Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 6th Test 1985 - Score Report

result

6th Test, The Oval, Aug 29 - Sep 2 1985, Australia tour of England

England

464

Australia

(46.3 ov)(f/o) 241 & 129

England won by an innings and 94 runs

player of the match

England

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	c & b McDermott	196	310	423	27	0	63.22

Tim Robinson	b McDermott	3	21	35	0	0	14.28

David Gower (c)	c Bennett b McDermott	157	216	335	20	0	72.68

Mike Gatting	c Border b Bennett	4	27	25	0	0	14.81

John Emburey	c Wellham b Lawson	9	17	27	1	0	52.94

Allan Lamb	c McDermott b Lawson	1	15	28	0	0	6.66

Ian Botham	c †Phillips b Lawson	12	23	34	2	0	52.17

Paul Downton †	b McDermott	16	46	75	1	0	34.78

Richard Ellison	c †Phillips b Gilbert	3	32	43	0	0	9.37

Phil Edmonds	lbw b Lawson	12	26	34	2	0	46.15

Les Taylor	not out	1	10	15	0	0	10.00

Extras	(b 13, lb 11, nb 26)	50
TOTAL	(118.2 Ov, RR: 3.92)	464
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Tim Robinson), 2-371 (David Gower), 3-376 (Mike Gatting), 4-403 (Graham Gooch), 5-405 (John Emburey), 6-418 (Allan Lamb), 7-425 (Ian Botham), 8-447 (Richard Ellison), 9-452 (Paul Downton), 10-464 (Phil Edmonds)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
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	3.46	-	-	-
Allan Border	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-
Kepler Wessels	3	0	16	0	5.33	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw b Botham	22	27	31	3	0	81.48

Andrew Hilditch	c Gooch b Botham	17	32	60	1	0	53.12

Kepler Wessels	b Emburey	12	51	56	0	0	23.52

Allan Border (c)	b Edmonds	38	67	105	4	0	56.71

Dirk Wellham	c †Downton b Ellison	13	41	52	2	0	31.70

Greg Ritchie	not out	64	156	195	5	0	41.02

Wayne Phillips †	b Edmonds	18	29	38	2	0	62.06

Murray Bennett	c Robinson b Ellison	12	46	49	1	0	26.08

Geoff Lawson	c Botham b Taylor	14	26	29	1	0	53.84

Craig McDermott	run out	25	23	34	2	1	108.69

Dave Gilbert	b Botham	1	9	13	0	0	11.11

Extras	(lb 3, w 2)	5
TOTAL	(84 Ov, RR: 2.86)	241
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Graeme Wood), 2-52 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-56 (Kepler Wessels), 4-101 (Dirk Wellham), 5-109 (Allan Border), 6-144 (Wayne Phillips), 7-171 (Murray Bennett), 8-192 (Geoff Lawson), 9-235 (Craig McDermott), 10-241 (Dave Gilbert)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
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	2.52	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	14	2	52	2	3.71	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	b Botham	6	18	27	1	0	33.33

Andrew Hilditch	c Gower b Taylor	9	27	36	0	0	33.33

Kepler Wessels	c †Downton b Botham	7	21	34	0	0	33.33

Allan Border (c)	c Botham b Ellison	58	92	157	7	0	63.04

Dirk Wellham	lbw b Ellison	5	17	19	0	0	29.41

Greg Ritchie	c †Downton b Ellison	6	42	58	0	0	14.28

Wayne Phillips †	c †Downton b Botham	10	24	30	1	0	41.66

Murray Bennett	c & b Taylor	11	29	43	1	0	37.93

Geoff Lawson	c †Downton b Ellison	7	10	16	1	0	70.00

Craig McDermott	c Botham b Ellison	2	4	3	0	0	50.00

Dave Gilbert	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-

Extras	(b 4, nb 4)	8
TOTAL	(46.3 Ov, RR: 2.77)	129
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Graeme Wood), 2-16 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-37 (Kepler Wessels), 4-51 (Dirk Wellham), 5-71 (Greg Ritchie), 6-96 (Wayne Phillips), 7-114 (Allan Border), 8-127 (Geoff Lawson), 9-129 (Craig McDermott), 10-129 (Murray Bennett)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ian Botham	17	3	44	3	2.58	-	-	-
Les Taylor	11.3	1	34	2	2.95	-	-	-
Richard Ellison	17	3	46	5	2.70	-	-	-
John Emburey	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-

Thu, 29 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 376/3 (Graham Gooch 179*, John Emburey 0*)

Fri, 30 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 145/6 (Greg Ritchie 20*, Murray Bennett 0*)

Sat, 31 Aug - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 62/4 (Allan Border 26*, Greg Ritchie 6*)

Sun, 01 Sep - rest day

Mon, 02 Sep - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 129 (46.3 ov) - end of match

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
IT Botham	17	3	44	3	2.58
LB Taylor	11.3	1	34	2	2.95
RM Ellison	17	3	46	5	2.7
JE Emburey	1	0	1	0	1