Ashes Tour 1985

The 1985 Ashes Tour was the tour of the Australian national cricket team , which included the 53rd edition of the Ashes , and was held between May 30 and September 2, 1985. The international cricket tour was part of the 1985 international cricket season and included six test matches and three ODIs . England won the Test series 3–1, while Australia won the ODI series 1–2.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1982/83 season in Australia .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	5. test; 2. ODI
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	1st test
The oval	London	23,500	6. Test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. test; 3. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	4. test; 1. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	3rd test

Squad lists

test		ODI
England	Australia	England	Australia
Jonathan Agnew Paul Allott Ian Botham Norman Cowans Paul Downton Phil Edmonds Richard Ellison John Emburey Neil Foster Mike Gatting Graham Gooch David Gower Allan Lamb Tim Robinson Arnie Sidebottom Paul Taylor Peter Willey	Murray Bennett David Boon Allan Border Dave Gilbert Andrew Hilditch Bob Holland Geoff Lawson Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Simon O'Donnell Wayne Phillips Greg Ritchie Jeff Thomson Dirk Wellham Kepler Wessels Graeme Wood	Jonathan Agnew Paul Allott Ian Botham Norman Cowans Paul Downton Phil Edmonds Richard Ellison John Emburey Neil Foster Mike Gatting Graham Gooch David Gower Allan Lamb Tim Robinson Arnie Sidebottom Paul Taylor Peter Willey	David Boon Allan Border Andrew Hilditch Bob Holland Geoff Lawson Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Simon O'Donnell Wayne Phillips Greg Ritchie Jeff Thomson Dirk Wellham Kepler Wessels Graeme Wood

One-day internationals

First ODI in Manchester

May 30th scorecard	Manchester	England 219 (54/55)	-	Australia 220-7 (54.1 / 55)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Birmingham

June 1st scorecard	Birmingham	England 231-7 (55/55)	-	Australia 233-6 (54/55)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

Third ODI in London

June 3 scorecard	London (Lord's)	Australia 254-5 (55/55)	-	England 257-2 (49/55)
		England wins with 8 wickets

Testing

First test in Leeds

June 13-18 scorecard	Leeds	Australia 331 (98.1) & 324 (115.4)	-	England 533 (125) & 123-5 (38.4)
		England wins with 5 wickets

Second test in London

June 27th - July 2nd scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 290 (99.2) & 261 (80)	-	Australia 425 (124.4) & 127-6 (46)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

Third test in Nottingham

July 11-16 Scorecard	Nottingham	England 456 (129.4) & 196-2 (68)	-	Australia 539 (201.2)
		draw

Fourth test in Manchester

August 1-6 scorecard	Manchester	Australia 257 (89.1) & 340-5 (140)	-	England 482-9d (141)
		draw

Fifth test in Birmingham

August 15-20 Scorecard	Birmingham	Australia 335 (113.5) & 142 (64.1)	-	England 595-5d (134)
		England won with one innings and 118 runs

Sixth test in London

August 29th - September 2nd scorecard	London (oval)	England 464 (118.2)	-	Australia 241 (84) & 129 (46.3)
		England wins with one innings and 94 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo