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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.

Saturday, December 8, 1979

Australia v England at Melbourne, 8 Dec 1979

ODI # 77
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, 1979/80, 3rd Match
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
8 December 1979 (50-overs match)

Result: England won by 3 wickets
Points: England 2, Australia 0

Toss: England
Umpires: WJ Copeland and RA French
ODI Debuts: JM Wiener (Aus).
Man of the Match: GS Chappell

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
JM Wiener b Botham 7 32 22 1 0
BM Laird lbw b Dilley 7 28 24 1 0
AR Border c Willey b Dilley 29 75 54 1 1
*GS Chappell c Gooch b Willey 92 170 115 10 0
KJ Hughes st Bairstow b Gooch 23 29 24 3 0
KD Walters c Randall b Gooch 12 26 22 1 0
+RW Marsh c Bairstow b Willey 14 27 23 0 0
RJ Bright c Gooch b Willey 1 7 6 0 0
DK Lillee not out 13 7 7 2 0
RM Hogg c Brearley b Underwood 1 5 3 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 2) 8
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 207

DNB: JR Thomson.

FoW: 1-15 (Laird), 2-15 (Wiener), 3-73 (Border), 4-114 (Hughes),
5-145 (Walters), 6-184 (Marsh), 7-193 (Chappell),
8-193 (Bright), 9-207 (Hogg).

Bowling O M R W
Dilley 10 1 30 2
Botham 9 2 27 1
Willis 7 0 28 0
Gooch 6 0 32 2
Underwood 10 0 49 1
Willey 8 0 33 3

England innings (target: 208 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
DW Randall lbw b Bright 28 85 69 2 0
G Boycott c Lillee b Hogg 68 134 85 7 0
P Willey c Marsh b Hogg 37 60 54 2 0
DI Gower c Marsh b Lillee 17 53 24 0 1
GA Gooch run out 1 6 2 0 0
IT Botham c Walters b Hogg 10 9 10 1 0
*JM Brearley c Marsh b Lillee 27 44 39 2 0
+DL Bairstow not out 15 20 15 2 0
GR Dilley not out 0 1 0 0 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 3) 6
Total (7 wickets, 49 overs) 209

DNB: DL Underwood, RGD Willis.

FoW: 1-71 (Randall), 2-134 (Boycott), 3-137 (Willey),
4-138 (Gooch), 5-148 (Botham), 6-183 (Gower),
7-205 (Brearley).

Bowling O M R W
Lillee 10 1 36 2
Hogg 10 2 26 3
Thomson 10 1 49 0
Chappell 8 0 40 0
Bright 9 1 40 1
Walters 2 0 12 0

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