England v Australia @ Headingley, Leeds
8 June 1981
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Match Result: Australia won by 71 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graeme Wood | run out | 108 | 150 | 208 | 8 | - | |
| 2. John Dyson | c Graham Gooch b Mike Hendrick | 22 | 48 | 60 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Graham Yallop | run out | 48 | 90 | 112 | 2 | - | |
| *4. Kim Hughes | c Mike Gatting b Robin Jackman | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 5. Allan Border | c Robin Jackman b Bob Willis | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| +6. Rod Marsh | c Geoff Humpage b Ian Botham | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 7. Trevor Chappell | c Graham Gooch b Bob Willis | 14 | 23 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Geoff Lawson | run out | 8 | 9 | 11 | - | - | |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | |||||||
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-43 (John Dyson), 2-173 (Graham Yallop), 3-173 (Kim Hughes), 4-187 (Allan Border), 5-189 (Rod Marsh), 6-216 (Trevor Chappell), 7-236 (Geoff Lawson), 8-236 (Graeme Wood). |
| Extras | 0b, 27lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 30 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 55 ovs) 236 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 11 | 1 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 11 | 3 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 11 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Jackman | 11 | 1 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Rod Marsh b Geoff Lawson | 37 | 67 | 107 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Mike Gatting | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 32 | 55 | 63 | 6 | - | |
| 4. David Gower | b Terry Alderman | 5 | 17 | 16 | - | - | |
| 5. Jim Love | b Trevor Chappell | 3 | 21 | 35 | - | - | |
| 6. Peter Willey | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 42 | 66 | 86 | 4 | - | |
| *7. Ian Botham | c Kim Hughes b Trevor Chappell | 5 | 13 | 16 | - | - | |
| +8. Geoff Humpage | c Allan Border b Terry Alderman | 6 | 14 | 24 | - | - | |
| 9. Robin Jackman | b Trevor Chappell | 14 | 22 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Bob Willis | not out | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| 11. Mike Hendrick | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Geoff Boycott), 2-71 (Mike Gatting), 3-80 (David Gower), 4-89 (Graham Gooch), 5-95 (Jim Love), 6-106 (Ian Botham), 7-133 (Geoff Humpage), 8-160 (Peter Willey), 9-164 (Robin Jackman), 165 (Mike Hendrick). |
| Extras | 10b, 0lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 46.5 ovs) 165 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 8.5 | 1 | 29 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dennis Lillee | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Lawson | 11 | 3 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Terry Alderman | 11 | 3 | 19 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Chappell | 9 | 0 | 31 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
England: Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott, Mike Gatting, David Gower, Jim Love, Peter Willey, Ian Botham, Geoff Humpage, Robin Jackman, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick
Australia: Graeme Wood, John Dyson, Graham Yallop, Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Rod Marsh, Trevor Chappell, Geoff Lawson, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Terry Alderman
