1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series

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{{Infobox cricket series

|series= 1980–81 World Series

|image=

|caption=

|date= 23 November 1980 – 3 February 1981

|place= Australia

|result= Won by {{cr|AUS}}
3–1 in final series

|player of series=

|team1= {{cr|AUS}}

|team2= {{cr|IND}}

|team3= {{cr|NZL}}

|captain1= Greg Chappell

|captain2= Sunil Gavaskar

|captain3= Geoff Howarth

|runs1= Greg Chappell (686)

|runs2= Dilip Vengsarkar (221)

|runs3= John Wright (511)

|wickets1= Dennis Lillee (25)

|wickets2= Dilip Doshi (15)

|wickets3= Martin Snedden (17)

|previous=1979–80

|next=1981–82

}}

The 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 1980–81 World Series) was a cricket tournament held in Australia from 23 November 1980 to 3 February 1981. It was the second edition of the Australian Tri-Series, with Australia playing host to India and New Zealand. The series was a part of the Indian and New Zealand tours.

After matches were played in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth throughout the entire group-stage, Australia and New Zealand qualified for the finals where after the underarm incident in the third final, Australia went on to win 3–1.

Uniforms

{{Infobox cricket team

|name = Australia

| a_pattern_la = _greenborder

| a_pattern_b = _thingreensides

| a_pattern_ra = _greenborder

| a_pattern_pants =

| a_leftarm = FFFE00

| a_body = FFFE00

| a_rightarm = FFFE00

| a_pants = FFFE00

| a_title = Australia Kit

}}

{{Infobox cricket team

|name = India

| a_pattern_la = _yellowborder

| a_pattern_b = _thinyellowsides

| a_pattern_ra = _yellowborder

| a_pattern_pants =

| a_leftarm = 86D1FD

| a_body = 86D1FD

| a_rightarm = 86D1FD

| a_pants = 86D1FD

| a_title = India Kit

}}

{{Infobox cricket team

|name = New Zealand

| a_pattern_la = _blackborder

| a_pattern_b = _thinblacksides

| a_pattern_ra = _blackborder

| a_pattern_pants =

| a_leftarm = C8AD7F

| a_body = C8AD7F

| a_rightarm = C8AD7F

| a_pants = C8AD7F

| a_title = New Zealand Kit

}}

Points Table

style="width:175px;"\|Team ! style="width:20px;"\|{{Abbr \| P \| Played}} ! style="width:20px;"\|{{Abbr \| W \| Won}} ! style="width:20px;"\|{{Abbr \| L \| Lost}} ! style="width:20px;"\|{{Abbr \| T \| Tied}} ! style="width:20px;"\|{{Abbr \| NR \| No result}} ! style="width:20px;"\|{{Abbr \| Pts \| Points}} ! style="width:65px;"\|{{Abbr \| RR \| Run rate}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="text-align:left" \|{{cr\|AUS}} \| 10	6	3	0	1	13	4.259
style="background:#cfc;" \| style="text-align:left" \|{{cr\|NZ}} \| 10	5	4	0	1	11	4.109
style="text-align:left" \|{{cr\|IND}} \| 10	3	7	0	0	6	3.947

Fixtures

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 23 November 1980

| time =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 217/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = John Dyson 69 (120)

| wickets1 = Ewen Chatfield 5/34 (10 overs)

| score2 = 219/7 (49.1 overs)

| runs2 = John Wright 60 (128)

| wickets2 = Dennis Lillee 3/40 (10 overs)

| result = New Zealand won by 3 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65300.html Scorecard]

| venue = Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

| umpires = Tony Crafter (Aus) and Peter Cronin (Aus)

| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Ewen Chatfield (NZ)

| rain =

| notes = Shaun Graf, Trevor Chappell, Geoff Lawson (Aus) and Martin Snedden (NZ) all made their ODI debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 25 November 1980

| time =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 289/3 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Greg Chappell 138* (109)

| wickets1 = Paul McEwan 1/51 (10 overs)

| score2 = 195 (42.5 overs)

| runs2 = Geoff Howarth 46 (76)

| wickets2 = Len Pascoe 5/30 (7.5 overs)

| result = Australia won by 94 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65301.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Robin Bailhache (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm = Greg Chappell (Aus)

| rain =

| notes = Ian Smith (NZ) made his ODI debut.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 6 December 1980

