1982–83 Australian Tri-Series

Cricket series

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 →

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

Uniforms

Cricket team

Australia

Australia Kit

Cricket team

England

England Kit

Cricket team

New Zealand

New Zealand Kit

Points Table

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

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
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

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
Umpires: Bruce Martin (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)
Player of the match: David Gower (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to field.

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
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.

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
Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)
Player of the match: David Hookes (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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
Umpires: Peter McConnell (Aus) and Mel Johnson (Aus)
Player of the match: David Hookes (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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
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.

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
Umpires: Dick French (Aus) and Rex Whitehead (Aus)
Player of the match: John Wright (NZ)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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
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

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
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

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
Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Dick French (Aus)
Player of the match: Richard Hadlee (NZ)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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
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

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
Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Peter McConnell (Aus)

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

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International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33§ 1936–37 1946–47§ 1950–51§ 1954–55§ 1958–59§ 1962–63§ 1965–66§ 1970–71§ 1974–75§ 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88§ 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68§ 1977–78 1980–81§ 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52§ 1960–61 1968–69§ 1975–76 1979–80§ 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia

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