a2882 o113	Australia v New Zealand
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1980/81 (3rd Final)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st February 1981 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 6 runs
Umpires	PM Cronin, DG Weser
Scorers	MP Ringham (Australia), GGA Saulez (New Zealand)

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AR Border	c Parker b Hadlee	5	8	10	-	-	62.50
GM Wood	b McEwan	72	114	137	4	-	63.16
*GS Chappell	c Edgar b Snedden	90	122	161	7	-	73.77
MF Kent	c Edgar b Snedden	33	38	47	2	-	86.84
+RW Marsh	not out	18	13	23	1	-	138.46
KD Walters	not out	6	5	10	-	-	120.00
KJ Hughes	did not bat
GR Beard	did not bat
TM Chappell	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Border), 2-153 (Wood), 3-199 (GS Chappell), 4-215 (Kent)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hadlee	10	0	41	1	-	-	60.00	4.10
Snedden	10	0	52	2	-	-	30.00	5.20
Cairns	10	0	34	0	-	-	-	3.40
McKechnie	10	0	54	0	-	-	-	5.40
McEwan	7	1	31	1	-	-	42.00	4.43
Howarth	3	0	12	0	-	-	-	4.00

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JG Wright	c Kent b GS Chappell	42	81	90	4	-	51.85
BA Edgar	not out	102	141	202	7	-	72.34
*GP Howarth	c Marsh b GS Chappell	18	20	24	2	-	90.00
BL Cairns	b Beard	12	10	11	2	-	120.00
MG Burgess	c TM Chappell b GS Chappell	2	5	4	-	-	40.00
PE McEwan	c Wood b Beard	11	18	21	-	-	61.11
JM Parker	c TM Chappell b Lillee	24	19	30	1	-	126.32
RJ Hadlee	lbw b TM Chappell	4	2	1	1	-	200.00
+IDS Smith	b TM Chappell	4	3	2	-	-	133.33
BJ McKechnie	not out	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
MC Snedden	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Wright), 2-117 (Howarth), 3-136 (Cairns), 4-139 (Burgess), 5-172 (McEwan), 6-221 (Parker), 7-225 (Hadlee), 8-229 (Smith)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lillee	10	1	34	1	-	-	60.00	3.40
Walker	10	0	35	0	-	-	-	3.50
Beard	10	0	50	2	-	-	30.00	5.00
GS Chappell	10	0	43	3	-	-	20.00	4.30
TM Chappell	10	0	57	2	-	-	30.00	5.70

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Notes
--> GR Beard made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> MHN Walker made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> BJ McKechnie made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> MF Kent passed his previous highest score of 12 in ODI matches
--> BA Edgar passed his previous highest score of 84 in ListA matches
--> BA Edgar made his first century in ListA matches
--> BA Edgar passed his previous highest score of 84 in ODI matches
--> BA Edgar made his first century in ODI matches
--> BA Edgar passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 52

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15 were required from the final over. Hadlee hit the first ball for 4, was lbw to the second. Smith took twos off ball 3 and 4, and was bowled by the 5th. McKechnie came to the wicket with 7 required, and Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to bowl the final ball underarm, rolling along the ground.