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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.

Monday, February 8, 1971

Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club at Sydney Cricket Ground, 8 Feb 1971

Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia, 1970/71
Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club
Sydney Cricket Ground
8 February 1971 (40-over match)

Result: No result

Toss: Marylebone Cricket Club
Umpires: TF Brooks and EF Wykes

Balls per over: 8

Marylebone Cricket Club innings (40 overs maximum)              R   M   B  4 6
G Boycott retired hurt 0 2 3 0 0
JH Edrich c Lock b Gannon 5 23 0 0
KWR Fletcher c Marsh b Lock 26 93 1 0
JH Hampshire b Gannon 8 10 2 0
*MC Cowdrey c Inverarity b Varis 9 56 1 0
BL D'Oliveira c Inverarity b Lock 54 89 6 0
+RW Taylor b Gannon 10 42 1 0
JA Snow b Gannon 14 16 1 0
D Wilson c Inverarity b Lock 6 10 0 0
P Lever not out 12 19 0 0
K Shuttleworth run out 3 8 0 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 2) 5
Total (all out, 39.3 overs, 193 mins) 152

FoW: 1-12 (Edrich), 2-20 (Hampshire), 3-50 (Cowdrey),
4-50 (Fletcher), 5-87 (Taylor), 6-113 (Snow),
7-131 (Wilson), 8-146 (D'Oliveira), 9-152 (Shuttleworth).

Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 8 2 23 0
Gannon 8 1 41 4 (2nb)
Massie 8 1 41 0
Varis 8 3 22 1
Lock 7.3 2 20 3

Western Australia innings (target: 153 runs from 40 overs) R M B 4 6
D Chadwick not out 17 29 1 0
KJ McAullay b Lever 1 17 0 0
RJ Inverarity c Taylor b Lever 0 2 0 0
R Edwards not out 4 7 0 0
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (2 wickets, 5.4 overs, 29 mins) 24

DNB: JT Irvine, +RW Marsh, L Varis, GD McKenzie, *GAR Lock,
RAL Massie, JB Gannon.

FoW: 1-16 (McAullay), 2-16 (Inverarity).

Bowling O M R W
Snow 3 1 9 0
Lever 2.4 0 13 2

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

  • Scorers: GGA Saulez (Marylebone Cricket Club) and DK Sherwood (Western Australia)
  • 12th Men: DK Lillee (Western Australia). Marylebone Cricket Club did not name a 12th Man.
  • G Boycott retired hurt at 0/0 (The third ball of the match, bowled by McKenzie, reared and hit Boycott on the left forearm, breaking it. He retired from further participation in the game and was out of contention for the remainder of the tour).
  • At 3.22pm, in the sixth over of the Western Australian innings rain began to fall and drove the players from the field. No further play was able to take place bringing the game to an unsatisfactory conclusion.
  • Attendance: 2,000

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