# 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

## 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 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