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New Zealand v India @ Lancaster Park, Christchurch
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 March 1981 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: JBR Hastie, DA Kinsella
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 53 | 0 | 176 | 7 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Ian Smith b Sir Richard Hadlee | 78 | 216 | 266 | 9 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | b Martin Snedden | 61 | 152 | 212 | 8 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 7 | 56 | 78 | - | - |
| 5. Sandeep Patil | c John Reid b Sir Richard Hadlee | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 6. Yashpal Sharma | c Geoff Howarth b Sir Richard Hadlee | 0 | 0 | 9 | - | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | retired hurt | 9 | 29 | 35 | - | - |
| 8. Kapil Dev | c & b Martin Snedden | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | c John Reid b Jeremy Coney | 17 | 90 | 104 | 1 | - |
| 10. Ravi Shastri | not out | 12 | 81 | 100 | - | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | b Jeremy Coney | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-114 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-168 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-200 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-210 (Sandeep Patil), 5-210 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-224 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 7-224 (Kapil Dev), 8-255 (Karsan Ghavri), 9-255 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 127 ovs) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 33 | 12 | 47 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Troup | 26 | 6 | 60 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 33 | 16 | 57 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 23 | 8 | 63 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Howarth | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Karsan Ghavri | 18 | 18 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | lbw b Ravi Shastri | 49 | 231 | 247 | 2 | - |
| 3. John Reid | not out | 123 | 429 | 446 | 11 | - |
| *4. Geoff Howarth | c sub b Dilip Doshi | 26 | 104 | 113 | 1 | - |
| 5. Jeremy Coney | c Chetan Chauhan b Sandeep Patil | 15 | 31 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 6. Jock Edwards | b Ravi Shastri | 23 | 39 | 44 | 4 | - |
| +7. Ian Smith | not out | 11 | 27 | 27 | 2 | - |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | ||||||
| 9. Lance Cairns | ||||||
| 10. Martin Snedden | ||||||
| 11. Gary Troup |
| FOW | 1-27 (John Wright), 2-152 (Bruce Edgar), 3-201 (Geoff Howarth), 4-235 (Jeremy Coney), 5-265 (Jock Edwards). |
| Extras | 6b, 8lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 145 ovs) 286 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 22 | 2 | 60 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 10 | 4 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 12 | 4 | 14 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 49 | 23 | 67 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 42 | 21 | 65 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Chauhan | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 2 | 1 | 3 | 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