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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, February 7, 1995

5th Test: Australia v England at Perth, 3-7 Feb 1995

Test # 1287 (1281/285)
The Ashes, 1994/95, 5th Test
Australia v England
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
3,4,5,6,7 February 1995 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 329 runs
Series: Australia wins the 5-Test series 3-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: KE Liebenberg (SA) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: TA Prue
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: SR Waugh
Man of the Series: CJ McDermott

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 283/4 (SR Waugh 23*, Blewett 17*)
  • Day 2: Australia 402, England 110/4 (Thorpe 54*, Ramprakash 14*)
  • Day 3: England 295, Australia 87/2 (Taylor 32*, Boon 6*)
  • Day 4: Australia 345/8d, England 27/5 (Atherton 8*, Ramprakash 0*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MJ Slater c Lewis b DeFreitas 124 296 231 13 0
    *MA Taylor c Rhodes b Lewis 9 57 36 0 0
    DC Boon c Ramprakash b Lewis 1 10 8 0 0
    ME Waugh c DeFreitas b Lewis 88 244 177 10 0
    SR Waugh not out 99 288 183 12 0
    GS Blewett c Rhodes b Fraser 20 72 67 3 0
    +IA Healy c Lewis b DeFreitas 12 58 38 1 0
    SK Warne c Rhodes b DeFreitas 1 27 17 0 0
    J Angel run out (Malcolm/Rhodes) 11 65 43 2 0
    GD McGrath run out (DeFreitas) 0 16 10 0 0
    CJ McDermott run out (Lewis/Gooch) 6 25 15 0 0
    Extras (b 14, lb 4, w 4, nb 9) 31
    Total (all out, 135.5 overs, 586 minutes) 402

    FoW: 1-47 (Taylor), 2-55 (Boon), 3-238 (Slater),
    4-247 (ME Waugh), 5-287 (Blewett), 6-320 (Healy),
    7-328 (Warne), 8-386 (Angel), 9-388 (McGrath),
    10-402 (McDermott).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 31 6 93 0 (4w)
    DeFreitas 29 8 91 3 (2nb)
    Fraser 32 11 84 1
    Lewis 31.5 8 73 3 (7nb)
    Gooch 1 1 0 0
    Ramprakash 11 0 43 0

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    GA Gooch lbw b ME Waugh 37 101 76 4 0
    *MA Atherton c Healy b McGrath 4 7 3 1 0
    MW Gatting b McGrath 0 1 1 0 0
    GP Thorpe st Healy b Warne 123 301 218 19 0
    JP Crawley c Warne b ME Waugh 0 1 3 0 0
    MR Ramprakash b Warne 72 240 178 11 0
    +SJ Rhodes b Angel 2 22 16 0 0
    CC Lewis c Blewett b McGrath 40 59 62 8 0
    PAJ DeFreitas b Angel 0 6 6 0 0
    ARC Fraser c Warne b Angel 9 47 18 1 0
    DE Malcolm not out 0 3 1 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 3) 8
    Total (all out, 96.3 overs, 403 minutes) 295

    FoW: 1-5 (Atherton), 2-5 (Gatting), 3-77 (Gooch), 4-77 (Crawley),
    5-235 (Thorpe), 6-246 (Rhodes), 7-246 (Ramprakash),
    8-247 (DeFreitas), 9-293 (Lewis), 10-295 (Fraser).

    Bowling O M R W
    Angel 22.3 7 65 3 (1nb)
    McGrath 25 6 88 3 (1nb)
    Blewett 4 1 9 0
    ME Waugh 9 2 29 2
    Warne 23 8 58 2
    McDermott 13 5 41 0 (1nb)

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    *MA Taylor b Fraser 52 183 122 8 0
    MJ Slater c Atherton b Fraser 45 82 55 8 0
    J Angel run out (Gooch) 0 7 5 0 0
    DC Boon c Rhodes b Malcolm 18 44 31 4 0
    ME Waugh c Rhodes b DeFreitas 1 20 14 0 0
    SR Waugh c Ramprakash b Lewis 80 215 141 9 0
    GS Blewett c Malcolm b Lewis 115 202 158 19 0
    +IA Healy not out 11 25 14 0 0
    SK Warne c Lewis b Malcolm 6 14 12 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 9, nb 7) 17
    Total (8 wickets decl, 90.3 overs, 403 mins) 345

    DNB: GD McGrath, CJ McDermott.

    FoW: 1-75 (Slater), 2-79 (Angel), 3-102 (Boon), 4-115 (ME Waugh),
    5-123 (Taylor), 6-326 (SR Waugh), 7-333 (Blewett),
    8-345 (Warne).

    Bowling O M R W
    Malcolm 23.3 3 105 2
    Fraser 21 3 74 2
    Lewis 16 1 71 2 (6nb)
    DeFreitas 22 10 54 1 (1nb)
    Ramprakash 8 1 31 0

    England 2nd innings (target: 453 runs) R M B 4 6
    GA Gooch c & b McDermott 4 10 12 0 0
    *MA Atherton c Healy b McGrath 8 72 43 1 0
    MW Gatting b McDermott 8 16 14 1 0
    ARC Fraser lbw b McGrath 5 20 13 0 0
    GP Thorpe c Taylor b McGrath 0 1 1 0 0
    JP Crawley c ME Waugh b McDermott 0 3 4 0 0
    MR Ramprakash c SR Waugh b ME Waugh 42 69 57 5 0
    +SJ Rhodes not out 39 105 73 4 0
    CC Lewis lbw b McDermott 11 35 26 2 0
    PAJ DeFreitas c Taylor b McDermott 0 8 5 0 0
    DE Malcolm b McDermott 0 20 13 0 0
    Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 4) 6
    Total (all out, 41 overs, 179 minutes) 123

    FoW: 1-4 (Gooch), 2-17 (Gatting), 3-26 (Fraser), 4-26 (Thorpe),
    5-27 (Crawley), 6-27 (Atherton), 7-95 (Ramprakash),
    8-121 (Lewis), 9-123 (DeFreitas), 10-123 (Malcolm).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 15 4 38 6 (2nb)
    McGrath 13 4 40 3 (2nb, 1w)
    Angel 3 0 20 0
    Warne 7 3 11 0
    ME Waugh 3 0 13 1 (1nb)

    • 12th Men: BP Julian (Aus) and PCR Tufnell (Eng)

    • Aus 2nd innings
    • Blewett becomes the 5th batsman to score 2 centuries in his first two tests.

    • Attendance: 70,113
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