Australia v Pakistan @ Sydney Cricket Ground
17 December 1981
Toss: Pakistan (field)
Umpires: RA French, MW Johnson
Match Result: Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Rick Darling | run out | 74 | 100 | 124 | 6 | - | |
| 2. Bruce Laird | b Sikander Bakht | 12 | 27 | 47 | - | - | |
| 3. Graeme Wood | b Mudassar Nazar | 25 | 48 | 53 | 3 | - | |
| 4. Allan Border | c Ashraf Ali b Mudassar Nazar | 2 | 8 | 4 | - | - | |
| 5. Dirk Wellham | run out | 42 | 69 | 93 | - | - | |
| *6. Greg Chappell | c Javed Miandad b Mudassar Nazar | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| +7. Rod Marsh | not out | 54 | 49 | 75 | 5 | 1 | |
| 8. Dennis Lillee | |||||||
| 9. Geoff Lawson | |||||||
| 10. Jeff Thomson | |||||||
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-40 (Bruce Laird), 2-106 (Graeme Wood), 3-110 (Allan Border), 4-132 (Rick Darling), 5-132 (Greg Chappell), 6-222 (Dirk Wellham). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 222 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Imran Khan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sikander Bakht | 8 | 0 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tahir Naqqash | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Majid Khan | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mudassar Nazar | 10 | 4 | 20 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Mudassar Nazar | c Terry Alderman b Jeff Thomson | 50 | 67 | 108 | 6 | - | |
| 2. Mohsin Khan | b Geoff Lawson | 2 | 13 | 17 | - | - | |
| 3. Zaheer Abbas | b Greg Chappell | 108 | 110 | 145 | 12 | - | |
| *4. Javed Miandad | lbw b Greg Chappell | 22 | 32 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Majid Khan | not out | 20 | 34 | 34 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Wasim Raja | not out | 9 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| 7. Imran Khan | |||||||
| +8. Ashraf Ali | |||||||
| 9. Sarfraz Nawaz | |||||||
| 10. Tahir Naqqash | |||||||
| 11. Sikander Bakht |
| FOW | 1-15 (Mohsin Khan), 2-120 (Mudassar Nazar), 3-174 (Javed Miandad), 4-205 (Zaheer Abbas). |
| Extras | 2b, 5lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 43.2 ovs) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 9 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Terry Alderman | 10 | 1 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dennis Lillee | 8 | 1 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 7 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 6.2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Rick Darling, Bruce Laird, Graeme Wood, Allan Border, Dirk Wellham, Greg Chappell, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Geoff Lawson, Jeff Thomson, Terry Alderman
Pakistan: Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Majid Khan, Wasim Raja, Imran Khan, Ashraf Ali, Sarfraz Nawaz, Tahir Naqqash, Sikander Bakht
