Test Match #1021 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1985 England v Australia - 5th Test
Edgbaston, Birmingham
15th August, 1985
 
England 595/5 dec
Australia 335 & 142
England won by an innings and 118 runs

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Wood c Edmonds b Botham 19  45  3  0 42.22 5.67%
Andrew Hilditch c †Downton b Edmonds 39  71  5  0 54.93 11.64%
Kepler Wessels c †Downton b Ellison 83  205  8  0 40.49 24.78%
Allan Border* c Edmonds b Ellison 45  111  5  0 40.54 13.43%
Greg Ritchie c Botham b Ellison 8  22  1  0 36.36 2.39%
Wayne Phillips c Robinson b Ellison 15  42  3  0 35.71 4.48%
Simon O'Donnell c †Downton b Taylor 1  3  0  0 33.33 0.30%
Geoff Lawson run out 53  93  7  0 56.99 15.82%
Craig McDermott c Gower b Ellison 35  51  4  0 68.63 10.45%
Jeff Thomson not out 28  43  2  1 65.12 8.36%
Robert Holland c Edmonds b Ellison 0  4  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 4) 9  
Total All Out   (113.5 overs @ 2.94 rpo) 335
Fall of Wickets
 
1-44 Wood, 2-92 Hilditch, 3-189 Border, 4-191 Wessels, 5-207 Ritchie, 6-208 O'Donnell,
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7-218 Phillips, 8-276 McDermott, 9-335 Lawson, 10-335 Holland
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Ian Botham 27.0 1 108 1 4.00 10.00
Leslie Taylor 26.0 5 78 1 3.00 10.00
Richard Ellison 31.5 9 77 6 2.42 60.00
Phillippe Edmonds 20.0 4 47 1 2.35 10.00
John Emburey 9.0 2 21 0 2.33
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graham Gooch c †Phillips b Thomson 19  28  4  0 67.86 3.19%
Tim Robinson b Lawson 148  294  18  0 50.34 24.87%
David Gower* c Border b Lawson 215  314  25  1 68.47 36.13%
Mike Gatting not out 100  127  12  0 78.74 16.81%
Allan Lamb c Wood b McDermott 46  62  5  0 74.19 7.73%
Ian Botham c Thomson b McDermott 18  7  1  2 257.14 3.03%
Paul Downton not out 0  0  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 7, lb 20, nb 22) 49  
Total 5 wickets declared   (134.0 overs @ 4.44 rpo) 595
 
Did not Bat
 
John Emburey, Richard Ellison, Phillippe Edmonds, Leslie Taylor
Fall of Wickets
 
1-38 Gooch, 2-369 Robinson, 3-463 Gower, 4-572 Lamb, 5-592 Botham
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Geoff Lawson 37.0 1 135 2 3.65 20.00
Craig McDermott 31.0 2 155 2 5.00 20.00
Jeff Thomson 19.0 1 101 1 5.32 10.00
Robert Holland 25.0 4 95 0 3.80
Simon O'Donnell 16.0 3 69 0 4.31
Allan Border 6.0 1 13 0 2.17
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Wood c Robinson b Ellison 10  14  1  0 71.43 7.04%
Andrew Hilditch c Ellison b Botham 10  51  1  0 19.61 7.04%
Kepler Wessels c †Downton b Ellison 10  36  1  0 27.78 7.04%
Robert Holland lbw b Ellison 0  1  0  0 0.00
Allan Border* b Ellison 2  17  0  0 11.76 1.41%
Greg Ritchie c Lamb b Emburey 20  102  0  0 19.61 14.08%
Wayne Phillips c Gower b Edmonds 59  90  11  0 65.56 41.55%
Simon O'Donnell b Botham 11  39  1  0 28.21 7.75%
Geoff Lawson c Gower b Edmonds 3  8  0  0 37.50 2.11%
Craig McDermott c Edmonds b Botham 8  22  1  0 36.36 5.63%
Jeff Thomson not out 4  5  1  0 80.00 2.82%
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 1) 5  
Total All Out   (64.1 overs @ 2.21 rpo) 142
Fall of Wickets
 
1-10 Hilditch, 2-32 Wessels, 3-32 Holland, 4-35 Wood, 5-36 Border, 6-113 Phillips,
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7-117 Ritchie, 8-120 Lawson, 9-137 O'Donnell, 10-142 McDermott
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Ian Botham 14.1 2 52 3 3.67 30.00
Leslie Taylor 13.0 4 27 0 2.08
Richard Ellison 9.0 3 27 4 3.00 40.00
Phillippe Edmonds 15.0 9 13 2 0.87 20.00
John Emburey 13.0 5 19 1 1.46 10.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss England won the toss and elected to field
Series 1985 England v Australia  (The Ashes) - 5th Test
Match No. Test #1021
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Richard Ellison
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 181/2 (KC Wessels 76*, AR Border 43*)
Day 2 - Australia 1st innings 335/8 (GF Lawson 53*, JR Thomson 28*)
Day 3 - England 1st innings 355/1 (RT Robinson 140*, DI Gower 169*)
Day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 37/5 (GM Ritchie 0*, WB Phillips 1*)
Day 5 - Australia 2nd Innings 142, 64.1 overs - end of match

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