RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 29 August, 1985, Kennington Oval & Match Stats

ENG

464/10 (118.2 ov)

AUS

241/10 (84.0 ov) & 129/10 (46.3 ov)

England won by an innings and 94 runs

England 1st Innings

464/10 (118.2 ov)

RR 3.93

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch c & b McDermott	196	310	27	0	63.23
Tim Robinson b McDermott	3	21	0	0	14.29
David Gower c Bennett b McDermott	157	216	20	0	72.69
Mike Gatting c Border b Bennett	4	27	0	0	14.81
John Emburey c Wellham b Lawson	9	17	1	0	52.94
Allan Lamb c McDermott b Lawson	1	15	0	0	6.67
Sir Ian Botham c †Phillips b Lawson	12	23	2	0	52.17
Paul Downton b McDermott	16	46	1	0	34.78
Richard Ellison c †Phillips b Gilbert	3	32	0	0	9.38
Phil Edmonds lbw b Lawson	12	26	2	0	46.15
Les Taylor not out	1	10	0	0	10.00
EXTRAS (b 13, lb 11, w 0, nb 26, p 0)	50
TOTAL (3.93 RUNS PER OVER)	464/10 (118.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 403-4 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 20-1 (Tim Robinson, 0 ov), 371-2 (David Gower, 0 ov), 376-3 (Mike Gatting, 0 ov), 405-5 (John Emburey, 0 ov), 418-6 (Allan Lamb, 0 ov), 425-7 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 452-9 (Paul Downton, 0 ov), 447-8 (Richard Ellison, 0 ov), 464-10 (Phil Edmonds, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Geoff Lawson	29.2	6	101	4	3.44
Craig McDermott	31	2	108	4	3.48
Dave Gilbert	21	2	96	1	4.57
Murray Bennett	32	8	111	1	3.47
Allan Border	2	0	8	0	4.00
Kepler Wessels	3	0	16	0	5.33

Australia 1st Innings

241/10 (84.0 ov)

RR 2.87

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood lbw b Botham	22	27	3	0	81.48
Andrew Hilditch c Gooch b Botham	17	32	1	0	53.13
Kepler Wessels b Emburey	12	51	0	0	23.53
Allan Border b Edmonds	38	67	4	0	56.72
Dirk Wellham c †Downton b Ellison	13	41	2	0	31.71
Greg Ritchie not out	64	156	5	0	41.03
Wayne Phillips b Edmonds	18	29	2	0	62.07
Murray Bennett c Robinson b Ellison	12	46	1	0	26.09
Geoff Lawson c Botham b Taylor	14	26	1	0	53.85
Craig McDermott run out	25	23	2	1	108.70
Dave Gilbert b Botham	1	9	0	0	11.11
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 2, nb 0, p 0)	5
TOTAL (2.87 RUNS PER OVER)	241/10 (84.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 35-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 52-2 (Andrew Hilditch, 0 ov), 56-3 (Kepler Wessels, 0 ov), 109-5 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 101-4 (Dirk Wellham, 0 ov), 144-6 (Wayne Phillips, 0 ov), 171-7 (Murray Bennett, 0 ov), 192-8 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov), 235-9 (Craig McDermott, 0 ov), 241-10 (Dave Gilbert, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Sir Ian Botham	20	3	64	3	3.20
Les Taylor	13	1	39	1	3.00
Richard Ellison	18	5	35	2	1.94
John Emburey	19	7	48	1	2.53
Phil Edmonds	14	2	52	2	3.71

Australia 2nd Innings

129/10 (46.3 ov)

RR 2.79

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood b Botham	6	18	1	0	33.33
Andrew Hilditch c Gower b Taylor	9	27	0	0	33.33
Kepler Wessels c †Downton b Botham	7	21	0	0	33.33
Allan Border c Botham b Ellison	58	92	7	0	63.04
Dirk Wellham lbw b Ellison	5	17	0	0	29.41
Greg Ritchie c †Downton b Ellison	6	42	0	0	14.29
Wayne Phillips c †Downton b Botham	10	24	1	0	41.67
Murray Bennett c & b Taylor	11	29	1	0	37.93
Geoff Lawson c †Downton b Ellison	7	10	1	0	70.00
Craig McDermott c Botham b Ellison	2	4	0	0	50.00
Dave Gilbert not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	8
TOTAL (2.79 RUNS PER OVER)	129/10 (46.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 13-1 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 16-2 (Andrew Hilditch, 0 ov), 37-3 (Kepler Wessels, 0 ov), 114-7 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 51-4 (Dirk Wellham, 0 ov), 71-5 (Greg Ritchie, 0 ov), 96-6 (Wayne Phillips, 0 ov), 129-10 (Murray Bennett, 0 ov), 127-8 (Geoff Lawson, 0 ov), 129-9 (Craig McDermott, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Sir Ian Botham	17	3	44	3	2.59
Les Taylor	11.3	1	34	2	2.96
Richard Ellison	17	3	46	5	2.71
John Emburey	1	0	1	0	1.00

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 29, 1985 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Kennington Oval, London