Rothmans Four-Nations Cup 1984/85

Semi-Final: Australia vs England  |  Australia won by 2 wickets

Match Details
Toss Australia, who chose to field Series Rothmans Four-Nations Cup 1984/85
Umpires
Khizer Hayat and S Kishen Match Date 24 Mar 1985
Match Referee Ground Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Player of Match Greg Matthews (Australia)    

England Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Graeme Fowler c Kim Hughes b Terry Alderman 26 38 33 3 0 78.79
2 Tim Robinson c Steve Rixon b Greg Matthews 37 107 73 5 0 50.68
3 Martyn Moxon lbw Simon O\'Donnell 0 19 1 0 0 0.00
4 Derek Randall st Steve Rixon b Murray Bennett 19 64 46 2 0 41.30
5 Colin Wells lbw Murray Bennett 17 35 29 2 0 58.62
6 Derek Pringle st Steve Rixon b Allan Border 4 41 41 0 0 9.76
7 Phil Edmonds not out 15 51 42 2 0 35.71
8 Bruce French † c Steve Rixon b Allan Border 4 7 10 0 0 40.00
9 Richard Ellison c Kepler Wessels b Allan Border 24 25 26 3 0 92.31
10 Neil Foster not out 5 4 5 0 0 100.00
11 Norman Gifford * Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 9, lb 5, w 6, nb 6 26
Total 8 wickets; 50.0 overs; 177 3.54 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-47 ( Graeme Fowler, 0.0 ) ;   2-53 ( Martyn Moxon, 0.0 ) ;   3-95 ( Tim Robinson, 0.0 ) ;   4-109 ( Derek Randall, 0.0 ) ;   5-123 ( Derek Pringle, 0.0 ) ;   6-128 ( Colin Wells, 0.0 ) ;   7-134 ( Bruce French, 0.0 ) ;   8-169 ( Richard Ellison, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Terry Alderman 7.0 1 36 1 0 0
Rod McCurdy 5.0 0 23 0 0 0
Simon O\'Donnell 8.0 2 26 1 0 0
Murray Bennett 10.0 2 27 2 0 0
Greg Matthews 10.0 3 15 1 0 0
Allan Border * 7.0 0 21 3 0 0
Kepler Wessels 3.0 0 15 0 0 0

Australia Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Kepler Wessels b Phil Edmonds 16 56 36 1 0 44.44
2 Graeme Wood c Bruce French b Derek Pringle 35 75 50 2 2 70.00
3 Dean Jones c Martyn Moxon b Phil Edmonds 27 52 45 3 0 60.00
4 Allan Border * c & b Derek Pringle 9 14 21 1 0 42.86
5 Kim Hughes c Bruce French b Neil Foster 14 46 33 0 0 42.42
6 Greg Matthews c Neil Foster b Richard Ellison 24 65 50 1 0 48.00
7 Simon O\'Donnell c Martyn Moxon b Richard Ellison 19 49 39 1 0 48.72
8 Steve Rixon † not out 11 34 19 0 0 57.89
9 Murray Bennett run out 0 1 0 0 0
10 Rod McCurdy not out 6 11 7 0 0 85.71
11 Terry Alderman Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 9, w 8 17
Total 8 wickets; 50.0 overs; 178 3.56 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-54 ( Kepler Wessels, 0.0 ) ;   2-64 ( Graeme Wood, 0.0 ) ;   3-82 ( Allan Border, 0.0 ) ;   4-100 ( Kim Hughes, 0.0 ) ;   5-120 ( Dean Jones, 0.0 ) ;   6-151 ( Greg Matthews, 0.0 ) ;   7-168 ( Simon O\'Donnell, 0.0 ) ;   8-168 ( Murray Bennett, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Neil Foster 10.0 1 34 1 0 0
Richard Ellison 10.0 1 28 2 0 0
Derek Pringle 10.0 0 49 2 0 0
Phil Edmonds 10.0 2 31 2 0 0
Norman Gifford * 10.0 1 27 0 0 0