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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, February 1, 1979

5th TEST: Australia v England at Adelaide, 27 Jan-1 Feb 1979

Test # 843 (838/235)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 5th Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
27,28,29,31 January, 1 February 1979 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 205 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 4-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: PH Carlson, KJ Wright (Aus).
Man of the Match: IT Botham

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 169, Australia 69/4 (Wood 19*, Yardley 28*)
  • Day 2: Australia 164, England 82/2 (Boycott 38*, Gooch 11*)
  • Day 3: England 272/7 (Taylor 69*, Emburey 0*)
  • Day 4: England 360, Australia 82/2 (Hughes 30*, Yallop 16*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott c Wright b Hurst 6 22 21 0 0
    *JM Brearley c Wright b Hogg 2 28 14 0 0
    DW Randall c Carlson b Hurst 4 25 13 0 0
    GA Gooch c Hughes b Hogg 1 10 10 0 0
    DI Gower lbw b Hurst 9 18 13 1 0
    IT Botham c Wright b Higgs 74 158 97 6 2
    G Miller lbw b Hogg 31 80 89 3 0
    +RW Taylor run out 4 28 21 0 0
    JE Emburey b Higgs 4 25 21 0 0
    RGD Willis c Darling b Hogg 24 25 20 3 1
    M Hendrick not out 0 13 9 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 2) 10
    Total (all out, 40.4 overs) 169

    FoW: 1-10 (Boycott), 2-12 (Brearley), 3-16 (Gooch),
    4-18 (Randall), 5-27 (Gower), 6-80 (Miller), 7-113 (Taylor),
    8-136 (Emburey), 9-147 (Botham), 10-169 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 10.4 1 26 4
    Hurst 14 1 65 3
    Carlson 9 1 34 0
    Yardley 4 0 25 0
    Higgs 3 1 9 2

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    WM Darling c Willis b Botham 15 35 33 1 1
    GM Wood c Randall b Emburey 35 210 117 1 0
    KJ Hughes c Emburey b Hendrick 4 7 10 1 0
    *GN Yallop b Hendrick 0 9 4 0 0
    AR Border c Taylor b Botham 11 20 18 1 0
    PH Carlson c Taylor b Botham 0 8 5 0 0
    B Yardley b Botham 28 79 75 4 0
    +KJ Wright lbw b Emburey 29 76 69 2 0
    RM Hogg b Willis 0 2 1 0 0
    JD Higgs run out 16 79 63 0 0
    AG Hurst not out 17 47 39 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 5) 9
    Total (all out, 53.4 overs) 164

    FoW: 1-5 (Hughes), 2-10 (Yallop), 3-22 (Border), 4-24 (Carlson),
    5-72 (Yardley), 6-94 (Darling), 7-114 (Wood), 8-116 (Hogg),
    9-133 (Wright), 10-164 (Higgs).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 11 1 55 1
    Hendrick 19 1 45 2
    Botham 11.4 0 42 4
    Emburey 12 7 13 2

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    G Boycott c Hughes b Hurst 49 265 212 2 0
    *JM Brearley lbw b Carlson 9 82 65 0 0
    DW Randall c Yardley b Hurst 15 57 50 2 0
    GA Gooch b Carlson 18 85 74 2 0
    DI Gower lbw b Higgs 21 72 54 3 0
    IT Botham c Yardley b Hurst 7 30 29 1 0
    G Miller c Wright b Hurst 64 235 203 5 0
    +RW Taylor c Wright b Hogg 97 361 300 6 0
    JE Emburey b Hogg 42 147 132 4 0
    RGD Willis c Wright b Hogg 12 35 18 1 0
    M Hendrick not out 3 16 10 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 16, w 2, nb 4) 23
    Total (all out, 142.6 overs) 360

    FoW: 1-31 (Brearley), 2-57 (Randall), 3-97 (Gooch),
    4-106 (Boycott), 5-130 (Botham), 6-132 (Gower),
    7-267 (Miller), 8-336 (Taylor), 9-347 (Emburey),
    10-360 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 27.6 7 59 3
    Hurst 37 9 97 4
    Carlson 27 8 41 2
    Yardley 20 6 60 0
    Higgs 28 4 75 1
    Border 3 2 5 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 366 runs) R M B 4 6
    WM Darling b Botham 18 49 37 2 0
    GM Wood run out 9 63 41 0 0
    KJ Hughes c Gower b Hendrick 46 208 176 4 0
    *GN Yallop b Hendrick 36 182 176 3 0
    AR Border b Willis 1 30 19 0 0
    PH Carlson c Gower b Hendrick 21 74 51 2 0
    B Yardley c Brearley b Willis 0 1 2 0 0
    +KJ Wright c Emburey b Miller 0 16 16 0 0
    RM Hogg b Miller 2 10 7 0 0
    JD Higgs not out 3 30 10 0 0
    AG Hurst b Willis 13 9 13 2 0
    Extras (lb 1, nb 10) 11
    Total (all out, 67 overs) 160

    FoW: 1-31 (Darling), 2-36 (Wood), 3-115 (Yallop), 4-120 (Hughes),
    5-121 (Border), 6-121 (Yardley), 7-124 (Wright),
    8-130 (Hogg), 9-147 (Carlson), 10-160 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 12 3 41 3
    Hendrick 14 6 19 3
    Botham 14 4 37 1
    Miller 18 3 36 2
    Emburey 9 5 16 0

    • WM Darling (1) retired hurt on 0* from 0/0 to 72/5
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