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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.

Tuesday, January 8, 1991

3rd TEST: Australia v England at Sydney, 4-8 Jan 1991

Test # 1160 (1160/272)
The Ashes, 1990/91, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
4,5,6,7,8 January 1991 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and PJ McConnell
Man of the Match: MA Atherton

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 259/4 (Jones 27*, Waugh 22*)
  • Day 2: Australia 518, England 1/0 (Gooch 1*, Atherton 0*)
  • Day 3: England 227/3 (Atherton 94*, Gower 33*)
  • Day 4: England 469/8d, Australia 38/2 (Healy 9*, Boon 3*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GR Marsh c Larkins b Malcolm 13 55 41 2 0
    MA Taylor c Russell b Malcolm 11 79 47 2 0
    DC Boon c Atherton b Gooch 97 201 174 17 0
    *AR Border b Hemmings 78 251 184 10 0
    DM Jones st Russell b Small 60 200 120 7 0
    SR Waugh c Stewart b Malcolm 48 66 61 8 0
    GRJ Matthews c Hemmings b Tufnell 128 242 175 17 0
    +IA Healy c Small b Hemmings 35 93 61 2 0
    CG Rackemann b Hemmings 1 15 8 0 0
    TM Alderman not out 26 86 73 1 0
    BA Reid c Smith b Malcolm 0 15 7 0 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 8, nb 8) 21
    Total (all out, 157 overs, 657 mins) 518

    FoW: 1-21 (Marsh), 2-38 (Taylor), 3-185 (Boon), 4-226 (Border),
    5-292 (Waugh), 6-347 (Jones), 7-442 (Healy),
    8-457 (Rackemann), 9-512 (Matthews), 10-518 (Reid).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 45 12 128 4 (7nb)
    Small 31 5 103 1 (1nb)
    Hemmings 32 7 105 3
    Tufnell 30 6 95 1
    Gooch 14 3 46 1
    Atherton 5 0 28 0

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    *GA Gooch c Healy b Reid 59 148 127 5 0
    MA Atherton c Boon b Matthews 105 451 349 8 0
    W Larkins run out (Border) 11 44 33 2 0
    RA Smith c Healy b Reid 18 67 50 3 0
    DI Gower c Marsh b Reid 123 312 236 15 0
    AJ Stewart lbw b Alderman 91 157 146 12 0
    +RC Russell not out 30 90 64 3 0
    GC Small lbw b Alderman 10 28 21 1 0
    EE Hemmings b Alderman 0 2 3 0 0
    PCR Tufnell not out 5 22 15 1 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 8) 17
    Total (8 wickets dec, 172.1 overs, 665 mins) 469

    DNB: DE Malcolm.

    FoW: 1-95 (Gooch), 2-116 (Larkins), 3-156 (Smith),
    4-295 (Atherton), 5-394 (Gower), 6-426 (Stewart),
    7-444 (Small), 8-444 (Hemmings).

    Bowling O M R W
    Alderman 20.1 4 62 3 (2nb)
    Reid 35.1 9 79 3 (4nb)
    Rackemann 25.5 5 89 0
    Matthews 58 16 145 1 (2nb)
    Border 19 5 45 0
    Waugh 14 3 40 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    MA Taylor lbw b Hemmings 19 39 31 2 0
    GR Marsh c Stewart b Malcolm 4 26 13 0 0
    +IA Healy c Smith b Tufnell 69 165 160 6 0
    DC Boon c Gooch b Tufnell 29 73 72 3 0
    *AR Border c Gooch b Tufnell 20 34 29 3 0
    DM Jones c & b Tufnell 0 1 1 0 0
    SR Waugh c Russell b Hemmings 14 32 28 2 0
    GRJ Matthews b Hemmings 19 72 56 0 0
    CG Rackemann b Malcolm 9 107 102 0 0
    TM Alderman c Gower b Tufnell 1 10 10 0 0
    BA Reid not out 5 28 32 0 0
    Extras (lb 16) 16
    Total (all out, 89 overs, 300 mins) 205

