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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.

Monday, December 30, 2002

4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 2002

Test # 1634
The Ashes, 2002-03, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 2002 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
Series: Australia leads the 5-Test series 4-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: Wasim Raja (Pak)
Test Debut: ML Love (Aus).
Man of the Match: JL Langer

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 356/3 (Langer 146*, Waugh 62*; 90 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 551/6d, England 97/3 (Hussain 17*, Dawson 0*; 34 overs)
  • Day 3: England 270 and 111/2 (Vaughan 55*, Hussain 8*; 34 overs)
  • Day 4: England 387, Australia 8/0 (Langer 4*, Hayden 1*; 2 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JL Langer c Caddick b Dawson 250 578 407 30 1
    ML Hayden c Crawley b Caddick 102 189 149 10 3
    RT Ponting b White 21 40 32 3 0
    DR Martyn c Trescothick b White 17 38 30 3 0
    *SR Waugh c Foster b White 77 159 117 15 0
    ML Love not out 62 160 141 4 0
    +AC Gilchrist b Dawson 1 9 6 0 0
    Extras (lb 11, w 5, nb 5) 21
    Total (6 wickets dec, 146 overs, 588 mins) 551

    DNB: B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-195 (Hayden, 44.2 ov), 2-235 (Ponting, 53.5 ov),
    3-265 (Martyn, 63.6 ov), 4-394 (Waugh, 103.3 ov),
    5-545 (Langer, 143.5 ov), 6-551 (Gilchrist, 145.6 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Caddick 36 6 126 1 (3nb, 1w)
    Harmison 36 7 108 0 (1nb)
    White 33 5 133 3 (1nb)
    Dawson 28 1 121 2
    Butcher 13 2 52 0 (4w)

    England 1st innings R M B 4 6
    ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b Lee 37 93 75 6 1
    MP Vaughan b McGrath 11 26 17 2 0
    MA Butcher lbw b Gillespie 25 111 78 3 0
    *N Hussain c Hayden b MacGill 24 87 58 3 0
    RKJ Dawson c Love b MacGill 6 22 18 1 0
    RWT Key lbw b Lee 0 4 2 0 0
    JP Crawley c Langer b Gillespie 17 61 45 2 0
    C White not out 85 182 134 9 3
    +JS Foster lbw b Waugh 19 76 76 0 0
    AR Caddick b Gillespie 17 30 30 1 1
    SJ Harmison c Gilchrist b Gillespie 2 16 14 0 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 10, nb 14) 27
    Total (all out, 89.3 overs, 364 mins) 270

    FoW: 1-13 (Vaughan, 6.2 ov), 2-73 (Trescothick, 22.4 ov),
    3-94 (Butcher, 32.1 ov), 4-111 (Dawson, 37.6 ov),
    5-113 (Key, 38.4 ov), 6-118 (Hussain, 41.6 ov),
    7-172 (Crawley, 54.2 ov), 8-227 (Foster, 76.5 ov),
    9-264 (Caddick, 85.5 ov), 10-270 (Harmison, 89.3 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 16 5 41 1 (2nb)
    Gillespie 16.3 7 25 4 (1nb)
    MacGill 36 10 108 2
    Lee 17 4 70 2 (7nb)
    Waugh 4 0 13 1

    England 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4 6
    ME Trescothick lbw b MacGill 37 68 46 5 1
    MP Vaughan c Love b MacGill 145 277 218 19 3
    MA Butcher c Love b Gillespie 6 36 29 0 0
    *N Hussain c & b McGrath 23 91 70 3 0
    RWT Key c Ponting b Gillespie 52 127 109 7 0
    JP Crawley b Lee 33 137 105 3 0
    C White c Gilchrist b MacGill 21 95 62 3 0
    +JS Foster c Love b MacGill 6 22 13 1 0
    RKJ Dawson not out 15 57 45 2 0
    AR Caddick c Waugh b MacGill 10 27 19 1 0
    SJ Harmison b Gillespie 7 11 15 1 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 21, w 2, nb 6) 32
    Total (all out, 120.4 overs, 477 mins) 387

    FoW: 1-67 (Trescothick, 15.6 ov), 2-89 (Butcher, 24.6 ov),
    3-169 (Hussain, 48.5 ov), 4-236 (Vaughan, 69.4 ov),
    5-287 (Key, 81.1 ov), 6-342 (Crawley, 104.5 ov),
    7-342 (White, 105.3 ov), 8-356 (Foster, 109.5 ov),
    9-378 (Caddick, 117.5 ov), 10-387 (Harmison, 120.4 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 19 5 44 1
    Gillespie 24.4 6 71 3
    MacGill 48 10 152 5
    Lee 27 4 87 1 (6nb, 2w)
    Waugh 2 0 9 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 107 runs) R M B 4 6
    JL Langer lbw b Caddick 24 92 56 1 0
    ML Hayden c sub (AJ Tudor) b Caddick 1 10 2 0 0
    RT Ponting c Foster b Harmison 30 41 35 3 1
    DR Martyn c Foster b Harmison 0 3 3 0 0
    *SR Waugh c Butcher b Caddick 14 30 25 2 0
    ML Love not out 6 25 14 0 0
    +AC Gilchrist not out 10 20 13 2 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 5, nb 9) 22
    Total (5 wickets, 23.1 overs, 113 mins) 107

