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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 6th June 1981 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australia won by 2 runs |
| Umpires | DJ Constant, AGT Whitehead |
| Scorers | CWC Grove (England), DK Sherwood (Australia) |
| Player of the Match | MW Gatting |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GM Wood | c Willis b Jackman | 55 | 80 | 115 | 5 | - | 68.75 |
| TM Chappell | c Humpage b Botham | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| GN Yallop | b Hendrick | 63 | 132 | 158 | 4 | - | 47.73 |
| *KJ Hughes | run out | 34 | 41 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 82.93 |
| AR Border | run out | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| +RW Marsh | c Love b Botham | 20 | 18 | 26 | 1 | - | 111.11 |
| MF Kent | lbw b Willis | 1 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 33.33 |
| GF Lawson | not out | 29 | 26 | 31 | - | 2 | 111.54 |
| DK Lillee | run out | 8 | 12 | 19 | - | - | 66.67 |
| RM Hogg | not out | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| TM Alderman | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 18 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Chappell), 2-96 (Wood), 3-160 (Yallop), 4-171 (Hughes), 5-183 (Border), 6-193 (Kent), 7-213 (Marsh), 8-248 (Lillee) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Willis | 11 | 3 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 3.73 |
| Botham | 11 | 1 | 44 | 2 | - | - | 33.00 | 4.00 |
| Hendrick | 11 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 1.91 |
| Jackman | 11 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.27 |
| Willey | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.00 |
| Gooch | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.60 |
| England innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GA Gooch | b Hogg | 11 | 25 | 32 | 1 | - | 44.00 |
| G Boycott | b Lawson | 14 | 40 | 49 | 2 | - | 35.00 |
| MW Gatting | c Lawson b Lillee | 96 | 131 | 194 | 14 | 1 | 73.28 |
| DI Gower | b Alderman | 2 | 10 | 14 | - | - | 20.00 |
| JD Love | b Lawson | 43 | 53 | 67 | 6 | - | 81.13 |
| P Willey | c Wood b Chappell | 37 | 33 | 40 | 4 | - | 112.12 |
| *IT Botham | c Hughes b Lawson | 24 | 21 | 30 | 3 | - | 114.29 |
| +GW Humpage | b Lillee | 5 | 10 | 12 | - | - | 50.00 |
| RD Jackman | run out | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 66.67 |
| RGD Willis | not out | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 100.00 |
| M Hendrick | c Marsh b Lillee | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (12 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.5 overs) | 247 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Gooch), 2-27 (Boycott), 3-36 (Gower), 4-111 (Love), 5-177 (Willey), 6-224 (Botham), 7-232 (Humpage), 8-244 (Jackman), 9-244 (Gatting), 10-247 (Hendrick, 54.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Hogg | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 3.82 |
| Lillee | 10.5 | 2 | 36 | 3 | - | - | 21.67 | 3.32 |
| Alderman | 11 | 1 | 46 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.18 |
| Lawson | 11 | 2 | 42 | 3 | - | - | 22.00 | 3.82 |
| Chappell | 11 | 0 | 69 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 6.27 |
Notes
--> TM Alderman made his debut in ODI matches
--> MF Kent made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> GM Wood passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 6
--> GN Yallop passed his previous highest score of 52 in ODI matches
--> GN Yallop passed his previous highest score of 59 in List A matches
--> RW Marsh passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 15
--> GF Lawson passed his previous highest score of 12 in ODI matches
--> GF Lawson passed his previous highest score of 12 in List A matches
--> MW Gatting passed his previous highest score of 29 in ODI matches
--> MW Gatting passed his previous highest score of 95 in List A matches
--> JD Love passed his previous highest score of 15 in ODI matches
--> TM Alderman made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> TM Alderman made his debut in England in List A matches
--> GF Lawson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed JD Love in the England innings (previous best was 1-43)
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