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New Zealand v India @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
21, 22, 23, 25 February 1981 (five-day match)
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: FR Goodall, SJ Woodward
Match Result: New Zealand won by 62 runs
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | c Roger Binny b Yograj Singh | 32 | 64 | 97 | 4 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | c Syed Kirmani b Sandeep Patil | 39 | 97 | 167 | 3 | - |
| 3. John Reid | c Syed Kirmani b Sandeep Patil | 46 | 163 | 202 | 4 | - |
| *4. Geoff Howarth | not out | 137 | 237 | 353 | 15 | - |
| 5. Jeremy Coney | c & b Ravi Shastri | 4 | 26 | 23 | - | - |
| 6. Jock Edwards | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 23 | 46 | 49 | 5 | - |
| +7. Ian Smith | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev | 20 | 36 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Syed Kirmani b Roger Binny | 20 | 22 | 36 | 2 | - |
| 9. Lance Cairns | c Sunny Gavaskar b Kapil Dev | 13 | 31 | 38 | - | 1 |
| 10. Martin Snedden | b Ravi Shastri | 2 | 14 | 18 | - | - |
| 11. Gary Troup | c Sunny Gavaskar b Ravi Shastri | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-60 (John Wright), 2-101 (Bruce Edgar), 3-200 (John Reid), 4-215 (Jeremy Coney), 5-245 (Jock Edwards), 6-292 (Ian Smith), 7-331 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 8-364 (Lance Cairns), 9-375 (Martin Snedden), 375 (Gary Troup). |
| Extras | 4b, 17lb, 1w, 17nb, 0pen) 39 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 119 ovs) 375 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 38 | 9 | 112 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yograj Singh | 15 | 3 | 63 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Binny | 22 | 4 | 67 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 28 | 9 | 54 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 16 | 3 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | b Lance Cairns | 23 | 0 | 111 | 3 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Jeremy Coney b Gary Troup | 17 | 37 | 55 | 3 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | lbw b Lance Cairns | 39 | 70 | 105 | 5 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Lance Cairns | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 5. Sandeep Patil | c Ian Smith b Gary Troup | 64 | 113 | 137 | 10 | - |
| 6. Kirti Azad | b Lance Cairns | 20 | 0 | 117 | 2 | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Ian Smith b Gary Troup | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | run out ( > > ) | 13 | 21 | - | 1 | - |
| 9. Roger Binny | b Martin Snedden | 11 | 0 | - | 2 | - |
| 10. Ravi Shastri | not out | 3 | 17 | - | - | - |
| 11. Yograj Singh | c Ian Smith b Lance Cairns | 4 | 22 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-70 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-70 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-116 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-183 (Sandeep Patil), 6-183 (Kapil Dev), 7-198 (Kirti Azad), 8-213 (Syed Kirmani), 9-218 (Roger Binny), 223 (Yograj Singh). |
| Extras | 10b, 13lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 29 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 72.4 ovs) 223 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 16 | 4 | 62 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 19.4 | 8 | 33 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 20 | 7 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Troup | 17 | 5 | 43 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | c Gundappa Viswanath b Kapil Dev | 8 | 28 | - | 1 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | c Sandeep Patil b Roger Binny | 28 | 75 | 103 | 2 | - |
| 3. John Reid | lbw b Kapil Dev | 7 | 24 | - | 1 | - |
| *4. Geoff Howarth | c Syed Kirmani b Sandeep Patil | 7 | 27 | - | - | - |
| 5. Jeremy Coney | c sub b Kapil Dev | 8 | 35 | - | 1 | - |
| 6. Jock Edwards | c sub b Kapil Dev | 6 | 18 | - | 1 | - |
| +7. Ian Smith | not out | 15 | 39 | - | 2 | - |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Syed Kirmani b Roger Binny | 7 | 37 | - | 1 | - |
| 9. Lance Cairns | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Ravi Shastri | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 10. Martin Snedden | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Ravi Shastri | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 11. Gary Troup | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Ravi Shastri | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-17 (John Wright), 2-35 (John Reid), 3-57 (Geoff Howarth), 4-58 (Bruce Edgar), 5-73 (Jeremy Coney), 6-78 (Jock Edwards), 7-99 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 8-100 (Lance Cairns), 9-100 (Martin Snedden), 100 (Gary Troup). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49 ovs) 100 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 16 | 4 | 34 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Binny | 12 | 4 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 17 | 10 | 12 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kirti Azad | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | b Martin Snedden | 12 | 0 | 48 | - | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 1 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 26 | 59 | 99 | 1 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Gary Troup | 9 | 23 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 5. Sandeep Patil | c Ian Smith b Lance Cairns | 42 | 62 | 89 | 7 | - |
| 6. Kirti Azad | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 16 | 0 | 46 | 3 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | b Lance Cairns | 11 | 36 | 50 | 1 | - |
| 8. Kapil Dev | c Sir Richard Hadlee b Gary Troup | 9 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 9. Roger Binny | not out | 26 | 0 | 111 | 2 | - |
| 10. Ravi Shastri | c Ian Smith b Martin Snedden | 19 | 54 | 70 | 3 | - |
| 11. Yograj Singh | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 6 | 28 | 37 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-30 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-50 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-75 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-111 (Kirti Azad), 6-117 (Sandeep Patil), 7-136 (Syed Kirmani), 8-136 (Kapil Dev), 9-170 (Ravi Shastri), 190 (Yograj Singh). |
| Extras | 2b, 5lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 75.3 ovs) 190 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 22.3 | 7 | 65 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 19 | 8 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 17 | 4 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Troup | 13 | 4 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
John Wright, Bruce Edgar, John Reid, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Jock Edwards, Ian Smith, Sir Richard Hadlee, Lance Cairns, Martin Snedden, Gary Troup