Australia Vs India 11Th Match
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup Australia, India, New Zealand in Australia - 1980 (1980/81) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 11 January 1981
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining). Graeme Wood top-scored with 98* for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 11 January 1981
- Toss
- Australia, chose to field
- Result
- Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Graeme Wood
- Captains
- Sunil Gavaskar (India), Greg Chappell (Australia)
- Umpires
- RA French and PM Cronin
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to field.
India batted first and made 192 for 5. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 80 off 142 balls, and Dilip Vengsarkar made 46. The innings was built on a 101-run stand for the second wicket between Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar, 53% of the total.
Chasing 193, Australia made 193 for 3. Graeme Wood top-scored with 98 not out off 155 balls, and Doug Walters made 43. The innings was built on a 96-run stand for the fourth wicket between Doug Walters and Graeme Wood, 50% of the total.
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining).
INDIA: 192 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | bowled | 80 | 142 |
| Roger Binny | c Greg Chappell | 21 | 66 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | c Kim Hughes | 46 | 60 |
| Kapil Dev | c Trevor Chappell | 4 | 4 |
| Sandeep Patil | bowled | 3 | 3 |
| Yashpal Sharma | not out | 21 | 15 |
| Syed Kirmani | not out | 3 | 11 |
Did not bat: Gundappa Viswanath, Karsan Ghavri, Yograj Singh, Dilip Doshi
Extras 14 · Total 192 for 5
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Len Pascoe | 9 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Shaun Graf | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 4 | 23 | 2 |
| Trevor Chappell | 9 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| Allan Border | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-57 (Roger Binny), 2-158 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-165 (Kapil Dev), 4-165 (Sunil Gavaskar), 5-169 (Sandeep Patil)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sunil Gavaskar and Roger Binny | 57 |
| second | Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar | 101 |
| third | Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev | 7 |
| fourth | Sunil Gavaskar and Sandeep Patil | 0 |
| fifth | Yashpal Sharma and Sandeep Patil | 4 |
| sixth | Syed Kirmani and Yashpal Sharma | 23 |
AUSTRALIA: 193 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Wood | not out | 98 | 155 |
| Allan Border | bowled | 39 | 52 |
| Greg Chappell | c Gundappa Viswanath | 7 | 12 |
| Kim Hughes | run out | 0 | – |
| Doug Walters | not out | 43 | 67 |
Did not bat: John Dyson, Trevor Chappell, Rod Marsh, Shaun Graf, Dennis Lillee, Len Pascoe
Extras 6 · Total 193 for 3
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Binny | 9.2 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 |
| Kapil Dev | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| Sandeep Patil | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| Dilip Doshi | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-69 (Allan Border), 2-96 (Greg Chappell), 3-97 (Kim Hughes)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Graeme Wood and Allan Border | 69 |
| second | Greg Chappell and Graeme Wood | 27 |
| third | Kim Hughes and Graeme Wood | 1 |
| fourth | Doug Walters and Graeme Wood | 96 |
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