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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.

Tuesday, January 26, 1971

5th TEST: Australia v England at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 21-26 Jan 1971

Test # 677 (677/207)
The Ashes, 1970/71, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
21,22,23,25,26 January 1971 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
England leads the 7-Test series 1-0 (1 abandoned)

Toss: Australia
Umpires: MG O'Connell and LP Rowan
Test Debuts: JRF Duncan, KJ O'Keeffe (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 260/1 (IM Chappell 105*, Redpath 70*)
  • Day 2: Australia 493/9d, England 28/0 (Boycott 10*, Luckhurst 17*)
  • Day 3: England 258/4 (D'Oliveira 72*, Illingworth 16*)
  • Day 4: England 392, Australia 70/1 (Lawry 39*, IM Chappell 4*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KR Stackpole c Lever b D'Oliveira 30 129 92 2 0
    *WM Lawry c Snow b Willis 56 246 191 6 0
    IM Chappell c Luckhurst b Snow 111 243 212 12 0
    IR Redpath b Snow 72 232 187 7 0
    KD Walters b Underwood 55 128 98 5 0
    GS Chappell c Edrich b Willis 3 9 10 0 0
    +RW Marsh not out 92 197 155 12 0
    KJ O'Keeffe c Luckhurst b Illingworth 27 99 67 2 0
    JW Gleeson c Cowdrey b Willis 5 8 9 1 0
    JRF Duncan c Edrich b Illingworth 3 5 8 0 0
    AL Thomson not out 0 18 17 0 0
    Extras (b 10, lb 17, nb 12) 39
    Total (9 wickets declared, 128 overs) 493

    FoW: 1-64 (Stackpole), 2-266 (IM Chappell), 3-269 (Redpath),
    4-310 (Lawry), 5-314 (GS Chappell), 6-374 (Walters),
    7-471 (O'Keeffe), 8-477 (Gleeson), 9-480 (Duncan).

    Bowling O M R W
    Snow 29 6 94 2
    Lever 25 6 79 0
    D'Oliveira 22 6 71 1
    Willis 20 5 73 3
    Underwood 19 4 78 1
    Illingworth 13 0 59 2

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    G Boycott c Redpath b Thomson 12 69 69 1 0
    BW Luckhurst b Walters 109 328 280 11 0
    JH Edrich c Marsh b Thomson 9 47 47 1 0
    MC Cowdrey c & b Gleeson 13 32 21 3 0
    BL D'Oliveira c Marsh b Thomson 117 346 294 11 1
    *R Illingworth c Redpath b Gleeson 41 116 136 5 0
    +APE Knott lbw b Stackpole 19 124 127 0 0
    JA Snow b IM Chappell 1 55 47 0 0
    P Lever run out 19 51 64 1 0
    DL Underwood c & b Gleeson 5 24 19 0 0
    RGD Willis not out 5 9 8 0 0
    Extras (b 17, lb 14, nb 11) 42
    Total (all out, 137.5 overs) 392

    FoW: 1-40 (Boycott), 2-64 (Edrich), 3-88 (Cowdrey),
    4-228 (Luckhurst), 5-306 (Illingworth), 6-340 (D'Oliveira),
    7-354 (Snow), 8-362 (Knott), 9-379 (Underwood),
    10-392 (Lever).

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 34 5 110 3
    Duncan 14 4 30 0
    GS Chappell 8 0 21 0
    O'Keeffe 31 11 71 0
    Gleeson 25 7 60 3
    Stackpole 17.5 4 41 1
    Walters 5 2 7 1
    IM Chappell 3 0 10 1

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    KR Stackpole c Knott b Willis 18 90 58 1 0
    *WM Lawry c sub (K Shuttleworth) b Snow 42 157 130 2 0
    IM Chappell b Underwood 30 122 80 2 0
    IR Redpath c Knott b Snow 5 9 9 1 0
    KD Walters not out 39 87 58 4 0
    GS Chappell not out 20 41 38 1 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 4) 15
    Total (4 wickets declared, 46 overs) 169

    DNB: +RW Marsh, KJ O'Keeffe, JW Gleeson, JRF Duncan, AL Thomson.

    FoW: 1-51 (Stackpole), 2-84 (Lawry), 3-91 (Redpath),
    4-132 (IM Chappell).

    Bowling O M R W
    Snow 12 4 21 2
    Lever 12 1 53 0
    Willis 10 1 42 1
    Underwood 12 0 38 1

    England 2nd innings (target: 271 runs) R M B 4 6
    G Boycott not out 76 240 246 7 0
    JH Edrich not out 74 240 221 7 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 2) 11
    Total (0 wickets, 58 overs) 161

    DNB: BW Luckhurst, MC Cowdrey, BL D'Oliveira, *R Illingworth,
    +APE Knott, JA Snow, P Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 11 5 26 0
    GS Chappell 5 0 19 0
    O'Keeffe 19 3 45 0
    Gleeson 3 1 18 0
    Stackpole 13 2 28 0
    Walters 7 1 14 0

    • WM Lawry (1) retired hurt on 38* from 86/1 to 266/2
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