TestNo. 1022MenScorecard

England v Australia

England won by an innings and 94 runs

29 August to 2 September 1985The Oval

Englandwon by an innings and 94 runs

464118.2 ov

Australia

241 & 12946.3 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.

England innings

464118.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	caught	196	310	423	27	0	63.2
Tim Robinson	bowled	3	21	35	0	0	14.3
David Gower	caught	157	216	335	20	0	72.7
Mike Gatting	caught	4	27	25	0	0	14.8
John Emburey	caught	9	17	27	1	0	52.9
Allan Lamb	caught	1	15	28	0	0	6.7
Ian Botham	caught	12	23	34	2	0	52.2
Paul Downton	bowled	16	46	75	1	0	34.8
Richard Ellison	caught	3	32	43	0	0	9.4
Phil Edmonds	lbw	12	26	34	2	0	46.2
Les Taylor	not out	1*	10	15	0	0	10.0
Extras	b 13, lb 11, nb 26	50
Total	all out, 118.2 overs	464

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-20 Tim Robinson2-371 David Gower3-376 Mike Gatting4-403 Graham Gooch5-405 John Emburey6-418 Allan Lamb7-425 Ian Botham8-447 Richard Ellison9-452 Paul Downton10-464 Phil Edmonds

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geoff Lawson	29.2	6	101	4	3.44
Craig McDermott	31	2	108	4	3.48
Dave Gilbert	21	2	96	1	4.57
Murray Bennett	32	8	111	1	3.47
Allan Border	2	0	8	0	4.00
Kepler Wessels	3	0	16	0	5.33

Australia innings

24184 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw	22	27	31	3	0	81.5
Andrew Hilditch	caught	17	32	60	1	0	53.1
Kepler Wessels	bowled	12	51	56	0	0	23.5
Allan Border	bowled	38	67	105	4	0	56.7
Dirk Wellham	caught	13	41	52	2	0	31.7
Greg Ritchie	not out	64*	156	195	5	0	41.0
Wayne Phillips	bowled	18	29	38	2	0	62.1
Murray Bennett	caught	12	46	49	1	0	26.1
Geoff Lawson	caught	14	26	29	1	0	53.8
Craig McDermott	run out	25	23	34	2	1	108.7
Dave Gilbert	bowled	1	9	13	0	0	11.1
Extras	lb 3, w 2	5
Total	all out, 84 overs	241

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-35 Graeme Wood2-52 Andrew Hilditch3-56 Kepler Wessels4-101 Dirk Wellham5-109 Allan Border6-144 Wayne Phillips7-171 Murray Bennett8-192 Geoff Lawson9-235 Craig McDermott10-241 Dave Gilbert

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ian Botham	20	3	64	3	3.20
Les Taylor	13	1	39	1	3.00
Richard Ellison	18	5	35	2	1.94
John Emburey	19	7	48	1	2.53
Phil Edmonds	14	2	52	2	3.71

Australia innings

12946.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	bowled	6	18	27	1	0	33.3
Andrew Hilditch	caught	9	27	36	0	0	33.3
Kepler Wessels	caught	7	21	34	0	0	33.3
Allan Border	caught	58	92	157	7	0	63.0
Dirk Wellham	lbw	5	17	19	0	0	29.4
Greg Ritchie	caught	6	42	58	0	0	14.3
Wayne Phillips	caught	10	24	30	1	0	41.7
Murray Bennett	caught	11	29	43	1	0	37.9
Geoff Lawson	caught	7	10	16	1	0	70.0
Craig McDermott	caught	2	4	3	0	0	50.0
Dave Gilbert	not out	0*	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	b 4, nb 4	8
Total	all out, 46.3 overs	129

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-13 Graeme Wood2-16 Andrew Hilditch3-37 Kepler Wessels4-51 Dirk Wellham5-71 Greg Ritchie6-96 Wayne Phillips7-114 Allan Border8-127 Geoff Lawson9-129 Craig McDermott10-129 Murray Bennett

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ian Botham	17	3	44	3	2.59
Les Taylor	11.3	1	34	2	2.96
Richard Ellison	17	3	46	5	2.71
John Emburey	1	0	1	0	1.00

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. 1022
Dates: 29 August to 2 September 1985
Ground: The Oval
Result: England won by an innings and 94 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
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      "runs": 196, "balls": 310, "minutes": 423, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Geoff Lawson", "overs": "29.2", "wickets": 4, ...}, ...]
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England v Australia

Previous meetingTest, England won by an innings and 118 runs, 15 August 1985 Next meetingTest, England won by 7 wickets, 14 November 1986