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Test no. 922

Australia in New Zealand Test Series - 1st Test
New Zealand v Australia

1981/82 season

Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, on 26,27,28 February, 1,2 March 1982 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BA Edgar	lbw b Alderman	55	336	259	4	0	21.23
	JG Wright	c Chappell b Yardley	38	178	139	3	0	27.33
	JFM Morrison	b Thomson	15	88	73	1	0	20.54
	GP Howarth	not out	58	188	188	8	0	30.85
	JV Coney	lbw b Yardley	1	31	31	0	0	3.22
	MD Crowe	run out	9	29	26	2	0	34.61
	RJ Hadlee	b Thomson	21	20	17	4	0	123.52
	IDS Smith	c Chappell b Yardley	11	32	20	2	0	55.00
	BL Cairns	not out	19	9	9	1	2	211.11
	Extras	(b 5, lb 19, w 4, nb 11)	39

	Total	(7 wickets dec; 116 overs)	266	(2.29 runs per over)

Did not bat MC Snedden, EJ Chatfield

Fall of wickets1-86 (Wright), 2-120 (Morrison), 3-149 (Edgar), 4-162 (Coney), 5-186 (Crowe), 6-212 (Hadlee), 7-246 (Smith)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JR Thomson	26	13	35	2	1.34
TM Alderman	44	20	93	1	2.11
DK Lillee	15	5	32	0	2.13
GS Chappell	8	2	18	0	2.25
B Yardley	23	10	49	3	2.13


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GM Wood	b Cairns	41	97	81	5	1	50.61
	BM Laird	not out	27	133	113	2	0	23.89
	J Dyson	not out	12	34	37	2	0	32.43
	Extras	(lb 2, nb 3)	5

	Total	(1 wicket; 38 overs)	85	(2.23 runs per over)

Did not bat

GS Chappell, KJ Hughes, AR Border,

RW Marsh, B Yardley, DK Lillee, JR Thomson, TM Alderman

Fall of wickets1-65 (Wood)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	7	2	15	0	2.14
MC Snedden	8	1	24	0	3.00
BL Cairns	11	4	20	1	1.81
EJ Chatfield	8	5	7	0	0.87
MD Crowe	4	1	14	0	3.50

Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debut MD Crowe (New Zealand)
Player of the match BA Edgar (New Zealand)

Umpires FR Goodall and SJ Woodward

Close of play
26 Feb day 1 - no play
27 Feb day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 107/1 (BA Edgar 41*, JFM Morrison 8*)
28 Feb day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 127/2 (BA Edgar 47*, GP Howarth 2*)
1 Mar day 4 - no play
2 Mar day 5 - Australia 1st innings 85/1 (38 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Play was possible only on days 2,3,5. Only on day 5 was a full day's play possible.

NZ 1st innings
Edgar batted 336 minutes - spread over 5 days.

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