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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 15, 1982

3rd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, 10-15 Dec 1982

Test # 940 (940/249)
The Ashes, 1982/83, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
10,11,12,14,15 December 1982 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RA French and MW Johnson
Man of the Match: GF Lawson

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 265/3 (Hughes 51*, Lawson 0*)
  • Day 2: Australia 438, England 66/2 (Gower 26*, Lamb 23*)
  • Day 3: England 216 and 90/1 (Fowler 37*, Gower 43*)
  • Day 4: England 304, Australia 3/1 (Dyson 1*, Lawson 0*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels c Taylor b Botham 44 109 89 4 0
    J Dyson c Taylor b Botham 44 179 125 3 0
    *GS Chappell c Gower b Willis 115 239 201 18 0
    KJ Hughes run out 88 277 232 6 2
    GF Lawson c Botham b Willis 2 23 18 0 0
    AR Border c Taylor b Pringle 26 135 95 1 1
    DW Hookes c Botham b Hemmings 37 94 69 0 0
    +RW Marsh c Hemmings b Pringle 3 16 14 0 0
    B Yardley c Gower b Botham 38 78 66 2 0
    RM Hogg not out 14 66 45 0 0
    JR Thomson c & b Botham 3 13 9 0 0
    Extras (lb 6, nb 18) 24
    Total (all out, 156.5 overs) 438

    FoW: 1-76 (Wessels), 2-138 (Dyson), 3-264 (Chappell),
    4-270 (Lawson), 5-315 (Hughes), 6-355 (Border),
    7-359 (Marsh), 8-391 (Hookes), 9-430 (Yardley),
    10-438 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 25 8 76 2
    Botham 36.5 5 112 4
    Pringle 33 5 97 2
    Miller 14 2 33 0
    Hemmings 48 17 96 1

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    CJ Tavare c Marsh b Hogg 1 6 4 0 0
    G Fowler c Marsh b Lawson 11 31 18 2 0
    DI Gower c Marsh b Lawson 60 209 133 5 0
    AJ Lamb c Marsh b Lawson 82 221 156 10 0
    IT Botham c Wessels b Thomson 35 93 66 4 0
    DW Randall b Lawson 0 2 2 0 0
    G Miller c Yardley b Hogg 7 19 13 0 0
    +RW Taylor c Chappell b Yardley 2 14 8 0 0
    DR Pringle not out 1 32 12 0 0
    EE Hemmings b Thomson 0 4 4 0 0
    *RGD Willis b Thomson 1 8 5 0 0
    Extras (lb 5, nb 11) 16
    Total (all out, 67.5 overs) 216

    FoW: 1-1 (Tavare), 2-21 (Fowler), 3-140 (Gower), 4-181 (Lamb),
    5-181 (Randall), 6-194 (Miller), 7-199 (Taylor),
    8-213 (Botham), 9-213 (Hemmings), 10-216 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lawson 18 4 56 4
    Hogg 14 2 41 2
    Thomson 14.5 3 51 3
    Yardley 21 7 52 1

    England 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4 6
    CJ Tavare c Wessels b Thomson 0 18 10 0 0
    G Fowler c Marsh b Lawson 37 139 99 3 0
    DI Gower b Hogg 114 370 259 16 0
    AJ Lamb c Chappell b Yardley 8 42 30 0 0
    IT Botham c Dyson b Yardley 58 176 140 9 0
    DW Randall c Marsh b Lawson 17 56 38 3 0
    G Miller lbw b Lawson 17 36 25 1 0
    DR Pringle c Marsh b Thomson 9 30 15 2 0
    +RW Taylor not out 3 38 18 0 0
    EE Hemmings c Wessels b Lawson 0 3 2 0 0
    *RGD Willis c Marsh b Lawson 10 13 9 2 0
    Extras (b 7, lb 6, w 3, nb 15) 31
    Total (all out, 104 overs) 304

    FoW: 1-11 (Tavare), 2-90 (Fowler), 3-118 (Lamb), 4-236 (Botham),
    5-247 (Gower), 6-272 (Randall), 7-277 (Miller),
    8-289 (Pringle), 9-290 (Hemmings), 10-304 (Willis).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lawson 24 6 66 5
    Hogg 19 5 53 1
    Thomson 13 3 41 2
    Yardley 37 12 90 2
    Border 8 2 14 0
    Hookes 3 1 9 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 83 runs) R M B 4 6
    KC Wessels c Taylor b Botham 1 9 7 0 0
    J Dyson not out 37 105 76 2 0
    GF Lawson c Randall b Willis 14 48 33 0 0
    *GS Chappell not out 26 46 34 3 0
    Extras (nb 5) 5
    Total (2 wickets, 23.5 overs) 83

    DNB: KJ Hughes, AR Border, DW Hookes, +RW Marsh, B Yardley,
    RM Hogg, JR Thomson.

    FoW: 1-3 (Wessels), 2-37 (Lawson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 8 1 17 1
    Botham 10 2 45 1
    Pringle 1.5 0 11 0
    Hemmings 4 1 5 0

    • Aus 1st innings
    • RW Taylor's 50th dismissal against Australia (Wessels)
    • GS Chappell's first century in his birthplace.

    • Eng 1st innings
    • IT Botham scores 1000 runs against Australia
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