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England vs New Zealand Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 13 January, 1983, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Benson Hedges World Series Cup | January 13, 1983, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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New Zealand
New Zealand

*239/8 (50.0 ov)

vs
England

*237/8 (50.0 ov)

England

New Zealand won by 2 runs

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Player of the Match

David Gower - England

New Zealand Inning Inning

239/8 (50.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
John Wright
run out
55 85 7 0 64.71
Bruce Edgar
c Randall b Marks
30 77 3 0 38.96
Lance Cairns
c Miller b Botham
36 26 3 2 138.46
Glenn Turner
b Willis
38 51 2 0 74.51
Geoff Howarth
c Willis b Botham
13 16 2 0 81.25
John Morrison
c Randall b Botham
11 14 1 0 78.57
Sir Richard Hadlee
c Botham b Willis
24 18 2 1 133.33
Jeremy Coney
not out
13 14 0 0 92.86
Warren Lees
run out
3 2 0 0 150.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 10, w 5, nb 0, p 0) 16
TOTAL (4.78 RUNS PER OVER) 239/8 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

100-2 (John Wright, 0 ov), 87-1 (Bruce Edgar, 0 ov), 137-3 (Lance Cairns, 0 ov), 205-6 (Glenn Turner, 0 ov), 164-4 (Geoff Howarth, 0 ov), 188-5 (John Morrison, 0 ov), 231-7 (Sir Richard Hadlee, 0 ov), 239-8 (Warren Lees, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Martin Snedden, Ewen Chatfield

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Bob Willis 8 1 29 2 0 0 0 3.63
Norman Cowans 10 0 50 0 0 0 0 5.00
Trevor Jesty 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 3.67
Sir Ian Botham 10 0 40 3 0 0 0 4.00
Vic Marks 9 0 47 1 0 0 0 5.22
Geoff Miller 10 0 46 0 0 0 0 4.60

England (target 240 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

237/8 (50.0 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Thursday, January 13, 1983 - 07:30 PM

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Toss England won the toss and elected to field

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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