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Result of 1981
India in New Zealand Test Series
1st Test-India in New Zealand Test Series 1981
Sat, 21 Feb - Wed, 25 Feb 1981 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Basin Reserve, Wellington
New Zealand won by 62 runs
New Zealand
401/10 (20.00) & 100/10 (49)
India
468/5 (20.00) & 190/10 (75.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
New Zealand innigs
401/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c Binny b Yograj Singh
32
64
97
4
0
50.00
In 1981
Career
Bruce Edgar
c (wk)Kirmani b Patil
39
97
167
3
0
40.20
In 1981
Career
John Reid
c (wk)Kirmani b Patil
46
163
202
4
0
28.22
In 1981
Career
Geoff Howarth (c)
not out
137
237
353
15
0
57.80
In 1981
Career
Jeremy Coney
c & b Shastri
4
26
23
0
0
15.38
In 1981
Career
Jock Edwards
c (wk)Kirmani b Kapil Dev
23
46
49
5
0
50.00
In 1981
Career
Ian Smith (WK)
c Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev
20
36
50
3
0
55.55
In 1981
Career
Richard Hadlee
c (wk)Kirmani b Binny
20
22
36
2
0
90.90
In 1981
Career
Lance Cairns
c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev
13
31
38
0
1
41.93
In 1981
Career
Martin Snedden
b Shastri
2
14
18
0
0
14.28
In 1981
Career
Gary Troup
c Gavaskar b Shastri
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 17, nb 17, w 1)
39
Total
375 119 Ov (RR: 3.15)
375
737
36
1
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Kapil Dev
38.00
9
112
3
2.94
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Yograj Singh
15.00
3
63
1
4.20
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Roger Binny
22.00
4
67
1
3.04
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Ravi Shastri
28.00
9
54
3
1.92
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Sandeep Patil
16.00
3
40
2
2.50
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
India innigs
468/5 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sunil Gavaskar (c)
b Cairns
23
74
111
3
0
31.08
In 1981
Career
Chetan Chauhan
c Coney b Troup
17
37
55
3
0
45.94
In 1981
Career
Dilip Vengsarkar
lbw b Cairns
39
70
105
5
0
55.71
In 1981
Career
Gundappa Viswanath
b Cairns
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Sandeep Patil
c (wk)Smith b Troup
64
113
137
10
0
56.63
In 1981
Career
Kirti Azad
b Cairns
20
67
117
2
0
29.85
In 1981
Career
Kapil Dev
c (wk)Smith b Troup
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Syed Kirmani (WK)
run out
13
21
0
1
0
61.90
In 1981
Career
Roger Binny
b Snedden
11
18
0
2
0
61.11
In 1981
Career
Ravi Shastri
not out
3
17
0
0
0
17.64
In 1981
Career
Yograj Singh
c (wk)Smith b Cairns
4
22
0
0
0
18.18
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 10, lb 13, nb 6)
29
Total
223 72.4 Ov (RR: 3.06)
223
443
26
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
16.00
4
62
0
3.87
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Lance Cairns
19.40
8
33
5
1.67
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Martin Snedden
20.00
7
56
1
2.80
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Gary Troup
17.00
5
43
3
2.52
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
New Zealand innigs
100/10 (49)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c Viswanath b Kapil Dev
8
28
0
1
0
28.57
In 1981
Career
Bruce Edgar
c Patil b Binny
28
75
103
2
0
37.33
In 1981
Career
John Reid
lbw b Kapil Dev
7
24
0
1
0
29.16
In 1981
Career
Geoff Howarth (c)
c (wk)Kirmani b Patil
7
27
0
0
0
25.92
In 1981
Career
Jeremy Coney
c sub b Kapil Dev
8
35
0
1
0
22.85
In 1981
Career
Jock Edwards
c sub b Kapil Dev
6
18
0
1
0
33.33
In 1981
Career
Ian Smith (WK)
not out
15
39
0
2
0
38.46
In 1981
Career
Richard Hadlee
c (wk)Kirmani b Binny
7
37
0
1
0
18.91
In 1981
Career
Lance Cairns
c Vengsarkar b Shastri
0
4
0
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Martin Snedden
c Vengsarkar b Shastri
0
4
0
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Gary Troup
c Vengsarkar b Shastri
0
1
0
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 2, w 2)
14
Total
100 49 Ov (RR: 2.04)
100
292
9
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Kapil Dev
16.00
4
34
4
2.12
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Roger Binny
12.00
4
26
2
2.16
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Ravi Shastri
3.00
0
9
3
3.00
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Sandeep Patil
17.00
10
12
1
0.70
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Kirti Azad
1.00
0
5
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
India innigs
190/10 (75.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sunil Gavaskar (c)
b Snedden
12
33
48
0
0
36.36
In 1981
Career
Chetan Chauhan
b Hadlee
1
12
19
0
0
8.33
In 1981
Career
Dilip Vengsarkar
c (wk)Smith b Hadlee
26
59
99
1
0
44.06
In 1981
Career
Gundappa Viswanath
b Troup
9
23
36
1
0
39.13
In 1981
Career
Sandeep Patil
c (wk)Smith b Cairns
42
62
89
7
0
67.74
In 1981
Career
Kirti Azad
b Hadlee
16
43
46
3
0
37.20
In 1981
Career
Syed Kirmani (WK)
b Cairns
11
36
50
1
0
30.55
In 1981
Career
Kapil Dev
c Hadlee b Troup
9
26
36
1
0
34.61
In 1981
Career
Roger Binny
not out
26
86
111
2
0
30.23
In 1981
Career
Ravi Shastri
c (wk)Smith b Snedden
19
54
70
3
0
35.18
In 1981
Career
Yograj Singh
c (wk)Smith b Hadlee
6
28
37
1
0
21.42
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 5, nb 6)
13
Total
190 75.3 Ov (RR: 2.51)
190
462
20
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Richard Hadlee
22.30
7
65
4
2.88
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Lance Cairns
19.00
8
30
2
1.57
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Martin Snedden
17.00
4
39
2
2.29
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Gary Troup
13.00
4
34
2
2.61
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Jeremy Coney
4.00
1
9
0
2.25
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
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