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England v Australia @ Old Trafford, Manchester
1, 2, 3, 5, 6 August 1985 (five-day match)
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: HD Bird, DR Shepherd
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Kepler Wessels | c Ian Botham b John Emburey | 34 | 61 | 83 | 2 | - |
| 2. Andrew Hilditch | c David Gower b Phil Edmonds | 49 | 0 | 132 | 4 | - |
| 3. David Boon | c Allan Lamb b Ian Botham | 61 | 146 | 190 | 6 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | st Paul Downton b Phil Edmonds | 8 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 5. Greg Ritchie | c & b Phil Edmonds | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| +6. Wayne Phillips | c Paul Downton b Ian Botham | 36 | 71 | 84 | 4 | - |
| 7. Greg Matthews | b Ian Botham | 4 | 25 | 37 | - | - |
| 8. Simon O'Donnell | b Phil Edmonds | 45 | 78 | 95 | 3 | 1 |
| 9. Geoff Lawson | c Paul Downton b Ian Botham | 4 | 0 | 18 | - | - |
| 10. Craig McDermott | lbw b John Emburey | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Bob Holland | not out | 5 | 27 | 49 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-71 (Kepler Wessels), 2-97 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-118 (Allan Border), 4-122 (Greg Ritchie), 5-193 (Wayne Phillips), 6-198 (David Boon), 7-211 (Greg Matthews), 8-223 (Geoff Lawson), 9-224 (Craig McDermott), 257 (Simon O'Donnell). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 89.1 ovs) 257 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ian Botham | 23 | 4 | 79 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jonathan Agnew | 14 | 0 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 13 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 24 | 7 | 41 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 15.1 | 4 | 40 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | lbw b Craig McDermott | 74 | 143 | 207 | 9 | - |
| 2. Tim Robinson | c Allan Border b Craig McDermott | 10 | 12 | 19 | 2 | - |
| *3. David Gower | c Andrew Hilditch b Craig McDermott | 47 | 141 | 195 | 5 | - |
| 4. Mike Gatting | c Wayne Phillips b Craig McDermott | 160 | 266 | 355 | 21 | - |
| 5. Allan Lamb | run out ( > > ) | 67 | 137 | 195 | 8 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Simon O'Donnell b Craig McDermott | 20 | 25 | 33 | 3 | - |
| +7. Paul Downton | b Craig McDermott | 23 | 82 | 132 | 1 | - |
| 8. John Emburey | not out | 31 | 37 | 60 | 3 | - |
| 9. Phil Edmonds | b Craig McDermott | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Paul Allott | b Craig McDermott | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 11. Jonathan Agnew | not out | 2 | 8 | 16 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (Tim Robinson), 2-142 (Graham Gooch), 3-148 (David Gower), 4-304 (Allan Lamb), 5-339 (Ian Botham), 6-430 (Mike Gatting), 7-448 (Paul Downton), 8-450 (Phil Edmonds), 9-470 (Paul Allott). |
| Extras | 7b, 16lb, 0w, 17nb, 0pen) 40 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 141 ovs) 482 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 37 | 7 | 114 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 36 | 3 | 141 | 8 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Holland | 38 | 7 | 101 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 21 | 6 | 82 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | b John Emburey | 40 | 0 | 116 | 3 | 1 |
| 2. Greg Matthews | c & b Phil Edmonds | 17 | 42 | 64 | 2 | - |
| 3. Kepler Wessels | c & b John Emburey | 50 | 115 | 115 | 8 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | not out | 146 | 0 | 343 | 13 | - |
| 5. David Boon | b John Emburey | 7 | 36 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 6. Greg Ritchie | b John Emburey | 31 | 102 | 124 | 3 | 1 |
| +7. Wayne Phillips | not out | 39 | 130 | 123 | 6 | - |
| 8. Simon O'Donnell | ||||||
| 9. Geoff Lawson | ||||||
| 10. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 11. Bob Holland |
| FOW | 1-38 (Greg Matthews), 2-85 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-126 (Kepler Wessels), 4-138 (David Boon), 5-213 (Greg Ritchie). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 140 ovs) 340 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ian Botham | 15 | 3 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Allott | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 54 | 12 | 122 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 51 | 17 | 99 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jonathan Agnew | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Gatting | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Lamb | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, David Gower, Mike Gatting, Allan Lamb, Ian Botham, Paul Downton, John Emburey, Phil Edmonds, Paul Allott, Jonathan Agnew