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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 30, 1975

3rd TEST: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26-30 Dec 1975

Test # 766 (766/38)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1975/76, 3rd Test
Australia v West Indies
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,30 December 1975 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia leads the 6-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and JR Collins
Test Debuts: GJ Cosier (Aus).
Man of the match: JR Thomson

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: West Indies 224, Australia 38/0 (Redpath 16*, Turner 16*)
  • Day 2: Australia 270/4 (GS Chappell 42*, Cosier 44*)
  • Day 3: Australia 485, West Indies 92/3 (Kallicharran 9*, Richards 34*)
    West Indies 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    RC Fredericks c McCosker b Thomson 59 142 115 6 0
    CG Greenidge c Marsh b Thomson 3 35 18 0 0
    LG Rowe c IM Chappell b Thomson 0 3 3 0 0
    AI Kallicharran c Marsh b Thomson 20 86 48 0 0
    IVA Richards b Lillee 41 85 54 4 0
    *CH Lloyd c GS Chappell b Thomson 2 12 9 0 0
    +DL Murray c Walker b Lillee 24 48 38 3 0
    BD Julien c Mallett b Lillee 18 38 34 2 0
    VA Holder b Walker 24 72 47 2 0
    AME Roberts c Marsh b Lillee 6 33 28 0 0
    LR Gibbs not out 0 9 6 0 0
    Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 22) 27
    Total (all out, 47 overs, 287 mins) 224

    FoW: 1-22 (Greenidge), 2-22 (Rowe), 3-91 (Kallicharran),
    4-103 (Fredericks), 5-108 (Lloyd), 6-167 (Murray),
    7-172 (Richards), 8-199 (Julien), 9-218 (Roberts),
    10-224 (Holder).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 14 2 56 4 (4nb)
    Thomson 11 1 62 5 (13nb, 1w)
    Walker 13 1 46 1 (6nb)
    Cosier 4 0 15 0
    Mallett 5 1 18 0 (1nb)

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    IR Redpath b Roberts 102 320 258 10 0
    A Turner b Roberts 21 94 47 1 0
    RB McCosker c Murray b Julien 4 20 10 0 0
    IM Chappell c Kallicharran b Gibbs 35 149 105 3 0
    *GS Chappell c Murray b Julien 52 193 127 3 0
    GJ Cosier c Kallicharran b Roberts 109 254 186 13 0
    +RW Marsh c & b Gibbs 56 143 109 5 0
    MHN Walker c Murray b Roberts 1 3 2 0 0
    DK Lillee c Richards b Holder 25 85 69 3 0
    JR Thomson lbw b Julien 44 79 47 3 2
    AA Mallett not out 3 15 13 0 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 22) 33
    Total (all out, 118.3 overs, 683 mins) 485

    FoW: 1-49 (Turner), 2-61 (McCosker), 3-151 (IM Chappell),
    4-188 (Redpath), 5-302 (GS Chappell), 6-390 (Cosier),
    7-392 (Walker), 8-415 (Marsh), 9-471 (Lillee),
    10-485 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Roberts 32 2 126 4 (6nb)
    Holder 27 2 123 1 (12nb)
    Julien 28.3 5 120 3 (8nb)
    Gibbs 30 9 81 2
    Richards 1 0 2 0

    West Indies 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    RC Fredericks b GS Chappell 26 59 44 4 0
    CG Greenidge c Marsh b Walker 8 22 23 2 0
    LG Rowe c Marsh b Lillee 8 41 19 0 0
    AI Kallicharran c Marsh b Lillee 32 141 117 0 0
    IVA Richards c Marsh b Thomson 36 68 51 5 0
    *CH Lloyd c Lillee b Mallett 102 206 121 14 0
    +DL Murray c Marsh b Lillee 22 75 82 3 0
    BD Julien b Walker 27 53 56 3 0
    VA Holder run out 15 39 31 1 0
    AME Roberts c Mallett b IM Chappell 5 5 5 1 0
    LR Gibbs not out 5 22 25 1 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 4, nb 14) 26
    Total (all out, 69.2 overs, 372 mins) 312

    FoW: 1-14 (Greenidge), 2-48 (Fredericks), 3-48 (Rowe),
    4-99 (Richards), 5-151 (Kallicharran), 6-229 (Murray),
    7-278 (Julien), 8-288 (Lloyd), 9-297 (Roberts),
    10-312 (Holder).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 15 1 70 3 (6nb)
    Walker 19 1 74 2 (4nb)
    GS Chappell 7 1 23 1 (1nb)
    IM Chappell 5.2 3 7 1
    Thomson 9 0 51 1 (7nb)
    Mallett 14 0 61 1 (2nb)

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 52 runs) R M B 4 6
    RB McCosker not out 22 52 32 1 0
    A Turner b Roberts 7 27 22 1 0
    IR Redpath c sub (KD Boyce) b Julien 9 6 7 2 0
    IM Chappell not out 13 16 14 3 0
    Extras (lb 1, nb 3) 4
    Total (2 wickets, 8.7 overs) 55

    DNB: *GS Chappell, GJ Cosier, +RW Marsh, MHN Walker, DK Lillee,
    JR Thomson, AA Mallett.

    FoW: 1-23 (Turner), 2-36 (Redpath).

    Bowling O M R W
    Roberts 3 0 19 1 (4nb)
    Julien 3 0 13 1
    Greenidge 1 1 0 0
    Rowe 1 0 6 0
    Kallicharran 0.7 0 13 0

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