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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, February 14, 1979

6th TEST: Australia v England at Sydney, 10-14 Feb 1979

Test # 846 (839/236)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 6th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
10,11,12,14 February 1979 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 9 wickets
England wins the 6-Test series 5-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and DG Weser
Test Debuts: AMJ Hilditch (Aus).
Man of the match: GN Yallop

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 198, England 24/0 (Boycott 6*, Brearley 18*)
  • Day 2: England 216/4 (Gower 47*, Botham 17*)
  • Day 3: England 308, Australia 70/5 (Yallop 13*, Yardley 16*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood c Botham b Hendrick 15 30 25 2 0
    AMJ Hilditch run out 3 18 8 0 0
    KJ Hughes c Botham b Willis 16 99 86 2 0
    *GN Yallop c Gower b Botham 121 267 212 13 0
    PM Toohey c Taylor b Botham 8 46 37 0 0
    PH Carlson c Gooch b Botham 2 6 5 0 0
    B Yardley b Emburey 7 14 15 1 0
    +KJ Wright st Taylor b Emburey 3 9 11 0 0
    RM Hogg c Emburey b Miller 9 47 46 1 0
    JD Higgs not out 9 52 45 1 0
    AG Hurst b Botham 0 1 1 0 0
    Extras (lb 3, nb 2) 5
    Total (all out, 60.7 overs) 198

    FoW: 1-18 (Hilditch), 2-19 (Wood), 3-67 (Hughes), 4-101 (Toohey),
    5-109 (Carlson), 6-116 (Yardley), 7-124 (Wright),
    8-159 (Hogg), 9-198 (Yallop), 10-198 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 11 4 48 1
    Hendrick 12 2 21 1
    Botham 9.7 1 57 4
    Emburey 18 3 48 2
    Miller 9 3 13 1
    Boycott 1 0 6 0

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    G Boycott c Hilditch b Hurst 19 91 80 1 0
    *JM Brearley c Toohey b Higgs 46 200 148 3 0
    DW Randall lbw b Hogg 7 14 9 1 0
    GA Gooch st Wright b Higgs 74 148 136 7 1
    DI Gower c Wright b Higgs 65 141 111 6 0
    IT Botham c Carlson b Yardley 23 54 53 2 0
    G Miller lbw b Hurst 18 89 84 2 0
    +RW Taylor not out 36 160 118 2 0
    JE Emburey c Hilditch b Hurst 0 20 18 0 0
    RGD Willis b Higgs 10 70 63 0 0
    M Hendrick c & b Yardley 0 3 7 0 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 5, nb 2) 10
    Total (all out, 103 overs) 308

    FoW: 1-37 (Boycott), 2-46 (Randall), 3-115 (Brearley),
    4-182 (Gooch), 5-233 (Botham), 6-247 (Gower),
    7-270 (Miller), 8-280 (Emburey), 9-306 (Willis),
    10-308 (Hendrick).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 18 6 42 1
    Hurst 20 4 58 3
    Yardley 25 2 105 2
    Carlson 10 1 24 0
    Higgs 30 8 69 4

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GM Wood c Willis b Miller 29 96 78 3 0
    AMJ Hilditch c Taylor b Hendrick 1 19 17 0 0
    KJ Hughes c Gooch b Emburey 7 26 16 1 0
    *GN Yallop c Taylor b Miller 17 107 120 0 0
    PM Toohey c Gooch b Emburey 0 3 2 0 0
    PH Carlson c Botham b Emburey 0 1 2 0 0
    B Yardley not out 61 160 147 3 0
    +KJ Wright c Boycott b Miller 5 55 62 0 0
    RM Hogg b Miller 7 24 25 0 0
    JD Higgs c Botham b Emburey 2 5 4 0 0
    AG Hurst c & b Miller 4 16 17 1 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) 10
    Total (all out, 61.1 overs) 143

    FoW: 1-8 (Hilditch), 2-28 (Hughes), 3-48 (Wood), 4-48 (Toohey),
    5-48 (Carlson), 6-82 (Yallop), 7-114 (Wright), 8-130 (Hogg),
    9-136 (Higgs), 10-143 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 3 0 15 0
    Hendrick 7 3 22 1
    Emburey 24 4 52 4
    Miller 27.1 6 44 5

    England 2nd innings (target: 34 runs) R M B 4 6
    G Boycott c Hughes b Higgs 13 35 52 0 0
    *JM Brearley not out 20 39 30 2 0
    DW Randall not out 0 2 2 0 0
    Extras (nb 2) 2
    Total (1 wicket, 10.2 overs) 35

    DNB: GA Gooch, DI Gower, IT Botham, G Miller, +RW Taylor,
    JE Emburey, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

    FoW: 1-31 (Boycott).

    Bowling O M R W
    Yardley 5.2 0 21 0
    Higgs 5 1 12 1
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