Australia v New Zealand @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
1 February 1981
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: PM Cronin, DG Weser
Match Result: Australia won by 6 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Allan Border | c John Parker b Sir Richard Hadlee | 5 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| 2. Graeme Wood | b Paul McEwan | 72 | 114 | 137 | 4 | - | |
| *3. Greg Chappell | c Bruce Edgar b Martin Snedden | 90 | 122 | 161 | 7 | - | |
| 4. Martin Kent | c Bruce Edgar b Martin Snedden | 33 | 38 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| +5. Rod Marsh | not out | 18 | 13 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Doug Walters | not out | 6 | 5 | 10 | - | - | |
| 7. Kim Hughes | |||||||
| 8. Graeme Beard | |||||||
| 9. Trevor Chappell | |||||||
| 10. Dennis Lillee | |||||||
| 11. Max Walker |
| FOW | 1-8 (Allan Border), 2-153 (Graeme Wood), 3-199 (Greg Chappell), 4-215 (Martin Kent). |
| Extras | 8b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs) 235 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 10 | 0 | 52 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian McKechnie | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul McEwan | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Howarth | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. John Wright | c Martin Kent b Greg Chappell | 42 | 81 | 90 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | not out | 102 | 141 | 202 | 7 | - | |
| *3. Geoff Howarth | c Rod Marsh b Greg Chappell | 18 | 20 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| 4. Lance Cairns | b Graeme Beard | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Mark Burgess | c Trevor Chappell b Greg Chappell | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| 6. Paul McEwan | c Graeme Wood b Graeme Beard | 11 | 18 | 21 | - | - | |
| 7. John Parker | c Trevor Chappell b Dennis Lillee | 24 | 19 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | lbw b Trevor Chappell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| +9. Ian Smith | b Trevor Chappell | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| 10. Brian McKechnie | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11. Martin Snedden |
| FOW | 1-85 (John Wright), 2-117 (Geoff Howarth), 3-136 (Lance Cairns), 4-139 (Mark Burgess), 5-172 (Paul McEwan), 6-221 (John Parker), 7-225 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 8-229 (Ian Smith). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Max Walker | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Beard | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 0 | 43 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Chappell | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Allan Border, Graeme Wood, Greg Chappell, Martin Kent, Rod Marsh, Doug Walters, Kim Hughes, Graeme Beard, Trevor Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Max Walker
New Zealand: John Wright, Bruce Edgar, Geoff Howarth, Lance Cairns, Mark Burgess, Paul McEwan, John Parker, Sir Richard Hadlee, Ian Smith, Brian McKechnie, Martin Snedden
