RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 15 August, 1985, Edgbaston & Match Stats

ENG

595/5 (134.0 ov)

AUS

335/10 (113.5 ov) & 142/10 (64.1 ov)

England won by an innings and 118 runs

Australia 1st Innings

335/10 (113.5 ov)

RR 2.95

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood c Edmonds b Botham	19	45	3	0	42.22
Andrew Hilditch c †Downton b Edmonds	39	71	5	0	54.93
Kepler Wessels c †Downton b Ellison	83	205	8	0	40.49
Allan Border c Edmonds b Ellison	45	111	5	0	40.54
Greg Ritchie c Botham b Ellison	8	22	1	0	36.36
Wayne Phillips c Robinson b Ellison	15	42	3	0	35.71
Simon O'Donnell c †Downton b Taylor	1	3	0	0	33.33
Geoff Lawson run out	53	93	7	0	56.99
Craig McDermott c Gower b Ellison	35	51	4	0	68.63
Jeff Thomson not out	28	43	2	1	65.12
Bob Holland c Edmonds b Ellison	0	4	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 4, p 0)	9
TOTAL (2.95 RUNS PER OVER)	335/10 (113.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 44-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 92-2 (Andrew Hilditch, 0 ov), 191-4 (Kepler Wessels, 0 ov), 189-3 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 207-5 (Greg Ritchie, 0 ov), 218-7 (Wayne Phillips, 0 ov), 208-6 (Simon O'Donnell, 0 ov), 335-9 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov), 276-8 (Craig McDermott, 0 ov), 335-10 (Bob Holland, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Sir Ian Botham	27	1	108	1	4.00
Les Taylor	26	5	78	1	3.00
Richard Ellison	31.5	9	77	6	2.42
Phil Edmonds	20	4	47	1	2.35
John Emburey	9	2	21	0	2.33

England 1st Innings

595/5 (134.0 ov)

RR 4.44

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch c †Phillips b Thomson	19	28	4	0	67.86
Tim Robinson b Lawson	148	294	18	0	50.34
David Gower c Border b Lawson	215	314	25	1	68.47
Mike Gatting not out	100	127	12	0	78.74
Allan Lamb c Wood b McDermott	46	62	5	0	74.19
Sir Ian Botham c Thomson b McDermott	18	7	1	2	257.14
Paul Downton not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 7, lb 20, w 0, nb 22, p 0)	49
TOTAL (4.44 RUNS PER OVER)	595/5 (134.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 38-1 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 369-2 (Tim Robinson, 0 ov), 463-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 572-4 (Allan Lamb, 0 ov), 592-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: John Emburey, Richard Ellison, Phil Edmonds, Les Taylor

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Geoff Lawson	37	1	135	2	3.65
Craig McDermott	31	2	155	2	5.00
Jeff Thomson	19	1	101	1	5.32
Bob Holland	25	4	95	0	3.80
Simon O'Donnell	16	3	69	0	4.31
Allan Border	6	1	13	0	2.17

Australia 2nd Innings

142/10 (64.1 ov)

RR 2.22

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood c Robinson b Ellison	10	14	1	0	71.43
Andrew Hilditch c Ellison b Botham	10	51	1	0	19.61
Kepler Wessels c †Downton b Ellison	10	36	1	0	27.78
Bob Holland lbw b Ellison	0	1	0	0	0.00
Allan Border b Ellison	2	17	0	0	11.76
Greg Ritchie c Lamb b Emburey	20	102	0	0	19.61
Wayne Phillips c Gower b Edmonds	59	90	11	0	65.56
Simon O'Donnell b Botham	11	39	1	0	28.21
Geoff Lawson c Gower b Edmonds	3	8	0	0	37.50
Craig McDermott c Edmonds b Botham	8	22	1	0	36.36
Jeff Thomson not out	4	5	1	0	80.00
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	5
TOTAL (2.22 RUNS PER OVER)	142/10 (64.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 35-4 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 10-1 (Andrew Hilditch, 0 ov), 32-2 (Kepler Wessels, 0 ov), 32-3 (Bob Holland, 0 ov), 36-5 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 117-7 (Greg Ritchie, 0 ov), 113-6 (Wayne Phillips, 0 ov), 137-9 (Simon O'Donnell, 0 ov), 120-8 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov), 142-10 (Craig McDermott, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Sir Ian Botham	14.1	2	52	3	3.67
Les Taylor	13	4	27	0	2.08
Richard Ellison	9	3	27	4	3.00
Phil Edmonds	15	9	13	2	0.87
John Emburey	13	5	19	1	1.46

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 15, 1985 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to field
Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham