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Nervous nineties is the period of batsman's innings when his or her score is between 90 and 99. During this phase many players bat extremely cautiously in order to avoid being out before they obtain a century.

Thursday, January 14, 1971

4th TEST: Australia v England at Sydney Cricket Ground, 9-14 Jan 1971

Test # 676 (676/206)
The Ashes, 1970/71, 4th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
9,10,11,13,14 January 1971 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 299 runs
England leads the 7-Test series 1-0 (1 abandoned)

Toss: England
Umpires: TF Brooks and LP Rowan
Test Debuts: RGD Willis (Eng).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 267/7 (Snow 25*, Lever 1*)
  • Day 2: England 332, Australia 189/4 (Redpath 64*, Stackpole 26*)
  • Day 3: Australia 236, England 178/3 (Boycott 84*, D'Oliveira 56*)
  • Day 4: England 319/5d, Australia 64/4 (Lawry 24*, Stackpole 28*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott c Gleeson b Connolly 77 140 147 11 0
    BW Luckhurst lbw b Gleeson 38 167 119 3 0
    JH Edrich c Gleeson b GS Chappell 55 121 105 8 0
    KWR Fletcher c Walters b Mallett 23 91 103 2 0
    BL D'Oliveira c Connolly b Mallett 0 7 6 0 0
    *R Illingworth b Gleeson 25 93 83 3 0
    +APE Knott st Marsh b Mallett 6 27 35 0 0
    JA Snow c Lawry b Gleeson 37 87 79 5 0
    P Lever c Connolly b Mallett 36 74 61 5 0
    DL Underwood c GS Chappell b Gleeson 0 1 1 0 0
    RGD Willis not out 15 38 33 1 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 12) 20
    Total (all out, 94.7 overs) 332

    FoW: 1-116 (Boycott), 2-130 (Luckhurst), 3-201 (Fletcher),
    4-205 (Edrich), 5-208 (D'Oliveira), 6-219 (Knott),
    7-262 (Illingworth), 8-291 (Snow), 9-291 (Underwood),
    10-332 (Lever).

    Bowling O M R W
    McKenzie 15 3 74 0
    Connolly 13 2 43 1
    Gleeson 29 7 83 4
    GS Chappell 11 4 30 1
    Mallett 16.7 5 40 4
    Walters 3 1 11 0
    Stackpole 7 2 31 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    *WM Lawry c Edrich b Lever 9 85 66 0 0
    IM Chappell c Underwood b Snow 12 44 27 1 0
    IR Redpath c Fletcher b D'Oliveira 64 241 195 6 0
    KD Walters c Luckhurst b Illingworth 55 114 110 8 0
    GS Chappell c & b Underwood 15 40 44 2 0
    KR Stackpole c Boycott b Underwood 33 58 46 7 0
    +RW Marsh c D'Oliveira b Underwood 8 32 30 1 0
    AA Mallett b Underwood 4 22 21 0 0
    GD McKenzie not out 11 42 28 1 0
    JW Gleeson c Fletcher b D'Oliveira 0 7 11 0 0
    AN Connolly b Lever 14 22 30 2 0
    Extras (nb 11) 11
    Total (all out, 76.6 overs) 236

    FoW: 1-14 (IM Chappell), 2-38 (Lawry), 3-137 (Walters),
    4-160 (GS Chappell), 5-189 (Redpath), 6-199 (Stackpole),
    7-208 (Marsh), 8-208 (Mallett), 9-219 (Gleeson),
    10-236 (Connolly).

    Bowling O M R W
    Snow 14 6 23 1
    Willis 9 2 26 0
    Lever 8.6 1 31 2
    Underwood 22 7 66 4
    Illingworth 14 3 59 1
    D'Oliveira 9 2 20 2

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    G Boycott not out 142 412 360 12 0
    BW Luckhurst c IM Chappell b McKenzie 5 20 15 1 0
    JH Edrich run out 12 50 51 0 0
    KWR Fletcher c Stackpole b Mallett 8 18 23 1 0
    BL D'Oliveira c IM Chappell b GS Chappell 56 156 148 6 0
    *R Illingworth st Marsh b Mallett 53 131 145 6 0
    +APE Knott not out 21 26 20 2 0
    Extras (b 9, lb 4, nb 9) 22
    Total (5 wickets declared, 94 overs) 319

    DNB: JA Snow, P Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.

    FoW: 1-7 (Luckhurst), 2-35 (Edrich), 3-48 (Fletcher),
    4-181 (D'Oliveira), 5-276 (Illingworth).

    Bowling O M R W
    McKenzie 15 0 65 1
    Connolly 14 1 38 0
    Gleeson 23 4 54 0
    GS Chappell 15 5 24 1
    Mallett 19 1 85 2
    Walters 2 0 14 0
    Stackpole 6 1 17 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 416 runs) R M B 4 6
    *WM Lawry not out 60 267 229 8 0
    IM Chappell c D'Oliveira b Snow 0 3 1 0 0
    IR Redpath c Edrich b Snow 6 21 13 0 0
    KD Walters c Knott b Lever 3 12 9 0 0
    GS Chappell b Snow 2 14 9 0 0
    KR Stackpole c Lever b Snow 30 96 92 4 0
    +RW Marsh c Willis b Snow 0 6 7 0 0
    AA Mallett c Knott b Willis 6 49 43 0 0
    GD McKenzie retired hurt 6 44 47 1 0
    JW Gleeson b Snow 0 4 5 0 0
    AN Connolly c Knott b Snow 0 1 3 0 0
    Extras (b 2, nb 1) 3
    Total (all out, 56.5 overs) 116

    FoW: 1-1 (IM Chappell), 2-11 (Redpath), 3-14 (Walters),
    4-21 (GS Chappell), 5-66 (Stackpole), 6-66 (Marsh),
    7-86 (Mallett), 8-116 (Gleeson), 9-116 (Connolly).

    Bowling O M R W
    Snow 17.5 5 40 7
    Willis 3 2 1 1
    Lever 11 1 24 1
    Underwood 8 2 17 0
    Illingworth 9 5 9 0
    D'Oliveira 7 3 16 0
    Fletcher 1 0 6 0

    • GD McKenzie retired hurt at 107/7
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