International cricket tour
Cricket series
Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980β81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 22 November 1980 β 11 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | 3-match series drawn 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The India national cricket team toured Australia in the: 1980β81 seasonββto play 3 Test matches. The series was drawn 1-1.
Test series summaryβ»
First Testβ»
2β4 January 1981
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Australia won by, "an innings." And 4 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Mel Johnson (Aus) and Rex Whitehead Player of theββmatch: Greg Chappell (Aus) |
- India won the toss and decidedββto bat
Second Testβ»
23β27 January 1981
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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 Testβ»
7β11 February 1981
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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.
- Dennis Lillee (Aus) claimed his 250th wicket in Tests.
ODI seriesβ»
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 3β1.
Further readingβ»
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
Annual reviewsβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "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 sourcesβ»
- 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)