Australia vs England Scorecard, Benson Hedges World Championship, 1st Match, 17 February, 1985, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Benson Hedges World Championship | February 17, 1985, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

Completed

Australia

*215/3 (45.2 ov)

England

*214/8 (49.0 ov)

Australia won by 7 wickets

Player of the Match

Robbie Kerr - Australia

Commentary Scorecard Squad Point Table

England Inning Inning

214/8 (49.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Fowler c & b McDermott	26	48	2	0	54.17
Paul Downton c McCurdy b McDermott	27	64	2	0	42.19
David Gower c Alderman b McCurdy	6	13	0	0	46.15
Allan Lamb c Kerr b Lawson	53	53	3	0	100.00
Mike Gatting c Alderman b O'Donnell	34	54	0	0	62.96
Chris Cowdrey lbw b McDermott	0	1	0	0	0.00
Vic Marks b Lawson	24	38	1	0	63.16
Phil Edmonds b Lawson	20	22	2	0	90.91
Richard Ellison not out	2	4	0	0	50.00
Jonathan Agnew not out	2	3	0	0	66.67
EXTRAS ( b 3, lb 12, w 0, nb 5, p 0)	20
TOTAL (4.37 RUNS PER OVER)	214/8 (49.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

61-1 (Graeme Fowler, 0 ov), 66-2 (Paul Downton, 0 ov), 76-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 159-4 (Allan Lamb, 0 ov), 159-5 (Mike Gatting, 0 ov), 166-6 (Chris Cowdrey, 0 ov), 211-8 (Vic Marks, 0 ov), 200-7 (Phil Edmonds, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Norman Cowans

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Geoff Lawson	10	3	31	3	3.10
Terry Alderman	10	0	48	0	4.80
Craig McDermott	10	0	39	3	3.90
Rod McCurdy	10	1	42	1	4.20
Simon O'Donnell	9	0	39	1	4.33

Australia (target runs off 49.0 overs) Inning Inning

215/3 (45.2 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kepler Wessels c Gatting b Ellison	39	50	5	0	78.00
Robbie Kerr not out	87	126	5	0	69.05
Kim Hughes run out	0	3	0	0	0.00
Allan Border c Cowans b Marks	1	6	0	0	16.67
Dean Jones not out	78	94	8	0	82.98
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 6, p 0)	10
TOTAL (4.76 RUNS PER OVER)	215/3 (45.2 ov)