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Australia v India @ Sydney Cricket Ground
2, 3, 4 January 1981 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: MW Johnson, RV Whitehead
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 4 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Allan Border b Len Pascoe | 20 | 60 | 101 | 1 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 22 | 31 | 24 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Rodney Hogg | 26 | 41 | 69 | 4 | - |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | c Rod Marsh b Len Pascoe | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 6. Sandeep Patil | retired hurt | 65 | 78 | 142 | 9 | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Rod Marsh b Len Pascoe | 22 | 0 | 49 | 4 | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | c Doug Walters b Dennis Lillee | 27 | 48 | 55 | 3 | - |
| 9. Roger Binny | c Rod Marsh b Len Pascoe | 3 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 10. Karsan Ghavri | c Graeme Wood b Dennis Lillee | 7 | 18 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-36 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-62 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-70 (Chetan Chauhan), 5-78 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-145 (Kapil Dev), 7-183 (Syed Kirmani), 8-186 (Roger Binny), 9-201 (Karsan Ghavri). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 53.2 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 20.2 | 3 | 86 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 14 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 19 | 6 | 61 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 9 | 11 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 2. John Dyson | c Sunny Gavaskar b Kapil Dev | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| *3. Greg Chappell | c Kapil Dev b Karsan Ghavri | 204 | 296 | 408 | 27 | - |
| 4. Kim Hughes | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 24 | 0 | 110 | - | - |
| 5. Allan Border | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 31 | 0 | 97 | 5 | - |
| 6. Doug Walters | c Gundappa Viswanath b Karsan Ghavri | 67 | 0 | 151 | 6 | - |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c Roger Binny b Karsan Ghavri | 12 | 0 | 21 | - | - |
| 8. Dennis Lillee | c Dilip Doshi b Karsan Ghavri | 5 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| 9. Rodney Hogg | not out | 26 | 56 | 74 | 3 | - |
| 10. Len Pascoe | c Dilip Doshi b Karsan Ghavri | 7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | b Kapil Dev | 2 | 30 | 52 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (John Dyson), 2-14 (Graeme Wood), 3-95 (Kim Hughes), 4-169 (Allan Border), 5-341 (Doug Walters), 6-355 (Rod Marsh), 7-363 (Greg Chappell), 8-366 (Dennis Lillee), 9-376 (Len Pascoe), 406 (Jim Higgs). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 3w, 9nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 109.1 ovs) 406 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 36.1 | 7 | 97 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 30 | 7 | 107 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Binny | 15 | 1 | 70 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 27 | 0 | 103 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Chauhan | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 10 | 0 | 26 | 2 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Doug Walters b Len Pascoe | 36 | 78 | 122 | 4 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Rod Marsh b Len Pascoe | 34 | 94 | 120 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | st Rod Marsh b Jim Higgs | 24 | 43 | 63 | 4 | - |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | c Doug Walters b Dennis Lillee | 4 | 0 | 53 | - | - |
| 6. Kapil Dev | c sub b Jim Higgs | 19 | 0 | 25 | 4 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | not out | 43 | 39 | 71 | 4 | - |
| 8. Sandeep Patil | c Graeme Wood b Dennis Lillee | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 9. Roger Binny | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Karsan Ghavri | c Rodney Hogg b Jim Higgs | 21 | 37 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | c Dennis Lillee b Jim Higgs | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-74 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-92 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-110 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-120 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-140 (Kapil Dev), 7-144 (Sandeep Patil), 8-144 (Roger Binny), 9-201 (Karsan Ghavri), 201 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 2b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 62 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 18 | 2 | 79 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 9 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 11 | 2 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 18 | 8 | 45 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Walters | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Graeme Wood, John Dyson, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Doug Walters, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Len Pascoe, Jim Higgs