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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.

Tuesday, January 8, 1980

2nd Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 4-8 Jan 1980

Test # 868 (870/238)
Australia v England, 1979/80, 2nd Test
Sydney Cricket Ground
4,5,6,8 January 1980 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
Australia leads the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and WJ Copeland
Man of the match: GS Chappell

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 90/7 (Taylor 10*, Dilley 5*)
  • Day 2: England 123, Australia 145, England 38/3 (Brearley 3*, Underwood 8*)
  • Day 3: England 237, Australia 25/0 (Wiener 8*, McCosker 14*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch b Lillee 18 87 72 0 0
    G Boycott b Dymock 8 15 12 1 0
    DW Randall c GS Chappell b Lillee 0 9 10 0 0
    P Willey c Wiener b Dymock 8 32 24 1 0
    *JM Brearley c Pascoe b Dymock 7 64 45 0 0
    DI Gower b GS Chappell 3 3 3 0 0
    IT Botham c GS Chappell b Pascoe 27 27 22 1 1
    +RW Taylor c Marsh b Lillee 10 30 20 0 0
    GR Dilley not out 22 52 45 2 0
    RGD Willis c Wiener b Dymock 3 6 8 0 0
    DL Underwood c Border b Lillee 12 19 11 1 0
    Extras (nb 5) 5
    Total (all out, 44.3 overs) 123

    FoW: 1-10 (Boycott), 2-13 (Randall), 3-31 (Willey), 4-38 (Gooch),
    5-41 (Gower), 6-74 (Botham), 7-75 (Brearley), 8-90 (Taylor),
    9-98 (Willis), 10-123 (Underwood).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 13.3 4 40 4
    Dymock 17 6 42 4
    Pascoe 9 4 14 1
    GS Chappell 4 1 19 1
    Higgs 1 0 3 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    RB McCosker c Gower b Willis 1 22 16 0 0
    JM Wiener run out 22 66 50 2 0
    IM Chappell c Brearley b Gooch 42 105 84 3 0
    *GS Chappell c Taylor b Underwood 3 35 27 0 0
    KJ Hughes c Taylor b Botham 18 44 40 1 0
    AR Border c Gooch b Botham 15 79 60 0 0
    +RW Marsh c Underwood b Gooch 7 21 20 0 0
    DK Lillee c Brearley b Botham 5 17 18 0 0
    G Dymock c Taylor b Botham 4 7 6 1 0
    LS Pascoe not out 10 29 15 2 0
    JD Higgs b Underwood 2 20 14 0 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 12, w 2) 16
    Total (all out, 58.2 overs) 145

    FoW: 1-18 (McCosker), 2-52 (Wiener), 3-71 (GS Chappell),
    4-92 (IM Chappell), 5-100 (Hughes), 6-114 (Marsh),
    7-121 (Lillee), 8-129 (Dymock), 9-132 (Border),
    10-145 (Higgs).

    Bowling O M R W
    Botham 17 7 29 4
    Willis 11 3 30 1
    Underwood 13.2 3 39 2
    Dilley 5 1 13 0
    Willey 1 0 2 0
    Gooch 11 4 16 2

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GA Gooch c GS Chappell b Dymock 4 7 8 1 0
    G Boycott c McCosker b Pascoe 18 59 42 1 0
    P Willey b Pascoe 3 32 28 0 0
    *JM Brearley c Marsh b Pascoe 19 116 85 0 0
    DL Underwood c Border b Dymock 43 135 111 1 0
    DW Randall c Marsh b GS Chappell 25 103 71 1 0
    DI Gower not out 98 184 141 13 0
    IT Botham c Wiener b GS Chappell 0 20 20 0 0
    +RW Taylor b Lillee 8 57 52 0 0
    GR Dilley b Dymock 4 13 12 1 0
    RGD Willis c GS Chappell b Lillee 1 20 12 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 2) 14
    Total (all out, 96.3 overs) 237

    FoW: 1-6 (Gooch), 2-21 (Willey), 3-29 (Boycott), 4-77 (Brearley),
    5-105 (Underwood), 6-156 (Randall), 7-174 (Botham),
    8-211 (Taylor), 9-218 (Dilley), 10-237 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 24.3 6 63 2
    Dymock 28 8 48 3
    Pascoe 23 3 76 3
    GS Chappell 21 10 36 2

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 216 runs) R M B 4 6
    JM Wiener b Underwood 13 55 48 1 0
    RB McCosker c Taylor b Underwood 41 174 134 2 0
    IM Chappell c Botham b Underwood 9 30 24 0 0
    *GS Chappell not out 98 236 202 10 0
    KJ Hughes c Dilley b Willis 47 137 97 4 0
    AR Border not out 2 10 8 0 0
    Extras (lb 8, w 1) 9
    Total (4 wickets, 85.3 overs) 219

    DNB: +RW Marsh, DK Lillee, G Dymock, LS Pascoe, JD Higgs.

    FoW: 1-31 (Wiener), 2-51 (IM Chappell), 3-98 (McCosker),
    4-203 (Hughes).

    Bowling O M R W
    Botham 23.3 12 43 0
    Willis 12 2 26 1
    Underwood 26 6 71 3
    Dilley 12 0 33 0
    Willey 4 0 17 0
    Gooch 8 2 20 0
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