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England v Australia, 1985, 5th test
Birmingham (Edgbaston), 15/08/1985 - 20/08/1985

Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant, DR Shepherd
Result: England won by an inns & 118 runs

Australia
GM Wood               c Edmonds          b Botham                19
AMJ Hilditch          c Downton          b Edmonds               39
KC Wessels            c Downton          b Ellison               83
*AR Border            c Edmonds          b Ellison               45
GM Ritchie            c Botham           b Ellison                8
+WB Phillips          c Robinson         b Ellison               15
SP O'Donnell          c Downton          b Taylor                 1
GF Lawson             run out                                    53
CJ McDermott          c Gower            b Ellison               35
JR Thomson            not out                                    28
RG Holland            c Edmonds          b Ellison                0
Extras                b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 4                        9
Total                 all out                                   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)              

Bowling
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

England
GA Gooch              c Phillips         b Thomson               19
RT Robinson                              b Lawson               148
*DI Gower             c Border           b Lawson               215
MW Gatting            not out                                   100
AJ Lamb               c Wood             b McDermott             46
IT Botham             c Thomson          b McDermott             18
+PR Downton           not out                                     0
Extras                b 7, lb 20, w 0, nb 22                     49
Total                 for 5 wickets                             595

Fall Of Wickets
1-38 (Gooch)                  2-369 (Robinson)              
3-463 (Gower)                 4-572 (Lamb)                  
5-592 (Botham)                

Bowling
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

Australia
GM Wood               c Robinson         b Ellison               10
AMJ Hilditch          c Ellison          b Botham                10
KC Wessels            c Downton          b Ellison               10
RG Holland            lbw                b Ellison                0
*AR Border                               b Ellison                2
GM Ritchie            c Lamb             b Emburey               20
+WB Phillips          c Gower            b Edmonds               59
SP O'Donnell                             b Botham                11
GF Lawson             c Gower            b Edmonds                3
CJ McDermott          c Edmonds          b Botham                 8
JR Thomson            not out                                     4
Extras                b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 1                        5
Total                 all out                                   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)            

Bowling
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