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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bowl
482-9d
Series badge AUS
257 & 340-5
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Overs: 141.0 RR: 3.42 vs spin: 2.60
vs seam: 3.59
Overs: 140.0 RR: 2.43 vs spin: 2.10
vs seam: 3.20
Thu 01/08/85 England v Australia, 4th Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
match drawn Match Drawn
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Australia - 1st Inns 257 (89.1; RR: 2.88)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KC Wessels c Botham b Emburey 34 61 2 0 55.74
AMJ Hilditch c Gower b Edmonds 49 93 4 0 52.69
DC Boon c Lamb b Botham 61 146 6 0 41.78
AR Border st Downton b Edmonds 8 17 1 0 47.06
GM Ritchie c & b Edmonds 4 3 1 0 133.33
WB Phillips c Downton b Botham 36 71 4 0 50.70
GRJ Matthews b Botham 4 25 0 0 16.00
SP O'Donnell b Edmonds 45 78 3 1 57.69
GF Lawson c Downton b Botham 4 17 0 0 23.53
CJ McDermott lbw b Emburey 0 1 0 0 0.00
RG Holland not out 5 27 0 0 18.52
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 3nb) 7  
TOTAL 257 all out (89.1 overs; RR: 2.88)

Fall of wickets

71-1 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 97-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 118-3 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 122-4 (GM Ritchie 0.0 ov), 193-5 (WB Phillips 0.0 ov), 198-6 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 211-7 (GRJ Matthews 0.0 ov), 223-8 (GF Lawson 0.0 ov), 224-9 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 257-10 (SP O'Donnell 89.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 23.0 4 79 4 3.43 0 0
JP Agnew 14.0 0 65 0 4.64 0 0
PJW Allott 13.0 1 29 0 2.23 0 0
JE Emburey 24.0 7 41 2 1.71 0 0
PH Edmonds 15.1 4 40 4 2.67 0 0

England - 1st Inns 482-9 (141.0; RR: 3.42)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch lbw b McDermott 74 143 9 0 51.75
RT Robinson c Border b McDermott 10 12 2 0 83.33
DI Gower c Hilditch b McDermott 47 141 5 0 33.33
MW Gatting c Phillips b McDermott 160 266 21 0 60.15
AJ Lamb run out 67 137 8 0 48.91
IT Botham c O'Donnell b McDermott 20 25 3 0 80.00
PR Downton b McDermott 23 82 1 0 28.05
JE Emburey not out 31 37 3 0 83.78
PH Edmonds b McDermott 1 7 0 0 14.29
PJW Allott b McDermott 7 11 1 0 63.64
JP Agnew not out 2 8 0 0 25.00
Extras (7b, 16lb, 0w, 17nb) 40  
TOTAL 482-9 (141.0 overs; RR: 3.42)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 142-2 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 148-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 304-4 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 339-5 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 430-6 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 448-7 (PR Downton 0.0 ov), 450-8 (PH Edmonds 0.0 ov), 470-9 (PJW Allott 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GF Lawson 37.0 7 114 0 3.08 0 0
CJ McDermott 36.0 3 141 8 3.92 0 0
RG Holland 38.0 7 101 0 2.66 0 0
SP O'Donnell 21.0 6 82 0 3.90 0 0
GRJ Matthews 9.0 2 21 0 2.33 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 340-5 (140.0; RR: 2.43)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AMJ Hilditch b Emburey 40 84 3 1 47.62
GRJ Matthews c & b Edmonds 17 42 2 0 40.48
KC Wessels c & b Emburey 50 115 8 0 43.48
AR Border not out 146 334 13 0 43.71
DC Boon b Emburey 7 36 1 0 19.44
GM Ritchie b Emburey 31 102 3 1 30.39
WB Phillips not out 39 130 6 0 30.00
SP O'Donnell  
GF Lawson  
CJ McDermott  
RG Holland  
Extras (1b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb) 10  
TOTAL 340-5 (140.0 overs; RR: 2.43)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (GRJ Matthews 0.0 ov), 85-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 126-3 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 138-4 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 213-5 (GM Ritchie 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 15.0 3 50 0 3.33 0 0
PJW Allott 6.0 2 4 0 0.67 0 0
PH Edmonds 54.0 12 122 1 2.26 0 0
JE Emburey 51.0 17 99 4 1.94 0 0
JP Agnew 9.0 2 34 0 3.78 0 0
MW Gatting 4.0 0 14 0 3.50 0 0
AJ Lamb 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test

Date

Thursday August 1, 1985

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

HD Bird, DR Shepherd

England Team

Playing XI

GA Gooch, PH Edmonds, IT Botham, MW Gatting, DI Gower, JE Emburey, PR Downton, PJW Allott, AJ Lamb, JP Agnew, RT Robinson

Australia Team

Playing XI

AR Border, AMJ Hilditch, GF Lawson, GM Ritchie, KC Wessels, WB Phillips, GRJ Matthews, DC Boon, RG Holland, CJ McDermott, SP O'Donnell