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Australia vs England Scorecard, Benson Hedges World Championship, 17 February, 1985, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Benson Hedges World Championship | February 17, 1985, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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Australia
Australia

*215/3 (45.2 ov)

vs
England

*214/8 (49.0 ov)

England

Australia won by 7 wickets

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Player of the Match

Robbie Kerr - Australia

England Inning Inning

214/8 (49.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Graeme Fowler
c & b McDermott
26 48 2 0 54.17
Paul Downton
c McCurdy b McDermott
27 64 2 0 42.19
David Gower
c Alderman b McCurdy
6 13 0 0 46.15
Allan Lamb
c Kerr b Lawson
53 53 3 0 100.00
Mike Gatting
c Alderman b O'Donnell
34 54 0 0 62.96
Chris Cowdrey
lbw b McDermott
0 1 0 0 0.00
Vic Marks
b Lawson
24 38 1 0 63.16
Phil Edmonds
b Lawson
20 22 2 0 90.91
Richard Ellison
not out
2 4 0 0 50.00
Jonathan Agnew
not out
2 3 0 0 66.67
EXTRAS ( b 3, lb 12, w 0, nb 5, p 0) 20
TOTAL (4.37 RUNS PER OVER) 214/8 (49.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

61-1 (Graeme Fowler, 0 ov), 66-2 (Paul Downton, 0 ov), 76-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 159-4 (Allan Lamb, 0 ov), 159-5 (Mike Gatting, 0 ov), 166-6 (Chris Cowdrey, 0 ov), 211-8 (Vic Marks, 0 ov), 200-7 (Phil Edmonds, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Norman Cowans

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Geoff Lawson 10 3 31 3 0 0 0 3.10
Terry Alderman 10 0 48 0 0 0 0 4.80
Craig McDermott 10 0 39 3 0 0 0 3.90
Rod McCurdy 10 1 42 1 0 0 0 4.20
Simon O'Donnell 9 0 39 1 0 0 0 4.33

Australia (target runs off 49.0 overs) Inning Inning

215/3 (45.2 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Sunday, February 17, 1985 - 07:30 PM

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Toss England won the toss and elected to bat

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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