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England v Australia @ Old Trafford, Manchester
30 May 1985
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: DGL Evans, KE Palmer
Match Result: Australia won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Simon O'Donnell b Bob Holland | 57 | 123 | 152 | 5 | - |
| 2. Graeme Fowler | c Wayne Phillips b Craig McDermott | 10 | 17 | 28 | 2 | - |
| *3. David Gower | b Geoff Lawson | 3 | 11 | 13 | - | - |
| 4. Allan Lamb | c Wayne Phillips b Geoff Lawson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 5. Ian Botham | b Greg Matthews | 72 | 82 | 119 | 2 | 5 |
| 6. Mike Gatting | not out | 31 | 54 | 72 | 1 | - |
| 7. Peter Willey | b Bob Holland | 12 | 18 | 17 | 2 | - |
| +8. Paul Downton | c Greg Matthews b Geoff Lawson | 11 | 18 | 23 | - | - |
| 9. Phil Edmonds | c Allan Border b Geoff Lawson | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Paul Allott | b Craig McDermott | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Norman Cowans | c & b Craig McDermott | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (Graeme Fowler), 2-27 (David Gower), 3-27 (Allan Lamb), 4-143 (Graham Gooch), 5-160 (Ian Botham), 6-181 (Peter Willey), 7-203 (Paul Downton), 8-203 (Phil Edmonds), 9-213 (Paul Allott), 219 (Norman Cowans). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 2w, 9nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 54 ovs) 219 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 10 | 1 | 26 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 11 | 0 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 11 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 11 | 1 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Holland | 11 | 2 | 49 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Kepler Wessels | c Ian Botham b Peter Willey | 39 | 88 | 106 | 5 | - |
| 2. Graeme Wood | c Paul Downton b Norman Cowans | 8 | 12 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 3. Dirk Wellham | c & b Phil Edmonds | 12 | 39 | 51 | - | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c & b Paul Allott | 59 | 76 | 98 | 4 | 1 |
| 5. David Boon | c Ian Botham b Graham Gooch | 12 | 24 | 32 | - | - |
| +6. Wayne Phillips | c Mike Gatting b Norman Cowans | 28 | 37 | 57 | 3 | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | b Ian Botham | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Greg Matthews | not out | 29 | 31 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 9. Geoff Lawson | not out | 14 | 15 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 10. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 11. Bob Holland |
| FOW | 1-15 (Graeme Wood), 2-52 (Dirk Wellham), 3-74 (Kepler Wessels), 4-118 (David Boon), 5-156 (Allan Border), 6-157 (Simon O'Donnell), 7-186 (Wayne Phillips). |
| Extras | 2b, 12lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 54.1 ovs) 220 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Norman Cowans | 10.1 | 1 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 11 | 2 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 11 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 11 | 2 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 9 | 1 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Graeme Fowler, David Gower, Allan Lamb, Ian Botham, Mike Gatting, Peter Willey, Paul Downton, Phil Edmonds, Paul Allott, Norman Cowans