| time =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 208/9 (49 overs)

| runs1 = Sandeep Patil 64 (70)

| wickets1 = Dennis Lillee 2/22 (7 overs)

| score2 = 142 (42.1 overs)

| runs2 = Kim Hughes 35 (53)

| wickets2 = Dilip Doshi 3/32 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 66 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65302.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = Max O'Connell (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Sandeep Patil (Ind)

| rain =

| notes = Tirumalai Srinivasan, Kirti Azad, Sandeep Patil, Roger Binny and Dilip Doshi (Ind) all made their ODI debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 December 1980

| time =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 156 (49.5 overs)

| runs1 = John Wright 57 (119)

| wickets1 = Len Pascoe 4/37 (9.5 overs)

| score2 = 159/6 (47.2 overs)

| runs2 = Greg Chappell 48 (70)

| wickets2 = Stephen Boock 2/30 (10 overs)

| result = Australia won by 4 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65303.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = Dick French (Aus) and Robin Bailhache (Aus)

| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm = Allan Border (Aus)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 9 December 1980

| time =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 162 (47.4 overs)

| runs1 = Sandeep Patil 39 (73)

| wickets1 = Richard Hadlee 5/32 (9 overs)

| score2 = 157 (49.5 overs)

| runs2 = Paul McEwan 41 (76)

| wickets2 = Roger Binny 4/41 (9.5 overs)

| result = India won by 5 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65304.html Scorecard]

| venue = WACA Ground, Perth

| umpires = Tony Crafter (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm = Richard Hadlee (NZ)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 18 December 1980

| time =

| daynight = Y

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 180/9 (49 overs)

| runs1 = Gundappa Viswanath 43 (80)

| wickets1 = Shaun Graf 2/23 (10 overs)

| score2 = 183/1 (42.2 overs)

| runs2 = Allan Border 105* (122)

| wickets2 = Kapil Dev 1/27 (8 overs)

| result = Australia won by 9 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65305.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Dick French (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Allan Border (Aus)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 21 December 1980

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 204 (48.5 overs)

| runs1 = Kapil Dev 75 (51)

| wickets1 = Gary Troup 4/19 (9 overs)

| score2 = 205/7 (48.4 overs)

| runs2 = Jeremy Coney 47* (52)

| wickets2 = Dilip Doshi 4/30 (10 overs)

| result = New Zealand won by 3 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65306.html Scorecard]

| venue = The Gabba, Brisbane

| umpires = Dick French (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm = Kapil Dev (Ind)

| rain =

| notes = Yograj Singh (Ind) made his ODI debut.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 23 December 1980

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 230/7 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Yashpal Sharma 72 (105)

| wickets1 = Martin Snedden 3/30 (10 overs)

| score2 = 224 (49.3 overs)

| runs2 = Jeremy Coney 49* (63)

| wickets2 = Dilip Doshi 2/34 (10 overs)
Kapil Dev 2/34 (9.3 overs)

| result = India won by 6 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65307.html Scorecard]

| venue = Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

| umpires = Tony Crafter (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm = Yashpal Sharma (Ind)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 8 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 63 (25.5 overs)

| runs1 = Gundappa Viswanath 23 (22)

| wickets1 = Greg Chappell 5/15 (9.5 overs)

| score2 = 64/1 (21 overs)

| runs2 = Greg Chappell 33* (48)

| wickets2 = Kapil Dev 1/15 (9 overs)

| result = Australia won by 9 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65308.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Max O'Connell (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Greg Chappell (Aus)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 10 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 112/9 (34 overs)

| runs1 = Gundappa Viswanath 33 (52)

| wickets1 = Martin Snedden 2/16 (5 overs)

| score2 = 113/0 (29 overs)

| runs2 = Bruce Edgar 65* (89)

| wickets2 =

| result = New Zealand won by 10 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65309.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = Robin Bailhache (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus)

| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Bruce Edgar (NZ)

| rain = Match was reduced to 34 overs per side due to rain.

