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{{Infobox cricket series
|series= 1980–81 World Series
|image=
|caption=
|date= 23 November 1980 – 3 February 1981
|place= Australia
|result= Won by {{cr|AUS}}<br />3–1 in final series
|player of series=
|team1= {{cr|AUS}}
|team2= {{cr|IND}}
|team3= {{cr|NZL}}
|captain1= [[Greg Chappell]]
|captain2= [[Sunil Gavaskar]]
|captain3= [[Geoff Howarth]]
|runs1= [[Greg Chappell]] (686)
|runs2= [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] (221)
|runs3= [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] (511)
|wickets1= [[Dennis Lillee]] (25)
|wickets2= [[Dilip Doshi]] (15)
|wickets3= [[Martin Snedden]] (17)
|previous=[[1979–80 Australia Tri-Nation Series|1979–80]]
|next=[[1981–82 Australia Tri-Nation Series|1981–82]]
}}
The '''1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series''' (more commonly known as the '''1980–81 World Series''') was a [[cricket]] tournament held in Australia from 23 November 1980 to 3 February 1981. It was the second edition of the [[Australian Tri-Series]], with [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] playing host to [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]]. The series was a part of the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1980–81|Indian]] and [[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1980–81|New Zealand]] tours.

After matches were played in [[Adelaide]], [[Brisbane]], [[Melbourne]], [[Sydney]] and [[Perth]] throughout the entire group-stage, Australia and New Zealand qualified for the finals where after the [[Underarm bowling incident of 1981|underarm incident]] in the third final, Australia went on to win 3–1.

==Points Table==
<onlyinclude>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:175px;"|Team
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | P | Played}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | W | Won}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | L | Lost}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | T | Tied}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | NR | No result}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | Pts | Points}}
! style="width:65px;"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|AUS}}
| 10 || 6 || 3 || 0 || 1 || '''13''' ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|NZ}}
| 10 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || '''11''' ||
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|IND}}
| 10 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || '''6''' ||
|}
</onlyinclude>

