Australia v New Zealand 2nd Test

New Zealand tour of Australia - 1980 (1980/81) · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth · 12 December 1980

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia won by 8 wickets. Rod Marsh top-scored with 91 for Australia. Dennis Lillee took 5/63.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: New Zealand tour of Australia - 1980 (1980/81)
Ground: Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Dates: 12 December 1980 to 14 December 1980
Toss: Australia, chose to field
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Player of the match: Rod Marsh
Captains: Mark Burgess (New Zealand), Greg Chappell (Australia)
Umpires: DG Weser and AR Crafter

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to field.

New Zealand batted first and made 196 all out. Jeremy Coney top-scored with 71 off 165 balls, and Mark Burgess made 43. Dennis Lillee took 5 for 63 for Australia. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 28 runs, to 28 for 4. That was well below the 1980s average first-innings total at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, 386 across 10 Tests.

Australia replied with 265 all out. Rod Marsh top-scored with 91 off 161 balls, and Doug Walters made 55. Richard Hadlee took 5 for 87 for New Zealand. Australia led by 69 on first innings.

New Zealand made 121 all out in their second innings. Warren Lees top-scored with 25 not out off 55 balls. Jim Higgs took 4 for 25 for Australia.

Set 53 to win, Australia made 55 for 2. John Dyson top-scored with 25 not out off 75 balls.

Australia won by 8 wickets.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 196 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
John Wright	bowled	10	48
Bruce Edgar	c Allan Border	0	6
John Parker	c Greg Chappell	3	19
Paul McEwan	c Rod Marsh	8	20
Jeremy Coney	bowled	71	165
Mark Burgess	c Kim Hughes	43	112
Warren Lees	c Rod Marsh	5	16
Richard Hadlee	c Kim Hughes	23	23
John Bracewell	lbw	6	30
Lance Cairns	c Len Pascoe	13	16
Gary Troup	not out	0	–

Extras 14 · Total 196 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Dennis Lillee	23.5	5	63	5
Rodney Hogg	16	5	29	2
Len Pascoe	20	3	61	3
Greg Chappell	7	3	5	0
Jim Higgs	5	1	13	0
Doug Walters	2	0	11	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-6 (Bruce Edgar), 2-13 (John Parker), 3-24 (Paul McEwan), 4-28 (John Wright), 5-116 (Mark Burgess), 6-133 (Warren Lees), 7-171 (Jeremy Coney), 8-177 (Richard Hadlee), 9-196 (John Bracewell), 10-196 (Lance Cairns)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Wright and Bruce Edgar	6
second	John Parker and John Wright	7
third	John Wright and Paul McEwan	11
fourth	Jeremy Coney and John Wright	4
fifth	Mark Burgess and Jeremy Coney	88
sixth	Jeremy Coney and Warren Lees	17
seventh	Richard Hadlee and Jeremy Coney	38
eighth	Richard Hadlee and John Bracewell	6
ninth	Lance Cairns and John Bracewell	19
tenth	Lance Cairns and Gary Troup	0

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 265 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Wood	c John Bracewell	0	2
John Dyson	c John Bracewell	28	80
Greg Chappell	c Lance Cairns	12	25
Kim Hughes	c Warren Lees	3	7
Allan Border	bowled	10	35
Doug Walters	c Jeremy Coney	55	80
Rod Marsh	c Jeremy Coney	91	161
Dennis Lillee	c Richard Hadlee	8	26
Rodney Hogg	bowled	3	8
Len Pascoe	not out	30	65
Jim Higgs	c Jeremy Coney	7	13

Extras 18 · Total 265 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Richard Hadlee	27	8	87	5
Gary Troup	22	5	57	1
Lance Cairns	28.1	7	88	4
John Bracewell	4	1	15	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Graeme Wood), 2-22 (Greg Chappell), 3-25 (Kim Hughes), 4-50 (Allan Border), 5-68 (John Dyson), 6-156 (Doug Walters), 7-176 (Dennis Lillee), 8-187 (Rodney Hogg), 9-244 (Rod Marsh), 10-265 (Jim Higgs)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Dyson and Graeme Wood	0
second	Greg Chappell and John Dyson	22
third	Kim Hughes and John Dyson	3
fourth	John Dyson and Allan Border	25
fifth	Doug Walters and John Dyson	18
sixth	Doug Walters and Rod Marsh	88
seventh	Rod Marsh and Dennis Lillee	20
eighth	Rod Marsh and Rodney Hogg	11
ninth	Rod Marsh and Len Pascoe	57
tenth	Len Pascoe and Jim Higgs	21

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 121 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
John Wright	c Rod Marsh	3	24
Bruce Edgar	c Kim Hughes	0	2
John Bracewell	run out	16	63
John Parker	c Kim Hughes	18	63
Paul McEwan	c Rod Marsh	16	47
Jeremy Coney	c Rod Marsh	0	7
Mark Burgess	lbw	18	46
Warren Lees	not out	25	55
Richard Hadlee	c Greg Chappell	0	2
Lance Cairns	c Allan Border	6	6
Gary Troup	c Rod Marsh	0	1

Extras 19 · Total 121 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Dennis Lillee	15.1	7	14	2
Rodney Hogg	10	2	25	2
Len Pascoe	10	1	30	1
Greg Chappell	3	1	7	0
Jim Higgs	8	2	25	4
Doug Walters	2	1	1	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Bruce Edgar), 2-27 (John Wright), 3-38 (John Bracewell), 4-63 (John Parker), 5-64 (Jeremy Coney), 6-73 (Paul McEwan), 7-115 (Mark Burgess), 8-115 (Richard Hadlee), 9-121 (Lance Cairns), 10-121 (Gary Troup)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Wright and Bruce Edgar	0
second	John Wright and John Bracewell	27
third	John Parker and John Bracewell	11
fourth	John Parker and Paul McEwan	25
fifth	Jeremy Coney and Paul McEwan	1
sixth	Mark Burgess and Paul McEwan	9
seventh	Mark Burgess and Warren Lees	42
eighth	Richard Hadlee and Warren Lees	0
ninth	Lance Cairns and Warren Lees	6
tenth	Warren Lees and Gary Troup	0

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 55 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Wood	c Warren Lees	0	6
John Dyson	not out	25	75
Greg Chappell	c Warren Lees	13	33
Kim Hughes	not out	16	19

Did not bat: Allan Border, Doug Walters, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Len Pascoe, Jim Higgs

Extras 1 · Total 55 for 2

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Richard Hadlee	11.1	4	20	2
Gary Troup	1	0	1	0
Lance Cairns	5	2	17	0
John Bracewell	5	0	16	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (Graeme Wood), 2-31 (Greg Chappell)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	John Dyson and Graeme Wood	3
second	Greg Chappell and John Dyson	28
third	Kim Hughes and John Dyson	24

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