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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, January 5, 1995

3rd Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 1-5 Jan 1995

Test # 1281 (1279/283)
The Ashes, 1994/95, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
1,2,3,4,5 January 1995 (5-day match)

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

Toss: England
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DB Hair
TV Umpire: WA Cameron
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: D Gough

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 198/7 (Fraser 3*, Gough 0*)
  • Day 2: England 309, Australia 4/0 (Slater 4*, Taylor 0*)
  • Day 3: Australia 116, England 90/1 (Atherton 32*, Hick 22*)
  • Day 4: England 255/2d, Australia 139/0 (Taylor 64*, Slater 65*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch c Healy b Fleming 1 7 9 0 0
    *MA Atherton b McDermott 88 329 267 8 0
    GA Hick b McDermott 2 21 13 0 0
    GP Thorpe lbw b McDermott 10 26 17 2 0
    JP Crawley c ME Waugh b Fleming 72 288 226 6 0
    MW Gatting c Healy b McDermott 0 4 4 0 0
    ARC Fraser c Healy b Fleming 27 140 96 2 0
    +SJ Rhodes run out (SR Waugh/Fleming/Healy) 1 3 2 0 0
    D Gough c Fleming b McDermott 51 72 56 4 1
    DE Malcolm b Warne 29 22 18 3 2
    PCR Tufnell not out 4 25 17 0 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 7, nb 9) 24
    Total (all out, 119.2 overs, 475 minutes) 309

    FoW: 1-1 (Gooch), 2-10 (Hick), 3-20 (Thorpe), 4-194 (Atherton),
    5-194 (Gatting), 6-196 (Crawley), 7-197 (Rhodes),
    8-255 (Gough), 9-295 (Malcolm), 10-309 (Fraser).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 30 7 101 5 (4nb)
    Fleming 26.2 12 52 3
    Warne 36 10 88 1
    May 17 4 35 0 (3nb)
    ME Waugh 6 1 10 0 (2nb)
    Bevan 4 1 8 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    MJ Slater b Malcolm 11 36 24 1 0
    *MA Taylor c & b Gough 49 209 131 2 0
    DC Boon b Gough 3 5 5 0 0
    ME Waugh c Rhodes b Malcolm 3 4 4 0 0
    MG Bevan c Thorpe b Fraser 8 56 31 1 0
    SR Waugh b Gough 1 11 8 0 0
    +IA Healy c Hick b Gough 10 20 19 2 0
    SK Warne c Gatting b Fraser 0 4 5 0 0
    TBA May c Hick b Gough 0 7 2 0 0
    CJ McDermott not out 21 61 30 2 0
    DW Fleming b Gough 0 1 1 0 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 1, nb 3) 10
    Total (all out, 42.5 overs, 211 minutes) 116

    FoW: 1-12 (Slater), 2-15 (Boon), 3-18 (ME Waugh), 4-38 (Bevan),
    5-39 (SR Waugh), 6-57 (Healy), 7-62 (Warne), 8-65 (May),
    9-116 (Taylor), 10-116 (Fleming).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 13 4 34 2 (1nb)
    Gough 18.5 4 49 6
    Fraser 11 1 26 2 (2nb)

    England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GA Gooch lbw b Fleming 29 61 37 4 0
    *MA Atherton c Taylor b Fleming 67 219 166 5 0
    GA Hick not out 98 255 166 10 1
    GP Thorpe not out 47 97 71 4 0
    Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 7) 14
    Total (2 wickets decl, 72 overs, 317 minutes) 255

    DNB: JP Crawley, MW Gatting, ARC Fraser, +SJ Rhodes, D Gough,
    DE Malcolm, PCR Tufnell.

    FoW: 1-54 (Gooch), 2-158 (Atherton).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 24 2 76 0 (7nb)
    Fleming 20 3 66 2 (1w)
    ME Waugh 2 1 4 0
    Warne 16 2 48 0
    May 10 1 55 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 449 runs) R M B 4 6
    *MA Taylor b Malcolm 113 364 248 9 0
    MJ Slater c Tufnell b Fraser 103 283 236 10 0
    DC Boon c Hick b Gough 17 107 70 1 0
    ME Waugh lbw b Fraser 25 60 34 4 0
    MG Bevan c Rhodes b Fraser 7 21 14 1 0
    SR Waugh c Rhodes b Fraser 0 8 8 0 0
    +IA Healy c Rhodes b Fraser 5 13 11 0 0
    SK Warne not out 36 88 59 4 0
    TBA May not out 10 77 64 0 0
    Extras (b 12, lb 3, w 1, nb 12) 28
    Total (7 wickets, 121.4 overs, 514 minutes) 344

    DNB: CJ McDermott, DW Fleming.

    FoW: 1-208 (Slater), 2-239 (Taylor), 3-265 (Boon),
    4-282 (Bevan), 5-286 (SR Waugh), 6-289 (ME Waugh),
    7-292 (Healy).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 21 4 75 1 (1nb)
    Gough 28 4 72 1 (1w)
    Fraser 25 3 73 5 (6nb)
    Tufnell 35.4 9 61 0 (5nb)
    Hick 5 0 21 0
    Gooch 7 1 27 0

    • 12th Men: GD McGrath (Aus) and SD Udal (Eng)

    • Eng 1st innings
    • Crawley 50 (133b 177m 5x4) maiden Test half-century.
    • Gough 51 (56b 72m 4x4 1x6)
    • Gough was dropped in the slips at 50 by M Waugh, eventually holing out to Fleming at long-leg.
    • Malcolm 29 (18b 24m 3x4 2x6)

    • Rain delayed approx. 15 mins after lunch.
    • Play continued for 3.3 overs until again rain caused a cessation (play stopped at 2:19)
    • Play was officially abandoned at approximately 5:30 local time due to incessant drizzle.

    • Aus 1st innings
    • Healy was dismissed off the last ball before lunch.
    • Australia saved the follow-on with four byes off Malcolm.
    • Career-best figures for Gough, and his first innings haul of 5 wickets.

    • Some play lost in the last session due to rain.

    • Eng 2nd innings
    • Atherton 50 (134b 180m 3x4)
    • Hick 98* (161b 255m 10x4 1x6)
    • Hick 50 (98b 151m 5x4)
    • Atherton-Hick 100 partnership (205b 151m)
    • Eng declared about 40 minutes before Tea, giving Aus exactly 30 minutes to bat before the interval.

    • Aus 2nd innings
    • Gough's first ball of the innings was short and hit Slater on the body. He thus missed out on the hat-trick.
    • Slater (when on 74, Aus 157) was dropped by Crawley at mid-wicket when he tried to loft a ball.

    • 1 hour 50 min approx. lost to rain after lunch. With the added hour, 7 overs were lost.

    • Attendance: 126,485
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