1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series
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Date | 23 November 1980 – 3 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Won by Australia 3–1 in final series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 1980–81 World Series) was a cricket tournament held in Australia from 23 November 1980 to 3 February 1981. It was the second edition of the Australian Tri-Series, with Australia playing host to India and New Zealand. The series was a part of the Indian and New Zealand tours.
After matches were played in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth throughout the entire group-stage, Australia and New Zealand qualified for the finals where after the underarm incident in the third final, Australia went on to win 3–1.
Points Table[edit]
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
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Australia | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4.259 |
New Zealand | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4.109 |
India | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.947 |
Fixtures[edit]
23 November 1980 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Shaun Graf, Trevor Chappell, Geoff Lawson (Aus) and Martin Snedden (NZ) all made their ODI debuts.
25 November 1980 Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ian Smith (NZ) made his ODI debut.
6 December 1980 Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Tirumalai Srinivasan, Kirti Azad, Sandeep Patil, Roger Binny and Dilip Doshi (Ind) all made their ODI debuts.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
21 December 1980 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Yograj Singh (Ind) made his ODI debut.
10 January 1981 Scorecard |
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Bruce Edgar 65* (89) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Match was reduced to 34 overs per side due to rain.
21 January 1981 Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain during New Zealand's innings prevented any further play.
Final series[edit]
1st Final[edit]
2nd Final[edit]
31 January 1981 Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Graeme Beard (Aus) made his ODI debut.
3rd Final[edit]
1 February 1981 Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match concluded with a controversial underarm delivery.
4th Final[edit]
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- With the result of this match, Australia won the 1980-81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup.