Format: CricInfo Version 1o

ODI # 111
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, 1980/81, 1st Final
Australia v New Zealand
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
29 January 1981 (50-overs match)

Result: New Zealand won by 78 runs
New Zealand leads the best-of-5-finals 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and MW Johnson
ODI Debuts: MF Kent (Aus).

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)                          R   M   B  4 6
JG Wright                                b Chappell            81 167 111  3 0
BA Edgar              c Walters          b Lillee              21  56  55  3 0
*GP Howarth           c Border           b Walker              47  91  68  4 0
JV Coney                             c & b Pascoe               0   4   3  0 0
MG Burgess            lbw                b Lillee              15  29  23  0 0
RJ Hadlee             not out                                  23  42  28  0 0
BL Cairns             c Walker           b Pascoe              18  21  20  1 1
BJ McKechnie          not out                                   1   1   1  0 0
Extras                (b 18, w 7, nb 2)                        27
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs)                   233

DNB: +IDS Smith, MC Snedden, EJ Chatfield.

FoW: 1-45 (Edgar), 2-148 (Howarth), 3-152 (Coney),
     4-172 (Wright), 5-198 (Burgess), 6-231 (Cairns).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hogg                        10      1     37      0
Walker                      10      1     31      1
Lillee                      10      0     47      2
Pascoe                      10      0     48      2
Chappell                    10      0     43      1

Australia innings (target: 234 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
GM Wood               c Burgess          b Hadlee              13  21  24  1 0
MF Kent               c Howarth          b Hadlee              12  30  18  1 0
+RW Marsh             c Coney            b Chatfield            0   2   3  0 0
*GS Chappell          c Wright           b Chatfield           31  71  50  3 0
KJ Hughes             lbw                b Hadlee               0   4   4  0 0
AR Border             c Coney            b McKechnie           55  86  74  6 2
KD Walters                               b McKechnie           20  35  30  0 0
DK Lillee             c Cairns           b McKechnie            7   5   5  0 0
MHN Walker            c Smith            b Hadlee               4  21  15  0 0
RM Hogg               c Smith            b Hadlee               1   3   5  0 0
LS Pascoe             not out                                   3  11  10  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 6, w 1)                          9
Total                 (all out, 39.3 overs)                   155

FoW: 1-28 (Wood), 2-28 (Marsh), 3-28 (Kent), 4-28 (Hughes),
     5-93 (Chappell), 6-135 (Walters), 7-145 (Border),
     8-147 (Lillee), 9-148 (Hogg), 10-155 (Walker).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Chatfield                   10      3     38      2
Hadlee                       8.3    4     26      5
McKechnie                    9      1     23      3
Snedden                      6      1     25      0
Cairns                       6      0     34      0

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Australia, New Zealand.

Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

New Zealand Player Pages: JG Wright, BA Edgar, GP Howarth, JV Coney, MG Burgess, RJ Hadlee, BL Cairns, BJ McKechnie, IDS Smith, MC Snedden, EJ Chatfield.

Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, MF Kent, RW Marsh, GS Chappell, KJ Hughes, AR Border, KD Walters, DK Lillee, MHN Walker, RM Hogg, LS Pascoe.

Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, MW Johnson.