    FoW: 1-21 (Marsh), 2-29 (Taylor), 3-81 (Boon), 4-129 (Border),
    5-129 (Jones), 6-166 (Waugh), 7-166 (Healy),
    8-189 (Matthews), 9-192 (Alderman), 10-205 (Rackemann).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 6 1 19 2
    Small 2 1 6 0
    Hemmings 41 9 94 3
    Tufnell 37 18 61 5
    Atherton 3 1 9 0

    England 2nd innings (target: 255 runs) R M B 4 6
    *GA Gooch c Border b Matthews 54 68 42 7 0
    DI Gower c Taylor b Matthews 36 53 38 3 0
    W Larkins lbw b Border 0 2 3 0 0
    AJ Stewart run out (Alderman/Matthews) 7 10 10 0 0
    RA Smith not out 10 31 27 1 0
    MA Atherton not out 3 28 32 0 0
    Extras (lb 1, nb 2) 3
    Total (4 wickets, 25 overs) 113

    DNB: +RC Russell, GC Small, EE Hemmings, PCR Tufnell, DE Malcolm.

    FoW: 1-84 (Gower), 2-84 (Larkins), 3-100 (Gooch), 4-100 (Stewart).

    Bowling O M R W
    Alderman 4 0 29 0 (2nb)
    Rackemann 3 0 20 0
    Matthews 9 2 26 2
    Border 9 1 37 1

    • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
    • Scorers: EW Cosgrove and CF Driver
    • 12th men: MG Hughes (Australia) and PAJ DeFreitas (England)

      Day 1

    • Lunch: Australia 68/2 (Boon 22*, Border 17*)
    • Tea: Australia 158/2 (Boon 82*, Border 43*)
    • Border became the first player to score 50 half centuries in Test cricket
    • Boon/Border 3rd wicket partership 147 in 177 mins from 297 balls
    • Attendance: 27,302

      Day 2

    • Lunch: Australia 377/6 (Matthews 44*, Healy 9*)
    • Matthews 100 in 185 mins form 137 balls, 13x4
    • Tea: Australia 483/8 (Matthews 110*, Alderman 9*)
    • Bad light ended play at 5.05pm (55 mins lost)
    • Attendance: 26,529

      Day 3

    • Gooch completed 6000 Test runs when he read 12 in the 1st innings
    • Lunch: England 83/0 (Gooch 50*, Atheron 30*)
    • Tea: England 150/2 (Atherton 58*, Smith 17*)
    • Attendnace: 25,461

      Day 4

    • Reid was unable to complete his 27th over (calloused right heel). Rackemann completed the over. Reid later returned and bowled an addition 9 overs
    • Atherton 100 in 424 mins from 326 balls, 8x4
    • Atherton scored the slowest hundred in the history of Ashes Tests
    • Atherton/Gower 4th wicket partership 139 in 190 mins from 284 balls
    • Gower 100 in 222 mins from 171 balls, 15x4
    • Lunch: England 323/4 (Gower 103*, Stewart 14*)
    • Tea: England 426/5 (Stewart 91*, Russel 3*)
    • Taylor completed 1000 Test runs agaist England when he reached 7 in the 2nd innings
    • Attendnace: 18,010

      Day 5

    • Border completed 3000 Test runs against England when he reached 17 in the 2nd innings
    • Tufnell narrowly missed a hat-trick when Gower dropped Waugh at silly point (difficult chance) after dismissing Border (caugh at square leg) and Jones (simple pop back) with successive balls in his 17th over.
    • Lunch: Australia 152/5 (Healy 64*, Waugh 7*)
    • Tea: Australia 205 all out
    • England were set a target of 255 runs from 28 overs
    • Gower completed 8000 Test runs when he reached 15 in the 2nd innings
    • Match called off at 5.45pm
    • Attendance: 9,002 (Total: 106,304)
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