| misc35177 | |
| Venue | Kardinia Park, Geelong on 6th, 7th, 8th January 1981 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | New Zealanders won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | S Fraser, G Lewis |
| Close of play day 1 | Geelong (1) 306/5 (Ward 51*, Meek 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Geelong (2) 77/7 (Anderton 14*, Greagan 4*) |
| Geelong first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Whitten | c Edgar b Hadlee | 1 | |||||
| PR Oxlade | retired hurt | 95 | 353 | 2 | - | ||
| CJ Lynch | c Smith b Chatfield | 31 | |||||
| M Seeckts | c Chatfield b Bracewell | 33 | 4 | - | |||
| GJ Anderton | c Lees b Cairns | 46 | 4 | - | |||
| R Button | b Bracewell | 25 | |||||
| *+G Ward | not out | 51 | |||||
| F Meek | not out | 3 | |||||
| B Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| L Greagan | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Corstorphin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb, 9 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 97 overs) | 306 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-58, 3-106, 4-185, 5-217 | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadlee | 19 | 1 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 19 | 2 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 20 | 3 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chatfield | 18 | 5 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 21 | 7 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Parker | c Corstorphin b Meek | 135 | 192 | 11 | 1 | ||
| BA Edgar | c Morgan b Greagan | 49 | |||||
| PE McEwan | c Greagan b Meek | 0 | |||||
| *GP Howarth | b Greagan | 0 | |||||
| +WK Lees | c Ward b Meek | 32 | |||||
| IDS Smith | lbw b Meek | 26 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | not out | 29 | |||||
| BL Cairns | b Greagan | 36 | |||||
| JG Bracewell | not out | 6 | |||||
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 68 overs) | 319 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-133, 2-134, 3-135, 4-203, 5-236, 6-255, 7-302 | |||||||
| Geelong bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Corstorphin | 17 | 1 | 80 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greagan | 16 | 1 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 10 | 1 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Meek | 22 | 1 | 95 | 4 | - | - | |
| Button | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Geelong second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Whitten | b McEwan | 22 | |||||
| CJ Lynch | run out | 21 | |||||
| M Seeckts | b Cairns | 4 | |||||
| GJ Anderton | not out | 18 | |||||
| R Button | run out | 4 | |||||
| *+G Ward | c McEwan b Cairns | 0 | |||||
| F Meek | b Cairns | 0 | |||||
| B Morgan | b Cairns | 4 | |||||
| L Greagan | c Howarth b Bracewell | 5 | |||||
| CJ Corstorphin | b Hadlee | 1 | |||||
| PR Oxlade | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 35.2 overs) | 83 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-49, 3-49, 4-56, 5-64, 6-66, 7-72, 8-82, 9-83 (35.2 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snedden | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chatfield | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| McEwan | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 11 | 4 | 17 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hadlee | 1.2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE McEwan | not out | 42 | |||||
| BA Edgar | c Ward b Meek | 29 | |||||
| *GP Howarth | not out | 0 | |||||
| JM Parker | did not bat | ||||||
| +WK Lees | did not bat | ||||||
| IDS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Hadlee | did not bat | ||||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Snedden | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Chatfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 19.1 overs) | 73 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52 (Edgar) | |||||||
| Geelong bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Corstorphin | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greagan | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 5 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Meek | 3.1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |