Australia v New Zealand @ Sydney Cricket Ground
29 January 1981
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, MW Johnson
Match Result: New Zealand won by 78 runs
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. John Wright | b Greg Chappell | 81 | 111 | 167 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | c Doug Walters b Dennis Lillee | 21 | 55 | 56 | 3 | - | |
| *3. Geoff Howarth | c Allan Border b Max Walker | 47 | 68 | 91 | 4 | - | |
| 4. Jeremy Coney | c & b Len Pascoe | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| 5. Mark Burgess | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 15 | 23 | 29 | - | - | |
| 6. Sir Richard Hadlee | not out | 23 | 28 | 42 | - | - | |
| 7. Lance Cairns | c Max Walker b Len Pascoe | 18 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8. Brian McKechnie | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +9. Ian Smith | |||||||
| 10. Martin Snedden | |||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-45 (Bruce Edgar), 2-148 (Geoff Howarth), 3-152 (Jeremy Coney), 4-172 (John Wright), 5-198 (Mark Burgess), 6-231 (Lance Cairns). |
| Extras | 18b, 0lb, 7w, 2nb, 0pen) 27 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 233 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 1 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Max Walker | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Mark Burgess b Sir Richard Hadlee | 13 | 24 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Martin Kent | c Geoff Howarth b Sir Richard Hadlee | 12 | 18 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| +3. Rod Marsh | c Jeremy Coney b Ewen Chatfield | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| *4. Greg Chappell | c John Wright b Ewen Chatfield | 31 | 50 | 71 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Kim Hughes | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| 6. Allan Border | c Jeremy Coney b Brian McKechnie | 55 | 74 | 86 | 6 | 2 | |
| 7. Doug Walters | b Brian McKechnie | 20 | 30 | 35 | - | - | |
| 8. Dennis Lillee | c Lance Cairns b Brian McKechnie | 7 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| 9. Max Walker | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 4 | 15 | 21 | - | - | |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| 11. Len Pascoe | not out | 3 | 10 | 11 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-28 (Graeme Wood), 2-28 (Rod Marsh), 3-28 (Martin Kent), 4-28 (Kim Hughes), 5-93 (Greg Chappell), 6-135 (Doug Walters), 7-145 (Allan Border), 8-147 (Dennis Lillee), 9-148 (Rodney Hogg), 155 (Max Walker). |
| Extras | 2b, 6lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 39.3 ovs) 155 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 3 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 8.3 | 4 | 26 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McKechnie | 9 | 1 | 23 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Graeme Wood, Martin Kent, Rod Marsh, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Doug Walters, Dennis Lillee, Max Walker, Rodney Hogg, Len Pascoe
New Zealand: John Wright, Bruce Edgar, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Mark Burgess, Sir Richard Hadlee, Lance Cairns, Brian McKechnie, Ian Smith, Martin Snedden, Ewen Chatfield
