a2878 o111	Australia v New Zealand
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1980/81 (1st Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 29th January 1981 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 78 runs
Umpires	RC Bailhache, MW Johnson

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JG Wright	b Chappell	81	111	167	3	-	72.97
BA Edgar	c Walters b Lillee	21	55	56	3	-	38.18
*GP Howarth	c Border b Walker	47	68	91	4	-	69.12
JV Coney	c and b Pascoe	0	3	4	-	-	0.00
MG Burgess	lbw b Lillee	15	23	29	-	-	65.22
RJ Hadlee	not out	23	28	42	-	-	82.14
BL Cairns	c Walker b Pascoe	18	20	21	1	1	90.00
BJ McKechnie	not out	1	1	1	-	-	100.00
+IDS Smith	did not bat
MC Snedden	did not bat
EJ Chatfield	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 2 nb, 7 w)	27
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Edgar), 2-148 (Howarth), 3-152 (Coney), 4-172 (Wright), 5-198 (Burgess), 6-231 (Cairns)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hogg	10	1	37	0	-	-	-	3.70
Walker	10	1	31	1	-	-	60.00	3.10
Lillee	10	0	47	2	-	-	30.00	4.70
Pascoe	10	0	48	2	-	-	30.00	4.80
Chappell	10	0	43	1	-	-	60.00	4.30

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Wood	c Burgess b Hadlee	13	24	21	1	-	54.17
MF Kent	c Howarth b Hadlee	12	18	30	1	-	66.67
+RW Marsh	c Coney b Chatfield	0	3	2	-	-	0.00
*GS Chappell	c Wright b Chatfield	31	50	71	3	-	62.00
KJ Hughes	lbw b Hadlee	0	4	4	-	-	0.00
AR Border	c Coney b McKechnie	55	74	86	6	2	74.32
KD Walters	b McKechnie	20	30	35	-	-	66.67
DK Lillee	c Cairns b McKechnie	7	5	5	-	-	140.00
MHN Walker	c Smith b Hadlee	4	15	21	-	-	26.67
RM Hogg	c Smith b Hadlee	1	5	3	-	-	20.00
LS Pascoe	not out	3	10	11	-	-	30.00
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Wood), 2-28 (Marsh), 3-28 (Kent), 4-28 (Hughes), 5-93 (Chappell), 6-135 (Walters), 7-145 (Border), 8-147 (Lillee), 9-148 (Hogg), 10-155 (Walker)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Chatfield	10	3	38	2	-	-	30.00	3.80
Hadlee	8.3	4	26	5	-	-	10.20	3.06
McKechnie	9	1	23	3	-	-	18.00	2.56
Snedden	6	1	25	0	-	-	-	4.17
Cairns	6	0	34	0	-	-	-	5.67

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Notes
--> JG Wright passed his previous highest score of 78 in ODI matches
--> JG Wright passed 3000 runs in ListA matches when he reached 31
--> MF Kent made his debut in ODI matches
--> KD Walters passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 17
--> MF Kent made his debut for Australia in ListA matches
--> DK Lillee reached 100 wickets in ListA matches when he dismissed MG Burgess, his 2nd wicket in the New Zealand innings
--> BJ McKechnie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA matches in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-24)
--> BJ McKechnie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-24)
--> RJ Hadlee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Australia innings (previous best was 5-32)

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