1985 English cricket season
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The 1985 English cricket season saw England recover The Ashes
against an Australian team that had still not recovered from the Packer affair
.
, Tim Robinson
and David Gower
; and some excellent seam bowling by Richard Ellison. As in 1981, this was another disappointing Australian team, but fortunately for cricket their recovery would be complete by the time of their next visit in 1989.
of Somerset
topped the batting averages with 1836 runs at an average of 76.50.
The leading run scorer was Essex
and England batsman Graham Gooch
with 2208 runs at 71.22 from 33 innings.
Worcestershire
bowler Neal Radford
was the leading wicket taker with 101, at an average of 24.68.
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...
against an Australian team that had still not recovered from the Packer affair
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
.
Honors
- County Championship - Middlesex
- NatWest Trophy - Essex
- Sunday League - Essex
- Benson & Hedges Cup - LeicestershireLeicestershire County Cricket ClubLeicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
- Minor Counties Championship - CheshireCheshire County Cricket ClubCheshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
- MCCA Knockout Trophy - Durham
- Second XI Championship - Nottinghamshire II
- Wisden - Phil BainbridgePhil BainbridgePhilip Bainbridge, born on 16 April 1958 at Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Durham.A right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, Bainbridge was an important member of the Gloucestershire team throughout the 1980s,...
, Richard Ellison, Craig McDermottCraig McDermottCraig John McDermott is a former Australian cricketer. He is currently the bowling coach for the Australian cricket team....
, Neal RadfordNeal RadfordNeal Victor Radford Neal Victor Radford Neal Victor Radford (born 7 June 1957, Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) is an English former cricketer, who appeared in three Tests and six ODIs for England.He also played for Transvaal B, Lancashire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire....
, Tim RobinsonTim RobinsonTim Robinson is an English former cricketer, and current cricket umpire, who played in 29 Tests and 26 ODIs for England from 1984 to 1989....
Test series
England won the Ashes thanks to the batting of Mike GattingMike Gatting
Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...
, Tim Robinson
Tim Robinson
Tim Robinson is an English former cricketer, and current cricket umpire, who played in 29 Tests and 26 ODIs for England from 1984 to 1989....
and David Gower
David Gower
David Ivon Gower OBE is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test...
; and some excellent seam bowling by Richard Ellison. As in 1981, this was another disappointing Australian team, but fortunately for cricket their recovery would be complete by the time of their next visit in 1989.
Zimbabwe tour
Zimbabwe made their second tour of England and played in 8 first-class matches, mostly against county opposition.Leading batsmen
Viv RichardsViv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
of Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
topped the batting averages with 1836 runs at an average of 76.50.
The leading run scorer was Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
and England batsman Graham Gooch
Graham Gooch
Graham Alan Gooch OBE DL is a former cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time with 67,057 runs...
with 2208 runs at 71.22 from 33 innings.
Leading bowlers
Richard Ellison of Somerset and England topped the bowling averages, taking 65 wickets at an average of 17.20.Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
bowler Neal Radford
Neal Radford
Neal Victor Radford Neal Victor Radford Neal Victor Radford (born 7 June 1957, Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) is an English former cricketer, who appeared in three Tests and six ODIs for England.He also played for Transvaal B, Lancashire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire....
was the leading wicket taker with 101, at an average of 24.68.
External sources
Annual reviews
- Playfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...
1986 - Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1986