    DNB: B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-8 (Hayden, 2.1 ov), 2-58 (Ponting, 11.2 ov),
    3-58 (Martyn, 11.5 ov), 4-83 (Waugh, 18.1 ov),
    5-90 (Langer, 18.5 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Caddick 12 1 51 3 (2nb)
    Harmison 11.1 1 43 2 (7nb)

    • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
    • 4th Offical - RL Parry
    • 12th Men - AJ Bichel (Aus), AJ Tudor (Eng).

      Day 1

    • Australia 50 (17.0 overs, 78 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Hayden 50 partnership (78 minutes, 104 balls)
    • Australia Hayden 50 (112 minutes, 92 balls)
    • Australia 100 (130 minutes, 30.4 overs)
    • Australia Hayden/Langer 100 partnership (130 minutes, 186 balls)
    • Australia Langer 50 (135 minutes, 86 balls)
    • Australia 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (Dawson's 6th over)
    • Australia 150 (37.5 overs, 160 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Hayden 150 partnership (160 minutes, 229 balls)
    • Australia Hayden 100 (177 minutes, 138 balls)
    • Hayden became the first Australian to score six centuries in a calendar year
    • Australia 200 (197 minutes, 46.1 overs)
    • Australia Langer 100 (205 minutes, 135 balls)
    • Australia 250 (61.5 overs, 259 minutes)
    • Australia 300 (70.3 overs, 297 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Waugh 50 partnership (49 minutes,, 73 balls)
    • Australia Waugh 50 (59 minutes, 49 balls)
    • Attendance: 64189 (sell-out)

      Day 2

    • Australia 350 (359 minutes, 86.4 overs)
    • Australia Langer/Waugh 100 partnership (114 minutes, 173 balls)
    • Australia Langer 150 (388 minutes, 266 balls)
    • Australia 400 (437 minutes, 105.4 ovees)
    • Australia 450 (105.4 overs, 437 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Love 50 partnership (59 minutes, 95 balls)
    • Australia Langer 200 (500 minutes, 356 balls)
    • Australia 500 (133.5 overs, 541 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Love 100 partnership (108 minutes, 176 balls)
    • Australia Love 50 (134 minutes, 121 balls)
    • Australia Langer 250 (573 minutes, 403 balls)
    • Australia 550 (145.4 overs, 587 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Love 150 partnership (148 minutes, 238 balls)
    • England 50 (16.3 overs, 70 minutes)
    • England Trescothick/Butcher 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
    • Attendance: 50451

      Day 3

    • England-1 100 (34.2 overs, 147 minutes)
    • England-1 150 (49.3 overs, 210 minutes)
    • England-1 Crawley/White 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
    • England-1 200 (67.3 overs, 283 minutes)
    • England-1 250 (335 minutes 82.4 overs)
    • England-1 White 50 (107 minutes, 80 balls)
    • England-1 White/Foster 50 partnership (81 minutes, 122 balls)
    • England-2 50 (13.2 overs, 58 minutes)
    • Crowd Day 3: 32057
    • England-2 100 (28.3 overs, 118 minutes)
    • England-2 Vaughan 50 (127 minutes, 94 balls)
    • England 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over (32nd over, SCG MacGill's 12th over)

      Day 4

    • England-2 Vaughan/Hussain 50 partnership (74 minutes, 117 balls)
    • England-2 Vaughan 100 (202 minutes, 153 balls)
    • England-2 Vaughan/Key 50 (52 minutes, 77 balls)
    • England-2 Key 50 (114 minutes, 92 balls)
    • England-2 Key/Crawley 50 partnership (41 minutes, 62 balls)
    • England-2 150 (45.4 overs, 184 minutes)
    • England-2 200 (59.1 overs, 236 minutes)
    • England-2 250 (73.3 overs, 293 minutes)
    • England-2 300 (83.0 overs, 332 minutes)
    • Crowd Day 4: 12295

      Day 5

    • Australia-2 50 (10.2 overs, 48 minutes)
    • Australia-2 Langer/Ponting 50 partnership (41 minutes, 52 balls)
    • Crowd Day 5: 18666
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