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6th Test-The Ashes (Australia in England) 1985 Performance

RESULTTESTKennington Oval, LondonThu, 29 Aug - Mon, 02 Sep 1985 - 15:30

ENG

England

464/10 (20.00)

Australia

595/3 (20.00) & 129/10 (46.3)

AUS

England won by an innings and 94 runs

PREVIEW SUMMARY SCORECARD MATCH STATS PERFORMANCE

Impact leaderboard

Everyone, ranked

Runs, strike rate against the match average, wickets and economy, dot balls and catches, in one score.

DGDavid Gower157 (216)

208#2 · pts

MVPGGGraham Gooch196 (310) · 1 ct

250#1 · pts

RERichard Ellison3 (32) · 5/46

127#3 · pts

1GGGraham GoochENG · 196 (310) · 1 ct250

2DGDavid GowerENG · 157 (216)208

3RERichard EllisonENG · 3 (32) · 5/46127

4IBIan BothamENG · 12 (23) · 3/44 · 3 ct117

5GLGeoff LawsonAUS · 7 (10) · 4/10188

6CMCraig McDermottAUS · 2 (4) · 4/108 · 1 ct84

7ABAllan BorderAUS · 58 (92) · 0/8 · 1 ct75

8LTLes TaylorENG · 1* (10) · 2/3452

9PEPhil EdmondsENG · 12 (26) · 2/5250

10MBMurray BennettAUS · 11 (29) · 1/111 · 1 ct32

11JEJohn EmbureyENG · 9 (17) · 0/114

BatBallField

Who carried the team

Share of the runs

ENGEngland · 411

Graham Gooch196 (310)48%

David Gower157 (216)38%

Paul Downton16 (46)4%

Ian Botham12 (23)3%

Phil Edmonds12 (26)3%

John Emburey9 (17)2%

Mike Gatting4 (27)1%

Richard Ellison3 (32)1%

Allan Lamb1 (15)0%

Les Taylor1* (10)0%

England · 3

Tim Robinson3 (21)100%

AUSAustralia · 121

Allan Border58 (92)48%

Murray Bennett11 (29)9%

Wayne Phillips10 (24)8%

Andrew Hilditch9 (27)7%

Kepler Wessels7 (21)6%

Geoff Lawson7 (10)6%

Graeme Wood6 (18)5%

Greg Ritchie6 (42)5%

Dirk Wellham5 (17)4%

Craig McDermott2 (4)2%

Beat their average?

3 of 21 did

Each batter's score today against their own career average in this format.

Graham Gooch196 today · avg 42.4+154

David Gower157 today · avg 44.3+113

Allan Border58 today · avg 50.6+7

Paul Downton16 today · avg 19.6-4

Phil Edmonds12 today · avg 17.5-6

Dave Gilbert0* today · avg 7.1-7

Geoff Lawson7 today · avg 15.7-9

Craig McDermott2 today · avg 12.2-10

Richard Ellison3 today · avg 13.5-10

Murray Bennett11 today · avg 23.7-13

John Emburey9 today · avg 22.5-14

Dirk Wellham5 today · avg 23.4-18

Ian Botham12 today · avg 33.6-22

Wayne Phillips10 today · avg 32.3-22

Andrew Hilditch9 today · avg 31.6-23

Graeme Wood6 today · avg 31.8-26

Greg Ritchie6 today · avg 35.2-29

Mike Gatting4 today · avg 35.6-32

Tim Robinson3 today · avg 35.6-33

Kepler Wessels7 today · avg 41.4-34

Allan Lamb1 today · avg 35.8-35