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England v New Zealand @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
13 January 1983
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: MW Johnson, BE Martin
Match Result: New Zealand won by 2 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | run out | 55 | 85 | 106 | 7 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | c Derek Randall b Vic Marks | 30 | 77 | 95 | 3 | - |
| 3. Lance Cairns | c Geoff Miller b Ian Botham | 36 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| 4. Glenn Turner | b Bob Willis | 38 | 51 | 72 | 2 | - |
| *5. Geoff Howarth | c Bob Willis b Ian Botham | 13 | 16 | 21 | 2 | - |
| 6. John Morrison | c Derek Randall b Ian Botham | 11 | 14 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Ian Botham b Bob Willis | 24 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 8. Jeremy Coney | not out | 13 | 14 | 19 | - | - |
| +9. Warren Lees | run out | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Martin Snedden | ||||||
| 11. Ewen Chatfield |
| FOW | 1-87 (Bruce Edgar), 2-100 (John Wright), 3-137 (Lance Cairns), 4-164 (Geoff Howarth), 5-188 (John Morrison), 6-205 (Glenn Turner), 7-231 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 8-239 (Warren Lees). |
| Extras | 1b, 10lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 239 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 8 | 1 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norman Cowans | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Jesty | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vic Marks | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Miller | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. David Gower | c Glenn Turner b Sir Richard Hadlee | 122 | 134 | 196 | 8 | - |
| 2. Chris Tavare | run out | 16 | 40 | 47 | 1 | - |
| 3. Allan Lamb | st Warren Lees b Jeremy Coney | 15 | 29 | 33 | 3 | - |
| 4. Trevor Jesty | c John Wright b Jeremy Coney | 5 | 16 | 15 | - | - |
| 5. Ian Botham | c Ewen Chatfield b Martin Snedden | 41 | 47 | 65 | 2 | 2 |
| 6. Derek Randall | c Martin Snedden b Jeremy Coney | 8 | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| 7. Geoff Miller | c Glenn Turner b Ewen Chatfield | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| 8. Vic Marks | b Martin Snedden | 5 | 11 | 20 | - | - |
| +9. Bob Taylor | not out | 5 | 10 | 16 | - | - |
| *10. Bob Willis | ||||||
| 11. Norman Cowans |
| FOW | 1-42 (Chris Tavare), 2-80 (Allan Lamb), 3-92 (Trevor Jesty), 4-190 (Ian Botham), 5-205 (Derek Randall), 6-221 (Geoff Miller), 7-223 (David Gower), 8-237 (Vic Marks). |
| Extras | 0b, 14lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 237 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Martin Snedden | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 10 | 1 | 64 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 10 | 0 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
David Gower, Chris Tavare, Allan Lamb, Trevor Jesty, Ian Botham, Derek Randall, Geoff Miller, Vic Marks, Bob Taylor, Bob Willis, Norman Cowans