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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 5, 1999

5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 2-6 January 1999

Test # 1439
The Ashes, 1998/99, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
2,3,4,5 January 1999 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 98 runs
Series: Australia wins the 5-Test series 3-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair
TV Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: SCG MacGill
Man of the Series: SR Waugh

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 322
  • Day 2: England 220, Australia 13/0 (Slater 11*, Taylor 2*; 7 overs)
  • Day 3: Australia 184, England 104/2 (Hussain 17*, Ramprakash 14*; 30 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor c Hick b Headley 2 14 8 0 0
    MJ Slater c Hegg b Headley 18 63 35 2 0
    JL Langer c Ramprakash b Tudor 26 53 39 2 0
    ME Waugh c Hegg b Headley 121 293 205 10 0
    SR Waugh b Such 96 202 171 9 0
    DS Lehmann c Hussain b Tudor 32 44 37 5 0
    +IA Healy c Hegg b Gough 14 48 28 1 0
    SK Warne not out 2 14 7 0 0
    SCG MacGill b Gough 0 1 1 0 0
    CR Miller b Gough 0 2 1 0 0
    GD McGrath c Hick b Headley 0 1 2 0 0
    Extras (lb 2, nb 9) 11
    Total (all out, 87.3 overs) 322

    FoW: 1-4 (Taylor, 3.1 ov), 2-52 (Slater, 12.4 ov),
    3-52 (Langer, 13.1 ov), 4-242 (SR Waugh, 66.2 ov),
    5-284 (Lehmann, 76.2 ov), 6-319 (ME Waugh, 85.1 ov),
    7-321 (Healy, 86.4 ov), 8-321 (MacGill, 86.5 ov),
    9-321 (Miller, 86.6 ov), 10-322 (McGrath, 87.3 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Gough 17 4 61 3
    Headley 19.3 3 62 4 (1nb)
    Tudor 12 1 64 2 (8nb)
    Such 24 6 77 1
    Ramprakash 15 0 56 0

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    MA Butcher lbw b Warne 36 90 70 4 0
    *AJ Stewart c Warne b McGrath 3 28 17 0 0
    N Hussain c ME Waugh b Miller 42 174 126 4 0
    MR Ramprakash c MacGill b McGrath 14 52 42 1 0
    GA Hick c Warne b MacGill 23 54 38 3 1
    JP Crawley c Taylor b MacGill 44 118 75 5 0
    +WK Hegg b Miller 15 53 50 0 0
    AJ Tudor b MacGill 14 43 40 2 0
    DW Headley c McGrath b MacGill 8 22 20 1 0
    D Gough lbw b MacGill 0 2 2 0 0
    PM Such not out 0 6 4 0 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 8, w 1, nb 4) 21
    Total (all out, 80.1 overs) 220

    FoW: 1-18 (Stewart, 6.5 ov), 2-56 (Butcher, 21.4 ov),
    3-88 (Ramprakash, 34.6 ov), 4-137 (Hick, 48.2 ov),
    5-139 (Hussain, 49.2 ov), 6-171 (Hegg, 63.4 ov),
    7-204 (Tudor, 74.5 ov), 8-213 (Crawley, 78.1 ov),
    9-213 (Gough, 78.3 ov), 10-220 (Headley, 80.1 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 17 7 35 2 (3nb)
    Miller 23 6 45 2
    MacGill 20.1 2 57 5 (1w)
    Warne 20 4 67 1 (1nb)

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    MJ Slater c Hegg b Headley 123 271 189 11 3
    *MA Taylor c Stewart b Gough 2 30 25 0 0
    JL Langer lbw b Headley 1 11 5 0 0
    ME Waugh c Ramprakash b Headley 24 79 60 4 0
    DS Lehmann c Crawley b Such 0 12 8 0 0
    +IA Healy c Crawley b Such 5 36 26 0 0
    SR Waugh b Headley 8 38 28 1 0
    SK Warne c Ramprakash b Such 8 23 13 0 0
    SCG MacGill c Butcher b Such 6 46 24 0 0
    CR Miller not out 3 15 9 0 0
    GD McGrath c Stewart b Such 0 2 2 0 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 1) 4
    Total (all out, 64.5 overs) 184

