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England v Australia @ Edgbaston, Birmingham
15, 16, 17, 19, 20 August 1985 (five-day match)
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: DJ Constant, DR Shepherd
Match Result: England won by an innings and 118 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Phil Edmonds b Ian Botham | 19 | 45 | 53 | 3 | - |
| 2. Andrew Hilditch | c Paul Downton b Phil Edmonds | 39 | 0 | 112 | 5 | - |
| 3. Kepler Wessels | c Paul Downton b Richard Ellison | 83 | 205 | 226 | 8 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c Phil Edmonds b Richard Ellison | 45 | 0 | 157 | 5 | - |
| 5. Greg Ritchie | c Ian Botham b Richard Ellison | 8 | 22 | 38 | 1 | - |
| +6. Wayne Phillips | c Tim Robinson b Richard Ellison | 15 | 42 | 55 | 3 | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | c Paul Downton b Les Taylor | 1 | 3 | 9 | - | - |
| 8. Geoff Lawson | run out ( > > ) | 53 | 0 | 140 | 7 | - |
| 9. Craig McDermott | c David Gower b Richard Ellison | 35 | 51 | 69 | 4 | - |
| 10. Jeff Thomson | not out | 28 | 43 | 55 | 2 | 1 |
| 11. Bob Holland | c Phil Edmonds b Richard Ellison | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 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), 335 (Bob Holland). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 113.5 ovs) 335 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ian Botham | 27 | 1 | 108 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Les Taylor | 26 | 5 | 78 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Ellison | 31.5 | 9 | 77 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 20 | 4 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Wayne Phillips b Jeff Thomson | 19 | 28 | 48 | 4 | - |
| 2. Tim Robinson | b Geoff Lawson | 148 | 294 | 393 | 18 | - |
| *3. David Gower | c Allan Border b Geoff Lawson | 215 | 314 | 452 | 25 | 1 |
| 4. Mike Gatting | not out | 100 | 127 | 214 | 12 | - |
| 5. Allan Lamb | c Graeme Wood b Craig McDermott | 46 | 62 | 86 | 5 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Jeff Thomson b Craig McDermott | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| +7. Paul Downton | not out | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 8. John Emburey | ||||||
| 9. Richard Ellison | ||||||
| 10. Phil Edmonds | ||||||
| 11. Les Taylor |
| FOW | 1-38 (Graham Gooch), 2-369 (Tim Robinson), 3-463 (David Gower), 4-572 (Allan Lamb), 5-592 (Ian Botham). |
| Extras | 7b, 20lb, 0w, 22nb, 0pen) 49 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 134 ovs) 595 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 37 | 1 | 135 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 31 | 2 | 155 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 19 | 1 | 101 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Holland | 25 | 4 | 95 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 16 | 3 | 69 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | c Richard Ellison b Ian Botham | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 2. Graeme Wood | c Tim Robinson b Richard Ellison | 10 | 51 | 82 | 1 | - |
| 3. Kepler Wessels | c Paul Downton b Richard Ellison | 10 | 36 | 52 | 1 | - |
| 4. Bob Holland | lbw b Richard Ellison | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| *5. Allan Border | b Richard Ellison | 2 | 0 | 18 | - | - |
| 6. Greg Ritchie | c Allan Lamb b John Emburey | 20 | 102 | 125 | - | - |
| +7. Wayne Phillips | c David Gower b Phil Edmonds | 59 | 90 | 102 | 11 | - |
| 8. Simon O'Donnell | b Ian Botham | 11 | 39 | 40 | 1 | - |
| 9. Geoff Lawson | c David Gower b Phil Edmonds | 3 | 0 | 7 | - | - |
| 10. Craig McDermott | c Phil Edmonds b Ian Botham | 8 | 22 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 11. Jeff Thomson | not out | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 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), 142 (Craig McDermott). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 64.1 ovs) 142 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ian Botham | 14.1 | 2 | 52 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Les Taylor | 13 | 4 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Ellison | 9 | 3 | 27 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 15 | 9 | 13 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 13 | 5 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, David Gower, Mike Gatting, Allan Lamb, Ian Botham, Paul Downton, John Emburey, Richard Ellison, Phil Edmonds, Les Taylor