Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
23 January 1983
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: AR Crafter, PJ McConnell
Match Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Chris Tavare | c Dennis Lillee b Carl Rackemann | 20 | 51 | 76 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Ian Botham | b Dennis Lillee | 19 | 22 | 31 | 4 | - | |
| 3. David Gower | c Rod Marsh b Carl Rackemann | 6 | 22 | 26 | - | - | |
| 4. Allan Lamb | c sub b Dennis Lillee | 94 | 76 | 94 | 9 | 2 | |
| 5. Derek Randall | not out | 51 | 54 | 85 | 2 | - | |
| +6. Ian Gould | b Rodney Hogg | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| 7. Trevor Jesty | not out | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 8. Derek Pringle | |||||||
| 9. Geoff Miller | |||||||
| *10. Bob Willis | |||||||
| 11. Norman Cowans |
| FOW | 1-32 (Ian Botham), 2-50 (David Gower), 3-66 (Chris Tavare), 4-205 (Allan Lamb), 5-209 (Ian Gould). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 4w, 5nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 37 ovs) 213 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dennis Lillee | 8 | 2 | 50 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Rackemann | 8 | 0 | 41 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Maguire | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. John Dyson | run out | 54 | 84 | 112 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Allan Border | run out | 54 | 48 | 62 | 9 | - | |
| 3. David Hookes | c David Gower b Norman Cowans | 50 | 42 | 57 | 9 | 1 | |
| *4. Kim Hughes | c Geoff Miller b Norman Cowans | 6 | 8 | 18 | - | - | |
| 5. Greg Chappell | not out | 32 | 24 | 30 | 4 | - | |
| +6. Rod Marsh | run out | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Kepler Wessels | not out | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Rodney Hogg | |||||||
| 9. Dennis Lillee | |||||||
| 10. John Maguire | |||||||
| 11. Carl Rackemann |
| FOW | 1-85 (Allan Border), 2-157 (John Dyson), 3-167 (David Hookes), 4-176 (Kim Hughes), 5-190 (Rod Marsh). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 34.4 ovs) 217 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 6.4 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norman Cowans | 6 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 7 | 1 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Pringle | 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Miller | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: John Dyson, Allan Border, David Hookes, Kim Hughes, Greg Chappell, Rod Marsh, Kepler Wessels, Rodney Hogg, Dennis Lillee, John Maguire, Carl Rackemann
England: Chris Tavare, Ian Botham, David Gower, Allan Lamb, Derek Randall, Ian Gould, Trevor Jesty, Derek Pringle, Geoff Miller, Bob Willis, Norman Cowans
