England vs Australia, 5th Test at Birmingham, Aug 15 1985 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Edmonds b Botham	19	45	53	3	0	42.22
Andrew Hilditch	c †Downton b Edmonds	39	71	112	5	0	54.92
Kepler Wessels	c †Downton b Ellison	83	205	226	8	0	40.48
Allan Border (c)	c Edmonds b Ellison	45	111	157	5	0	40.54
Greg Ritchie	c Botham b Ellison	8	22	38	1	0	36.36
Wayne Phillips †	c Robinson b Ellison	15	42	55	3	0	35.71
Simon O'Donnell	c †Downton b Taylor	1	3	9	0	0	33.33
Geoff Lawson	run out	53	93	140	7	0	56.98
Craig McDermott	c Gower b Ellison	35	51	69	4	0	68.62
Jeff Thomson	not out	28	43	55	2	1	65.11
Bob Holland	c Edmonds b Ellison	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 4, w 1)	9
Total	113.5 Ov (RR: 2.94)	335
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Graeme Wood), 2-92 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-189 (Allan Border), 4-191 (Kepler Wessels), 5-207 (Greg Ritchie), 6-208 (Simon O'Donnell), 7-218 (Wayne Phillips), 8-276 (Craig McDermott), 9-335 (Geoff Lawson), 10-335 (Bob Holland)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ian Botham	27	1	108	1	4.00	-	-	-
Les Taylor	26	5	78	1	3.00	-	-	-
Richard Ellison	31.5	9	77	6	2.41	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	20	4	47	1	2.35	-	-	-
John Emburey	9	2	21	0	2.33	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	c †Phillips b Thomson	19	28	48	4	0	67.85
Tim Robinson	b Lawson	148	294	393	18	0	50.34
David Gower (c)	c Border b Lawson	215	314	452	25	1	68.47
Mike Gatting	not out	100	127	214	12	0	78.74
Allan Lamb	c Wood b McDermott	46	62	86	5	0	74.19
Ian Botham	c Thomson b McDermott	18	7	11	1	2	257.14
Paul Downton †	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 20, nb 22)	49
Total	134 Ov (RR: 4.44)	595/5d
Did not bat: John Emburey, Richard Ellison, Phil Edmonds, Les Taylor
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Graham Gooch), 2-369 (Tim Robinson), 3-463 (David Gower), 4-572 (Allan Lamb), 5-592 (Ian Botham)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Lawson	37	1	135	2	3.64	-	-	-
Craig McDermott	31	2	155	2	5.00	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	19	1	101	1	5.31	-	-	-
Bob Holland	25	4	95	0	3.80	-	-	-
Simon O'Donnell	16	3	69	0	4.31	-	-	-
Allan Border	6	1	13	0	2.16	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Hilditch	c Ellison b Botham	10	14	12	1	0	71.42
Graeme Wood	c Robinson b Ellison	10	51	82	1	0	19.60
Kepler Wessels	c †Downton b Ellison	10	36	52	1	0	27.77
Bob Holland	lbw b Ellison	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Allan Border (c)	b Ellison	2	17	18	0	0	11.76
Greg Ritchie	c Lamb b Emburey	20	102	125	0	0	19.60
Wayne Phillips †	c Gower b Edmonds	59	90	102	11	0	65.55
Simon O'Donnell	b Botham	11	39	40	1	0	28.20
Geoff Lawson	c Gower b Edmonds	3	8	7	0	0	37.50
Craig McDermott	c Edmonds b Botham	8	22	23	1	0	36.36
Jeff Thomson	not out	4	5	3	1	0	80.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1)	5
Total	64.1 Ov (RR: 2.21)	142
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-32 (Kepler Wessels), 3-32 (Bob Holland), 4-35 (Graeme Wood), 5-36 (Allan Border), 6-113 (Wayne Phillips), 7-117 (Greg Ritchie), 8-120 (Geoff Lawson), 9-137 (Simon O'Donnell), 10-142 (Craig McDermott)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ian Botham	14.1	2	52	3	3.67	-	-	-
Les Taylor	13	4	27	0	2.07	-	-	-
Richard Ellison	9	3	27	4	3.00	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	15	9	13	2	0.86	-	-	-
John Emburey	13	5	19	1	1.46	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 15 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 181/2 (Kepler Wessels 76*, Allan Border 43*)

Fri, 16 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 335/8 (Geoff Lawson 53*, Jeff Thomson 28*)

Sat, 17 Aug - day 3 - England 1st innings 355/1 (Tim Robinson 140*, David Gower 169*)

Sun, 18 Aug - rest day

Mon, 19 Aug - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 37/5 (Greg Ritchie 0*, Wayne Phillips 1*)

Tue, 20 Aug - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 142 (64.1 ov) - end of match

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

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
IT Botham	14.1	2	52	3	3.67
LB Taylor	13	4	27	0	2.07
RM Ellison	9	3	27	4	3
PH Edmonds	15	9	13	2	0.86
JE Emburey	13	5	19	1	1.46

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