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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, December 17, 1974

2nd TEST: Australia v England at Perth, 13-17 Dec 1974

Test # 748
The Ashes, 1974/75, 2nd Test
Australia v England
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
13,14,15,17 December 1974 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Australia leads the 6-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 208, Australia 1/0 (Redpath 1*, WJ Edwards 0*)
  • Day 2: Australia 352/4 (R Edwards 79*, Walters 103*)
  • Day 3: Australia 481, England 102/1 (Denness 13*, Greig 28*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    D Lloyd c GS Chappell b Thomson 49 187 157 6 0
    BW Luckhurst c Mallett b Walker 27 81 53 6 0
    MC Cowdrey b Thomson 22 125 101 3 0
    AW Greig c Mallett b Walker 23 65 46 3 0
    KWR Fletcher c Redpath b Lillee 4 24 17 1 0
    *MH Denness c GS Chappell b Lillee 2 13 12 0 0
    +APE Knott c Redpath b Walters 51 86 70 5 0
    FJ Titmus c Redpath b Walters 10 94 66 0 0
    CM Old c GS Chappell b IM Chappell 7 5 7 1 0
    GG Arnold run out 1 1 0 0 0
    RGD Willis not out 4 2 2 1 0
    Extras (w 3, nb 5) 8
    Total (all out, 65.3 overs) 208

    FoW: 1-44 (Luckhurst), 2-99 (Lloyd), 3-119 (Cowdrey),
    4-128 (Fletcher), 5-132 (Denness), 6-132 (Greig),
    7-194 (Knott), 8-201 (Old), 9-202 (Arnold), 10-208 (Titmus).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 16 4 48 2
    Thomson 15 6 45 2
    Walker 20 5 49 2
    Mallett 10 3 35 0
    Walters 2.3 0 13 2
    IM Chappell 2 0 10 1

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    IR Redpath st Knott b Titmus 41 111 92 2 0
    WJ Edwards c Lloyd b Greig 30 62 43 2 0
    *IM Chappell c Knott b Arnold 25 69 48 5 0
    GS Chappell c Greig b Willis 62 126 122 6 0
    R Edwards b Arnold 115 322 252 6 0
    KD Walters c Fletcher b Willis 103 140 119 11 1
    +RW Marsh c Lloyd b Titmus 41 120 93 5 0
    MHN Walker c Knott b Old 19 80 72 0 0
    DK Lillee b Old 11 13 20 1 0
    AA Mallett c Knott b Old 0 1 2 0 0
    JR Thomson not out 11 16 12 1 0
    Extras (b 7, lb 14, nb 2) 23
    Total (all out, 108.6 overs) 481

    FoW: 1-64 (WJ Edwards), 2-101 (Redpath), 3-113 (IM Chappell),
    4-192 (GS Chappell), 5-362 (Walters), 6-416 (R Edwards),
    7-449 (Marsh), 8-462 (Lillee), 9-462 (Mallett),
    10-481 (Walker).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 22 0 91 2
    Arnold 27 1 129 2
    Old 22.6 3 85 3
    Greig 9 0 69 1
    Titmus 28 3 84 2

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    D Lloyd c GS Chappell b Walker 35 180 148 4 0
    MC Cowdrey lbw b Thomson 41 131 96 7 0
    *MH Denness c Redpath b Thomson 20 97 66 1 0
    AW Greig c GS Chappell b Thomson 32 58 49 6 0
    KWR Fletcher c Marsh b Thomson 0 1 1 0 0
    +APE Knott c GS Chappell b Lillee 18 32 31 3 0
    BW Luckhurst c Mallett b Lillee 23 136 107 2 0
    FJ Titmus c GS Chappell b Mallett 61 108 91 8 0
    CM Old c Thomson b Mallett 43 64 48 5 2
    GG Arnold c Mallett b Thomson 4 8 8 1 0
    RGD Willis not out 0 2 0 0 0
    Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 11) 16
    Total (all out, 91.1 overs) 293

    FoW: 1-62 (Cowdrey), 2-106 (Greig), 3-124 (Denness),
    4-124 (Fletcher), 5-154 (Knott), 6-156 (Lloyd),
    7-219 (Luckhurst), 8-285 (Old), 9-293 (Arnold),
    10-293 (Titmus).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 22 5 59 2
    Thomson 25 4 93 5
    Walker 24 7 76 1
    Mallett 11.1 4 32 2
    Walters 9 4 17 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 21 runs) R M B 4 6
    IR Redpath not out 12 22 21 2 0
    WJ Edwards lbw b Arnold 0 8 3 0 0
    *IM Chappell not out 11 12 7 1 0
    Extras 0
    Total (1 wicket, 3.7 overs) 23

    DNB: GS Chappell, R Edwards, KD Walters, +RW Marsh, MHN Walker,
    DK Lillee, AA Mallett, JR Thomson.

    FoW: 1-4 (WJ Edwards).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 2 0 8 0
    Arnold 1.7 0 15 1

    • D Lloyd (2) retired hurt on 17* from 52/0 to 106/2
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