The Ashes, 1985, 5th Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
15,16,17,19,20 August 1985 (5-day match)
Result: England won by an innings and 118 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-1
Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant and DR Shepherd
Test Debuts: LB Taylor (Eng).
Man of the Match: RM Ellison
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 181/2 (Wessels 76*, Border 43*)
Day 2: Australia 335/8 (Lawson 53*, Thomson 28*)
Day 3: Australia 335, England 355/1 (Robinson 140*, Gower 169*)
Day 4: England 595/5d, Australia 37/5 (Ritchie 0*, Phillips 1*)
Australia 1st innings
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 (lb 4, w 1, nb 4) 9
Total (all out, 113.5 overs) 335
FoW: 1-44, 2-92, 3-189, 4-191, 5-207,
6-208, 7-218, 8-276, 9-335, 10-335.
Bowling O M R W
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 1st innings
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, nb 22) 49
Total (5 wickets declared, 134 overs) 595
DNB: JE Emburey, RM Ellison, PH Edmonds, LB Taylor.
FoW: 1-38, 2-369, 3-463, 4-572, 5-592.
Bowling O M R W
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 2nd innings
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, nb 1) 5
Total (all out, 64.1 overs) 142
FoW: 1-10, 2-32, 3-32, 4-35, 5-36,
6-113, 7-117, 8-120, 9-137, 10-142.
Bowling O M R W
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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