    FoW: 1-16 (Taylor, 7.6 ov), 2-25 (Langer, 10.2 ov),
    3-64 (ME Waugh, 27.5 ov), 4-73 (Lehmann, 30.4 ov),
    5-91 (Healy, 40.2 ov), 6-110 (SR Waugh, 49.4 ov),
    7-141 (Warne, 54.2 ov), 8-180 (Slater, 61.4 ov),
    9-184 (MacGill, 64.3 ov), 10-184 (McGrath, 64.5 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Headley 19 7 40 4
    Gough 15 3 51 1
    Such 25.5 5 81 5
    Tudor 5 2 8 0

    England 2nd innings (target: 287 runs) R M B 4 6
    MA Butcher st Healy b Warne 27 60 47 3 0
    *AJ Stewart st Healy b MacGill 42 83 55 4 0
    N Hussain c & b MacGill 53 170 129 2 0
    MR Ramprakash c Taylor b McGrath 14 60 46 1 0
    GA Hick b MacGill 7 39 25 1 0
    JP Crawley lbw b Miller 5 21 16 0 0
    +WK Hegg c Healy b MacGill 3 10 10 0 0
    AJ Tudor b MacGill 3 27 21 0 0
    DW Headley c Healy b MacGill 16 25 24 2 0
    D Gough not out 7 21 15 1 0
    PM Such c & b MacGill 2 11 12 0 0
    Extras (lb 5, w 1, nb 3) 9
    Total (all out, 66.1 overs) 188

    FoW: 1-57 (Butcher, 13.6 ov), 2-77 (Stewart, 20.2 ov),
    3-110 (Ramprakash, 34.4 ov), 4-131 (Hick, 44.3 ov),
    5-150 (Crawley, 49.6 ov), 6-157 (Hegg, 52.6 ov),
    7-162 (Hussain, 56.4 ov), 8-175 (Tudor, 60.2 ov),
    9-180 (Headley, 62.6 ov), 10-188 (Such, 66.1 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 10 0 40 1 (3nb)
    Miller 17 1 50 1
    MacGill 20.1 4 50 7 (1w)
    Warne 19 3 43 1

      Day 1

    • Lunch: Australia 101/3 (ME Waugh 26*, SR Waugh 22*, 26 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 214/3 (ME Waugh 78*, SR Waugh 81*, 58 overs)
    • SR Waugh 96: His 9th Test score in the 90's, breaking the world record (prev. AI Kallicharran, 8)
    • D Gough 3/61 included hat-trick (Healy, MacGill, Miller). 23rd hat-trick in Tests, first at Sydney since 1891-92.
    • Attendance: 42,124 (sellout). Biggest Test crowd at the SCG since January 3, 1976 (53001, Day 1 v WI), and the biggest since ground capacity was reduced in the 1980's.

      Day 2

    • Lunch: England 82/2 (Hussain 22*, Ramprakash 12*, 30 overs)
    • Tea: England 161/5 (Crawley 16*, Hegg 8*, 60 overs)
    • England 1st innings 1x5 ball over
    • Stewart was GD McGrath's 200th Test wicket - the 10th Australian to reach that milestone.
    • Hussain was ME Waugh's 100th Test catch - the 14th non-wicketekeeper (and 6th Australian) to reach that milestone.
    • Crawley was MA Taylor's 156th Test catch - equalling AR Border's world record for a non-wicketkeeper.
    • Attendance: 38,912.

      Day 3

    • Lunch: Australia 74/4 (Slater 47*, Healy 0*, 34 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 178/7 (Slater 122*, MacGill 5*, 61 overs)
    • Slater scored 123 out of Australia's 184 runs (66.85%) - the second highest percentage of runs by a batsman in a Test innings (record 67.35%, C Bannerman, Aus v Eng 1876-77)
    • England target 287 in approximately 210 overs.
    • Attendance: 33,492.

      Day 4

    • Lunch: England 175/7 (Tudor 3*, Headley 12*, 60 overs)
    • Taylor's catch of Ramprakash was his 157th in Tests, passing Border's world record outright.
    • Attendance: 27,754. Match total: 142,282.
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