- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 3, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL257 all out (89.1 Overs, RR: 2.88)Fall of wickets: 1-71 (KC Wessels, ), 2-97 (AMJ Hilditch, ), 3-118 (AR Border, ), 4-122 (GM Ritchie, ), 5-193 (WB Phillips, ), 6-198 (DC Boon, ), 7-211 (GRJ Matthews, ), 8-223 (GF Lawson, ), 9-224 (CJ McDermott, ), 10-257 (SP O'Donnell, )
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB IT Botham 23 4 79 4 3.43 0 0 JP Agnew 14 0 65 0 4.64 0 0 PJW Allott 13 1 29 0 2.23 0 0 JE Emburey 24 7 41 2 1.70 0 0 PH Edmonds 15.1 4 40 4 2.63 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras40 (b 7, lb 16, nb 17)TOTAL482/9d (141 Overs, RR: 3.41)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (RT Robinson, ), 2-142 (GA Gooch, ), 3-148 (DI Gower, ), 4-304 (AJ Lamb, ), 5-339 (IT Botham, ), 6-430 (MW Gatting, ), 7-448 (PR Downton, ), 8-450 (PH Edmonds, ), 9-470 (PJW Allott, )
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GF Lawson 37 7 114 0 3.08 0 0 CJ McDermott 36 3 141 8 3.91 0 0 RG Holland 38 7 101 0 2.65 0 0 SP O'Donnell 21 6 82 0 3.90 0 0 GRJ Matthews 9 2 21 0 2.33 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras10 (b 1, lb 6, nb 3)TOTAL340/5 (140 Overs, RR: 2.42)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (GRJ Matthews, ), 2-85 (AMJ Hilditch, ), 3-126 (KC Wessels, ), 4-138 (DC Boon, ), 5-213 (GM Ritchie, )
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB IT Botham 15 3 50 0 3.33 0 0 PJW Allott 6 2 4 0 0.66 0 0 PH Edmonds 54 12 122 1 2.25 0 0 JE Emburey 51 17 99 4 1.94 0 0 JP Agnew 9 2 34 0 3.77 0 0 MW Gatting 4 0 14 0 3.50 0 0 AJ Lamb 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
6-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
1,2,3,5,6 August 1985 (5-day match)
Umpires
Close of Play
- Thu, 1 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 257
- Fri, 2 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 233/3 (MW Gatting 45*, AJ Lamb 38*)
- Sat, 3 Aug - day 3 - England 1st innings 448/6 (PR Downton 23*, JE Emburey 12*)
- Sun, 4 Aug - rest day
- Mon, 5 Aug - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 192/4 (AR Border 49*, GM Ritchie 22*)
- Tue, 6 Aug - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 340/5 (140 ov) - end of match