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Australia v New Zealand @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
9 January 1983
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: AR Crafter, RV Whitehead
Match Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Wright | c John Dyson b Carl Rackemann | 54 | 64 | 68 | 9 | - |
| 2. Bruce Edgar | lbw b Carl Rackemann | 38 | 74 | 130 | - | - |
| *3. Geoff Howarth | c & b Carl Rackemann | 5 | 10 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Jeff Crowe | c Geoff Lawson b Greg Chappell | 7 | 15 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 5. Jeremy Coney | c Rod Marsh b Carl Rackemann | 4 | 14 | 20 | - | - |
| 6. John Morrison | c Rod Marsh b Jeff Thomson | 10 | 24 | 29 | 1 | - |
| +7. Peter Webb | b Geoff Lawson | 9 | 32 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 8. Sir Richard Hadlee | run out | 24 | 27 | 37 | 2 | 1 |
| 9. Lance Cairns | c David Hookes b Geoff Lawson | 7 | 16 | 20 | - | - |
| 10. Martin Snedden | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 2 | 6 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-84 (John Wright), 2-89 (Geoff Howarth), 3-98 (Jeff Crowe), 4-114 (Jeremy Coney), 5-128 (Bruce Edgar), 6-134 (John Morrison), 7-167 (Peter Webb), 8-173 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 9-181 (Martin Snedden), 181 (Lance Cairns). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 7w, 5nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 44.5 ovs) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 7.5 | 1 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 8 | 0 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Rackemann | 10 | 1 | 39 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Kepler Wessels | b Martin Snedden | 79 | 118 | 157 | 10 | - |
| 2. John Dyson | not out | 78 | 146 | 187 | 6 | 1 |
| 3. Greg Chappell | c & b Martin Snedden | 3 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| *4. Kim Hughes | not out | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 5. David Hookes | ||||||
| 6. Allan Border | ||||||
| +7. Rod Marsh | ||||||
| 8. Geoff Lawson | ||||||
| 9. Rodney Hogg | ||||||
| 10. Jeff Thomson | ||||||
| 11. Carl Rackemann |
| FOW | 1-154 (Kepler Wessels), 2-168 (Greg Chappell). |
| Extras | 1b, 11lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 46.4 ovs) 182 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 9.4 | 2 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 10 | 4 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Martin Snedden | 10 | 1 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lance Cairns | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Kepler Wessels, John Dyson, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, David Hookes, Allan Border, Rod Marsh, Geoff Lawson, Rodney Hogg, Jeff Thomson, Carl Rackemann