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1st Test-India in New Zealand Test Series 1981
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Summary
1st Test-India in New Zealand Test Series 1981 Summary
RESULT
TEST
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Sat, 21 Feb - Wed, 25 Feb 1981 - 03:30
NZ
New Zealand
401/10 (20.00) & 100/10 (49)
VS
India
468/5 (20.00) & 190/10 (75.3)
IND
New Zealand won by 62 runs
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
NZ vs IND — 1st Test
Match No
1st Test
Date
Sat, 21 Feb 1981
Teams
New Zealand vs India
Series
India in New Zealand Test Series
Ground
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss
India, elected to field first
Umpires
Fred GoodallSteve Woodward
Result
New Zealand won by 62 runs
Season
1980/81
Player of Match
Geoff Howarth
New Zealand innings
401/10 (20.00)
BATTING
Total
375 119 Ov (RR: 3.15)
375 (375)
Geoff Howarth (c)
137 (137)
John Reid
46 (46)
BOWLING
Kapil Dev
3/112
Ravi Shastri
3/54
Sandeep Patil
2/40
India innings
468/5 (20.00)
BATTING
Total
223 72.4 Ov (RR: 3.06)
223 (223)
Sandeep Patil
64 (64)
Dilip Vengsarkar
39 (39)
BOWLING
Lance Cairns
5/33
Gary Troup
3/43
Martin Snedden
1/56
New Zealand innings
100/10 (49)
BATTING
Total
100 49 Ov (RR: 2.04)
100 (100)
Bruce Edgar
28 (28)
Ian Smith (WK)
15 (15)
BOWLING
Kapil Dev
4/34
Ravi Shastri
3/9
Roger Binny
2/26
India innings
190/10 (75.3)
BATTING
Total
190 75.3 Ov (RR: 2.51)
190 (190)
Sandeep Patil
42 (42)
Dilip Vengsarkar
26 (26)
BOWLING
Richard Hadlee
4/65
Gary Troup
2/34
Martin Snedden
2/39
RECENT RESULTS
3 matches
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ODI
Ireland in Namibia ODI Series
NAM
131/5 (21.2)
IRE
129 (33.1)
T20I
Afghanistan v Zimbabwe T20I Series
AFG
81/3 (8.1)
ZIM
79 (14.3)
T20I
India in New Zealand T20I Series
NZ
195/3 (18.0)
IND
191/8 (20.0)
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