Rothmans Four-Nations Cup - 2nd match
Australia won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
- ODI no. 322 | 1984/85 season
- Played at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (neutral venue)
- 24 March 1985 (50-over match)
| England innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Fowler | c Hughes b Alderman | 26 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 78.78 | |
| RT Robinson | c †Rixon b Matthews | 37 | 107 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 50.68 | |
| MD Moxon | lbw b O'Donnell | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DW Randall | st †Rixon b Bennett | 19 | 64 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 41.30 | |
| CM Wells | lbw b Bennett | 17 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 58.62 | |
| DR Pringle | st †Rixon b Border | 4 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9.75 | |
| PH Edmonds | not out | 15 | 51 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| BN French† | c †Rixon b Border | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| RM Ellison | c Wessels b Border | 24 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 92.30 | |
| NA Foster | not out | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 5, w 6, nb 6) | 26 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs) | 177 | (3.54 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat N Gifford* |
| Fall of wickets1-47 (Fowler), 2-53 (Moxon), 3-95 (Robinson), 4-109 (Randall), 5-123 (Wells), 6-128 (Pringle), 7-134 (French), 8-169 (Ellison) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TM Alderman | 7 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 5.14 | |||
| RJ McCurdy | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4.60 | |||
| SP O'Donnell | 8 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3.25 | |||
| MJ Bennett | 10 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2.70 | |||
| GRJ Matthews | 10 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1.50 | |||
| AR Border | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3.00 | |||
| KC Wessels | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Australia innings (target: 178 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| KC Wessels | b Edmonds | 16 | 56 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| GM Wood | c †French b Pringle | 35 | 75 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 70.00 | |
| DM Jones | c Moxon b Edmonds | 27 | 52 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| AR Border* | c & b Pringle | 9 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| KJ Hughes | c †French b Foster | 14 | 46 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 42.42 | |
| GRJ Matthews | c Foster b Ellison | 24 | 65 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 48.00 | |
| SP O'Donnell | c Moxon b Ellison | 19 | 49 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 48.71 | |
| SJ Rixon† | not out | 11 | 34 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| MJ Bennett | run out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| RJ McCurdy | not out | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| Extras | (lb 9, w 8) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs) | 178 | (3.56 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat TM Alderman |
| Fall of wickets1-54 (Wessels), 2-64 (Wood), 3-82 (Border), 4-100 (Jones), 5-120 (Hughes), 6-151 (Matthews), 7-168 (O'Donnell), 8-168 (Bennett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| NA Foster | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | |||
| RM Ellison | 10 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 2.80 | |||
| DR Pringle | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 4.90 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 10 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3.10 | |||
| N Gifford | 10 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to field Series Australia advanced |
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ODI debuts
N Gifford and
CM Wells
(England) Player of the match GRJ Matthews (Australia) |
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Umpires
Khizer Hayat (Pakistan) and S Kishen (India) |
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