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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 20, 1978

2nd TEST: Australia v England at Perth, 15-20 Dec 1978

Test # 836 (835/232)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 2nd Test
Australia v England
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
15,16,17,19,20 December 1978 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 166 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks
Man of the Match: RM Hogg

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 190/3 (Boycott 63*, Gower 101*)
  • Day 2: England 309, Australia 60/4 (Toohey 6*)
  • Day 3: Australia 190, England 58/0 (Boycott 23*, Gooch 26*)
  • Day 4: England 208, Australia 11/1 (Wood 2*, Hughes 1*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott lbw b Hurst 77 454 337 1 0
    GA Gooch c Maclean b Hogg 1 19 10 0 0
    DW Randall c Wood b Hogg 0 2 3 0 0
    *JM Brearley c Maclean b Dymock 17 117 104 1 0
    DI Gower b Hogg 102 254 221 9 0
    IT Botham lbw b Hurst 11 44 28 1 0
    G Miller b Hogg 40 145 104 4 0
    +RW Taylor c Hurst b Yardley 12 52 59 1 0
    JK Lever c Cosier b Hurst 14 60 40 0 0
    RGD Willis c Yallop b Hogg 2 41 20 0 0
    M Hendrick not out 7 22 25 1 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 9, w 3, nb 8) 26
    Total (all out, 117.5 overs) 309

    FoW: 1-3 (Gooch), 2-3 (Randall), 3-41 (Brearley), 4-199 (Gower),
    5-219 (Botham), 6-224 (Boycott), 7-253 (Taylor),
    8-295 (Lever), 9-300 (Miller), 10-309 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 30.5 9 65 5
    Dymock 34 4 72 1
    Hurst 26 7 70 3
    Yardley 23 1 62 1
    Cosier 4 2 14 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    GM Wood lbw b Lever 5 12 12 0 0
    WM Darling run out 25 112 63 1 0
    KJ Hughes b Willis 16 43 44 1 0
    *GN Yallop b Willis 3 18 17 0 0
    PM Toohey not out 81 272 184 6 0
    GJ Cosier c Gooch b Willis 4 33 24 0 0
    +JA Maclean c Gooch b Miller 0 2 2 0 0
    B Yardley c Taylor b Hendrick 12 43 44 0 0
    RM Hogg c Taylor b Willis 18 68 67 2 0
    G Dymock b Hendrick 11 78 72 0 0
    AG Hurst c Taylor b Willis 5 6 6 1 0
    Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 2) 10
    Total (all out, 66.5 overs) 190

    FoW: 1-8 (Wood), 2-34 (Hughes), 3-38 (Yallop), 4-60 (Darling),
    5-78 (Cosier), 6-79 (Maclean), 7-100 (Yardley),
    8-128 (Hogg), 9-185 (Dymock), 10-190 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lever 7 0 20 1
    Botham 11 2 46 0
    Willis 18.5 5 44 5
    Hendrick 14 1 39 2
    Miller 16 6 31 1

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    G Boycott lbw b Hogg 23 128 103 0 0
    GA Gooch lbw b Hogg 43 174 131 5 0
    DW Randall c Cosier b Yardley 45 90 65 3 0
    *JM Brearley c Maclean b Hogg 0 1 1 0 0
    DI Gower c Maclean b Hogg 12 68 47 0 0
    IT Botham c Wood b Yardley 30 52 39 4 0
    G Miller c Toohey b Yardley 25 79 42 3 0
    JK Lever c Maclean b Hurst 10 45 54 0 0
    +RW Taylor c Maclean b Hogg 2 36 33 0 0
    RGD Willis not out 3 37 21 0 0
    M Hendrick b Dymock 1 5 5 0 0
    Extras (lb 6, nb 8) 14
    Total (all out, 66.3 overs) 208

    FoW: 1-58 (Boycott), 2-93 (Gooch), 3-93 (Brearley),
    4-135 (Randall), 5-151 (Gower), 6-176 (Botham),
    7-201 (Lever), 8-201 (Miller), 9-206 (Taylor),
    10-208 (Hendrick).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 17 2 57 5
    Dymock 16.3 2 53 1
    Hurst 17 5 43 1
    Yardley 16 1 41 3

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 328 runs) R M B 4 6
    GM Wood c Taylor b Lever 64 243 168 3 0
    WM Darling c Boycott b Lever 5 13 9 1 0
    KJ Hughes c Gooch b Willis 12 54 45 1 0
    *GN Yallop c Taylor b Hendrick 3 43 23 0 0
    PM Toohey c Taylor b Hendrick 0 1 1 0 0
    GJ Cosier lbw b Miller 47 109 74 4 0
    +JA Maclean c Brearley b Miller 1 18 16 0 0
    B Yardley c Botham b Lever 7 24 19 1 0
    RM Hogg b Miller 0 8 8 0 0
    G Dymock not out 6 14 9 1 0
    AG Hurst b Lever 5 6 5 0 0
    Extras (lb 3, w 4, nb 4) 11
    Total (all out, 46.1 overs) 161

    FoW: 1-8 (Darling), 2-36 (Hughes), 3-58 (Yallop), 4-58 (Toohey),
    5-141 (Cosier), 6-143 (Wood), 7-143 (Maclean), 8-147 (Hogg),
    9-151 (Yardley), 10-161 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 12 1 36 1
    Lever 8.1 2 28 4
    Botham 11 1 54 0
    Hendrick 8 3 11 2
    Miller 7 4 21 3
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