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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 30, 1981

1st TEST: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 1981

Test # 915 (918/50)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1981/82, 1st Test
Australia v West Indies
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1981 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 58 runs
Series: Australia leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and AR Crafter
Test Debuts: PJL Dujon (WI).
Man of the Match: KJ Hughes

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 198, West Indies 10/4 (Lloyd 2*)
  • Day 2: West Indies 187/9 (Murray 26*, Garner 0*)
  • Day 3: West Indies 201, Australia 217/7 (Border 65*, Lillee 0*)
  • Day 4: Australia 222, West Indies 154/9 (Holding 4*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    BM Laird c Murray b Holding 4 16 18 0 0
    GM Wood c Murray b Roberts 3 49 28 0 0
    *GS Chappell c Murray b Holding 0 1 1 0 0
    AR Border c Murray b Holding 4 61 43 0 0
    KJ Hughes not out 100 266 200 11 0
    DM Wellham c sub (AL Logie) b Croft 17 54 37 2 0
    +RW Marsh c Richards b Garner 21 74 43 1 0
    B Yardley b Garner 21 35 17 2 0
    DK Lillee c Gomes b Holding 1 11 4 0 0
    GF Lawson b Holding 2 2 3 0 0
    TM Alderman c Murray b Croft 10 56 26 1 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 8) 15
    Total (all out, 68.1 overs) 198

    FoW: 1-4 (Laird), 2-4 (Chappell), 3-8 (Wood), 4-26 (Border),
    5-59 (Wellham), 6-115 (Marsh), 7-149 (Yardley),
    8-153 (Lillee), 9-155 (Lawson), 10-198 (Alderman).

    Bowling O M R W
    Holding 17 3 45 5
    Roberts 15 6 40 1
    Garner 20 6 59 2
    Croft 16.1 3 39 2

    West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6
    DL Haynes c Border b Lillee 1 20 14 0 0
    SFAF Bacchus c Wood b Alderman 1 13 8 0 0
    CEH Croft lbw b Lillee 0 16 10 0 0
    IVA Richards b Lillee 2 14 8 0 0
    *CH Lloyd c Alderman b Yardley 29 106 81 1 0
    HA Gomes c Chappell b Lillee 55 175 108 4 0
    PJL Dujon c Hughes b Lillee 41 58 48 6 0
    +DA Murray not out 32 90 70 0 0
    AME Roberts c Marsh b Lillee 18 37 23 3 0
    MA Holding c & b Alderman 2 14 7 0 0
    J Garner c Laird b Lillee 7 17 10 1 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 9) 13
    Total (all out, 62.3 overs) 201

    FoW: 1-3 (Bacchus), 2-5 (Haynes), 3-6 (Croft), 4-10 (Richards),
    5-62 (Lloyd), 6-134 (Dujon), 7-147 (Gomes), 8-174 (Roberts),
    9-183 (Holding), 10-201 (Garner).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 26.3 3 83 7
    Alderman 18 3 54 2
    Lawson 9 2 28 0
    Chappell 2 2 0 0
    Yardley 7 2 23 1

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    BM Laird lbw b Croft 64 210 146 5 0
    GM Wood c Murray b Garner 46 118 86 5 0
    *GS Chappell c Murray b Garner 6 35 21 0 0
    AR Border b Holding 66 190 136 2 0
    KJ Hughes b Holding 8 74 48 0 0
    DM Wellham lbw b Holding 2 11 5 0 0
    +RW Marsh c Murray b Holding 2 18 14 0 0
    B Yardley b Garner 13 15 17 0 0
    DK Lillee c Murray b Holding 0 20 9 0 0
    GF Lawson not out 0 17 7 0 0
    TM Alderman b Holding 1 9 10 0 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 4) 14
    Total (all out, 82.3 overs) 222

    FoW: 1-82 (Wood), 2-106 (Chappell), 3-139 (Laird),
    4-184 (Hughes), 5-190 (Wellham), 6-199 (Marsh),
    7-215 (Yardley), 8-218 (Border), 9-220 (Lillee),
    10-222 (Alderman).

    Bowling O M R W
    Holding 21.3 5 62 6
    Roberts 18 4 31 0
    Garner 18 5 37 3
    Croft 20 2 61 1
    Richards 5 0 17 0

    West Indies 2nd innings (target: 220 runs) R M B 4 6
    DL Haynes c Lillee b Yardley 28 182 121 3 0
    SFAF Bacchus lbw b Alderman 0 8 3 0 0
    IVA Richards b Alderman 0 2 2 0 0
    *CH Lloyd c Border b Lawson 19 52 36 2 0
    HA Gomes b Yardley 24 85 48 1 0
    PJL Dujon c Marsh b Yardley 43 163 163 1 0
    +DA Murray c Marsh b Yardley 10 51 28 1 0
    AME Roberts lbw b Lillee 10 85 40 0 1
    MA Holding lbw b Lillee 7 15 11 1 0
    J Garner lbw b Lillee 0 2 1 0 0
    CEH Croft not out 0 7 2 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 10, nb 9) 20
    Total (all out, 74.1 overs) 161

    FoW: 1-4 (Bacchus), 2-4 (Richards), 3-38 (Lloyd), 4-80 (Gomes),
    5-88 (Haynes), 6-116 (Murray), 7-150 (Dujon),
    8-154 (Roberts), 9-154 (Garner), 10-161 (Holding).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 27.1 8 44 3
    Alderman 9 3 23 2
    Lawson 17 3 36 1
    Yardley 21 7 38 4

    • Australia's win ended a West Indies sequence of 15 Tests without defeat since February 1980
    • At 2.55pm on December 27, Lillee induced an edged stroke from Gomes to pass the world record of 309 wickets held by LR Gibbs (WI).
    • Lillee achieved his best bowling figures in Tests with 7/83.
    • Lillee equalled the record (held by SF Barnes and CV Grimmett) for most 10 wickets in a match when he completed the feat for the 7th time.
    • Lillee took the record for most wickets in a calender year with 85 wickets in 1981 (previously 74 wickets by Kapil Dev in 1979).
    • Holding's match figures of 11/107 is a record for West Indies v Australia
    • Murray's 9 catches in the match is a West Indian record
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