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New Zealand v India @ Eden Park, Auckland
13, 14, 15, 17, 18 March 1981 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: FR Goodall, SJ Woodward
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Ian Smith b Martin Snedden | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Lance Cairns b John Bracewell | 36 | 132 | 165 | 4 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Geoff Howarth b Martin Snedden | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Sandeep Patil | c Ian Smith b Lance Cairns | 19 | 18 | 28 | 4 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 2 | 17 | 23 | - | - |
| 6. Tirumalai Srinivasan | c Ian Smith b John Bracewell | 29 | 81 | 98 | 3 | - |
| 7. Ravi Shastri | c & b Lance Cairns | 5 | 45 | 52 | - | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | b John Bracewell | 78 | 230 | 278 | 5 | - |
| 9. Kapil Dev | b Lance Cairns | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 10. Shivlal Yadav | c Sir Richard Hadlee b John Bracewell | 43 | 0 | 213 | 3 | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | not out | 3 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-10 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-43 (Sandeep Patil), 4-50 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-97 (Chetan Chauhan), 6-100 (Tirumalai Srinivasan), 7-114 (Ravi Shastri), 8-124 (Kapil Dev), 9-229 (Shivlal Yadav), 238 (Syed Kirmani). |
| Extras | 5b, 3lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 130.3 ovs) 238 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 27 | 11 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 22 | 7 | 52 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 27 | 13 | 37 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 42.3 | 17 | 61 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Howarth | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | c Syed Kirmani b Chetan Chauhan | 110 | 434 | 460 | 10 | 1 |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | c Ravi Shastri b Sandeep Patil | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 3. John Reid | c Gundappa Viswanath b Ravi Shastri | 74 | 269 | 272 | 5 | - |
| *4. Geoff Howarth | c sub b Ravi Shastri | 0 | 17 | 15 | - | - |
| 5. Jeremy Coney | c & b Dilip Doshi | 65 | 207 | 261 | 7 | - |
| 6. Jock Edwards | c & b Dilip Doshi | 34 | 50 | 61 | 4 | - |
| 7. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Chetan Chauhan b Shivlal Yadav | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| 8. Lance Cairns | c Sunny Gavaskar b Ravi Shastri | 41 | 72 | 98 | 4 | 1 |
| +9. Ian Smith | b Ravi Shastri | 10 | 23 | 27 | 2 | - |
| 10. John Bracewell | lbw b Ravi Shastri | 1 | 38 | 31 | - | - |
| 11. Martin Snedden | not out | 0 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Bruce Edgar), 2-148 (John Reid), 3-152 (Geoff Howarth), 4-251 (John Wright), 5-301 (Jock Edwards), 6-302 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 7-332 (Jeremy Coney), 8-354 (Ian Smith), 9-365 (John Bracewell), 366 (Lance Cairns). |
| Extras | 14b, 10lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 31 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 186 ovs) 366 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 20 | 6 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 33 | 8 | 91 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 69 | 34 | 79 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 56 | 13 | 125 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Chauhan | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c John Wright b John Bracewell | 33 | 0 | 115 | 5 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Lance Cairns b John Bracewell | 7 | 52 | 86 | - | - |
| 3. Tirumalai Srinivasan | c John Wright b Lance Cairns | 19 | 105 | 119 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | run out ( > > ) | 46 | 137 | 153 | 6 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 52 | 184 | 242 | 5 | - |
| 6. Sandeep Patil | b John Bracewell | 57 | 93 | 100 | 8 | 1 |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Bruce Edgar b Lance Cairns | 14 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | b John Bracewell | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Ravi Shastri | run out ( > > ) | 9 | 34 | 30 | 2 | - |
| 10. Shivlal Yadav | c Ian Smith b John Bracewell | 1 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | b Lance Cairns | 2 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-43 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-50 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-93 (Tirumalai Srinivasan), 4-143 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-236 (Sandeep Patil), 6-260 (Kapil Dev), 7-261 (Syed Kirmani), 8-277 (Ravi Shastri), 9-279 (Shivlal Yadav), 284 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 23b, 7lb, 0w, 13nb, 0pen) 43 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 120.5 ovs) 284 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 21 | 3 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 13 | 4 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 35.5 | 16 | 47 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Bracewell | 41 | 19 | 75 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Howarth | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | not out | 33 | 194 | 218 | 2 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 1 | 7 | 9 | - | - |
| 3. Jock Edwards | c & b Ravi Shastri | 47 | 96 | 132 | 2 | 1 |
| 4. Sir Richard Hadlee | b Ravi Shastri | 2 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
| *5. Geoff Howarth | c Chetan Chauhan b Dilip Doshi | 2 | 49 | 52 | - | - |
| 6. John Reid | lbw b Dilip Doshi | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 7. Jeremy Coney | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Lance Cairns | ||||||
| +9. Ian Smith | ||||||
| 10. John Bracewell | ||||||
| 11. Martin Snedden |
| FOW | 1-1 (Bruce Edgar), 2-83 (Jock Edwards), 3-87 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 4-94 (Geoff Howarth), 5-95 (John Reid). |
| Extras | 3b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 62 ovs) 95 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 10 | 6 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 11 | 4 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 19 | 9 | 18 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 18 | 8 | 24 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
New Zealand:
John Wright, Bruce Edgar, Jock Edwards, Sir Richard Hadlee, Geoff Howarth, John Reid, Jeremy Coney, Lance Cairns, Ian Smith, John Bracewell, Martin Snedden