1985 English cricket season
- 1985 English cricket season
The 1985 English cricket season saw England recover The Ashes against an Australian team that had still not recovered from the Packer affair.
Honors
*County Championship - Middlesex
*NatWest Trophy - Essex
*Sunday League - Essex
*Benson & Hedges Cup - Leicestershire
*Minor Counties Championship - Cheshire
*MCCA Knockout Trophy - Durham
*Second XI Championship - Nottinghamshire II
*Wisden - Phil Bainbridge, Richard Ellison, Craig McDermott, Neal Radford, Tim Robinson
Test Series
England won the Ashes thanks to the batting of Mike Gatting, 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.
Zimbabwe tour
Zimbabwe made their second tour of England and played in 8 first-class matches, mostly against county opposition.
Leading batsmen
Viv Richards 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.
Leading bowlers
Richard Ellison of Somerset and England topped the bowling averages, taking 65 wickets at an average of 17.20.
Worcestershire bowler Neal Radford was the leading wicket taker with 101, at an average of 24.68.
External sources
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/ENG.html CricketArchive – season and tournament itineraries]
Annual reviews
* Playfair Cricket Annual 1986
* Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1986
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