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o307 Australia v England

Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 (Group A)

Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17th February 1985 (50-over match) (day/night)

Balls per over 6

Toss England won the toss and decided to bat

Result Australia won by 7 wickets

Points Australia 2; England 0

Umpires AR Crafter, RC Isherwood

Man of the match RB Kerr

England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Fowler	c and b McDermott	26	48	69	2	-
+PR Downton	c McCurdy b McDermott	27	64	81	2	-
*DI Gower	c Alderman b McCurdy	6	13	23	-	-
AJ Lamb	c Kerr b Lawson	53	53	77	3	-
MW Gatting	c Alderman b O'Donnell	34	54	76	-	-
CS Cowdrey	lbw b McDermott	0	1	2	-	-
VJ Marks	b Lawson	24	38	46	1	-
PH Edmonds	b Lawson	20	22	29	2	-
RM Ellison	not out	2	4	13	-	-
JP Agnew	not out	2	3	4	-	-
NG Cowans	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 12 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 49 overs)	214
Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Fowler), 2-66 (Downton), 3-76 (Gower), 4-159 (Lamb), 5-159 (Gatting), 6-166 (Cowdrey), 7-200 (Edmonds), 8-211 (Marks)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	10	3	31	3	-	-
Alderman	10	0	48	0	-	-
McDermott	10	0	39	3	-	-
McCurdy	10	1	42	1	-	-
O'Donnell	9	0	39	1	-	-

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Gatting b Ellison	39	50	56	5	-
RB Kerr	not out	87	126	193	5	-
KJ Hughes	run out	0	3	3	-	-
*AR Border	c Cowans b Marks	1	6	7	-	-
DM Jones	not out	78	94	124	8	-
+WB Phillips	did not bat
SP O'Donnell	did not bat
GF Lawson	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
RJ McCurdy	did not bat
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 45.2 overs)	215
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Wessels), 2-57 (Hughes), 3-58 (Border)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	10	0	52	0	-	-
Ellison	10	4	34	1	-	-
Agnew	8	0	59	0	-	-
Marks	7.2	0	33	1	-	-
Edmonds	10	0	33	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was reduced to 49 overs per side
--> VJ Marks passed 2500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 23
--> PH Edmonds passed his previous highest ODIs score of 15
--> RB Kerr passed 500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 51

a4312 o307	Australia v England
	Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984/85 (Group A)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17th February 1985 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 7 wickets
Points	Australia 2; England 0
Umpires	AR Crafter, RC Isherwood
Man of the match	RB Kerr