f35911 t1021	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1985 (5th Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th August 1985 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by an innings and 118 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, DR Shepherd
Scorers	SP Austin (England), MP Ringham (Australia)
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 181/2 (Wessels 76*, Border 43*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 335/8 (Lawson 53*, Thomson 28*)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 355/1 (Robinson 140*, Gower 169*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 37/5 (Ritchie 0*, Phillips 1*)
Player of the Match	RM Ellison

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Edmonds b Botham	19	45	53	3	-
AMJ Hilditch	c Downton b Edmonds	39	71	112	5	-
KC Wessels	c Downton b Ellison	83	205	226	8	-
*AR Border	c Edmonds b Ellison	45	111	157	5	-
GM Ritchie	c Botham b Ellison	8	22	38	1	-
+WB Phillips	c Robinson b Ellison	15	42	55	3	-
SP O'Donnell	c Downton b Taylor	1	3	9	-	-
GF Lawson	run out	53	93	140	7	-
CJ McDermott	c Gower b Ellison	35	51	69	4	-
JR Thomson	not out	28	43	55	2	1
RG Holland	c Edmonds b Ellison	0	4	1	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 113.5 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
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, 113.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Phillips b Thomson	19	28	48	4	-
RT Robinson	b Lawson	148	294	393	18	-
*DI Gower	c Border b Lawson	215	314	452	25	1
MW Gatting	not out	100	127	214	12	-
AJ Lamb	c Wood b McDermott	46	62	86	5	-
IT Botham	c Thomson b McDermott	18	7	11	1	2
+PR Downton	not out	0	0	3	-	-
JE Emburey	did not bat
RM Ellison	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 20 lb, 22 nb)	49
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	595
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Gooch), 2-369 (Robinson), 3-463 (Gower), 4-572 (Lamb), 5-592 (Botham)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AMJ Hilditch	c Ellison b Botham	10	14	12	1	-
GM Wood	c Robinson b Ellison	10	51	82	1	-
KC Wessels	c Downton b Ellison	10	36	52	1	-
RG Holland	lbw b Ellison	0	1	1	-	-
*AR Border	b Ellison	2	17	18	-	-
GM Ritchie	c Lamb b Emburey	20	102	125	-	-
+WB Phillips	c Gower b Edmonds	59	90	102	11	-
SP O'Donnell	b Botham	11	39	40	1	-
GF Lawson	c Gower b Edmonds	3	8	7	-	-
CJ McDermott	c Edmonds b Botham	8	22	23	1	-
JR Thomson	not out	4	5	3	1	-
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
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, 64.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Notes
--> LB Taylor made his debut in Test matches
--> JR Thomson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AMJ Hilditch (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 14
--> KC Wessels (1) 50 in 98 balls, 116 minutes
--> KC Wessels (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> GF Lawson (1) 50 in 82 balls, 132 minutes with 7 fours
--> CJ McDermott (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> RT Robinson (1) 50 in 89 balls, 127 minutes
--> RT Robinson (1) 100 in 194 balls, 273 minutes with 12 fours
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 92 balls, 125 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) 100 in 169 balls, 247 minutes with 13 fours
--> DI Gower (1) 150 in 212 balls with 20 fours and 1 six
--> DI Gower (1) 200 in 285 balls, 407 minutes with 25 fours and 1 six
--> DI Gower (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in Test matches
--> DI Gower (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in First-Class matches
--> DI Gower (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 114
--> DI Gower (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> MW Gatting (1) 50 in 79 balls, 147 minutes
--> MW Gatting (1) 100 in 125 balls, 214 minutes with 13 fours
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> WB Phillips (2) 50 in 78 balls, 94 minutes with 10 fours
--> LB Taylor made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> RM Ellison achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed CJ McDermott in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-66)
--> RM Ellison achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> LB Taylor reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SP O'Donnell, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> JR Thomson reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed GA Gooch, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> RM Ellison reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed KC Wessels, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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