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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 1021 (1021/256)
The Ashes, 1985, 5th Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
15,16,17,19,20 August 1985 (5-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 118 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-1

Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant and DR Shepherd
Test Debuts: LB Taylor (Eng).
Man of the Match: RM Ellison

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 181/2 (Wessels 76*, Border 43*)
  • Day 2: Australia 335/8 (Lawson 53*, Thomson 28*)
  • Day 3: Australia 335, England 355/1 (Robinson 140*, Gower 169*)
  • Day 4: England 595/5d, Australia 37/5 (Ritchie 0*, Phillips 1*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               c Edmonds          b Botham              19  53  45  3 0
    AMJ Hilditch          c Downton          b Edmonds             39 112  71  5 0
    KC Wessels            c Downton          b Ellison             83 226 205  8 0
    *AR Border            c Edmonds          b Ellison             45 157 111  5 0
    GM Ritchie            c Botham           b Ellison              8  38  22  1 0
    +WB Phillips          c Robinson         b Ellison             15  55  42  3 0
    SP O'Donnell          c Downton          b Taylor               1   9   3  0 0
    GF Lawson             run out                                  53 140  93  7 0
    CJ McDermott          c Gower            b Ellison             35  69  51  4 0
    JR Thomson            not out                                  28  55  43  2 1
    RG Holland            c Edmonds          b Ellison              0   1   4  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4, w 1, nb 4)                         9
    Total                 (all out, 113.5 overs)                  335
    
    FoW: 1-44 (Wood), 2-92 (Hilditch), 3-189 (Border),
         4-191 (Wessels), 5-207 (Ritchie), 6-208 (O'Donnell),
         7-218 (Phillips), 8-276 (McDermott), 9-335 (Lawson),
         10-335 (Holland).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Botham                      27      1    108      1
    Taylor                      26      5     78      1
    Ellison                     31.5    9     77      6
    Edmonds                     20      4     47      1
    Emburey                      9      2     21      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch              c Phillips         b Thomson             19  48  28  4 0
    RT Robinson                              b Lawson             148 393 294 18 0
    *DI Gower             c Border           b Lawson             215 452 314 25 1
    MW Gatting            not out                                 100 214 127 12 0
    AJ Lamb               c Wood             b McDermott           46  86  62  5 0
    IT Botham             c Thomson          b McDermott           18  11   7  1 2
    +PR Downton           not out                                   0   3   0  0 0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 20, nb 22)                      49
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 134 overs)         595
    
    DNB: JE Emburey, RM Ellison, PH Edmonds, LB Taylor.
    
    FoW: 1-38 (Gooch), 2-369 (Robinson), 3-463 (Gower), 4-572 (Lamb),
         5-592 (Botham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lawson                      37      1    135      2
    McDermott                   31      2    155      2
    Thomson                     19      1    101      1
    Holland                     25      4     95      0
    O'Donnell                   16      3     69      0
    Border                       6      1     13      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    AMJ Hilditch          c Ellison          b Botham              10  12  14  1 0
    GM Wood               c Robinson         b Ellison             10  82  51  1 0
    KC Wessels            c Downton          b Ellison             10  52  36  1 0
    RG Holland            lbw                b Ellison              0   1   1  0 0
    *AR Border                               b Ellison              2  18  17  0 0
    GM Ritchie            c Lamb             b Emburey             20 125 102  0 0
    +WB Phillips          c Gower            b Edmonds             59 102  90 11 0
    SP O'Donnell                             b Botham              11  40  39  1 0
    GF Lawson             c Gower            b Edmonds              3   7   8  0 0
    CJ McDermott          c Edmonds          b Botham               8  23  22  1 0
    JR Thomson            not out                                   4   3   5  1 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 1)                         5
    Total                 (all out, 64.1 overs)                   142
    
    FoW: 1-10 (Hilditch), 2-32 (Wessels), 3-32 (Holland),
         4-35 (Wood), 5-36 (Border), 6-113 (Phillips),
         7-117 (Ritchie), 8-120 (Lawson), 9-137 (O'Donnell),
         10-142 (McDermott).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Botham                      14.1    2     52      3
    Taylor                      13      4     27      0
    Ellison                      9      3     27      4
    Edmonds                     15      9     13      2
    Emburey                     13      5     19      1
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Edgbaston, Birmingham

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, AMJ Hilditch, KC Wessels, AR Border, GM Ritchie, WB Phillips, SP O'Donnell, GF Lawson, CJ McDermott, JR Thomson, RG Holland.

    England Player Pages: GA Gooch, RT Robinson, DI Gower, MW Gatting, AJ Lamb, IT Botham, PR Downton, JE Emburey, RM Ellison, PH Edmonds, LB Taylor.

    Match Officials' Pages: DJ Constant, DR Shepherd.

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