England vs Australia, 5th Test at Birmingham, Aug 15 1985 - Match Result

RESULT

5th Test, Birmingham, August 15 - 20, 1985, Australia tour of England

335 & 142

595/5d

England won by an innings and 118 runs

Player Of The Match

Richard Ellison

, ENG

6/77 & 4/27

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 335/10(113.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

83 (205)

Richard Ellison

6/77 (31.5)

53 (93)

1/47 (20)

England • 595/5(134 overs)

1st INNINGS

215 (314)

2/135 (37)

148 (294)

Craig McDermott

2/155 (31)

Australia • 142/10(64.1 overs)

2nd INNINGS

59 (90)

Richard Ellison

4/27 (9)

20 (102)

3/52 (14.1)

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Match details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1985
Player Of The Match	Richard Ellison
Series result	England led the 6-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1021
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Les Taylor
Umpires	David Constant David Shepherd

Match Coverage

England's last hurrah

Australia were trying to regroup round Allan Border. David Gower hit rich form. And then there were Tim Robinson and Richard Ellison. After a fluctuating summer the Ashes were well urned

England's last hurrah

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1985

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1985

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
AMJ Hilditch	caught	10	14
GM Wood	caught	10	51
KC Wessels	caught	10	36
RG Holland	lbw	0	1
AR Border	bowled	2	17
GM Ritchie	caught	20	102
WB Phillips	caught	59	90
SP O'Donnell	bowled	11	39
GF Lawson	caught	3	8
CJ McDermott	caught	8	22
JR Thomson	not out	4	5
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1)
Total	142(10 wkts; 64.1 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	10	Graeme Wood	Andrew Hilditch
2nd	22	Graeme Wood	Kepler Wessels
3rd	0	Graeme Wood	Bob Holland
4th	3	Graeme Wood	Allan Border
5th	1	Allan Border	Greg Ritchie
6th	77	Greg Ritchie	Wayne Phillips
7th	4	Greg Ritchie	Simon O'Donnell
8th	3	Geoff Lawson	Simon O'Donnell
9th	17	Craig McDermott	Simon O'Donnell
10th	5	Jeff Thomson	Craig McDermott

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