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Thu, 29 Aug - Thu, 29 Aug 1985 - 00:00 – 6th Test • Kennington Oval, London
England won by an innings and 94 runs
England
464/10 (20.00)
Australia
595/3 (20.00) & 129/10 (46.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
464/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graham Gooch
c & b McDermott
196
310
423
27
0
63.22
In 1985
Career
Tim Robinson
b McDermott
3
21
35
0
0
14.28
In 1985
Career
David Gower (c)
c Bennett b McDermott
157
216
335
20
0
72.68
In 1985
Career
Mike Gatting
c Border b Bennett
4
27
25
0
0
14.81
In 1985
Career
John Emburey
c Wellham b Lawson
9
17
27
1
0
52.94
In 1985
Career
Allan Lamb
c McDermott b Lawson
1
15
28
0
0
6.66
In 1985
Career
Ian Botham
c †Phillips b Lawson
12
23
34
2
0
52.17
In 1985
Career
Paul Downton (WK)
b McDermott
16
46
75
1
0
34.78
In 1985
Career
Richard Ellison
c †Phillips b Gilbert
3
32
43
0
0
9.37
In 1985
Career
Phil Edmonds
lbw b Lawson
12
26
34
2
0
46.15
In 1985
Career
Les Taylor
not out
1
10
15
0
0
10.00
In 1985
Career
Extras
(b 13, lb 11, nb 26)
50
Total
464 118.2 Ov (RR: 3.92)
8816
14117
0
1007
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Geoff Lawson
29.20
6
101
4
3.44
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Craig McDermott
31.00
2
108
4
3.48
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Dave Gilbert
21.00
2
96
1
4.57
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Murray Bennett
32.00
8
111
1
3.46
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Allan Border
2.00
0
8
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Kepler Wessels
3.00
0
16
0
5.33
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Australia innigs
595/3 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
lbw b Botham
22
27
31
3
0
81.48
In 1985
Career
Andrew Hilditch
c Gooch b Botham
17
32
60
1
0
53.12
In 1985
Career
Kepler Wessels
b Emburey
12
51
56
0
0
23.52
In 1985
Career
Allan Border (c)
b Edmonds
38
67
105
4
0
56.71
In 1985
Career
Dirk Wellham
c †Downton b Ellison
13
41
52
2
0
31.70
In 1985
Career
Greg Ritchie
not out
64
156
195
5
0
41.02
In 1985
Career
Wayne Phillips (WK)
b Edmonds
18
29
38
2
0
62.06
In 1985
Career
Murray Bennett
c Robinson b Ellison
12
46
49
1
0
26.08
In 1985
Career
Geoff Lawson
c Botham b Taylor
14
26
29
1
0
53.84
In 1985
Career
Craig McDermott
run out
25
23
34
2
1
108.69
In 1985
Career
Dave Gilbert
b Botham
1
9
13
0
0
11.11
In 1985
Career
Extras
(lb 3, w 2)
5
Total
241 84 Ov (RR: 2.86)
4579
9633
0
399
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Ian Botham
20.00
3
64
3
3.20
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Les Taylor
13.00
1
39
1
3.00
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Richard Ellison
18.00
5
35
2
1.94
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
John Emburey
19.00
7
48
1
2.52
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
Phil Edmonds
14.00
2
52
2
3.71
0
0
0
In 1985
Career
England innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Graeme Wood
b Botham
6
18
27
1
0
33.33
In 1985
Career
Andrew Hilditch
c Gower b Taylor
9
27
36
0
0
33.33
In 1985
Career
Kepler Wessels
c †Downton b Botham
7
21
34
0
0
33.33
In 1985
Career
Allan Border (c)
c Botham b Ellison
58
92
157
7
0
63.04
In 1985
Career
Dirk Wellham
lbw b Ellison
5
17
19
0
0
29.41
In 1985
Career
Greg Ritchie
c †Downton b Ellison
6
42
58
0
0
14.28
In 1985
Career
Wayne Phillips (WK)
c †Downton b Botham
10
24
30
1
0
41.66
In 1985
Career
Murray Bennett
c & b Taylor
11
29
43
1
0
37.93
In 1985
Career
Geoff Lawson
c †Downton b Ellison
7
10
16
1
0
70.00
In 1985
Career
Craig McDermott
c Botham b Ellison
2
4
3
0
0
50.00
In 1985
Career
Dave Gilbert
not out
0
0
2
0
0
0.00
In 1985
Career
Extras
(b 4, nb 4)
8
Total
129 46.3 Ov (RR: 2.77)
2451
5396
0
209
0
0.00
Australia innigs
129/10 (46.3)
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