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. This was followed by a one-day series, which included the match that featured the underarm incident.
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
External sources CricketArchive – tour summaries
Annual reviews Playfair Cricket Annual 1981 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1981
Further reading Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993