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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
464
Series badge AUS
241 & 129
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Overs: 118.2 RR: 3.92 vs spin: 3.50
vs seam: 3.75
Overs: 46.3 RR: 2.77 vs spin: 1.00
vs seam: 2.73
Thu 29/08/85 England v Australia, 6th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 94 runs
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England - 1st Inns 464 (118.2; RR: 3.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c & b McDermott 196 310 27 0 63.23
RT Robinson b McDermott 3 21 0 0 14.29
DI Gower c Bennett b McDermott 157 216 20 0 72.69
MW Gatting c Border b Bennett 4 27 0 0 14.81
JE Emburey c Wellham b Lawson 9 17 1 0 52.94
AJ Lamb c McDermott b Lawson 1 15 0 0 6.67
IT Botham c Phillips b Lawson 12 23 2 0 52.17
PR Downton b McDermott 16 46 1 0 34.78
RM Ellison c Phillips b Gilbert 3 32 0 0 9.38
PH Edmonds lbw b Lawson 12 26 2 0 46.15
LB Taylor not out 1 10 0 0 10.00
Extras (13b, 11lb, 0w, 26nb) 50  
TOTAL 464 all out (118.2 overs; RR: 3.92)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 371-2 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 376-3 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 403-4 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 405-5 (JE Emburey 0.0 ov), 418-6 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 425-7 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 447-8 (RM Ellison 0.0 ov), 452-9 (PR Downton 0.0 ov), 464-10 (PH Edmonds 118.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 29.2 6 101 4 3.48 0 0
CJ McDermott 31.0 2 108 4 3.48 0 0
DR Gilbert 21.0 2 96 1 4.57 0 0
MJ Bennett 32.0 8 111 1 3.47 0 0
AR Border 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
KC Wessels 3.0 0 16 0 5.33 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 241 (84.0; RR: 2.87)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood lbw b Botham 22 27 3 0 81.48
AMJ Hilditch c Gooch b Botham 17 32 1 0 53.13
KC Wessels b Emburey 12 51 0 0 23.53
AR Border b Edmonds 38 67 4 0 56.72
DM Wellham c Downton b Ellison 13 41 2 0 31.71
GM Ritchie not out 64 156 5 0 41.03
WB Phillips b Edmonds 18 29 2 0 62.07
MJ Bennett c Robinson b Ellison 12 46 1 0 26.09
GF Lawson c Botham b Taylor 14 26 1 0 53.85
CJ McDermott run out 25 23 2 1 108.70
DR Gilbert b Botham 1 9 0 0 11.11
Extras (0b, 3lb, 2w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 241 all out (84.0 overs; RR: 2.87)

Fall of wickets

35-1 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 52-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 56-3 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 101-4 (DM Wellham 0.0 ov), 109-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 144-6 (WB Phillips 0.0 ov), 171-7 (MJ Bennett 0.0 ov), 192-8 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 235-9 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 241-10 (DR Gilbert 84.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 20.0 3 64 3 3.20 0 0
LB Taylor 13.0 1 39 1 3.00 0 0
RM Ellison 18.0 5 35 2 1.94 0 0
JE Emburey 19.0 7 48 1 2.53 0 0
PH Edmonds 14.0 2 52 2 3.71 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 129 (46.3; RR: 2.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood b Botham 6 18 1 0 33.33
AMJ Hilditch c Gower b Taylor 9 27 0 0 33.33
KC Wessels c Downton b Botham 7 21 0 0 33.33
AR Border c Botham b Ellison 58 92 7 0 63.04
DM Wellham lbw b Ellison 5 17 0 0 29.41
GM Ritchie c Downton b Ellison 6 42 0 0 14.29
WB Phillips c Downton b Botham 10 24 1 0 41.67
MJ Bennett c & b Taylor 11 29 1 0 37.93
GF Lawson c Downton b Ellison 7 10 1 0 70.00
CJ McDermott c Botham b Ellison 2 4 0 0 50.00
DR Gilbert not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 0lb, 0w, 4nb) 8  
TOTAL 129 all out (46.3 overs; RR: 2.77)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 16-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 37-3 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 51-4 (DM Wellham 0.0 ov), 71-5 (GM Ritchie 0.0 ov), 96-6 (WB Phillips 0.0 ov), 114-7 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 127-8 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 129-9 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 129-10 (MJ Bennett 46.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 17.0 3 44 3 2.59 0 0
LB Taylor 11.3 1 34 2 3.09 0 0
RM Ellison 17.0 3 46 5 2.71 0 0
JE Emburey 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 6th Test

Date

Thursday August 29, 1985

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

HD Bird, KE Palmer

England Team

Playing XI

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

Australia Team

Playing XI

GM Wood, AR Border, AMJ Hilditch, GF Lawson, DM Wellham, GM Ritchie, KC Wessels, WB Phillips, MJ Bennett, CJ McDermott, DR Gilbert