stake. Australia v West Indies [1st Test] at Brisbane Cricket Ground – match drawn [2nd Test] at Melbourne Cricket Ground – West Indies won by 10 wickets [3rd Test] at Adelaide Oval – West Indies won by 408 runs Australia v England [1st Test] at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground – Australia won by 138 runs [2nd Test] at Sydney Cricket Ground – Australia won by 6 wickets [3rd Test] at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 8 wickets India 1980–81 The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season to play 3 Test matches. The series was drawn 1–1. New Zealand 1980–81 The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1980–81 season and played 3 Test matches. Australia won the series 2–0 with one match drawn. Pakistan 1981–82 The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1981–82 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 2–1. West Indies 1981–82 The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 1981–82 season and played 3 Test matches against Australia. The series was drawn 1–1. England 1982–83 The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1982–83 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. Australia won the series 2–1 with two matches drawn and thereby regained The Ashes. New Zealand 1982–83 The New Zealand national cricket team toured Australia in the 1982–83 season and played a total of 21 matches, mostly One Day Internationals in the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup against Australia and England. New Zealand reached the finals of the competition but lost to Australia 2–0. A highlight of the finals series was a 21-ball half century from Lance Cairns at the Melbourne Cricket Ground containing 6 sixes. This was a world record for One Day Internationals at the time. Sri Lanka 1982–83 The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Australia in the 1982–83 season. Although Sri Lanka had just acquired Test status, no Tests were played on this short tour which consisted of two first-class matches versus New South Wales and Tasmania; and a limited overs game versus Victoria. Pakistan 1983–84 The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 1983–84 season and played 5 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 2–0. West Indies 1983–84 The West Indies team took part in the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, a limited overs