Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984/85

Group A: Australia vs England  |  Australia won by 7 wickets

Match Details
Toss England, who chose to bat Tournament Benson And Hedges World Championship Of Cricket 1984/85
Umpires
AR Crafter and RC Isherwood Match Date 17 Feb 1985
Match Referee Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Player of Match Robbie Kerr (Australia)    

England Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Graeme Fowler c & b Craig McDermott 26 69 48 2 0 54.17
2 Paul Downton † c Rod McCurdy b Craig McDermott 27 81 64 2 0 42.19
3 David Gower * c Terry Alderman b Rod McCurdy 6 23 13 0 0 46.15
4 Allan Lamb c Robbie Kerr b Geoff Lawson 53 77 53 3 0 100.00
5 Mike Gatting c Terry Alderman b Simon O\'Donnell 34 76 54 0 0 62.96
6 Chris Cowdrey lbw Craig McDermott 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
7 Vic Marks b Geoff Lawson 24 46 38 1 0 63.16
8 Phil Edmonds b Geoff Lawson 20 29 22 2 0 90.91
9 Richard Ellison not out 2 13 4 0 0 50.00
10 Jon Agnew not out 2 4 3 0 0 66.67
11 Norman Cowans Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 3, lb 12, nb 5 20
Total 8 wickets; 49.0 overs; 214 4.37 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-61 ( Graeme Fowler, 0.0 ) ;   2-66 ( Paul Downton, 0.0 ) ;   3-76 ( David Gower, 0.0 ) ;   4-159 ( Allan Lamb, 0.0 ) ;   5-159 ( Mike Gatting, 0.0 ) ;   6-166 ( Chris Cowdrey, 0.0 ) ;   7-200 ( Phil Edmonds, 0.0 ) ;   8-211 ( Vic Marks, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Lawson 10.0 3 31 3 0 0
Terry Alderman 10.0 0 48 0 0 0
Craig McDermott 10.0 0 39 3 0 0
Rod McCurdy 10.0 1 42 1 0 0
Simon O\'Donnell 9.0 0 39 1 0 0

Australia Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Kepler Wessels c Mike Gatting b Richard Ellison 39 56 50 5 0 78.00
2 Robbie Kerr not out 87 193 126 5 0 69.05
3 Kim Hughes run out 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
4 Allan Border * c Norman Cowans b Vic Marks 1 7 6 0 0 16.67
5 Dean Jones not out 78 124 94 8 0 82.98
6 Wayne Phillips † Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
7 Simon O\'Donnell Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Geoff Lawson Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Craig McDermott Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rod McCurdy Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Terry Alderman Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 3, nb 6 10
Total 3 wickets; 45.2 overs; 215 4.74 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-57 ( Kepler Wessels, 0.0 ) ;   2-57 ( Kim Hughes, 0.0 ) ;   3-58 ( Allan Border, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Norman Cowans 10.0 0 52 0 0 0
Richard Ellison 10.0 4 34 1 0 0
Jon Agnew 8.0 0 59 0 0 0
Vic Marks 7.2 0 33 1 0 0
Phil Edmonds 10.0 0 33 0 0 0