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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.

Thursday, December 29, 1994

2nd Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, 24-29 Dec 1994

Test # 1279 (1278/282)
The Ashes, 1994/95, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
24,26,27,28,29 December 1994 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 295 runs
Series: Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: CJ McDermott

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 220/7 (SR Waugh 61*, 89.5 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 279, England 148/4 (Gooch 15*, Gough 1*, 68 overs)
  • Day 3: England 212, Australia 170/3 (Boon 64*, Bevan 3*, 69 overs)
  • Day 4: Australia 320/7d, England 79/4 (Gatting 23*, Rhodes 13*, 30 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MJ Slater run out (DeFreitas/Gatting) 3 26 19 0 0
    *MA Taylor lbw b DeFreitas 9 73 41 1 0
    DC Boon c Hick b Tufnell 41 148 100 4 0
    ME Waugh c Thorpe b DeFreitas 71 221 155 3 0
    MG Bevan c Atherton b Gough 3 29 23 0 0
    SR Waugh not out 94 265 191 5 0
    +IA Healy c Rhodes b Tufnell 17 59 42 1 0
    SK Warne c Hick b Gough 6 27 25 0 0
    TBA May lbw b Gough 9 51 31 0 0
    CJ McDermott b Gough 0 2 3 0 0
    DW Fleming c Hick b Malcolm 16 33 19 2 0
    Extras (lb 7, nb 3) 10
    Total (all out, 107.3 overs, 471 minutes) 279

    FoW: 1-10 (Slater), 2-39 (Taylor), 3-91 (Boon), 4-100 (Bevan),
    5-171 (ME Waugh), 6-208 (Healy), 7-220 (Warne), 8-242 (May),
    9-242 (McDermott), 10-279 (Fleming).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 28.3 4 78 1 (1nb)
    DeFreitas 23 4 66 2 (1nb)
    Gough 26 9 60 4
    Tufnell 28 7 59 2 (1nb)
    Hick 2 0 9 0

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    *MA Atherton lbw b Warne 44 199 157 4 0
    AJ Stewart c & b Warne 16 51 26 3 0
    GA Hick c Healy b McDermott 23 44 33 3 0
    GP Thorpe c ME Waugh b Warne 51 149 116 5 0
    GA Gooch c & b McDermott 15 67 52 1 0
    MW Gatting c SR Waugh b Warne 9 23 24 0 0
    D Gough c Healy b McDermott 20 65 52 3 0
    +SJ Rhodes c ME Waugh b Warne 0 13 11 0 0
    PAJ DeFreitas st Healy b Warne 14 24 19 2 0
    DE Malcolm not out 11 26 13 2 0
    PCR Tufnell run out (Taylor) 0 6 4 0 0
    Extras (lb 7, nb 2) 9
    Total (all out, 83.4 overs, 339 minutes) 212

    FoW: 1-40 (Hick), 2-119 (Atherton), 3-124 (Thorpe),
    4-140 (Gatting), 5-148 (Gooch), 6-151 (Rhodes),
    7-185 (Stewart), 8-189 (Gough), 9-207 (DeFreitas),
    10-212 (Tufnell).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 24 6 72 3 (2nb)
    Fleming 11 5 30 0
    ME Waugh 3 1 11 0
    Warne 27.4 8 64 6
    May 18 5 28 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    *MA Taylor lbw b Gough 19 81 64 1 0
    MJ Slater st Rhodes b Tufnell 44 121 74 5 0
    DC Boon lbw b DeFreitas 131 378 277 14 0
    ME Waugh c & b Gough 29 127 82 1 0
    MG Bevan c sub (JP Crawley) b Tufnell 35 190 135 1 0
    SR Waugh not out 26 92 73 0 0
    +IA Healy c Thorpe b Tufnell 17 62 38 1 0
    SK Warne c DeFreitas b Gough 0 2 2 0 0
    CJ McDermott not out 2 6 7 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 6) 17
    Total (7 wickets decl, 124 overs, 533 mins) 320

    DNB: TBA May, DW Fleming.

    FoW: 1-61 (Taylor), 2-81 (Slater), 3-157 (ME Waugh),
    4-269 (Bevan), 5-275 (Boon), 6-316 (Healy), 7-317 (Warne).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 22 3 86 0 (2nb, 1w)
    DeFreitas 26 2 70 1 (2nb)
    Tufnell 48 8 90 3 (2nb)
    Gough 25 6 59 3
    Hick 3 2 5 0

    England 2nd innings (target: 388 runs) R M B 4 6
    GA Gooch c Healy b Fleming 2 9 8 0 0
    *MA Atherton c Healy b McDermott 25 73 43 4 0
    GA Hick b Fleming 2 9 6 0 0
    GP Thorpe c Healy b McDermott 9 22 20 1 0
    MW Gatting c Taylor b McDermott 25 86 72 2 0
    +SJ Rhodes c ME Waugh b McDermott 16 94 72 0 0
    AJ Stewart not out 8 54 29 0 0
    PAJ DeFreitas lbw b Warne 0 4 4 0 0
    D Gough c Healy b Warne 0 1 1 0 0
    DE Malcolm c Boon b Warne 0 1 1 0 0
    PCR Tufnell c Healy b McDermott 0 5 4 0 0
    Extras (lb 2, nb 3) 5
    Total (all out, 42.5 overs, 184 minutes) 92

    FoW: 1-3 (Gooch), 2-10 (Hick), 3-23 (Thorpe), 4-43 (Atherton),
    5-81 (Gatting), 6-88 (Rhodes), 7-91 (DeFreitas),
    8-91 (Gough), 9-91 (Malcolm), 10-92 (Tufnell).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 16.5 5 42 5 (3nb)
    Fleming 9 1 24 2
    Warne 13 6 16 3
    May 4 1 8 0

    • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
    • Scorers: MK Walsh and AE Davis
    • 12th Men: GD McGrath (Aus) and SD Udal (Eng)

      Day 1

    • ME Waugh had an all run four.
    • Lunch: Australia 64/2 (Boon 34*, ME Waugh 12*)
    • Tea: Australia 132/4 (ME Waugh 51*, SR Waugh 19*)
    • New ball claimed after 86 overs at 214/6

      Day 2

    • Fleming had an all run four.
    • Lunch: England 100 (Atherton 8*, Stewart 1*)
    • AJ Stewart (1) retired hurt on 1* from 10/0 to 151/6 (Broken finger, struck on index finer from a delivery bowled by McDermott)
    • Eng 200 (488b)
    • Gooch was out off the first ball of Day 3 off a full toss.
    • With Stewart's dismissal, Warne completed 150 wkts (@22.98).
    • With Gough's dismissal, McDermott took his 249th wicket, passing Benaud to become the 2nd alltime Aus wicket-taker.

    • Aus 2nd innings
    • Aus 50 (94b) 150 (344b)
    • New ball taken at start of the 87th over.
    • Boon 100 (301m 232b 10x4) Boon 131 (379m 277b 14x4) Boon's 20th century, 14th player to do so, 17th alltime rungetter past Barrington and Vengsarkar.
    • Boon has three all run fours.
    • Bevan has an all run four.

    • Eng 2nd innings
    • Warne performed the hat-trick in his 13th over dismissing DeFreitas, Gough, Malcolm off his 4th, 5th, 6th deliveries.
    • Gatting was dismissed off the 2nd ball of Day 5.
    • Atherton 1x4 all run.

    • Attendance: 144,492
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