New Zealand v Australia 3rd Test

Australia tour of New Zealand - 1982 (1981/82) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 19 March 1982

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia won by 8 wickets. Greg Chappell top-scored with 176 for Australia. Richard Hadlee took 6/100.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia tour of New Zealand - 1982 (1981/82)
Ground: Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Dates: 19 March 1982 to 22 March 1982
Toss: New Zealand, chose to field
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Player of the match: Greg Chappell
Captains: Greg Chappell (Australia), Geoff Howarth (New Zealand)
Umpires: DA Kinsella and FR Goodall

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field.

Australia batted first and made 353 all out. Greg Chappell top-scored with 176 off 218 balls, and Graeme Wood made 64. Richard Hadlee took 6 for 100 for New Zealand. That was well above the 1980s average first-innings total at Lancaster Park, 284 across 8 Tests.

New Zealand replied with 149 all out. Richard Hadlee top-scored with 40 off 58 balls. Jeff Thomson took 4 for 51 for Australia. From 57 for 2 they lost 6 wickets for 30 runs, to 87 for 8. Australia led by 204 on first innings. New Zealand followed on.

New Zealand made 272 all out in their second innings. John Wright top-scored with 141 off 262 balls, and Geoff Howarth made 41. Bruce Yardley took 4 for 80 for Australia.

Set 69 to win, Australia made 69 for 2. Bruce Laird top-scored with 31 off 65 balls.

Australia won by 8 wickets.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 353 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Bruce Laird	c Ian Smith	12	46
Graeme Wood	c Martin Crowe	64	85
John Dyson	c Richard Hadlee	1	6
Greg Chappell	c Ian Smith	176	218
Kim Hughes	bowled	12	27
Allan Border	bowled	6	16
Rod Marsh	c Lance Cairns	23	67
Bruce Yardley	c Lance Cairns	8	12
Jeff Thomson	bowled	25	43
Dennis Lillee	c Richard Hadlee	7	24
Terry Alderman	not out	1	2

Extras 18 · Total 353 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Richard Hadlee	28.5	5	100	6
Gary Troup	11	1	53	1
Martin Snedden	18	2	89	2
Lance Cairns	21	3	74	0
Jeremy Coney	8	2	15	1
John Morrison	3	0	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-50 (Bruce Laird), 2-57 (John Dyson), 3-82 (Graeme Wood), 4-128 (Kim Hughes), 5-145 (Allan Border), 6-237 (Rod Marsh), 7-256 (Bruce Yardley), 8-340 (Greg Chappell), 9-352 (Jeff Thomson), 10-353 (Dennis Lillee)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Graeme Wood and Bruce Laird	50
second	John Dyson and Graeme Wood	7
third	Greg Chappell and Graeme Wood	25
fourth	Greg Chappell and Kim Hughes	46
fifth	Greg Chappell and Allan Border	17
sixth	Rod Marsh and Greg Chappell	92
seventh	Greg Chappell and Bruce Yardley	19
eighth	Greg Chappell and Jeff Thomson	84
ninth	Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson	12
tenth	Dennis Lillee and Terry Alderman	1

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 149 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Bruce Edgar	c John Dyson	22	53
John Wright	c Rod Marsh	13	80
John Morrison	lbw	8	43
Geoff Howarth	c Terry Alderman	9	18
Jeremy Coney	bowled	0	3
Martin Crowe	c Rod Marsh	0	6
Richard Hadlee	c Rod Marsh	40	58
Ian Smith	bowled	0	1
Lance Cairns	run out	3	9
Martin Snedden	bowled	32	58
Gary Troup	not out	0	1

Extras 22 · Total 149 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Jeff Thomson	21	5	51	4
Terry Alderman	19.2	3	63	2
Dennis Lillee	12	6	13	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-33 (Bruce Edgar), 2-57 (John Morrison), 3-57 (John Wright), 4-57 (Jeremy Coney), 5-67 (Martin Crowe), 6-82 (Geoff Howarth), 7-82 (Ian Smith), 8-87 (Lance Cairns), 9-149 (Richard Hadlee), 10-149 (Martin Snedden)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Wright and Bruce Edgar	33
second	John Morrison and John Wright	24
third	Geoff Howarth and John Wright	0
fourth	Jeremy Coney and Geoff Howarth	0
fifth	Geoff Howarth and Martin Crowe	10
sixth	Richard Hadlee and Geoff Howarth	15
seventh	Richard Hadlee and Ian Smith	0
eighth	Richard Hadlee and Lance Cairns	5
ninth	Richard Hadlee and Martin Snedden	62
tenth	Gary Troup and Martin Snedden	0

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 272 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Bruce Edgar	c Rod Marsh	11	44
John Wright	bowled	141	262
John Morrison	lbw	4	27
Geoff Howarth	c Graeme Wood	41	110
Jeremy Coney	bowled	0	13
Martin Crowe	bowled	9	14
Richard Hadlee	c Terry Alderman	0	4
Ian Smith	c Graeme Wood	0	7
Lance Cairns	lbw	16	45
Martin Snedden	bowled	20	52
Gary Troup	not out	8	20

Extras 22 · Total 272 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Jeff Thomson	19	5	54	0
Terry Alderman	23	5	66	2
Greg Chappell	18	5	30	1
Bruce Yardley	27	7	80	4
Allan Border	10.3	4	20	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-21 (Bruce Edgar), 2-36 (John Morrison), 3-129 (Geoff Howarth), 4-133 (Jeremy Coney), 5-162 (Martin Crowe), 6-166 (Richard Hadlee), 7-166 (Ian Smith), 8-215 (Lance Cairns), 9-249 (John Wright), 10-272 (Martin Snedden)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Wright and Bruce Edgar	21
second	John Morrison and John Wright	15
third	Geoff Howarth and John Wright	93
fourth	Jeremy Coney and John Wright	4
fifth	John Wright and Martin Crowe	29
sixth	Richard Hadlee and John Wright	4
seventh	John Wright and Ian Smith	0
eighth	Lance Cairns and John Wright	49
ninth	John Wright and Martin Snedden	34
tenth	Gary Troup and Martin Snedden	23

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 69 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Bruce Laird	c Bruce Edgar	31	65
Graeme Wood	c Jeremy Coney	15	23
John Dyson	not out	14	60
Greg Chappell	not out	3	10

Did not bat: Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Rod Marsh, Bruce Yardley, Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee, Terry Alderman

Extras 6 · Total 69 for 2

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Richard Hadlee	8	2	10	1
Martin Snedden	4	0	15	1
Lance Cairns	9	1	28	0
Jeremy Coney	1	0	2	0
John Morrison	2	1	6	0
John Wright	1	0	2	0
Martin Crowe	0.3	0	0	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-24 (Graeme Wood), 2-60 (Bruce Laird)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Graeme Wood and Bruce Laird	24
second	John Dyson and Bruce Laird	36
third	Greg Chappell and John Dyson	9

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