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Australia vs India, 3rd Test at Melbourne, , Feb 07 1981 - Match Result

RESULT

3rd Test, Melbourne, February 07 - 11, 1981, India tour of Australia

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237 & 324

(T:143) 419 & 83

India won by 59 runs

Player Of The Match

Gundappa Viswanath

, IND

114 & 30

Player Of The Series

, AUS

40 runs • 21 wkts

Dennis Lillee has become the top wicket-taker for AUS in Tests with 251 wickets, going past Richie Benaud's 248

Dennis Lillee has become the fastest to 250 wickets in Tests (48 matches), going past Fred Trueman's 56

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Scorecard summary

India • 237/10(84 overs)

1st INNINGS

Gundappa Viswanath

114 (222)

4/65 (25)

25 (44)

3/29 (22)

Australia • 419/10(156.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

124 (265)

3/109 (52)

78 (148)

2/28 (12.3)

India • 324/9(109.1 overs)

2nd INNINGS

85 (198)

4/104 (32.1)

70 (180)

2/65 (31)

Australia • 83/10(48.4 overs)

2nd INNINGS

18* (60)

5/28 (16.4)

16 (49)

2/10 (8)

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Match details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1980/81
Player Of The Match	Gundappa Viswanath
Player Of The Series	Dennis Lillee
Series result	3-match series drawn 1-1
Match number	Test no. 895
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Mel Johnson Rex Whitehead

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
J Dyson	caught	3	24
GM Wood	stumped	10	41
GS Chappell	bowled	0	1
KJ Hughes	bowled	16	49
B Yardley	bowled	7	58
AR Border	caught	9	24
KD Walters	not out	18	60
RW Marsh	bowled	3	8
DK Lillee	bowled	4	5
LS Pascoe	run out	6	15
JD Higgs	lbw	0	9
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2)
Total	83(10 wkts; 48.4 ovs)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	11	John Dyson	Graeme Wood
2nd	0	Greg Chappell	Graeme Wood
3rd	7	Kim Hughes	Graeme Wood
4th	22	Kim Hughes	Bruce Yardley
5th	10	Bruce Yardley	Allan Border
6th	5	Doug Walters	Allan Border
7th	6	Doug Walters	Rod Marsh
8th	8	Doug Walters	Dennis Lillee
9th	10	Doug Walters	Len Pascoe
10th	4	Doug Walters	Jim Higgs

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