The Ashes, 1985, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
11,12,13,15,16 July 1985 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
6-Test series level 1-1

Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant and AGT Whitehead
Test Debuts: A Sidebottom (Eng).
Man of the Match: DI Gower

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 279/2 (Gower 107*, Gatting 53*)
Day 2: England 456, Australia 94/1 (Wood 38*, Holland 4*)
Day 3: Australia 366/5 (Wood 152*, Ritchie 65*)
Day 4: Australia 539, England 8/0 (Gooch 4*, Robinson 3*)

England 1st innings
GA Gooch              c Wessels          b Lawson              70
RT Robinson           c Border           b Lawson              38
*DI Gower             c Phillips         b O'Donnell          166
MW Gatting            run out                                  74
AJ Lamb               lbw                b Lawson              17
IT Botham             c O'Donnell        b McDermott           38
+PR Downton           c Ritchie          b McDermott            0
A Sidebottom          c O'Donnell        b Lawson               2
JE Emburey            not out                                  16
PH Edmonds                               b Holland             12
PJW Allott            c Border           b Lawson               7
Extras                (lb 12, w 1, nb 3)                       16
Total                 (all out, 129.4 overs)                  456

FoW: 1-55, 2-171, 3-358, 4-365, 5-416,
     6-416, 7-419, 8-419, 9-443, 10-456.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lawson                      39.4   10    103      5
McDermott                   35      3    147      2
O'Donnell                   29      4    104      1
Holland                     26      3     90      1

Australia 1st innings
GM Wood               c Robinson         b Botham             172
AMJ Hilditch          lbw                b Allott              47
RG Holland            lbw                b Sidebottom          10
KC Wessels            c Downton          b Emburey             33
*AR Border            c Botham           b Edmonds             23
DC Boon                              c & b Emburey             15
GM Ritchie                               b Edmonds            146
+WB Phillips                             b Emburey              2
SP O'Donnell          c Downton          b Botham              46
GF Lawson             c Gooch            b Botham              18
CJ McDermott          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 6, lb 7, w 2, nb 12)                  27
Total                 (all out, 201.2 overs)                  539

FoW: 1-87, 2-128, 3-205, 4-234, 5-263,
     6-424, 7-437, 8-491, 9-539, 10-539.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Botham                      34.2    3    107      3
Sidebottom                  18.4    3     65      1
Allott                      18      4     55      1
Edmonds                     66     18    155      2
Emburey                     55     15    129      3
Gooch                        8.2    2     13      0
Gatting                      1      0      2      0

England 2nd innings
GA Gooch              c Ritchie          b McDermott           48
RT Robinson           not out                                  77
*DI Gower             c Phillips         b McDermott           17
MW Gatting            not out                                  35
Extras                (b 1, lb 16, nb 2)                       19
Total                 (2 wickets, 68 overs)                   196

DNB: AJ Lamb, IT Botham, +PR Downton, A Sidebottom, JE Emburey,
     PH Edmonds, PJW Allott.

FoW: 1-79, 2-107.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lawson                      13      4     32      0
McDermott                   16      2     42      2
Holland                     28      9     69      0
O'Donnell                   10      2     26      0
Ritchie                      1      0     10      0

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