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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, December 28, 1986

4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, 26-28 Dec 1986

Test # 1062 (1061/261)
The Ashes, 1986/87, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28 December 1986 (5-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 14 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: AR Crafter and RA French
Man of the Match: GC Small

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 141, England 95/1 (Broad 56*, Gatting 8*)
  • Day 2: England 349
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GR Marsh c Richards b Botham 17 69 47 2 0
    DC Boon c Botham b Small 7 20 11 1 0
    DM Jones c Gower b Small 59 154 136 6 0
    *AR Border c Richards b Botham 15 43 26 2 0
    SR Waugh c Botham b Small 10 43 30 0 0
    GRJ Matthews c Botham b Small 14 76 50 1 0
    PR Sleep c Richards b Small 0 12 8 0 0
    +TJ Zoehrer b Botham 5 12 7 1 0
    CJ McDermott c Richards b Botham 0 7 4 0 0
    MG Hughes c Richards b Botham 2 15 15 0 0
    BA Reid not out 2 6 3 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 7) 10
    Total (all out, 54.4 overs) 141

    FoW: 1-16 (Boon), 2-44 (Marsh), 3-80 (Border), 4-108 (Waugh),
    5-118 (Jones), 6-118 (Sleep), 7-129 (Zoehrer),
    8-133 (McDermott), 9-137 (Hughes), 10-141 (Matthews).

    Bowling O M R W
    Small 22.4 7 48 5
    DeFreitas 11 1 30 0
    Emburey 4 0 16 0
    Botham 16 4 41 5
    Gatting 1 0 4 0

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    BC Broad c Zoehrer b Hughes 112 329 255 9 0
    CWJ Athey lbw b Reid 21 74 58 1 0
    *MW Gatting c Hughes b Reid 40 173 118 2 0
    AJ Lamb c Zoehrer b Reid 43 140 92 5 0
    DI Gower c Matthews b Sleep 7 22 17 1 0
    IT Botham c Zoehrer b McDermott 29 66 54 4 0
    +CJ Richards c Marsh b Reid 3 32 14 0 0
    PAJ DeFreitas c Matthews b McDermott 7 21 14 1 0
    JE Emburey c & b McDermott 22 42 30 2 0
    PH Edmonds lbw b McDermott 19 67 49 1 0
    GC Small not out 21 42 36 2 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 11) 25
    Total (all out, 120.5 overs) 349

    FoW: 1-58 (Athey), 2-163 (Gatting), 3-198 (Broad), 4-219 (Gower),
    5-251 (Lamb), 6-273 (Botham), 7-277 (Richards),
    8-289 (DeFreitas), 9-319 (Emburey), 10-349 (Edmonds).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 26.5 4 83 4
    Hughes 30 3 94 1
    Reid 28 5 78 4
    Waugh 8 4 16 0
    Sleep 28 4 65 1

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GR Marsh run out 60 214 142 11 0
    DC Boon c Gatting b Small 8 21 21 0 0
    DM Jones c Gatting b DeFreitas 21 45 33 3 0
    *AR Border c Emburey b Small 34 85 82 4 0
    SR Waugh b Edmonds 49 115 103 3 0
    GRJ Matthews b Emburey 0 8 7 0 0
    PR Sleep run out 6 25 25 1 0
    +TJ Zoehrer c Athey b Edmonds 1 9 8 0 0
    CJ McDermott b Emburey 1 16 14 0 0
    MG Hughes c Small b Edmonds 8 11 8 2 0
    BA Reid not out 0 5 4 0 0
    Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 2) 6
    Total (all out, 73.4 overs) 194

    FoW: 1-13 (Boon), 2-48 (Jones), 3-113 (Border), 4-153 (Marsh),
    5-153 (Matthews), 6-175 (Sleep), 7-180 (Zoehrer),
    8-185 (Waugh), 9-189 (McDermott), 10-194 (Hughes).

    Bowling O M R W
    DeFreitas 12 1 44 1
    Small 15 3 40 2
    Botham 7 1 19 0
    Edmonds 19.4 5 45 3
    Emburey 20 5 43 2
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