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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
7, 8, 9, 10, 11 February 1981 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: MW Johnson, RV Whitehead
Match Result: India won by 59 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Kim Hughes b Len Pascoe | 10 | 0 | 93 | - | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Bruce Yardley b Len Pascoe | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Allan Border b Dennis Lillee | 12 | 28 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Greg Chappell b Bruce Yardley | 114 | 222 | 274 | 11 | - |
| 5. Sandeep Patil | c Kim Hughes b Dennis Lillee | 23 | 33 | 47 | 4 | - |
| 6. Yashpal Sharma | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 4 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Kim Hughes b Len Pascoe | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 25 | 44 | 58 | 1 | - |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 21 | 25 | - | - |
| 10. Shivlal Yadav | not out | 20 | 0 | 79 | 2 | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | c Doug Walters b Bruce Yardley | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-22 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-43 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-91 (Sandeep Patil), 5-99 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-115 (Kapil Dev), 7-164 (Syed Kirmani), 8-190 (Karsan Ghavri), 9-230 (Gundappa Viswanath), 237 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 1b, 8lb, 6w, 9nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 84 ovs) 237 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 25 | 6 | 65 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 22 | 11 | 29 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 13 | 3 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 19 | 2 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Dyson | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 16 | 41 | 42 | - | - |
| 2. Graeme Wood | c Dilip Doshi b Karsan Ghavri | 10 | 25 | 49 | - | - |
| *3. Greg Chappell | c & b Karsan Ghavri | 76 | 175 | 227 | 6 | - |
| 4. Kim Hughes | c Chetan Chauhan b Shivlal Yadav | 24 | 0 | 81 | 4 | - |
| 5. Allan Border | b Shivlal Yadav | 124 | 0 | 303 | 12 | - |
| 6. Doug Walters | st Syed Kirmani b Dilip Doshi | 78 | 0 | 209 | 6 | - |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c sub b Dilip Doshi | 45 | 0 | 129 | 3 | - |
| 8. Bruce Yardley | lbw b Dilip Doshi | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | c & b Sandeep Patil | 19 | 72 | 77 | 2 | - |
| 10. Len Pascoe | lbw b Sandeep Patil | 3 | 17 | 18 | - | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | not out | 1 | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-30 (John Dyson), 2-32 (Graeme Wood), 3-81 (Kim Hughes), 4-189 (Greg Chappell), 5-320 (Allan Border), 6-356 (Doug Walters), 7-356 (Bruce Yardley), 8-413 (Dennis Lillee), 9-413 (Rod Marsh), 419 (Len Pascoe). |
| Extras | 12b, 6lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 156.3 ovs) 419 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 19 | 7 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 52 | 14 | 109 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 39 | 4 | 110 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 32 | 6 | 100 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Chauhan | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 12.3 | 4 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 70 | 0 | 226 | 5 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Bruce Yardley b Dennis Lillee | 85 | 198 | 243 | 12 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Rod Marsh b Len Pascoe | 41 | 91 | 116 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Dennis Lillee | 30 | 72 | 94 | 3 | - |
| 5. Sandeep Patil | c Greg Chappell b Bruce Yardley | 36 | 26 | 46 | 1 | - |
| 6. Yashpal Sharma | b Len Pascoe | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | run out ( > > ) | 9 | 17 | 42 | - | - |
| 8. Kapil Dev | b Bruce Yardley | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 11 | 42 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 10. Dilip Doshi | b Dennis Lillee | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 11. Shivlal Yadav | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-165 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-176 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-243 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-245 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-260 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-296 (Sandeep Patil), 7-296 (Kapil Dev), 8-308 (Syed Kirmani), 9-324 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 11b, 8lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 109.1 ovs) 324 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 32.1 | 5 | 104 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 29 | 4 | 80 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 31 | 11 | 65 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 15 | 3 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Dyson | c Syed Kirmani b Karsan Ghavri | 3 | 24 | 27 | - | - |
| 2. Graeme Wood | st Syed Kirmani b Dilip Doshi | 10 | 41 | 56 | - | - |
| *3. Greg Chappell | b Karsan Ghavri | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 4. Kim Hughes | b Dilip Doshi | 16 | 0 | 65 | 1 | - |
| 5. Bruce Yardley | b Kapil Dev | 7 | 58 | 73 | 1 | - |
| 6. Allan Border | c Syed Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 7. Doug Walters | not out | 18 | 0 | 71 | 1 | - |
| +8. Rod Marsh | b Kapil Dev | 3 | 0 | 17 | - | - |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | b Kapil Dev | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 10. Len Pascoe | run out ( > > ) | 6 | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | b Kapil Dev | 0 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (John Dyson), 2-11 (Greg Chappell), 3-18 (Graeme Wood), 4-40 (Kim Hughes), 5-50 (Bruce Yardley), 6-55 (Allan Border), 7-61 (Rod Marsh), 8-69 (Dennis Lillee), 9-79 (Len Pascoe), 83 (Jim Higgs). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.4 ovs) 83 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 16.4 | 4 | 28 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 22 | 9 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
John Dyson, Graeme Wood, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Bruce Yardley, Allan Border, Doug Walters, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Len Pascoe, Jim Higgs