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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.

Sunday, February 17, 1985

Group A: Australia v England at Melbourne, 17 Feb 1985

ODI # 307
Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket, 1984/85, 1st Match
Australia v England, Group A
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
17 February 1985 (50-overs match)

Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
Points: Australia 2, England 0

Toss: England
Umpires: AR Crafter and RC Isherwood
Man of the Match: RB Kerr

England innings (49 overs maximum)                              R   M   B  4 6
G Fowler c & b McDermott 26 69 48 2 0
+PR Downton c McCurdy b McDermott 27 81 64 2 0
*DI Gower c Alderman b McCurdy 6 23 13 0 0
AJ Lamb c Kerr b Lawson 53 77 53 3 0
MW Gatting c Alderman b O'Donnell 34 76 54 0 0
CS Cowdrey lbw b McDermott 0 2 1 0 0
VJ Marks b Lawson 24 46 38 1 0
PH Edmonds b Lawson 20 29 22 2 0
RM Ellison not out 2 13 4 0 0
JP Agnew not out 2 4 3 0 0
Extras (b 3, lb 12, nb 5) 20
Total (8 wickets, 49 overs) 214

DNB: NG Cowans.

FoW: 1-61 (Fowler), 2-66 (Downton), 3-76 (Gower), 4-159 (Lamb),
5-159 (Gatting), 6-166 (Cowdrey), 7-200 (Edmonds),
8-211 (Marks).

Bowling O M R W
Lawson 10 3 31 3
Alderman 10 0 48 0
McDermott 10 0 39 3
McCurdy 10 1 42 1
O'Donnell 9 0 39 1

Australia innings (target: 215 runs from 49 overs) R M B 4 6
KC Wessels c Gatting b Ellison 39 56 50 5 0
RB Kerr not out 87 193 126 5 0
KJ Hughes run out 0 3 3 0 0
*AR Border c Cowans b Marks 1 7 6 0 0
DM Jones not out 78 124 94 8 0
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 6) 10
Total (3 wickets, 45.2 overs) 215

DNB: +WB Phillips, SP O'Donnell, GF Lawson, CJ McDermott,
RJ McCurdy, TM Alderman.

FoW: 1-57 (Wessels), 2-57 (Hughes), 3-58 (Border).

Bowling O M R W
Cowans 10 0 52 0
Ellison 10 4 34 1
Agnew 8 0 59 0
Marks 7.2 0 33 1
Edmonds 10 0 33 0

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