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 11 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 192/5 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Sunil Gavaskar 80 (142)

| wickets1 = Greg Chappell 2/23 (10 overs)

| score2 = 193/3 (47.2 overs)

| runs2 = Graeme Wood 98* (155)

| wickets2 = Dilip Doshi 1/38 (10 overs)

| result = Australia won by 7 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65310.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = Dick French (Aus) and Peter Cronin (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Graeme Wood (Aus)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 13 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 220/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = John Wright 78 (135)

| wickets1 = Len Pascoe 3/37 (10 overs)

| score2 = 219/7 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Doug Walters 50* (72)

| wickets2 = Ewen Chatfield 1/26 (10 overs)

| result = New Zealand won by 1 run

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65311.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Donald Weser (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)

| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm = John Wright (NZ)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 15 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 242/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Allan Border 85 (131)

| wickets1 = Sandeep Patil 2/34 (10 overs)

| score2 = 215/8 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Dilip Vengsarkar 52 (74)

| wickets2 = Dennis Lillee 4/32 (10 overs)

| result = Australia won by 27 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65312.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Donald Weser (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Allan Border (Aus)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 18 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 242/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Jeremy Coney 49 (58)

| wickets1 = Kapil Dev 3/37 (10 overs)

| score2 = 220 (48.1 overs)

| runs2 = Dilip Vengsarkar 66 (77)

| wickets2 = Jeremy Coney 3/28 (10 overs)

| result = New Zealand won by 22 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65313.html Scorecard]

| venue = The Gabba, Brisbane

| umpires = Peter Cronin (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| motm = Jeremy Coney (NZ)

| rain =

| notes =

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 21 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 180 (43.1 overs)

| runs1 = Greg Chappell 74 (80)

| wickets1 = Paul McEwan 2/29 (5 overs)

| score2 = 23/1 (8 overs)

| runs2 = John Wright 8 (33)

| wickets2 = Greg Chappell 1/1 (1 over)

| result = No result

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65314.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Dick French (Aus) and Max O'Connell (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm =

| rain = Rain during New Zealand's innings prevented any further play.

| notes =

}}

Final series

=1st Final=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 29 January 1981

| time =

| daynight = Y

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 233/6 (50 overs)

| runs1 = John Wright 81 (111)

| wickets1 = Dennis Lillee 2/47 (10 overs)

| score2 = 155 (39.3 overs)

| runs2 = Allan Border 55 (74)

| wickets2 = Richard Hadlee 5/26 (8.3 overs)

| result = New Zealand won by 78 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65315.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Robin Bailhache (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| motm =

| rain =

| notes = Martin Kent (Aus) made his ODI debut.

}}

=2nd Final=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 31 January 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 126 (46.4 overs)

| runs1 = Bruce Edgar 28 (56)

| wickets1 = Graeme Beard 2/20 (8.4 overs)

| score2 = 130/3 (39.3 overs)

| runs2 = Greg Chappell 58* (87)

| wickets2 = Geoff Howarth 1/13 (4 overs)

| result = Australia won by 7 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65316.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = Dick French (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.

| motm =

| rain =

| notes = Graeme Beard (Aus) made his ODI debut.

}}

=3rd Final=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 1 February 1981

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}

| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}

| score1 = 235/4 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Greg Chappell 90 (122)

| wickets1 = Martin Snedden 2/52 (10 overs)

| score2 = 229/8 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Bruce Edgar 102* (141)

| wickets2 = Greg Chappell 3/43 (10 overs)

| result = Australia won by 6 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65317.html Scorecard]

| venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

| umpires = Peter Cronin (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)

| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm =

| rain =

| notes = The match concluded with a controversial underarm delivery.

}}

=4th Final=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 3 February 1981

| time =

| daynight = Y

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}

| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 215/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = John Wright 57 (88)

| wickets1 = Dennis Lillee 3/27 (10 overs)

| score2 = 218/4 (47.4 overs)

| runs2 = Greg Chappell 87 (102)

| wickets2 = Martin Snedden 3/27 (9 overs)

| result = Australia won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65318.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

| umpires = Tony Crafter (Aus) and Robin Bailhache (Aus)

| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

| motm = Greg Chappell (Aus)

| rain =

| notes = With the result of this match, Australia won the 1980-81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup.

}}

References

Category:1980 in Australian cricket

Category:1980 in Indian cricket

Category:1980 in New Zealand

Category:1980–81 Australian cricket season

Category:1981 in Australian cricket

Category:1981 in Indian cricket

Category:1981 in New Zealand

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Category:International cricket competitions from 1980–81 to 1985

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