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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.

Wednesday, December 4, 1974

1st TEST: Australia v England at Brisbane, 29 Nov-4 Dec 1974

Test # 746
The Ashes, 1974/75, 1st Test
Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
29,30 November, 1,3,4 December 1974 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 166 runs
Australia leads the 6-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks
Test Debuts: WJ Edwards (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 219/6 (Marsh 8*, Jenner 8*)
  • Day 2: Australia 309, England 114/4 (Edrich 40*, Greig 34*)
  • Day 3: England 265, Australia 51/2 (Redpath 24*, GS Chappell 7*)
  • Day 4: Australia 288/5d, England 10/0 (Amiss 9*, Luckhurst 0*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath b Willis 5 23 20 0 0
    WJ Edwards c Amiss b Hendrick 4 19 15 0 0
    *IM Chappell c Greig b Willis 90 289 202 10 1
    GS Chappell c Fletcher b Underwood 58 155 132 5 0
    R Edwards c Knott b Underwood 32 147 120 2 0
    KD Walters c Lever b Willis 3 9 6 0 0
    +RW Marsh c Denness b Hendrick 14 67 56 0 0
    TJ Jenner c Lever b Willis 12 49 28 2 0
    DK Lillee c Knott b Greig 15 40 22 2 0
    MHN Walker not out 41 110 72 6 0
    JR Thomson run out 23 76 77 2 0
    Extras (lb 4, nb 8) 12
    Total (all out, 92.5 overs) 309

    FoW: 1-7 (WJ Edwards), 2-10 (Redpath), 3-110 (GS Chappell),
    4-197 (IM Chappell), 5-202 (Walters), 6-205 (R Edwards),
    7-228 (Jenner), 8-229 (Marsh), 9-257 (Lillee),
    10-309 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 21.5 3 56 4
    Lever 16 1 53 0
    Hendrick 19 3 64 2
    Greig 16 2 70 1
    Underwood 20 6 54 2

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    DL Amiss c Jenner b Thomson 7 42 31 1 0
    BW Luckhurst c Marsh b Thomson 1 30 27 0 0
    JH Edrich c IM Chappell b Thomson 48 209 147 4 0
    *MH Denness lbw b Walker 6 32 20 1 0
    KWR Fletcher b Lillee 17 31 40 2 0
    AW Greig c Marsh b Lillee 110 296 229 17 0
    +APE Knott c Jenner b Walker 12 53 39 2 0
    P Lever c IM Chappell b Walker 4 11 15 0 0
    DL Underwood c Redpath b Walters 25 75 53 3 0
    RGD Willis not out 13 47 35 2 0
    M Hendrick c Redpath b Walker 4 24 17 1 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 8) 18
    Total (all out, 80.5 overs) 265

    FoW: 1-9 (Luckhurst), 2-10 (Amiss), 3-33 (Denness),
    4-57 (Fletcher), 5-130 (Edrich), 6-162 (Knott),
    7-168 (Lever), 8-226 (Underwood), 9-248 (Greig),
    10-265 (Hendrick).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 23 6 73 2
    Thomson 21 5 59 3
    Walker 24.5 2 73 4
    Walters 6 1 18 1
    Jenner 6 1 24 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    IR Redpath b Willis 25 163 125 2 0
    WJ Edwards c Knott b Willis 5 36 29 0 0
    *IM Chappell c Fletcher b Underwood 11 40 27 2 0
    GS Chappell b Underwood 71 255 202 7 0
    R Edwards c Knott b Willis 53 200 152 4 0
    KD Walters not out 62 126 96 9 0
    +RW Marsh not out 46 96 57 5 1
    Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) 15
    Total (5 wickets declared, 85 overs) 288

    DNB: TJ Jenner, DK Lillee, MHN Walker, JR Thomson.

    FoW: 1-15 (WJ Edwards), 2-39 (IM Chappell), 3-59 (Redpath),
    4-173 (GS Chappell), 5-190 (R Edwards).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 15 3 45 3
    Lever 18 4 58 0
    Hendrick 13 2 47 0
    Greig 13 2 60 0
    Underwood 26 6 63 2

    England 2nd innings (target: 333 runs) R M B 4 6
    DL Amiss c Walters b Thomson 25 95 69 2 0
    BW Luckhurst c IM Chappell b Lillee 3 38 21 0 0
    JH Edrich b Thomson 6 43 28 1 0
    *MH Denness c Walters b Thomson 27 61 46 4 0
    KWR Fletcher c GS Chappell b Jenner 19 58 56 1 0
    AW Greig b Thomson 2 10 7 0 0
    +APE Knott b Thomson 19 119 94 3 0
    P Lever c Redpath b Lillee 14 39 32 2 0
    DL Underwood c Walker b Jenner 30 67 70 6 0
    RGD Willis not out 3 21 20 0 0
    M Hendrick b Thomson 0 15 16 0 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 5) 18
    Total (all out, 56.5 overs) 166

    FoW: 1-18 (Luckhurst), 2-40 (Edrich), 3-44 (Amiss),
    4-92 (Denness), 5-94 (Fletcher), 6-94 (Greig),
    7-115 (Lever), 8-162 (Underwood), 9-163 (Knott),
    10-166 (Hendrick).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 12 2 25 2
    Thomson 17.5 3 46 6
    Walker 9 4 32 0
    Walters 2 2 0 0
    Jenner 16 5 45 2
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