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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th December 1981 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Pakistan won by an innings and 82 runs |
| Umpires | RC Bailhache, RA French |
| Scorers | KV O'Neill (Pakistan), MP Ringham (Australia) |
| Close of play day 1 | Pakistan (1) 245/3 (Javed Miandad 26*, Zaheer Abbas 23*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 15/0 (Laird 8*, Wood 6*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 197/4 (Wood 78*, Wellham 13*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 78/5 (Wellham 13*, Marsh 0*) |
| Player of the Match | B Yardley |
| Pakistan first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Mudassar Nazar | c Lillee b Yardley | 95 | 202 | 273 | 9 | - | |
| Mohsin Khan | c Thomson b Yardley | 17 | 84 | 109 | 1 | - | |
| Majid Khan | c Wood b Yardley | 74 | 155 | 188 | 7 | - | |
| *Javed Miandad | lbw b Yardley | 62 | 129 | 168 | 4 | - | |
| Zaheer Abbas | c and b Yardley | 90 | 174 | 221 | 9 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | c Laird b Yardley | 50 | 132 | 164 | 4 | - | |
| Imran Khan | not out | 70 | 111 | 155 | 5 | 1 | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | c Yardley b Chappell | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| +Wasim Bari | b Yardley | 8 | 19 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| Iqbal Qasim | not out | 16 | 38 | 48 | 2 | - | |
| Sikander Bakht | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 12 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 676 minutes, 171.3 overs) | 500 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40 (Mohsin Khan), 2-181 (Mudassar Nazar), 3-201 (Majid Khan), 4-329 (Javed Miandad), 5-363 (Zaheer Abbas), 6-443 (Wasim Raja), 7-444 (Sarfraz Nawaz), 8-456 (Wasim Bari) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 36.3 | 9 | 104 | 0 | - | 10 | |
| Alderman | 27 | 8 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 25 | 2 | 85 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Yardley | 66 | 16 | 187 | 7 | - | 1 | |
| Border | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chappell | 9 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laird | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BM Laird | lbw b Iqbal Qasim | 35 | 85 | 113 | 1 | - | |
| GM Wood | c Mohsin Khan b Sarfraz Nawaz | 100 | 305 | 375 | 3 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Wasim Bari b Wasim Raja | 22 | 89 | 75 | 1 | - | |
| AR Border | run out (Sikander Bakht->Iqbal Qasim) | 7 | 18 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c and b Iqbal Qasim | 34 | 68 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| DM Wellham | c Mudassar Nazar b Sarfraz Nawaz | 26 | 85 | 98 | 5 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Mudassar Nazar b Imran Khan | 31 | 77 | 94 | 3 | - | |
| B Yardley | b Iqbal Qasim | 20 | 56 | 68 | 2 | - | |
| DK Lillee | lbw b Imran Khan | 1 | 12 | 23 | - | - | |
| JR Thomson | not out | 3 | 11 | 14 | - | - | |
| TM Alderman | lbw b Imran Khan | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 473 minutes, 134.1 overs) | 293 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75 (Laird), 2-118 (Chappell), 3-127 (Border), 4-173 (Hughes), 5-232 (Wellham), 6-235 (Wood), 7-286 (Yardley), 8-288 (Marsh), 9-288 (Lillee), 10-293 (Alderman, 134.1 ov) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 24.1 | 7 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 14 | 3 | 43 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Wasim Raja | 37 | 7 | 73 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Iqbal Qasim | 55 | 17 | 104 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sikander Bakht | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Majid Khan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Wood | c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz | 1 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| BM Laird | c Sarfraz Nawaz b Iqbal Qasim | 52 | 132 | 175 | 3 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Javed Miandad b Sarfraz Nawaz | 0 | 14 | 23 | - | - | |
| AR Border | run out (Wasim Raja->Sarfraz Nawaz) | 1 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c Majid Khan b Iqbal Qasim | 11 | 45 | 40 | - | - | |
| DM Wellham | b Sarfraz Nawaz | 13 | 88 | 91 | - | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Mohsin Khan b Iqbal Qasim | 21 | 67 | 87 | 1 | - | |
| B Yardley | b Imran Khan | 0 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim | 4 | 40 | 40 | - | - | |
| JR Thomson | b Imran Khan | 17 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 1 | |
| TM Alderman | not out | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 267 minutes, 72.1 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Wood), 2-9 (Chappell), 3-13 (Border), 4-29 (Hughes), 5-77 (Laird), 6-78 (Wellham), 7-79 (Yardley), 8-92 (Lillee), 9-121 (Marsh), 10-125 (Thomson, 72.1 ov) | |||||||
| Pakistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Imran Khan | 14.1 | 5 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | - | - | |
| Iqbal Qasim | 24 | 11 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | 13 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Majid Khan | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Javed Miandad | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Mudassar Nazar (1) 50 in 136 balls, 188 minutes
--> Mudassar Nazar (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 38
--> Mohsin Khan (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> Majid Khan (1) 50 in 99 balls, 122 minutes
--> Javed Miandad (1) 50 in 96 balls, 125 minutes
--> Javed Miandad (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> Zaheer Abbas (1) 50 in 75 balls, 101 minutes
--> Wasim Raja (1) 50 in 128 balls, 162 minutes with 4 fours
--> Wasim Raja (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> Imran Khan (1) 50 in 94 balls, 118 minutes
--> GM Wood (1) 50 in 129 balls, 152 minutes
--> GM Wood (1) 100 in 302 balls, 368 minutes with 3 fours
--> DM Wellham (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> B Yardley (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> BM Laird (2) 50 in 125 balls, 164 minutes with 3 fours
--> B Yardley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed Wasim Bari in the Pakistan first innings (previous best was 6-84)
12th men: G.F.Lawson (Australia) & Saleem Malik (Pakistan).
Majid hit a 7 in the first innings
Mudassar Nazar/Majid Khan 141 2nd wicket; Javed Miandad/Zaheer Abbas 128 4th wicket.
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