==Fixtures==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 23 November 1980
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 217/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Dyson (cricketer, born 1954)|John Dyson]] 69 (120)
| wickets1 = [[Ewen Chatfield]] 5/34 (10 overs)
| score2 = 219/7 (49.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] 60 (128)
| wickets2 = [[Dennis Lillee]] 3/40 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 3 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65300.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Peter Cronin]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Ewen Chatfield]] (NZ)
| rain =
| notes = [[Shaun Graf]], [[Trevor Chappell]], [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]] (Aus) and [[Martin Snedden]] (NZ) all made their ODI debuts.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 25 November 1980
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 289/3 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Greg Chappell]] 138[[not out|*]] (109)
| wickets1 = [[Paul McEwan]] 1/51 (10 overs)
| score2 = 195 (42.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Geoff Howarth]] 46 (76)
| wickets2 = [[Len Pascoe]] 5/30 (7.5 overs)
| result = Australia won by 94 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65301.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney cricket ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Robin Bailhache]] (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Greg Chappell]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes = [[Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)|Ian Smith]] (NZ) made his ODI debut.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 6 December 1980
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 208/9 (49 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sandeep Patil]] 64 (70)
| wickets1 = [[Dennis Lillee]] 2/22 (7 overs)
| score2 = 142 (42.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kim Hughes]] 35 (53)
| wickets2 = [[Dilip Doshi]] 3/32 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 66 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65302.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Max O'Connell]] (Aus) and [[Rex Whitehead]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Sandeep Patil]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = [[Tirumalai Srinivasan]], [[Kirti Azad]], [[Sandeep Patil]], [[Roger Binny]] and [[Dilip Doshi]] (Ind) all made their ODI debuts.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 7 December 1980
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 156 (49.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] 57 (119)
| wickets1 = [[Len Pascoe]] 4/37 (9.5 overs)
| score2 = 159/6 (47.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Greg Chappell]] 48 (70)
| wickets2 = [[Stephen Boock]] 2/30 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65303.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Dick French]] (Aus) and [[Robin Bailhache]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Allan Border]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 9 December 1980
| time =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 162 (47.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sandeep Patil]] 39 (73)
| wickets1 = [[Richard Hadlee]] 5/32 (9 overs)
| score2 = 157 (49.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Paul McEwan]] 41 (76)
| wickets2 = [[Roger Binny]] 4/41 (9.5 overs)
| result = India won by 5 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65304.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[WACA Ground]], [[Perth]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Richard Hadlee]] (NZ)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 December 1980
| time =
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 180/9 (49 overs)
| runs1 = [[Gundappa Viswanath]] 43 (80)
| wickets1 = [[Shaun Graf]] 2/23 (10 overs)
| score2 = 183/1 (42.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Allan Border]] 105[[not out|*]] (122)
| wickets2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 1/27 (8 overs)
| result = Australia won by 9 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65305.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Dick French]] (Aus) and [[Rex Whitehead]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Allan Border]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 21 December 1980
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 204 (48.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 75 (51)
| wickets1 = [[Gary Troup]] 4/19 (9 overs)
| score2 = 205/7 (48.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Jeremy Coney]] 47[[not out|*]] (52)
| wickets2 = [[Dilip Doshi]] 4/30 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 3 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65306.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Brisbane Cricket Ground|The Gabba]], [[Brisbane]]
| umpires = [[Dick French]] (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Kapil Dev]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = [[Yograj Singh]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 23 December 1980
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 230/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] 72 (105)
| wickets1 = [[Martin Snedden]] 3/30 (10 overs)
| score2 = 224 (49.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Jeremy Coney]] 49[[not out|*]] (63)
| wickets2 = [[Dilip Doshi]] 2/34 (10 overs)<br>[[Kapil Dev]] 2/34 (9.3 overs)
| result = India won by 6 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65307.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Max O'Connell]] (Aus)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 63 (25.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Gundappa Viswanath]] 23 (22)
| wickets1 = [[Greg Chappell]] 5/15 (9.5 overs)
| score2 = 64/1 (21 overs)
| runs2 = [[Greg Chappell]] 33[[not out|*]] (48)
| wickets2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 1/15 (9 overs)
| result = Australia won by 9 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65308.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Max O'Connell]] (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Greg Chappell]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 10 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 112/9 (34 overs)
| runs1 = [[Gundappa Viswanath]] 33 (52)
| wickets1 = [[Martin Snedden]] 2/16 (5 overs)
| score2 = 113/0 (29 overs)
| runs2 = [[Bruce Edgar]] 65[[not out|*]] (89)
| wickets2 =
| result = New Zealand won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65309.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Robin Bailhache]] (Aus) and [[Rex Whitehead]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Bruce Edgar]] (NZ)
| rain = Match was reduced to 34 overs per side due to rain.
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 11 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 192/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 80 (142)
| wickets1 = [[Greg Chappell]] 2/23 (10 overs)
| score2 = 193/3 (47.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Graeme Wood (cricketer)|Graeme Wood]] 98[[not out|*]] (155)
| wickets2 = [[Dilip Doshi]] 1/38 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65310.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Dick French]] (Aus) and [[Peter Cronin]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Graeme Wood (cricketer)|Graeme Wood]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 13 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 220/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] 78 (135)
| wickets1 = [[Len Pascoe]] 3/37 (10 overs)
| score2 = 219/7 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Doug Walters]] 50[[not out|*]] (72)
| wickets2 = [[Ewen Chatfield]] 1/26 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 1 run
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65311.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = Donald Weser (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] (NZ)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 15 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 242/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Allan Border]] 85 (131)
| wickets1 = [[Sandeep Patil]] 2/34 (10 overs)
| score2 = 215/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 52 (74)
| wickets2 = [[Dennis Lillee]] 4/32 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 27 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65312.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = Donald Weser (Aus) and [[Rex Whitehead]] (Aus)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Allan Border]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 18 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 242/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Jeremy Coney]] 49 (58)
| wickets1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 3/37 (10 overs)
| score2 = 220 (48.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 66 (77)
| wickets2 = [[Jeremy Coney]] 3/28 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 22 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65313.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[The Gabba]], [[Brisbane]]
| umpires = [[Peter Cronin]] (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Jeremy Coney]] (NZ)
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 21 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 180 (43.1 overs)
| runs1 = [[Greg Chappell]] 74 (80)
| wickets1 = [[Paul McEwan]] 2/29 (5 overs)
| score2 = 23/1 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] 8 (33)
| wickets2 = [[Greg Chappell]] 1/1 (1 over)
| result = No result
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65314.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Dick French]] (Aus) and [[Max O'Connell]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm =
| rain = Rain during New Zealand's innings prevented any further play.
| notes =
}}

==Final series==
===1st Final===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 29 January 1981
| time =
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 233/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] 81 (111)
| wickets1 = [[Dennis Lillee]] 2/47 (10 overs)
| score2 = 155 (39.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Allan Border]] 55 (74)
| wickets2 = [[Richard Hadlee]] 5/26 (8.3 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 78 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65315.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Robin Bailhache]] (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| motm =
| rain =
| notes = [[Martin Kent]] (Aus) made his ODI debut.
}}
===2nd Final===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 31 January 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 126 (46.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[Bruce Edgar]] 28 (56)
| wickets1 = [[Graeme Beard]] 2/20 (8.4 overs)
| score2 = 130/3 (39.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Greg Chappell]] 58[[not out|*]] (87)
| wickets2 = [[Geoff Howarth]] 1/13 (4 overs)
| result = Australia won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65316.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Dick French]] (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| motm =
| rain =
| notes = [[Graeme Beard]] (Aus) made his ODI debut.
}}
===3rd Final===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 February 1981
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZ}}
| score1 = 235/4 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Greg Chappell]] 90 (122)
| wickets1 = [[Martin Snedden]] 2/52 (10 overs)
| score2 = 229/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Bruce Edgar]] 102[[not out|*]] (141)
| wickets2 = [[Greg Chappell]] 3/43 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 6 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65317.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Peter Cronin]] (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm =
| rain =
| notes = The match concluded with a [[Underarm bowling incident of 1981|controversial underarm delivery.]]
}}
===4th Final===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 3 February 1981
| time =
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 215/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]] 57 (88)
| wickets1 = [[Dennis Lillee]] 3/27 (10 overs)
| score2 = 218/4 (47.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Greg Chappell]] 87 (102)
| wickets2 = [[Martin Snedden]] 3/27 (9 overs)
| result = Australia won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65318.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Robin Bailhache]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Greg Chappell]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes = With the result of this match, Australia won the 1980-81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup.
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{International cricket tours of Australia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Tri-Series}}

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