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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 30, 1990

2nd TEST: Australia v England at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 1990

Test # 1159 (1159/271)
The Ashes, 1990/91, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1990 (5-day match)

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

Toss: England
Umpires: AR Crafter and PJ McConnell
Test Debuts: PCR Tufnell (Eng).
Man of the Match: BA Reid

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 239/4 (Gower 73*, Stewart 42*)
  • Day 2: England 352, Australia 109/1 (Taylor 42*, Boon 18*)
  • Day 3: Australia 306
  • Day 4: England 150, Australia 28/2 (Marsh 11*, Boon 8*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *GA Gooch lbw b Alderman 20 39 33 2 0
    MA Atherton c Boon b Reid 0 15 11 0 0
    W Larkins c Healy b Reid 64 218 145 5 0
    RA Smith c Healy b Hughes 30 121 86 3 0
    DI Gower c & b Reid 100 254 170 8 0
    AJ Stewart c Healy b Reid 79 279 211 4 0
    +RC Russell c Healy b Hughes 15 69 55 1 0
    PAJ DeFreitas c Healy b Reid 3 5 5 0 0
    ARC Fraser c Jones b Alderman 24 69 55 3 0
    DE Malcolm c Taylor b Reid 6 32 19 1 0
    PCR Tufnell not out 0 13 9 0 0
    Extras (lb 2, nb 9) 11
    Total (all out, 131.4 overs, 561 mins) 352

    FoW: 1-12 (Atherton), 2-30 (Gooch), 3-109 (Smith),
    4-152 (Larkins), 5-274 (Gower), 6-303 (Russell),
    7-307 (DeFreitas), 8-324 (Stewart), 9-344 (Malcolm),
    10-352 (Fraser).

    Bowling O M R W
    Alderman 30.4 7 86 2 (2nb)
    Reid 39 8 97 6 (1nb)
    Hughes 29 7 83 2 (6nb)
    Matthews 27 8 65 0
    Waugh 6 2 19 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    GR Marsh c Russell b DeFreitas 36 85 62 5 0
    MA Taylor c Russell b DeFreitas 61 256 177 4 0
    DC Boon c Russell b Malcolm 28 119 82 1 0
    *AR Border c Russell b Fraser 62 239 164 5 0
    DM Jones c Russell b Fraser 44 86 57 6 0
    SR Waugh b Fraser 19 61 47 2 0
    GRJ Matthews lbw b Fraser 12 79 54 0 0
    +IA Healy c Russell b Fraser 5 21 10 0 0
    MG Hughes lbw b Malcolm 4 46 15 0 0
    TM Alderman b Fraser 0 9 10 0 0
    BA Reid not out 3 16 16 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 12, nb 16) 32
    Total (all out, 112.5 overs, 514 minutes) 306

    FoW: 1-63 (Marsh), 2-133 (Boon), 3-149 (Taylor), 4-224 (Jones),
    5-264 (Waugh), 6-281 (Border), 7-289 (Healy),
    8-298 (Matthews), 9-302 (Alderman), 10-306 (Hughes).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 25.5 4 74 2 (6nb)
    Fraser 39 10 82 6 (9nb)
    Tufnell 21 5 62 0 (1nb)
    DeFreitas 25 5 69 2
    Atherton 2 1 3 0

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    *GA Gooch c Alderman b Reid 58 147 116 9 0
    MA Atherton c Healy b Reid 4 26 20 0 0
    W Larkins c Healy b Reid 54 232 171 6 0
    RA Smith c Taylor b Reid 8 14 15 1 0
    DI Gower c Border b Matthews 0 11 6 0 0
    AJ Stewart c Marsh b Reid 8 70 60 0 0
    +RC Russell c Jones b Matthews 1 46 33 0 0
    PAJ DeFreitas lbw b Reid 0 3 4 0 0
    ARC Fraser c Taylor b Reid 0 8 6 0 0
    DE Malcolm lbw b Matthews 1 21 14 0 0
    PCR Tufnell not out 0 1 0 0 0
    Extras (b 7, lb 3, nb 6) 16
    Total (all out, 73 overs, 294 mins) 150

    FoW: 1-17 (Atherton), 2-103 (Gooch), 3-115 (Smith),
    4-122 (Gower), 5-147 (Stewart), 6-148 (Larkins),
    7-148 (DeFreitas), 8-148 (Fraser), 9-150 (Russell),
    10-150 (Malcolm).

    Bowling O M R W
    Alderman 10 2 19 0 (4nb)
    Reid 22 12 51 7 (1nb)
    Hughes 9 4 26 0 (1nb)
    Matthews 25 9 40 3
    Waugh 7 6 4 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 197 runs) R M B 4 6
    GR Marsh not out 79 363 257 7 0
    MA Taylor c Atherton b Malcolm 5 34 24 1 0
    +IA Healy c Atherton b Fraser 1 6 3 0 0
    DC Boon not out 94 321 234 8 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 12, nb 2) 18
    Total (2 wickets, 86 overs) 197

    DNB: *AR Border, DM Jones, SR Waugh, GRJ Matthews, MG Hughes,
    TM Alderman, BA Reid.

    FoW: 1-9 (Taylor), 2-10 (Healy).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 23 7 52 1 (1nb)
    Fraser 20 4 33 1
    Tufnell 24 12 36 0 (1nb)
    DeFreitas 16 3 46 0
    Atherton 3 0 14 0

    • Twelfth men: C.G.Rackemann (A) and C.C.Lewis (E)
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