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| 1980–81 World Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 23 November 1980 – 3 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Won by Australia3–1 in final series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the1980–81 World Series) was acricket tournament held in Australia from 23 November 1980 to 3 February 1981. It was the second edition of theAustralian Tri-Series, withAustralia playing host toIndia andNew Zealand. The series was a part of theIndian andNew Zealand tours.
After matches were played inAdelaide,Brisbane,Melbourne,Sydney andPerth throughout the entire group-stage, Australia and New Zealand qualified for the finals where after theunderarm incident in the third final, Australia went on to win 3–1.
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| 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 |
23 November 1980 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 3 wickets Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Tony Crafter (Aus) andPeter Cronin (Aus) Player of the match:Ewen Chatfield (NZ) |
25 November 1980 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 94 runs Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires:Robin Bailhache (Aus) andMel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match:Greg Chappell (Aus) |
6 December 1980 Scorecard |
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India won by 66 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Max O'Connell (Aus) andRex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match:Sandeep Patil (Ind) |
7 December 1980 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 4 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Dick French (Aus) andRobin Bailhache (Aus) Player of the match:Allan Border (Aus) |
9 December 1980 Scorecard |
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India won by 5 runs WACA Ground,Perth Umpires:Tony Crafter (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus) Player of the match:Richard Hadlee (NZ) |
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Australia won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires:Dick French (Aus) andRex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match:Allan Border (Aus) |
21 December 1980 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 3 wickets The Gabba,Brisbane Umpires:Dick French (Aus) andMel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match:Kapil Dev (Ind) |
23 December 1980 Scorecard |
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India won by 6 runs Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Tony Crafter (Aus) andMax O'Connell (Aus) Player of the match:Yashpal Sharma (Ind) |
8 January 1981 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires:Max O'Connell (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus) Player of the match:Greg Chappell (Aus) |
10 January 1981 Scorecard |
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Bruce Edgar 65* (89) |
New Zealand won by 10 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Robin Bailhache (Aus) andRex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match:Bruce Edgar (NZ) |
11 January 1981 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 7 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Dick French (Aus) andPeter Cronin (Aus) Player of the match:Graeme Wood (Aus) |
13 January 1981 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 1 run Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires: Donald Weser (Aus) andMel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match:John Wright (NZ) |
15 January 1981 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 27 runs Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires: Donald Weser (Aus) andRex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match:Allan Border (Aus) |
18 January 1981 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 22 runs The Gabba,Brisbane Umpires:Peter Cronin (Aus) andMel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match:Jeremy Coney (NZ) |
21 January 1981 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 78 runs Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires:Robin Bailhache (Aus) andMel Johnson (Aus) |
31 January 1981 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 7 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Dick French (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus) |
1 February 1981 Scorecard |
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Australia won by 6 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Peter Cronin (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus) |
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Australia won by 6 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney Umpires:Tony Crafter (Aus) andRobin Bailhache (Aus) Player of the match:Greg Chappell (Aus) |
