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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th February 1981 (5-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | New Zealand won by 62 runs | 
| Umpires | FR Goodall, SJ Woodward | 
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealand (1) 241/4 (Howarth 77*, Edwards 19*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | India (1) 133/4 (Patil 30*, Azad 6*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | New Zealand (2) 100 all out | 
| Player of the Match | GP Howarth, SM Patil | 
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c Binny b Yograj Singh | 32 | 64 | 97 | 4 | - | |
| BA Edgar | c Kirmani b Patil | 39 | 97 | 167 | 3 | - | |
| JF Reid | c Kirmani b Patil | 46 | 163 | 202 | 4 | - | |
| *GP Howarth | not out | 137 | 237 | 353 | 15 | - | |
| JV Coney | c and b Shastri | 4 | 26 | 23 | - | - | |
| GN Edwards | c Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 23 | 46 | 49 | 5 | - | |
| +IDS Smith | c Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev | 20 | 36 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| RJ Hadlee | c Kirmani b Binny | 20 | 22 | 36 | 2 | - | |
| BL Cairns | c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev | 13 | 31 | 38 | - | 1 | |
| MC Snedden | b Shastri | 2 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| GB Troup | c Gavaskar b Shastri | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 17 lb, 17 nb, 1 w) | 39 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 522 minutes, 119 overs) | 375 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60 (Wright), 2-101 (Edgar), 3-200 (Reid), 4-215 (Coney), 5-245 (Edwards), 6-292 (Smith), 7-331 (Hadlee), 8-364 (Cairns), 9-375 (Snedden), 10-375 (Troup, 119 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kapil Dev | 38 | 9 | 112 | 3 | - | - | |
| Yograj Singh | 15 | 3 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Binny | 22 | 4 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shastri | 28 | 9 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Patil | 16 | 3 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SM Gavaskar | b Cairns | 23 | 74 | 111 | 3 | - | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Coney b Troup | 17 | 37 | 55 | 3 | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | lbw b Cairns | 39 | 70 | 105 | 5 | - | |
| GR Viswanath | b Cairns | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| SM Patil | c Smith b Troup | 64 | 113 | 137 | 10 | - | |
| KBJ Azad | b Cairns | 20 | 67 | 117 | 2 | - | |
| Kapil Dev | c Smith b Troup | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | run out | 13 | 21 | 1 | - | ||
| RMH Binny | b Snedden | 11 | 18 | 2 | - | ||
| RJ Shastri | not out | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| Yograj Singh | c Smith b Cairns | 4 | 22 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (10 b, 13 lb, 6 nb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 321 minutes, 72.4 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Chauhan), 2-70 (Gavaskar), 3-70 (Viswanath), 4-116 (Vengsarkar), 5-183 (Patil), 6-183 (Kapil Dev), 7-198 (Azad), 8-213 (Kirmani), 9-218 (Binny), 10-223 (Yograj Singh, 72.4 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadlee | 16 | 4 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 19.4 | 8 | 33 | 5 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 20 | 7 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Troup | 17 | 5 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Wright | c Viswanath b Kapil Dev | 8 | 28 | 1 | - | ||
| BA Edgar | c Patil b Binny | 28 | 75 | 103 | 2 | - | |
| JF Reid | lbw b Kapil Dev | 7 | 24 | 1 | - | ||
| *GP Howarth | c Kirmani b Patil | 7 | 27 | - | - | ||
| JV Coney | c sub (TE Srinivasan) b Kapil Dev | 8 | 35 | 1 | - | ||
| GN Edwards | c sub (TE Srinivasan) b Kapil Dev | 6 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| +IDS Smith | not out | 15 | 39 | 2 | - | ||
| RJ Hadlee | c Kirmani b Binny | 7 | 37 | 1 | - | ||
| BL Cairns | c Vengsarkar b Shastri | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| MC Snedden | c Vengsarkar b Shastri | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| GB Troup | c Vengsarkar b Shastri | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (10 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 209 minutes, 49 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Wright), 2-35 (Reid), 3-57 (Howarth), 4-58 (Edgar), 5-73 (Coney), 6-78 (Edwards), 7-99 (Hadlee), 8-100 (Cairns), 9-100 (Snedden), 10-100 (Troup, 49 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kapil Dev | 16 | 4 | 34 | 4 | - | - | |
| Binny | 12 | 4 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Patil | 17 | 10 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shastri | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | - | - | |
| Azad | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *SM Gavaskar | b Snedden | 12 | 33 | 48 | - | - | |
| CPS Chauhan | b Hadlee | 1 | 12 | 19 | - | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Smith b Hadlee | 26 | 59 | 99 | 1 | - | |
| GR Viswanath | b Troup | 9 | 23 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| SM Patil | c Smith b Cairns | 42 | 62 | 89 | 7 | - | |
| KBJ Azad | b Hadlee | 16 | 43 | 46 | 3 | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | b Cairns | 11 | 36 | 50 | 1 | - | |
| Kapil Dev | c Hadlee b Troup | 9 | 26 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| RMH Binny | not out | 26 | 86 | 111 | 2 | - | |
| RJ Shastri | c Smith b Snedden | 19 | 54 | 70 | 3 | - | |
| Yograj Singh | c Smith b Hadlee | 6 | 28 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 6 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 325 minutes, 75.3 overs) | 190 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Chauhan), 2-30 (Gavaskar), 3-50 (Viswanath), 4-75 (Vengsarkar), 5-111 (Azad), 6-117 (Patil), 7-136 (Kirmani), 8-136 (Kapil Dev), 9-170 (Shastri), 10-190 (Yograj Singh, 75.3 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hadlee | 22.3 | 7 | 65 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 19 | 8 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Snedden | 17 | 4 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Troup | 13 | 4 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Coney | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> MC Snedden made his debut in Test matches
--> KBJ Azad made his debut in Test matches
--> RJ Shastri made his debut in Test matches
--> Yograj Singh made his debut in Test matches
--> Yograj Singh made his last appearance in Test matches
--> BA Edgar (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> JF Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Test matches
--> GP Howarth (1) 50 in 117 minutes
--> GP Howarth (1) 100 in 173 balls, 256 minutes
--> GP Howarth (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 67
--> SM Patil (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 51
--> KBJ Azad made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> RJ Shastri made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> MC Snedden made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> Yograj Singh made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> CPS Chauhan made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> Kapil Dev made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> RMH Binny made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> SM Patil made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> IDS Smith made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> RJ Shastri made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> BL Cairns reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SM Patil, his 1st wicket in the India second innings
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