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England vs Australia, 5th Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
Australia in England, 1985
Venue:
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
Date & Time:
Aug 15
-
Aug 20
,
01:00 AM
LOCAL
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England won by an innings and 118 runs
Australia 1st Innings
335-10 (113.5 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Graeme Wood
c Edmonds b Botham
19
45
3
0
42.22
Andrew Hilditch
c Downton b Edmonds
39
71
5
0
54.93
Kepler Wessels
c Downton b Ellison
83
205
8
0
40.49
Allan Border
c Edmonds b Ellison
45
111
5
0
40.54
Greg Ritchie
c Botham b Ellison
8
22
1
0
36.36
Wayne Phillips
c Robinson b Ellison
15
42
3
0
35.71
Simon ODonnell
c Downton b Taylor
1
3
0
0
33.33
Geoff Lawson
run out
53
93
7
0
56.99
Craig McDermott
c Gower b Ellison
35
51
4
0
68.63
Jeff Thomson
not out
28
43
2
1
65.12
Bob Holland
c Edmonds b Ellison
0
4
0
0
0.00
Extras
9
(b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 4, p 0)
Total
335
(10 wkts, 113.5 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
44-1 (
G Wood
, 0),
92-2 (
A Hilditch
, 0),
189-3 (
A Border
, 0),
191-4 (
K Wessels
, 0),
207-5 (
G Ritchie
, 0),
208-6 (
S ODonnell
, 0),
218-7 (
W Phillips
, 0),
276-8 (
C McDermott
, 0),
335-9 (
G Lawson
, 0),
335-10 (
B Holland
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Sir Ian Botham
27
1
108
1
0
0
4.00
Les Taylor
26
5
78
1
0
0
3.00
Richard Ellison
31.5
9
77
6
0
0
2.44
Phil Edmonds
20
4
47
1
0
0
2.35
John Emburey
9
2
21
0
0
0
2.33
England 1st Innings
595-5 d (134 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Graham Gooch
c Phillips b Thomson
19
28
4
0
67.86
Tim Robinson
b Lawson
148
294
18
0
50.34
David Gower
c Border b Lawson
215
314
25
1
68.47
Mike Gatting
not out
100
127
12
0
78.74
Allan Lamb
c Wood b McDermott
46
62
5
0
74.19
Sir Ian Botham
c Thomson b McDermott
18
7
1
2
257.14
Paul Downton
not out
0
0
0
0
0.00
Extras
49
(b 7, lb 20, w 0, nb 22, p 0)
Total
595
(5 wkts, 134 Ov)
Did not Bat
John Emburey
,
Richard Ellison
,
Phil Edmonds
,
Les Taylor
Fall of Wickets
38-1 (
G Gooch
, 0),
369-2 (
T Robinson
, 0),
463-3 (
D Gower
, 0),
572-4 (
A Lamb
, 0),
592-5 (
I Botham
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Geoff Lawson
37
1
135
2
0
0
3.65
Craig McDermott
31
2
155
2
0
0
5.00
Jeff Thomson
19
1
101
1
0
0
5.32
Bob Holland
25
4
95
0
0
0
3.80
Simon ODonnell
16
3
69
0
0
0
4.31
Allan Border
6
1
13
0
0
0
2.17
Australia 2nd Innings
142-10 (64.1 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Andrew Hilditch
c Ellison b Botham
10
14
1
0
71.43
Graeme Wood
c Robinson b Ellison
10
51
1
0
19.61
Kepler Wessels
c Downton b Ellison
10
36
1
0
27.78
Bob Holland
lbw b Ellison
0
1
0
0
0.00
Allan Border
b Ellison
2
17
0
0
11.76
Greg Ritchie
c Lamb b Emburey
20
102
0
0
19.61
Wayne Phillips
c Gower b Edmonds
59
90
11
0
65.56
Simon ODonnell
b Botham
11
39
1
0
28.21
Geoff Lawson
c Gower b Edmonds
3
8
0
0
37.50
Craig McDermott
c Edmonds b Botham
8
22
1
0
36.36
Jeff Thomson
not out
4
5
1
0
80.00
Extras
5
(b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 1, p 0)
Total
142
(10 wkts, 64.1 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
10-1 (
A Hilditch
, 0),
32-2 (
K Wessels
, 0),
32-3 (
B Holland
, 0),
35-4 (
G Wood
, 0),
36-5 (
A Border
, 0),
113-6 (
W Phillips
, 0),
117-7 (
G Ritchie
, 0),
120-8 (
G Lawson
, 0),
137-9 (
S ODonnell
, 0),
142-10 (
C McDermott
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Sir Ian Botham
14.1
2
52
3
0
0
3.69
Les Taylor
13
4
27
0
0
0
2.08
Richard Ellison
9
3
27
4
0
0
3.00
Phil Edmonds
15
9
13
2
0
0
0.87
John Emburey
13
5
19
1
0
0
1.46
Match Info
Match
ENG vs AUS, 5th Test, Australia in England, 1985
Date
-
Time
Venue
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires
David Constant, David Shepherd
England Squad
Playing
Graham Gooch
,
Tim Robinson
,
David Gower (c)
,
Mike Gatting
,
Allan Lamb
,
Sir Ian Botham
,
Paul Downton (wk)
,
John Emburey
,
Richard Ellison
,
Phil Edmonds
,
Les Taylor
Bench
Support Staff
Australia Squad
Playing
Graeme Wood
,
Andrew Hilditch
,
Kepler Wessels
,
Allan Border (c)
,
Greg Ritchie
,
Wayne Phillips (wk)
,
Simon ODonnell
,
Geoff Lawson
,
Craig McDermott
,
Jeff Thomson
,
Bob Holland
Bench
Support Staff
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