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| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th August 1985 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | HD Bird, DR Shepherd |
| Scorers | A Lowe (England), MP Ringham (Australia) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 257 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 233/3 (Gatting 45*, Lamb 38*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 448/6 (Downton 23*, Emburey 12*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 192/4 (Border 49*, Ritchie 22*) |
| Player of the Match | CJ McDermott |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KC Wessels | c Botham b Emburey | 34 | 61 | 83 | 2 | - | |
| AMJ Hilditch | c Gower b Edmonds | 49 | 93 | 132 | 4 | - | |
| DC Boon | c Lamb b Botham | 61 | 146 | 190 | 6 | - | |
| *AR Border | st Downton b Edmonds | 8 | 17 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| GM Ritchie | c and b Edmonds | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| +WB Phillips | c Downton b Botham | 36 | 71 | 84 | 4 | - | |
| GRJ Matthews | b Botham | 4 | 25 | 37 | - | - | |
| SP O'Donnell | b Edmonds | 45 | 78 | 95 | 3 | 1 | |
| GF Lawson | c Downton b Botham | 4 | 17 | 18 | - | - | |
| CJ McDermott | lbw b Emburey | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| RG Holland | not out | 5 | 27 | 49 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.1 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-71 (Wessels), 2-97 (Hilditch), 3-118 (Border), 4-122 (Ritchie), 5-193 (Phillips), 6-198 (Boon), 7-211 (Matthews), 8-223 (Lawson), 9-224 (McDermott), 10-257 (O'Donnell, 89.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 23 | 4 | 79 | 4 | - | - | |
| Agnew | 14 | 0 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allott | 13 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 24 | 7 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 15.1 | 4 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | lbw b McDermott | 74 | 143 | 207 | 9 | - | |
| RT Robinson | c Border b McDermott | 10 | 12 | 19 | 2 | - | |
| *DI Gower | c Hilditch b McDermott | 47 | 141 | 195 | 5 | - | |
| MW Gatting | c Phillips b McDermott | 160 | 266 | 355 | 21 | - | |
| AJ Lamb | run out | 67 | 137 | 195 | 8 | - | |
| IT Botham | c O'Donnell b McDermott | 20 | 25 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| +PR Downton | b McDermott | 23 | 82 | 132 | 1 | - | |
| JE Emburey | not out | 31 | 37 | 60 | 3 | - | |
| PH Edmonds | b McDermott | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| PJW Allott | b McDermott | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| JP Agnew | not out | 2 | 8 | 16 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 16 lb, 17 nb) | 40 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 141 overs) | 482 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Robinson), 2-142 (Gooch), 3-148 (Gower), 4-304 (Lamb), 5-339 (Botham), 6-430 (Gatting), 7-448 (Downton), 8-450 (Edmonds), 9-470 (Allott) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lawson | 37 | 7 | 114 | 0 | - | - | |
| McDermott | 36 | 3 | 141 | 8 | - | - | |
| Holland | 38 | 7 | 101 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Donnell | 21 | 6 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AMJ Hilditch | b Emburey | 40 | 84 | 116 | 3 | 1 | |
| GRJ Matthews | c and b Edmonds | 17 | 42 | 64 | 2 | - | |
| KC Wessels | c and b Emburey | 50 | 115 | 115 | 8 | - | |
| *AR Border | not out | 146 | 334 | 343 | 13 | - | |
| DC Boon | b Emburey | 7 | 36 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| GM Ritchie | b Emburey | 31 | 102 | 124 | 3 | 1 | |
| +WB Phillips | not out | 39 | 130 | 123 | 6 | - | |
| SP O'Donnell | did not bat | ||||||
| GF Lawson | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ McDermott | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Holland | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 140 overs) | 340 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38 (Matthews), 2-85 (Hilditch), 3-126 (Wessels), 4-138 (Boon), 5-213 (Ritchie) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 15 | 3 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allott | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 54 | 12 | 122 | 1 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 51 | 17 | 99 | 4 | - | - | |
| Agnew | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gatting | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lamb | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PJW Allott made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JP Agnew made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KC Wessels (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 8
--> DC Boon (1) 50 in 118 balls, 145 minutes
--> DC Boon (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Test matches
--> DC Boon (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> GA Gooch (1) 50 in 105 balls, 167 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> MW Gatting (1) 50 in 104 balls, 137 minutes
--> MW Gatting (1) 100 in 179 balls, 244 minutes with 13 fours
--> MW Gatting (1) 150 in 249 balls with 21 fours
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 94
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 18
--> AJ Lamb (1) 50 in 120 balls, 155 minutes
--> PR Downton (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> KC Wessels (2) 50 in 110 balls, 115 minutes with 8 fours
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 196 balls, 192 minutes
--> AR Border (2) 100 in 283 balls, 280 minutes with 8 fours
--> AR Border (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 37
--> AR Border (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71
--> WB Phillips (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 35
--> GRJ Matthews made his debut in England in Test matches
--> PH Edmonds reached 1100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AR Border, his 2nd wicket in the Australia first innings
--> CJ McDermott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed PH Edmonds in the England first innings (previous best was 6-45)
--> CJ McDermott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed PH Edmonds in the England first innings (previous best was 6-70)
--> PH Edmonds reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed GRJ Matthews, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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