0 4.10
Martin Snedden 10 0 52 2 0 0 0 5.20
Lance Cairns 10 0 34 0 0 0 0 3.40
Brian McKechnie 10 0 54 0 0 0 0 5.40
Paul McEwan 7 1 31 1 0 0 0 4.43
Geoff Howarth 3 0 12 0 0 0 0 4.00

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

229/8 (50.0 ov)
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Match Information

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DATE & TIME

Sunday, February 01, 1981 - 07:30 PM

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Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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