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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bowl
595-5d
Series badge AUS
335 & 142
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Overs: 134.0 RR: 4.44 vs spin: 3.48
vs seam: 4.47
Overs: 64.1 RR: 2.21 vs spin: 1.14
vs seam: 2.93
Thu 15/08/85 England v Australia, 5th Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 118 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 335 (113.5; RR: 2.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood c Edmonds b Botham 19 45 3 0 42.22
AMJ Hilditch c Downton b Edmonds 39 71 5 0 54.93
KC Wessels c Downton b Ellison 83 205 8 0 40.49
AR Border c Edmonds b Ellison 45 111 5 0 40.54
GM Ritchie c Botham b Ellison 8 22 1 0 36.36
WB Phillips c Robinson b Ellison 15 42 3 0 35.71
SP O'Donnell c Downton b Taylor 1 3 0 0 33.33
GF Lawson run out 53 93 7 0 56.99
CJ McDermott c Gower b Ellison 35 51 4 0 68.63
JR Thomson not out 28 43 2 1 65.12
RG Holland c Edmonds b Ellison 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 1w, 4nb) 9  
TOTAL 335 all out (113.5 overs; RR: 2.94)

Fall of wickets

44-1 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 92-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 189-3 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 191-4 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 207-5 (GM Ritchie 0.0 ov), 208-6 (SP O'Donnell 0.0 ov), 218-7 (WB Phillips 0.0 ov), 276-8 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 335-9 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 335-10 (RG Holland 113.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 27.0 1 108 1 4.00 0 0
LB Taylor 26.0 5 78 1 3.00 0 0
RM Ellison 31.5 9 77 6 2.48 0 0
PH Edmonds 20.0 4 47 1 2.35 0 0
JE Emburey 9.0 2 21 0 2.33 0 0

England - 1st Inns 595-5 (134.0; RR: 4.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Phillips b Thomson 19 28 4 0 67.86
RT Robinson b Lawson 148 294 18 0 50.34
DI Gower c Border b Lawson 215 314 25 1 68.47
MW Gatting not out 100 127 12 0 78.74
AJ Lamb c Wood b McDermott 46 62 5 0 74.19
IT Botham c Thomson b McDermott 18 7 1 2 257.14
PR Downton not out 0 0 0 0
JE Emburey  
RM Ellison  
PH Edmonds  
LB Taylor  
Extras (7b, 20lb, 0w, 22nb) 49  
TOTAL 595-5 (134.0 overs; RR: 4.44)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 369-2 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 463-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 572-4 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 592-5 (IT Botham 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 37.0 1 135 2 3.65 0 0
CJ McDermott 31.0 2 155 2 5.00 0 0
JR Thomson 19.0 1 101 1 5.32 0 0
RG Holland 25.0 4 95 0 3.80 0 0
SP O'Donnell 16.0 3 69 0 4.31 0 0
AR Border 6.0 1 13 0 2.17 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 142 (64.1; RR: 2.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AMJ Hilditch c Ellison b Botham 10 14 1 0 71.43
GM Wood c Robinson b Ellison 10 51 1 0 19.61
KC Wessels c Downton b Ellison 10 36 1 0 27.78
RG Holland lbw b Ellison 0 1 0 0 0.00
AR Border b Ellison 2 17 0 0 11.76
GM Ritchie c Lamb b Emburey 20 102 0 0 19.61
WB Phillips c Gower b Edmonds 59 90 11 0 65.56
SP O'Donnell b Botham 11 39 1 0 28.21
GF Lawson c Gower b Edmonds 3 8 0 0 37.50
CJ McDermott c Edmonds b Botham 8 22 1 0 36.36
JR Thomson not out 4 5 1 0 80.00
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 142 all out (64.1 overs; RR: 2.21)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 32-2 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 32-3 (RG Holland 0.0 ov), 35-4 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 36-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 113-6 (WB Phillips 0.0 ov), 117-7 (GM Ritchie 0.0 ov), 120-8 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 137-9 (SP O'Donnell 0.0 ov), 142-10 (CJ McDermott 64.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 14.1 2 52 3 3.71 0 0
LB Taylor 13.0 4 27 0 2.08 0 0
RM Ellison 9.0 3 27 4 3.00 0 0
PH Edmonds 15.0 9 13 2 0.87 0 0
JE Emburey 13.0 5 19 1 1.46 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Birmingham, 5th Test

Date

Thursday August 15, 1985

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

DJ Constant, DR Shepherd

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

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