1982–83 Australian Tri-Series

The 1982–83 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to England and New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0. New Zealand and England would not contest the tri-series with Australia again until the 1990-91 season

1982–83 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup
Date	9 January 1983 – 13 February 1983
Location	Australia
Result	Won by  Australia 2–0 in final series
Teams  Australia  England  New Zealand Captains Kim Hughes Bob Willis Geoff Howarth Most runs David Hookes 391 David Gower 563 John Wright 362 Most wickets Geoff Lawson 16 Ian Botham 17 Martin Snedden 15
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Uniforms

Australia

Australia Kit

England

England Kit

New Zealand

New Zealand Kit

Points Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR	T	Points
1	New Zealand	10	6	4	0	0	12
2	Australia	10	5	5	0	0	10
3	England	10	4	6	0	0	8

Result summary

1st Match

9 January 1983 Scorecard

New Zealand  181 (44.5 overs)	v	Australia 182/2 (46.4 overs)
John Wright 54 (64) Carl Rackemann 4/39 (10 overs)		Kepler Wessels 79 (118) Martin Snedden 2/47 (10 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne[1] Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match: John Dyson (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Kepler Wessels and Carl Rackemann (Aus) and Jeff Crowe and Peter Webb (NZ) made their ODI debuts

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2nd Match

11 January 1983 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  180 (46.4 overs)	v	England 149 (41.1 overs)
John Dyson 49 (96) Geoff Miller 3/28 (10 overs)		Allan Lamb 49 (92) Greg Chappell 2/17 (5.1 overs)

Australia won by 31 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney[2] Umpires: Dick French (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match: Carl Rackemann (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Trevor Jesty and Norman Cowans (Eng) made their ODI debuts

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3rd Match

13 January 1983 Scorecard

New Zealand  239/8 (46.4 overs)	v	England 237/8 (50 overs)
John Wright 55 (85) Ian Botham 3/40 (10 overs)		David Gower 122 (134) Jeremy Coney 3/46 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 2 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne[3] Umpires: Bruce Martin (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match: David Gower (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

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4th Match

15 January 1983 Scorecard

England  267/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 213 (48.2 overs)
David Gower 158 (118) Richard Hadlee 2/44 (10 overs)		Bruce Edgar 40 (78) Vic Marks 3/30 (10 overs)

England won by 54 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane[4] Umpires: Bruce Martin (Aus) and Dick French (Aus) Player of the match: David Gower (Eng)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Ian Gould (Eng) made his ODI debut.

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5th Match

16 January 1983 Scorecard

England  182 (46.4 overs)	v	Australia 184/3 (41 overs)
Derek Randall 57 (97) Carl Rackemann 3/28 (8.4 overs)		David Hookes 54 (56) Ian Botham 3/29 (8 overs)

Australia won by 7 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane[5] Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match: David Hookes (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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6th Match

18 January 1983 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  226/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 179 (45.3 overs)
Jeff Crowe 56 (73) Rodney Hogg 2/32 (10 overs)		David Hookes 68 (91) Lance Cairns 4/16 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 47 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney[6] Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match: David Hookes (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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7th Match

20 January 1983 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  199 (47.2 overs)	v	England 200/2 (42.4 overs)
Bruce Edgar 74 (134) Bob Willis 4/23 (9 overs)		Allan Lamb 108 (106) Lance Cairns 4/16 (10 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney[7] Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Dick French (Aus) Player of the match: Allan Lamb (Eng)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Graeme Fowler (Eng) made his ODI debut.

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8th Match

22 January 1983 Scorecard

New Zealand  246/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 188 (44.1 overs)
John Wright 84 (138) Carl Rackemann 3/52 (10 overs)		Kepler Wessels 62 (116) Gary Troup 4/54 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 58 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne[8] Umpires: Dick French (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus) Player of the match: John Wright (NZ)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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9th Match

23 January 1983 Scorecard

England  213/5 (37 overs)	v	Australia 217/5 (34.3 overs)
Allan Lamb 94 (76) Carl Rackemann 2/41 (8 overs)		Allan Border 54 (48) Norman Cowans 2/46 (6 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne[9] Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Peter McConnell (Aus) Player of the match: Allan Lamb (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 37 overs each due to rain
• John Maguire (Aus) made his ODI debut

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10th Match

26 January 1983 (D/N) Scorecard

England  207 (41 overs)	v	Australia 109 (27.3 overs)
Derek Randall 47 (64) Denis Lillee 3/34 (8 overs)		David Hookes 32 (52) Eddie Hemmings 3/11 (3.3 overs)

England won by 98 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney[10] Umpires: Bruce Martin (Aus) and Dick French (Aus) Player of the match: Robin Jackman (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 41 overs each due to rain

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11th Match

29 January 1983 Scorecard

England  296/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 297/6 (48.5 overs)
David Gower 109 (85) Ewen Chatfield 2/64 (10 overs)		Richard Hadlee 79 (64) Robin Jackman 2/49 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide[11] Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Dick French (Aus) Player of the match: Richard Hadlee (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

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12th Match

30 January 1983 Scorecard

England  228/6 (47 overs)	v	Australia 214/7 (47 overs)
David Gower 77 (98) Rodney Hogg 2/25 (9 overs)		David Hookes 76 (95) Robin Jackman 2/36 (10 overs)

England won by 14 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide[12] Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match: David Gower (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Match reduced to 47 overs each due to rain

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13th Match

31 January 1983 Scorecard

New Zealand  200/9 (47 overs)	v	Australia 153 (44 overs)
Glenn Turner 84 (109) Jeff Thomson 3/27 (5 overs)		Allan Border 41 (72) Jeremy Coney 3/40 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 47 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide[13] Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Dick French (Aus) Player of the match: Glenn Turner (NZ)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ken MacLeay and Tom Hogan (Aus) made their ODI debuts

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14th Match

5 February 1983 Scorecard

England  88/7 (23 overs)	v	New Zealand 89/3 (20.3 overs)
David Gower 35 (60) Richard Hadlee 3/15 (8 overs)		Jeremy Coney 29 (43) Bob Willis 2/28 (8.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets WACA Ground, Perth[14] Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Dick French (Aus) Player of the match: Richard Hadlee (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 23 overs each due to rain

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15th Match

6 February 1983 Scorecard

Australia  191/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 164 (44.5 overs)
Rod Marsh 31 (50) John Morrison 3/36 (9 overs)		John Wright 33 (66) Greg Chappell 3/35 (8 overs)

Australia won by 27 runs WACA Ground, Perth[15] Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus) Player of the match: Rod Marsh (Aus)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Steve Smith (Aus) made his ODI debut

Final series

Australia won the best of three final series against New Zealand 2–0.

1st Final

9 February 1983 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  193/7 (49 overs)	v	Australia 155/4 (33.1 overs)
Jeremy Coney 58 (70) Geoff Lawson 2/28 (10 overs)		Kim Hughes 63 (74) Ewen Chatfield 3/27 (10 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney[16] Umpires: Dick French (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain reduced the New Zealand innings to 49 overs. Australia were set a revised target 150 runs from 38 overs

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2nd Final

13 February 1983 Scorecard

Australia  302/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 153 (39.5 overs)
Steve Smith 117 (130) Ewen Chatfield 2/54 (10 overs)		Lance Cairns 52 (25) Geoff Lawson 3/11 (8 overs)

Australia won by 149 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne[17] Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Peter McConnell (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Richard Webb (NZ) made his ODI debut