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England v Australia @ Lord's, London
27, 28, 29 June, 1, 2 July 1985 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: HD Bird, DGL Evans
Match Result: Australia won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | lbw b Craig McDermott | 30 | 46 | 70 | 2 | - |
| 2. Tim Robinson | lbw b Craig McDermott | 6 | 23 | 38 | - | - |
| *3. David Gower | c Allan Border b Craig McDermott | 86 | 146 | 197 | 12 | - |
| 4. Mike Gatting | lbw b Geoff Lawson | 14 | 32 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 5. Allan Lamb | c Wayne Phillips b Geoff Lawson | 47 | 119 | 155 | 4 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Greg Ritchie b Geoff Lawson | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - |
| +7. Paul Downton | c Kepler Wessels b Craig McDermott | 21 | 71 | 88 | 1 | - |
| 8. John Emburey | lbw b Simon O'Donnell | 33 | 75 | 94 | 4 | - |
| 9. Phil Edmonds | c Allan Border b Craig McDermott | 21 | 78 | 94 | - | - |
| 10. Neil Foster | c Kepler Wessels b Craig McDermott | 3 | 16 | 31 | - | - |
| 11. Paul Allott | not out | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Tim Robinson), 2-51 (Graham Gooch), 3-99 (Mike Gatting), 4-179 (David Gower), 5-184 (Ian Botham), 6-211 (Allan Lamb), 7-241 (Paul Downton), 8-273 (John Emburey), 9-283 (Neil Foster), 290 (Phil Edmonds). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 1w, 17nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 99.2 ovs) 290 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 25 | 2 | 91 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 29.2 | 5 | 70 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 22 | 3 | 82 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Holland | 23 | 6 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c John Emburey b Paul Allott | 8 | 17 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 2. Andrew Hilditch | b Neil Foster | 14 | 0 | 41 | 2 | - |
| 3. Kepler Wessels | lbw b Ian Botham | 11 | 42 | 92 | 1 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c Graham Gooch b Ian Botham | 196 | 0 | 448 | 22 | - |
| 5. David Boon | c Paul Downton b Ian Botham | 4 | 19 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 6. Greg Ritchie | lbw b Ian Botham | 94 | 212 | 266 | 10 | - |
| +7. Wayne Phillips | c Phil Edmonds b Ian Botham | 21 | 22 | 33 | 3 | - |
| 8. Simon O'Donnell | c Allan Lamb b Phil Edmonds | 48 | 67 | 66 | 6 | 1 |
| 9. Geoff Lawson | not out | 5 | 0 | 28 | - | - |
| 10. Craig McDermott | run out ( > > ) | 9 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Bob Holland | b Phil Edmonds | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (Graeme Wood), 2-24 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-80 (Kepler Wessels), 4-101 (David Boon), 5-317 (Greg Ritchie), 6-347 (Wayne Phillips), 7-398 (Allan Border), 8-414 (Simon O'Donnell), 9-425 (Craig McDermott), 425 (Bob Holland). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 124.4 ovs) 425 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Neil Foster | 23 | 1 | 83 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 30 | 4 | 70 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 24 | 2 | 109 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 25.4 | 5 | 85 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 19 | 3 | 57 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Wayne Phillips b Craig McDermott | 17 | 29 | 38 | 1 | - |
| 2. Tim Robinson | b Bob Holland | 12 | 29 | 43 | - | - |
| 3. John Emburey | b Geoff Lawson | 20 | 31 | 40 | 2 | - |
| 4. Paul Allott | b Geoff Lawson | 0 | 7 | 14 | - | - |
| *5. David Gower | c Wayne Phillips b Craig McDermott | 22 | 21 | 32 | 5 | - |
| 6. Mike Gatting | not out | 75 | 180 | 244 | 16 | - |
| 7. Allan Lamb | c Bob Holland b Geoff Lawson | 9 | 32 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 8. Ian Botham | c Allan Border b Bob Holland | 85 | 117 | 133 | 12 | 1 |
| +9. Paul Downton | c David Boon b Bob Holland | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Phil Edmonds | c David Boon b Bob Holland | 1 | 34 | 45 | - | - |
| 11. Neil Foster | c Allan Border b Bob Holland | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Graham Gooch), 2-34 (Tim Robinson), 3-38 (Paul Allott), 4-57 (John Emburey), 5-77 (David Gower), 6-98 (Allan Lamb), 7-229 (Ian Botham), 8-229 (Paul Downton), 9-261 (Phil Edmonds), 261 (Neil Foster). |
| Extras | 1b, 12lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 80 ovs) 261 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 20 | 2 | 84 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Lawson | 23 | 0 | 86 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Holland | 32 | 12 | 68 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Allan Lamb b Ian Botham | 6 | 17 | 22 | - | - |
| 2. Andrew Hilditch | c Allan Lamb b Ian Botham | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 3. Kepler Wessels | run out ( > > ) | 28 | 86 | 110 | 3 | - |
| 4. Greg Ritchie | b Paul Allott | 2 | 16 | 33 | - | - |
| *5. Allan Border | not out | 41 | 0 | 135 | 6 | - |
| 6. David Boon | b Phil Edmonds | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| +7. Wayne Phillips | c Phil Edmonds b John Emburey | 29 | 32 | 40 | 4 | 1 |
| 8. Simon O'Donnell | not out | 9 | 24 | 17 | - | 1 |
| 9. Geoff Lawson | ||||||
| 10. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 11. Bob Holland |
| FOW | 1-0 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-9 (Graeme Wood), 3-22 (Greg Ritchie), 4-63 (Kepler Wessels), 5-65 (David Boon), 6-116 (Wayne Phillips). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 46 ovs) 127 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ian Botham | 15 | 0 | 49 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 16 | 5 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 8 | 4 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, John Emburey, Paul Allott, David Gower, Mike Gatting, Allan Lamb, Ian Botham, Paul Downton, Phil Edmonds, Neil Foster