Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81
International cricket tour
Cricket series
Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 22 November 1980 – 11 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | 3-match series drawn 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season to play 3 Test matches. The series was drawn 1-1.
Test series summary
First Test
2–4 January 1981 Scorecard |
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201 (53.2 overs) Sandeep Patil 65 (78) Len Pascoe 4/61 (19 overs) | 406 (109.1 overs) Greg Chappell 204 (296) Kapil Dev 5/97 (36.1 overs) | |
Australia won by an innings and 4 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Mel Johnson (Aus) and Rex Whitehead Player of the match: Greg Chappell (Aus) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
Second Test
23–27 January 1981 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match: Kim Hughes (Aus) |
- India won the toss and decided to field
Third Test
7–11 February 1981 Scorecard |
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India won by 59 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Mel Johnson (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match: Gundappa Viswanath (Ind) |
- Australia won the toss and decided to field
- Allan Border (Aus) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.[1]
- Dennis Lillee (Aus) claimed his 250th wicket in Tests.[1]
ODI series
India also competed in a tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and New Zealand. India won three of their ten-round robin matches but failed to qualify for the five-match final in which Australia defeated New Zealand 3–1.
Further reading
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
Annual reviews
References
- ^ a b "India in Australia and New Zealand 1980/81 (3rd Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2018.(Subscription required.)
External sources
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India Tour of Australia & New Zealand 1980-81 at test-cricket-tours.co.uk
- India in Australia and New Zealand 1980/81 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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