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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, January 3, 1979

3rd TEST: Australia v England at Melbourne, 29 Dec 1978-3 Jan 1979

Test # 838 (836/233)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,30 December 1978, 1,2,3 January 1979 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 103 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: AR Border (Aus).
Man of the Match: GM Wood

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 243/4 (Wood 100*, Border 25*)
  • Day 2: Australia 258, England 107/8 (Miller 3*, Willis 3*)
  • Day 3: England 143, Australia 163/7 (Maclean 10*, Dymock 3*)
  • Day 4: Australia 167, England 171/8 (Emburey 2*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood c Emburey b Miller 100 392 283 6 0
    WM Darling run out 33 93 71 2 0
    KJ Hughes c Taylor b Botham 0 2 1 0 0
    *GN Yallop c Hendrick b Botham 41 83 98 4 0
    PM Toohey c Randall b Miller 32 79 70 1 0
    AR Border c Brearley b Hendrick 29 105 115 4 0
    +JA Maclean b Botham 8 68 47 0 0
    RM Hogg c Randall b Miller 0 2 5 0 0
    G Dymock b Hendrick 0 13 14 0 0
    AG Hurst b Hendrick 0 1 2 0 0
    JD Higgs not out 1 24 15 0 0
    Extras (lb 8, nb 6) 14
    Total (all out, 89.1 overs) 258

    FoW: 1-65 (Darling), 2-65 (Hughes), 3-126 (Yallop),
    4-189 (Toohey), 5-247 (Border), 6-250 (Wood), 7-250 (Hogg),
    8-251 (Dymock), 9-252 (Hurst), 10-258 (Maclean).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 13 2 47 0
    Botham 20.1 4 68 3
    Hendrick 23 3 50 3
    Emburey 14 1 44 0
    Miller 19 6 35 3

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    G Boycott b Hogg 1 12 13 0 0
    *JM Brearley lbw b Hogg 1 16 8 0 0
    DW Randall lbw b Hurst 13 88 53 1 0
    GA Gooch c Border b Dymock 25 110 91 1 0
    DI Gower lbw b Dymock 29 59 48 4 0
    IT Botham c Darling b Higgs 22 83 80 3 0
    G Miller b Hogg 7 123 101 0 0
    +RW Taylor b Hogg 1 3 4 0 0
    JE Emburey b Hogg 0 12 14 0 0
    RGD Willis c Darling b Dymock 19 87 76 0 0
    M Hendrick not out 6 31 33 1 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 4, nb 9) 19
    Total (all out, 63.6 overs) 143

    FoW: 1-2 (Boycott), 2-3 (Brearley), 3-40 (Randall), 4-52 (Gooch),
    5-81 (Gower), 6-100 (Botham), 7-101 (Taylor),
    8-101 (Emburey), 9-120 (Miller), 10-143 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 17 7 30 5
    Hurst 12 2 24 1
    Dymock 15.6 4 38 3
    Higgs 19 9 32 1

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GM Wood b Botham 34 136 107 0 0
    WM Darling c Randall b Miller 21 100 86 0 0
    KJ Hughes c Gower b Botham 48 153 142 4 1
    *GN Yallop c Taylor b Miller 16 41 46 1 0
    PM Toohey c Botham b Emburey 20 33 30 1 0
    AR Border run out 0 9 12 0 0
    +JA Maclean c Hendrick b Emburey 10 91 77 1 0
    RM Hogg b Botham 1 20 21 0 0
    G Dymock c Brearley b Hendrick 6 41 39 0 0
    JD Higgs st Taylor b Emburey 0 10 7 0 0
    AG Hurst not out 0 4 4 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) 11
    Total (all out, 71.2 overs) 167

    FoW: 1-55 (Darling), 2-81 (Wood), 3-101 (Yallop), 4-136 (Toohey),
    5-136 (Border), 6-152 (Hughes), 7-157 (Hogg),
    8-167 (Maclean), 9-167 (Dymock), 10-167 (Higgs).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 7 0 21 0
    Botham 15 4 41 3
    Hendrick 14 4 25 1
    Miller 14 5 39 2
    Emburey 21.2 12 30 3

    England 2nd innings (target: 283 runs) R M B 4 6
    G Boycott lbw b Hurst 38 197 155 1 0
    *JM Brearley c Maclean b Dymock 0 7 3 0 0
    DW Randall lbw b Hogg 2 5 8 0 0
    GA Gooch lbw b Hogg 40 95 87 5 0
    DI Gower lbw b Dymock 49 167 128 3 0
    IT Botham c Maclean b Higgs 10 76 62 0 0
    G Miller c Hughes b Higgs 1 17 12 0 0
    +RW Taylor c Maclean b Hogg 5 34 40 0 0
    JE Emburey not out 7 44 33 0 0
    RGD Willis c Yallop b Hogg 3 20 12 0 0
    M Hendrick b Hogg 0 1 2 0 0
    Extras (b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) 24
    Total (all out, 67 overs) 179

    FoW: 1-1 (Brearley), 2-6 (Randall), 3-71 (Gooch),
    4-122 (Boycott), 5-163 (Botham), 6-163 (Gower),
    7-167 (Miller), 8-171 (Taylor), 9-179 (Willis),
    10-179 (Hendrick).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 17 5 36 5
    Dymock 18 4 37 2
    Hurst 11 1 39 1
    Higgs 16 2 29 2
    Border 5 0 14 0
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