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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 19, 1979

1st Test: Australia v England at Perth, 14-19 Dec 1979

Test # 864 (868/237)
Australia v England, 1979/80, 1st Test
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
14,15,16,18,19 December 1979 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 138 runs
Australia leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: MG O'Connell and DG Weser
Test Debuts: JM Wiener (Aus); GR Dilley (Eng).
Man of the match: IT Botham

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 232/8 (Lillee 11*, Dymock 1*)
  • Day 2: Australia 244, England 177/7 (Brearley 56*, Dilley 21*)
  • Day 3: England 228, Australia 168/2 (Border 32*, Chappell 43*)
  • Day 4: Australia 337, England 19/1 (Boycott 5*, Willey 9*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JM Wiener run out 11 47 34 0 0
    BM Laird lbw b Botham 0 5 4 0 0
    AR Border lbw b Botham 4 33 24 0 0
    *GS Chappell c Boycott b Botham 19 101 77 2 0
    KJ Hughes c Brearley b Underwood 99 235 195 10 0
    PM Toohey c Underwood b Dilley 19 52 35 3 0
    +RW Marsh c Taylor b Dilley 42 142 112 3 1
    RJ Bright c Taylor b Botham 17 65 46 2 0
    DK Lillee c Taylor b Botham 18 63 39 1 0
    G Dymock b Botham 5 57 35 0 0
    JR Thomson not out 1 1 1 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 2) 9
    Total (all out, 100 overs) 244

    FoW: 1-2 (Laird), 2-17 (Border), 3-20 (Wiener), 4-88 (Chappell),
    5-127 (Toohey), 6-186 (Hughes), 7-219 (Marsh),
    8-219 (Bright), 9-243 (Dymock), 10-244 (Lillee).

    Bowling O M R W
    Dilley 18 1 47 2
    Botham 35 9 78 6
    Willis 23 7 47 0
    Underwood 13 4 33 1
    Miller 11 2 30 0

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    DW Randall c Hughes b Lillee 0 1 3 0 0
    G Boycott lbw b Lillee 0 30 20 0 0
    P Willey c Chappell b Dymock 9 21 18 1 0
    DI Gower c Marsh b Lillee 17 37 26 2 0
    G Miller c Hughes b Thomson 25 69 53 2 0
    *JM Brearley c Marsh b Lillee 64 251 184 6 0
    IT Botham c Toohey b Thomson 15 17 16 2 0
    +RW Taylor b Chappell 14 54 44 2 0
    GR Dilley not out 38 206 157 4 0
    DL Underwood lbw b Dymock 13 32 24 1 0
    RGD Willis b Dymock 11 35 19 1 0
    Extras (lb 7, nb 15) 22
    Total (all out, 91.1 overs) 228

    FoW: 1-1 (Randall), 2-12 (Willey), 3-14 (Boycott), 4-41 (Gower),
    5-74 (Miller), 6-90 (Botham), 7-123 (Taylor),
    8-185 (Brearley), 9-203 (Underwood), 10-228 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 28 11 73 4
    Dymock 29.1 14 52 3
    Chappell 11 6 5 1
    Thomson 21 3 70 2
    Bright 2 0 6 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    JM Wiener c Randall b Underwood 58 136 105 6 1
    BM Laird c Taylor b Underwood 33 150 115 3 0
    AR Border c Taylor b Willis 115 383 296 13 0
    *GS Chappell st Taylor b Underwood 43 115 95 4 0
    KJ Hughes c Miller b Botham 4 23 13 0 0
    PM Toohey c Taylor b Botham 3 13 15 0 0
    +RW Marsh c Gower b Botham 4 28 19 0 0
    RJ Bright lbw b Botham 12 42 32 1 0
    DK Lillee c Willey b Dilley 19 135 105 1 0
    G Dymock not out 20 59 39 2 0
    JR Thomson b Botham 8 20 25 1 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 7) 18
    Total (all out, 141.5 overs) 337

    FoW: 1-91 (Wiener), 2-100 (Laird), 3-168 (Chappell),
    4-183 (Hughes), 5-191 (Toohey), 6-204 (Marsh),
    7-225 (Bright), 8-303 (Lillee), 9-323 (Border),
    10-337 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Dilley 18 3 50 1
    Botham 45.5 14 98 5
    Willis 26 7 52 1
    Underwood 41 14 82 3
    Miller 10 0 36 0
    Willey 1 0 1 0

    England 2nd innings (target: 354 runs) R M B 4 6
    DW Randall lbw b Dymock 1 11 9 0 0
    G Boycott not out 99 337 285 8 0
    P Willey lbw b Dymock 12 18 18 1 0
    DI Gower c Thomson b Dymock 23 50 42 3 0
    G Miller c Chappell b Thomson 8 20 19 1 0
    IT Botham c Marsh b Lillee 18 70 44 1 0
    *JM Brearley c Marsh b Bright 11 37 24 1 0
    +RW Taylor b Lillee 15 51 44 2 0
    GR Dilley c Marsh b Dymock 16 56 61 1 0
    DL Underwood c Wiener b Dymock 0 2 3 0 0
    RGD Willis c Chappell b Dymock 0 5 3 0 0
    Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 8) 12
    Total (all out, 90.2 overs) 215

    FoW: 1-8 (Randall), 2-26 (Willey), 3-64 (Gower), 4-75 (Miller),
    5-115 (Botham), 6-141 (Brearley), 7-182 (Taylor),
    8-211 (Dilley), 9-211 (Underwood), 10-215 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 23 5 74 2
    Dymock 17.2 4 34 6
    Chappell 6 4 6 0
    Thomson 11 3 30 1
    Bright 23 11 30 1
    Wiener 8 3 22 0
    Border 2 0 7 0

    • DK Lillee faced four balls (from Botham) and scored three runs using an aluminium bat. Ten minutes were lost while the umpire persuaded Lille to change the bat for a standard wooden one.
    • AR Border (2) retired hurt on 109* from 296/7 to 303/8
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