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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 6, 1980

3rd Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, 1-6 Feb 1980

Test # 872 (872/239)
Australia v England, 1979/80, 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,3,5,6 February 1980 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia wins the 3-Test series 3-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache and PM Cronin
Test Debuts: W Larkins (Eng).
Man of the match: DK Lillee
Man of the series: DK Lillee

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 231/6 (Brearley 19*, Taylor 21*)
  • Day 2: England 306, Australia 155/1 (Laird 63*, IM Chappell 53*)
  • Day 3: Australia 399/5 (GS Chappell 99*, Marsh 13*)
  • Day 4: Australia 477, England 157/6 (Botham 30*, Taylor 28*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch run out 99 238 193 10 0
    G Boycott c Mallett b Dymock 44 147 124 2 0
    W Larkins c GS Chappell b Pascoe 25 79 62 2 0
    DI Gower lbw b Lillee 0 19 18 0 0
    P Willey lbw b Pascoe 1 16 9 0 0
    IT Botham c Marsh b Lillee 8 29 21 1 0
    *JM Brearley not out 60 233 186 2 0
    +RW Taylor b Lillee 23 85 75 1 0
    DL Underwood c IM Chappell b Lillee 3 14 18 0 0
    JK Lever b Lillee 22 90 68 1 0
    RGD Willis c GS Chappell b Lillee 4 13 10 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 14) 17
    Total (all out, 128.1 overs) 306

    FoW: 1-116 (Boycott), 2-170 (Larkins), 3-175 (Gooch),
    4-177 (Gower), 5-177 (Willey), 6-192 (Botham),
    7-238 (Taylor), 8-242 (Underwood), 9-296 (Lever),
    10-306 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 33.1 9 60 6
    Dymock 28 6 54 1
    Mallett 35 9 104 0
    Pascoe 32 7 71 2

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    RB McCosker c Botham b Underwood 33 88 73 2 0
    BM Laird c Gower b Underwood 74 259 216 7 0
    IM Chappell c & b Underwood 75 194 151 6 0
    KJ Hughes c Underwood b Botham 15 68 49 2 0
    AR Border c & b Lever 63 208 153 6 0
    *GS Chappell c Larkins b Lever 114 288 212 14 0
    +RW Marsh c Botham b Lever 17 92 75 2 0
    DK Lillee c Willey b Lever 8 55 29 1 0
    G Dymock b Botham 19 91 74 0 0
    AA Mallett lbw b Botham 25 74 54 4 0
    LS Pascoe not out 1 8 4 0 0
    Extras (b 13, lb 12, w 1, nb 7) 33
    Total (all out, 179.5 overs) 477

    FoW: 1-52 (McCosker), 2-179 (Laird), 3-196 (IM Chappell),
    4-219 (Hughes), 5-345 (Border), 6-411 (Marsh),
    7-421 (GS Chappell), 8-432 (Lillee), 9-465 (Dymock),
    10-477 (Mallett).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lever 53 15 111 4
    Botham 39.5 15 105 3
    Willis 21 4 61 0
    Underwood 53 19 131 3
    Willey 13 2 36 0

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GA Gooch b Mallett 51 126 113 6 0
    G Boycott b Lillee 7 37 35 0 0
    W Larkins lbw b Pascoe 3 24 14 0 0
    DI Gower b Lillee 11 19 15 1 0
    P Willey c Marsh b Lillee 2 7 5 0 0
    *JM Brearley c Border b Pascoe 10 40 31 1 0
    IT Botham not out 119 224 213 15 0
    +RW Taylor c Border b Lillee 32 90 62 3 0
    DL Underwood b Pascoe 0 3 3 0 0
    JK Lever c Marsh b Lillee 12 105 65 1 0
    RGD Willis c GS Chappell b Pascoe 2 11 8 0 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 12, nb 10) 24
    Total (all out, 91.5 overs) 273

    FoW: 1-25 (Boycott), 2-46 (Larkins), 3-64 (Gower), 4-67 (Willey),
    5-88 (Gooch), 6-92 (Brearley), 7-178 (Taylor),
    8-179 (Underwood), 9-268 (Lever), 10-273 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 33 6 78 5
    Dymock 11 2 30 0
    Mallett 14 1 45 1
    Pascoe 29.5 3 80 4
    Border 4 0 16 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 103 runs) R M B 4 6
    RB McCosker lbw b Botham 2 49 34 0 0
    BM Laird c Boycott b Underwood 25 96 95 1 0
    IM Chappell not out 26 99 62 0 0
    *GS Chappell not out 40 52 43 6 0
    Extras (lb 8, nb 2) 10
    Total (2 wickets, 38.4 overs) 103

    DNB: KJ Hughes, AR Border, +RW Marsh, DK Lillee, G Dymock,
    AA Mallett, LS Pascoe.

    FoW: 1-20 (McCosker), 2-42 (Laird).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lever 7.4 3 18 0
    Botham 12 5 18 1
    Willis 5 3 8 0
    Underwood 14 2 49 1
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