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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 1, 1980

2nd Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 29 Dec 1979-1 Jan 1980

Test # 867 (869/48)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1979/80, 2nd Test
Australia v West Indies
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,30,31 December 1979, 1 January 1980 (5-day match)

Result: West Indies won by 10 wickets
West Indies leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and CE Harvey
Man of the Match: IVA Richards

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 156, West Indies 103/1 (Greenidge 26*, Richards 45*)
  • Day 2: West Indies 336/7 (Roberts 13*, Garner 12*)
  • Day 3: West Indies 397, Australia 167/3 (Laird 63*, Hughes 33*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JM Wiener lbw b Garner 40 126 90 3 0
    BM Laird c Lloyd b Holding 16 69 41 0 0
    AR Border c Richards b Garner 17 99 64 1 0
    *GS Chappell c Murray b Garner 19 58 46 2 0
    KJ Hughes c Rowe b Holding 4 22 9 0 0
    PM Toohey c Roberts b Holding 10 28 16 1 0
    +RW Marsh c Kallicharran b Holding 0 15 8 0 0
    DK Lillee c Lloyd b Croft 12 22 21 0 0
    G Dymock c Kallicharran b Croft 7 29 14 0 0
    RM Hogg c Greenidge b Croft 14 27 25 2 0
    JD Higgs not out 0 16 7 0 0
    Extras (b 9, lb 4, w 2, nb 2) 17
    Total (all out, 56.3 overs) 156

    FoW: 1-38 (Laird), 2-69 (Wiener), 3-97 (Border),
    4-108 (Chappell), 5-112 (Hughes), 6-118 (Marsh),
    7-123 (Toohey), 8-133 (Lillee), 9-143 (Dymock),
    10-156 (Hogg).

    Bowling O M R W
    Roberts 14 1 39 0
    Holding 14 3 40 4
    Croft 13.3 4 27 3
    Garner 15 7 33 3

    West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6
    CG Greenidge c Higgs b Dymock 48 137 94 5 0
    DL Haynes c Hughes b Lillee 29 32 24 4 0
    IVA Richards c Toohey b Dymock 96 160 110 9 1
    AI Kallicharran c Laird b Higgs 39 88 63 4 0
    LG Rowe b Lillee 26 64 68 2 0
    *CH Lloyd c Marsh b Dymock 40 143 113 2 0
    +DL Murray b Dymock 24 85 80 1 0
    AME Roberts lbw b Lillee 54 89 88 6 0
    J Garner c Dymock b Higgs 29 54 38 5 0
    MA Holding not out 1 18 7 0 0
    CEH Croft lbw b Higgs 0 4 4 0 0
    Extras (lb 4, nb 7) 11
    Total (all out, 112.4 overs) 397

    FoW: 1-46 (Haynes), 2-156 (Greenidge), 3-215 (Richards),
    4-226 (Kallicharran), 5-250 (Rowe), 6-305 (Murray),
    7-320 (Lloyd), 8-390 (Garner), 9-396 (Roberts),
    10-397 (Croft).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 36 7 96 3
    Hogg 6 0 59 0
    Dymock 31 2 106 4
    Higgs 34.4 4 122 3
    Chappell 5 2 3 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    JM Wiener c Murray b Croft 24 69 47 1 0
    BM Laird c Garner b Holding 69 277 176 3 0
    AR Border lbw b Holding 15 72 51 2 0
    *GS Chappell c Murray b Roberts 22 32 19 1 0
    KJ Hughes lbw b Roberts 70 160 102 6 0
    PM Toohey c Murray b Croft 7 28 26 1 0
    +RW Marsh b Croft 7 34 21 0 0
    DK Lillee c & b Roberts 0 15 9 0 0
    G Dymock c Lloyd b Garner 17 52 35 3 0
    RM Hogg c Holding b Garner 11 42 38 0 0
    JD Higgs not out 0 1 1 0 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 10, nb 5) 17
    Total (all out, 86.4 overs) 259

    FoW: 1-43 (Wiener), 2-88 (Border), 3-121 (Chappell),
    4-187 (Laird), 5-205 (Toohey), 6-228 (Hughes),
    7-228 (Marsh), 8-233 (Lillee), 9-258 (Dymock),
    10-259 (Hogg).

    Bowling O M R W
    Roberts 21 1 64 3
    Holding 23 7 61 2
    Croft 22 2 61 3
    Garner 20.4 2 56 2

    West Indies 2nd innings (target: 19 runs) R M B 4 6
    CG Greenidge not out 9 26 21 0 0
    DL Haynes not out 9 26 24 0 0
    Extras (lb 4) 4
    Total (0 wickets, 7.2 overs) 22

    DNB: IVA Richards, AI Kallicharran, LG Rowe, *CH Lloyd,
    +DL Murray, AME Roberts, J Garner, MA Holding, CEH Croft.

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 3 0 9 0
    Dymock 3 0 5 0
    Hughes 1 1 0 0
    Toohey 0.2 0 4 0
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