Australia v West Indies @ Sydney Cricket Ground
24 November 1981
Toss: West Indies (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, MW Johnson
Match Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | b Jeff Thomson | 39 | 74 | 95 | 6 | - | |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | c & b Jeff Thomson | 30 | 51 | 76 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Sir Viv Richards | run out | 47 | 58 | 86 | 2 | - | |
| 4. Faoud Bacchus | c Kim Hughes b Jeff Thomson | 4 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| *5. Clive Lloyd | c Jeff Thomson b Geoff Lawson | 63 | 59 | 79 | 7 | - | |
| +6. David Murray | c Shaun Graf b Geoff Lawson | 5 | 14 | 19 | - | - | |
| 7. Malcolm Marshall | not out | 16 | 22 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Andy Roberts | run out | 15 | 11 | 16 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Joel Garner | lbw b Terry Alderman | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| 10. Michael Holding | not out | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| 11. Colin Croft |
| FOW | 1-64 (Desmond Haynes), 2-89 (Gordon Greenidge), 3-98 (Faoud Bacchus), 4-170 (Sir Viv Richards), 5-197 (David Murray), 6-197 (Clive Lloyd), 7-229 (Andy Roberts), 8-232 (Joel Garner). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 49 ovs) 236 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Terry Alderman | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 10 | 0 | 55 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Graf | 9 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Bruce Laird | not out | 117 | 159 | 200 | 10 | - | |
| 2. Rick Darling | c David Murray b Michael Holding | 5 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| *3. Greg Chappell | lbw b Andy Roberts | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| 4. Allan Border | run out | 29 | 45 | 72 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5. Kim Hughes | not out | 62 | 74 | 115 | 6 | - | |
| 6. Graeme Wood | |||||||
| +7. Rod Marsh | |||||||
| 8. Shaun Graf | |||||||
| 9. Geoff Lawson | |||||||
| 10. Jeff Thomson | |||||||
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-7 (Rick Darling), 2-8 (Greg Chappell), 3-90 (Allan Border). |
| Extras | 1b, 13lb, 4w, 5nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 47 ovs) 237 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Michael Holding | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andy Roberts | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Malcolm Marshall | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 9 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Colin Croft | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Bruce Laird, Rick Darling, Greg Chappell, Allan Border, Kim Hughes, Graeme Wood, Rod Marsh, Shaun Graf, Geoff Lawson, Jeff Thomson, Terry Alderman
West Indies: Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Sir Viv Richards, Faoud Bacchus, Clive Lloyd, David Murray, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft
