TestNo. 1021MenScorecard

England v Australia

England won by an innings and 118 runs

15 to 20 August 1985Birmingham

Englandwon by an innings and 118 runs

595/5d134 ov

Australia

335 & 14264.1 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

Australia innings

335113.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	caught	19	45	53	3	0	42.2
Andrew Hilditch	caught	39	71	112	5	0	54.9
Kepler Wessels	caught	83	205	226	8	0	40.5
Allan Border	caught	45	111	157	5	0	40.5
Greg Ritchie	caught	8	22	38	1	0	36.4
Wayne Phillips	caught	15	42	55	3	0	35.7
Simon O'Donnell	caught	1	3	9	0	0	33.3
Geoff Lawson	run out	53	93	140	7	0	57.0
Craig McDermott	caught	35	51	69	4	0	68.6
Jeff Thomson	not out	28*	43	55	2	1	65.1
Bob Holland	caught	0	4	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 4, w 1, nb 4	9
Total	all out, 113.5 overs	335

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-44 Graeme Wood2-92 Andrew Hilditch3-189 Allan Border4-191 Kepler Wessels5-207 Greg Ritchie6-208 Simon O'Donnell7-218 Wayne Phillips8-276 Craig McDermott9-335 Geoff Lawson10-335 Bob Holland

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ian Botham	27	1	108	1	4.00
Les Taylor	26	5	78	1	3.00
Richard Ellison	31.5	9	77	6	2.42
Phil Edmonds	20	4	47	1	2.35
John Emburey	9	2	21	0	2.33

England innings

595/5d134 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	caught	19	28	48	4	0	67.9
Tim Robinson	bowled	148	294	393	18	0	50.3
David Gower	caught	215	314	452	25	1	68.5
Mike Gatting	not out	100*	127	214	12	0	78.7
Allan Lamb	caught	46	62	86	5	0	74.2
Ian Botham	caught	18	7	11	1	2	257.1
Paul Downton	not out	0*	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	b 7, lb 20, nb 22	49
Total	5 wickets declared, 134 overs	595

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-38 Graham Gooch2-369 Tim Robinson3-463 David Gower4-572 Allan Lamb5-592 Ian Botham

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geoff Lawson	37	1	135	2	3.65
Craig McDermott	31	2	155	2	5.00
Jeff Thomson	19	1	101	1	5.32
Bob Holland	25	4	95	0	3.80
Simon O'Donnell	16	3	69	0	4.31
Allan Border	6	1	13	0	2.17

Australia innings

14264.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Hilditch	caught	10	14	12	1	0	71.4
Graeme Wood	caught	10	51	82	1	0	19.6
Kepler Wessels	caught	10	36	52	1	0	27.8
Bob Holland	lbw	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Allan Border	bowled	2	17	18	0	0	11.8
Greg Ritchie	caught	20	102	125	0	0	19.6
Wayne Phillips	caught	59	90	102	11	0	65.6
Simon O'Donnell	bowled	11	39	40	1	0	28.2
Geoff Lawson	caught	3	8	7	0	0	37.5
Craig McDermott	caught	8	22	23	1	0	36.4
Jeff Thomson	not out	4*	5	3	1	0	80.0
Extras	b 1, lb 3, nb 1	5
Total	all out, 64.1 overs	142

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-10 Andrew Hilditch2-32 Kepler Wessels3-32 Bob Holland4-35 Graeme Wood5-36 Allan Border6-113 Wayne Phillips7-117 Greg Ritchie8-120 Geoff Lawson9-137 Simon O'Donnell10-142 Craig McDermott

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ian Botham	14.1	2	52	3	3.67
Les Taylor	13	4	27	0	2.08
Richard Ellison	9	3	27	4	3.00
Phil Edmonds	15	9	13	2	0.87
John Emburey	13	5	19	1	1.46

Tests in August 1985

4 matches

TestScorecardAustralia257 & 340/5140England482/9d141Match drawnManchester, 1 August TestScorecardAustralia335 & 14264.1England595/5d134England won by an innings and 118 runsBirmingham, 15 August TestScorecardEngland464118.2Australia241 & 12946.3England won by an innings and 94 runsThe Oval, 29 August TestScorecardIndia218 & 251119.3Sri Lanka347 & 61/48Match drawnColombo (SSC), 30 August

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1021
Dates: 15 to 20 August 1985
Ground: Birmingham
Result: England won by an innings and 118 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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    "bowling": [{"player": "Ian Botham", "overs": "27", "wickets": 1, ...}, ...]
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England v Australia

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