India v New Zealand @ Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
18 January 1981
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: PM Cronin, MW Johnson
Match Result: New Zealand won by 22 runs
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. John Wright | b Karsan Ghavri | 14 | 29 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | b Dilip Doshi | 34 | 52 | 88 | 1 | - | |
| *3. Geoff Howarth | c Sandeep Patil b Dilip Doshi | 45 | 55 | 63 | 5 | - | |
| 4. John Parker | c Bharath Reddy b Kapil Dev | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Mark Burgess | c Gundappa Viswanath b Kirti Azad | 26 | 49 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Jeremy Coney | run out | 49 | 58 | 80 | 1 | 3 | |
| +7. Ian Smith | c sub b Kapil Dev | 12 | 10 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | b Karsan Ghavri | 32 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9. Lance Cairns | b Kapil Dev | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 10. Martin Snedden | not out | 6 | 15 | 21 | - | - | |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | not out | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-28 (John Wright), 2-95 (Bruce Edgar), 3-108 (Geoff Howarth), 4-108 (John Parker), 5-166 (Mark Burgess), 6-199 (Ian Smith), 7-207 (Jeremy Coney), 8-207 (Lance Cairns), 9-241 (Sir Richard Hadlee). |
| Extras | 1b, 13lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 10 | 3 | 37 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 10 | 0 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Binny | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 10 | 0 | 25 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kirti Azad | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yashpal Sharma | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Roger Binny | c Lance Cairns b Jeremy Coney | 35 | 52 | 62 | 5 | - | |
| *2. Sunny Gavaskar | run out | 9 | 26 | 33 | - | - | |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | run out | 66 | 77 | 114 | 6 | - | |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Jeremy Coney | 9 | 22 | 20 | - | - | |
| 5. Kapil Dev | b Jeremy Coney | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 6. Sandeep Patil | run out | 48 | 53 | 57 | 3 | 2 | |
| 7. Yashpal Sharma | c Ian Smith b Martin Snedden | 13 | 20 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Kirti Azad | c John Parker b Martin Snedden | 19 | 21 | 40 | 3 | - | |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | b Martin Snedden | 2 | 7 | 8 | - | - | |
| +10. Bharath Reddy | not out | 3 | 9 | 12 | - | - | |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-73 (Roger Binny), 3-86 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-86 (Kapil Dev), 5-178 (Sandeep Patil), 6-179 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 7-197 (Yashpal Sharma), 8-213 (Karsan Ghavri), 9-220 (Kirti Azad), 220 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 4b, 11lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.1 ovs) 220 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 9.1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 10 | 1 | 28 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 8 | 0 | 57 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Burgess | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India: Roger Binny, Sunny Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Kapil Dev, Sandeep Patil, Yashpal Sharma, Kirti Azad, Karsan Ghavri, Bharath Reddy, Dilip Doshi
New Zealand: John Wright, Bruce Edgar, Geoff Howarth, John Parker, Mark Burgess, Jeremy Coney, Ian Smith, Sir Richard Hadlee, Lance Cairns, Martin Snedden, Ewen Chatfield
