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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.

Thursday, January 11, 1979

4th TEST: Australia v England at Sydney, 6-11 Jan 1979

Test # 840 (837/234)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 4th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
6,7,8,10,11 January 1979 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 93 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 3-1

Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache and RA French
Man of the Match: DW Randall

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 152, Australia 56/1 (Darling 35*, Hughes 15*)
  • Day 2: Australia 248/7 (Border 31*, Dymock 0*)
  • Day 3: Australia 294, England 133/2 (Randall 65*, Gooch 6*)
  • Day 4: England 304/6 (Miller 16*, Taylor 3*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott c Border b Hurst 8 54 40 0 0
    *JM Brearley b Hogg 17 96 80 0 0
    DW Randall c Wood b Hurst 0 1 2 0 0
    GA Gooch c Toohey b Higgs 18 102 81 1 0
    DI Gower c Maclean b Hurst 7 24 10 0 0
    IT Botham c Yallop b Hogg 59 138 108 7 0
    G Miller c Maclean b Hurst 4 4 5 1 0
    +RW Taylor c Border b Higgs 10 33 28 1 0
    JE Emburey c Wood b Higgs 0 9 11 0 0
    RGD Willis not out 7 62 43 0 0
    M Hendrick b Hurst 10 19 24 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 8) 12
    Total (all out, 52.6 overs) 152

    FoW: 1-18 (Boycott), 2-18 (Randall), 3-35 (Brearley),
    4-51 (Gower), 5-66 (Gooch), 6-70 (Miller), 7-94 (Taylor),
    8-98 (Emburey), 9-141 (Botham), 10-152 (Hendrick).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 11 3 36 2
    Dymock 13 1 34 0
    Hurst 10.6 2 28 5
    Higgs 18 4 42 3

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    GM Wood b Willis 0 3 5 0 0
    WM Darling c Botham b Miller 91 276 200 9 0
    KJ Hughes c Emburey b Willis 48 184 167 6 0
    *GN Yallop c Botham b Hendrick 44 141 136 5 0
    PM Toohey c Gooch b Botham 1 5 4 0 0
    AR Border not out 60 245 203 4 0
    +JA Maclean lbw b Emburey 12 63 58 1 0
    RM Hogg run out 6 13 17 1 0
    G Dymock b Botham 5 66 54 0 0
    JD Higgs c Botham b Hendrick 11 40 32 0 0
    AG Hurst run out 0 5 2 0 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 11) 16
    Total (all out, 108 overs) 294

    FoW: 1-1 (Wood), 2-126 (Hughes), 3-178 (Darling), 4-179 (Toohey),
    5-210 (Yallop), 6-235 (Maclean), 7-245 (Hogg),
    8-276 (Dymock), 9-290 (Higgs), 10-294 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 9 2 33 2
    Botham 28 3 87 2
    Hendrick 24 4 50 2
    Miller 13 2 37 1
    Emburey 29 10 57 1
    Gooch 5 1 14 0

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    G Boycott lbw b Hogg 0 1 1 0 0
    *JM Brearley b Border 53 216 195 2 0
    DW Randall lbw b Hogg 150 582 498 13 0
    GA Gooch c Wood b Higgs 22 128 98 1 0
    DI Gower c Maclean b Hogg 34 98 68 3 0
    IT Botham c Wood b Higgs 6 90 88 0 0
    G Miller lbw b Hogg 17 96 80 1 0
    +RW Taylor not out 21 110 113 1 0
    JE Emburey c Darling b Higgs 14 49 39 1 0
    RGD Willis c Toohey b Higgs 0 1 1 0 0
    M Hendrick c Toohey b Higgs 7 8 11 1 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 14) 22
    Total (all out, 146.6 overs) 346

    FoW: 1-0 (Boycott), 2-111 (Brearley), 3-169 (Gooch),
    4-237 (Gower), 5-267 (Botham), 6-292 (Randall),
    7-307 (Miller), 8-334 (Emburey), 9-334 (Willis),
    10-346 (Hendrick).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 28 10 67 4
    Dymock 17 4 35 0
    Hurst 19 3 43 0
    Higgs 59.6 15 148 5
    Border 23 11 31 1

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 205 runs) R M B 4 6
    GM Wood run out 27 75 64 2 0
    WM Darling c Gooch b Hendrick 13 51 37 1 0
    KJ Hughes c Emburey b Miller 15 55 40 1 0
    *GN Yallop c & b Hendrick 1 8 12 0 0
    PM Toohey b Miller 5 50 50 0 0
    AR Border not out 45 101 115 9 0
    +JA Maclean c Botham b Miller 0 7 11 0 0
    G Dymock b Emburey 0 9 12 0 0
    RM Hogg c Botham b Emburey 0 5 4 0 0
    JD Higgs lbw b Emburey 3 24 29 0 0
    AG Hurst b Emburey 0 20 21 0 0
    Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 2
    Total (all out, 49.2 overs) 111

    FoW: 1-38 (Darling), 2-44 (Wood), 3-45 (Yallop), 4-59 (Hughes),
    5-74 (Toohey), 6-76 (Maclean), 7-85 (Dymock), 8-85 (Hogg),
    9-105 (Higgs), 10-111 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 2 0 8 0
    Hendrick 10 3 17 2
    Emburey 17.2 7 46 4
    Miller 20 7 38 3
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