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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.

Friday, January 7, 1983

5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 2-7 Jan 1983

Test # 944 (942/251)
The Ashes, 1982/83, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
2,3,4,6,7 January 1983 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia wins the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MW Johnson
Man of the Match: KJ Hughes
Man of the Series: GF Lawson

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 138/2 (Dyson 58*, Hughes 20*)
  • Day 2: Australia 314, England 76/3 (Gower 38*, Randall 21*)
  • Day 3: England 237, Australia 90/3 (Hughes 17*, Hookes 5*)
  • Day 4: Australia 382, England 8/1 (Tavare 1*, Hemmings 4*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KC Wessels c Willis b Botham 19 61 47 2 0
    J Dyson c Taylor b Hemmings 79 301 188 7 0
    *GS Chappell lbw b Willis 35 69 52 4 0
    KJ Hughes c Cowans b Botham 29 88 68 3 0
    DW Hookes c Botham b Hemmings 17 28 21 2 0
    AR Border c Miller b Hemmings 89 211 198 12 0
    +RW Marsh c & b Miller 3 26 23 0 0
    B Yardley b Cowans 24 57 48 3 0
    GF Lawson c & b Botham 6 32 24 0 0
    JR Thomson c Lamb b Botham 0 16 11 0 0
    RM Hogg not out 0 23 11 0 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 8, w 2) 13
    Total (all out, 115 overs) 314

    FoW: 1-39 (Wessels), 2-96 (Chappell), 3-150 (Hughes),
    4-173 (Hookes), 5-210 (Dyson), 6-219 (Marsh),
    7-262 (Yardley), 8-283 (Lawson), 9-291 (Thomson),
    10-314 (Border).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 20 6 57 1
    Cowans 21 3 67 1
    Botham 30 8 75 4
    Hemmings 27 10 68 3
    Miller 17 7 34 1

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    G Cook c Chappell b Hogg 8 32 19 0 0
    CJ Tavare b Lawson 0 16 8 0 0
    DI Gower c Chappell b Lawson 70 207 125 7 0
    AJ Lamb b Lawson 0 5 3 0 0
    DW Randall b Thomson 70 132 90 5 0
    IT Botham c Wessels b Thomson 5 27 17 0 0
    G Miller lbw b Thomson 34 123 79 3 0
    +RW Taylor lbw b Thomson 0 3 3 0 0
    EE Hemmings c Border b Yardley 29 52 39 2 0
    *RGD Willis c Border b Thomson 1 32 19 0 0
    NG Cowans not out 0 10 2 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 12) 20
    Total (all out, 64.5 overs) 237

    FoW: 1-8 (Tavare), 2-23 (Cook), 3-24 (Lamb), 4-146 (Randall),
    5-163 (Botham), 6-169 (Gower), 7-170 (Taylor),
    8-220 (Hemmings), 9-232 (Willis), 10-237 (Miller).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lawson 20 2 70 3
    Hogg 16 2 50 1
    Thomson 14.5 2 50 5
    Yardley 14 4 47 1

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    KC Wessels lbw b Botham 53 116 89 6 0
    J Dyson c Gower b Willis 2 40 24 0 0
    *GS Chappell c Randall b Hemmings 11 17 14 0 0
    KJ Hughes c Botham b Hemmings 137 379 316 12 3
    DW Hookes lbw b Miller 19 52 52 2 0
    AR Border c Botham b Cowans 83 163 148 9 0
    +RW Marsh c Taylor b Miller 41 86 70 3 0
    B Yardley c Botham b Hemmings 0 11 11 0 0
    GF Lawson not out 13 42 30 1 0
    JR Thomson c Gower b Miller 12 29 34 1 0
    RM Hogg run out 0 5 6 0 0
    Extras (lb 7, nb 4) 11
    Total (all out, 131.3 overs) 382

    FoW: 1-23 (Dyson), 2-38 (Chappell), 3-82 (Wessels),
    4-113 (Hookes), 5-262 (Border), 6-350 (Marsh),
    7-357 (Yardley), 8-358 (Hughes), 9-382 (Thomson),
    10-382 (Hogg).

    Bowling O M R W
    Willis 10 2 33 1
    Cowans 13 1 47 1
    Botham 10 0 35 1
    Hemmings 47 16 116 3
    Miller 49.3 12 133 3
    Cook 2 1 7 0

    England 2nd innings (target: 460 runs) R M B 4 6
    G Cook lbw b Lawson 2 3 5 0 0
    CJ Tavare lbw b Yardley 16 60 26 2 0
    EE Hemmings c Marsh b Yardley 95 223 195 6 0
    DI Gower c Hookes b Yardley 24 53 39 3 0
    AJ Lamb c & b Yardley 29 70 66 3 1
    DW Randall b Thomson 44 114 95 6 0
    IT Botham lbw b Thomson 32 73 56 4 0
    G Miller not out 21 86 84 3 0
    +RW Taylor not out 28 83 53 3 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 11) 23
    Total (7 wickets, 96 overs) 314

    DNB: *RGD Willis, NG Cowans.

    FoW: 1-3 (Cook), 2-55 (Tavare), 3-104 (Gower), 4-155 (Lamb),
    5-196 (Hemmings), 6-260 (Randall), 7-261 (Botham).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lawson 15 1 50 1
    Hogg 13 6 25 0
    Thomson 12 3 30 2
    Yardley 37 6 139 4
    Border 16 3 36 0
    Hookes 2 1 5 0
    Chappell 1 0 6 0

    • Australia regains the Ashes, which they lost in 1977

    • Aus 1st innings
    • RW Taylor: 150 Test dismissals (Dyson)

    • Eng 2nd innings
    • EE Hemmings was 5 runs from becoming the 4th 'night-watchman' to score a century at Test level.
    • RW Taylor passes 1000 runs (completeing the keeper's double)
    • This match was only the 4th drawn Test at Sydney between the 2 countries (out of 46)
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