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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, December 7, 1971

Western Australia v World XI at Perth, 4-7 Dec 1971

World XI in Australia, 1971/72
Western Australia v World XI
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
4,5,6,7 December 1971 (4-day match)

Result: World XI won by 72 runs

Toss: World XI
Umpires: DL Hawks and NE Townsend
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: World XI 320
  • Day 2: Western Australia 255, World XI 26/0 (Ackerman 9*, Engineer 15*)
  • Day 3: World XI 288/9d
    World XI 1st innings
    HM Ackerman c Chadwick b Thornton 50
    FM Engineer c Inverarity b Massie 22
    Zaheer Abbas run out (Watson/Marsh/Thornton) 112
    AW Greig st Marsh b MacGill 58
    RA Hutton run out 8
    *GS Sobers c & b MacGill 34
    Intikhab Alam b MacGill 4
    +RW Taylor c Watson b Inverarity 1
    N Gifford not out 15
    RS Cunis c Marsh b Massie 3
    Asif Masood b Massie 8
    Extras (lb 1, nb 4) 5
    Total (all out, 71.7 overs, 330 mins) 320

    FoW: 1-34, 2-112, 3-243, 4-247, 5-273,
    6-277, 7-278, 8-294, 9-302, 10-320.

    Bowling O M R W
    Gannon 13 3 52 0 (1nb)
    Massie 13.7 1 72 3
    Thornton 10 0 47 1 (3nb)
    MacGill 21 6 107 3
    Varis 5 0 23 0
    Inverarity 9 3 14 1

    Western Australia 1st innings
    GD Watson c Zaheer Abbas b Asif Masood 20
    D Chadwick c Hutton b Cunis 8
    *RJ Inverarity c Taylor b Asif Masood 3
    R Edwards c Engineer b Gifford 143
    L Varis c Taylor b Greig 13
    IJ Brayshaw c Gifford b Greig 9
    +RW Marsh st Taylor b Intikhab Alam 19
    TMD MacGill c Gifford b Intikhab Alam 4
    RAL Massie c Ackerman b Gifford 11
    JB Gannon c Engineer b Gifford 11
    BT Thornton not out 8
    Extras (lb 4, nb 2) 6
    Total (all out, 54.4 overs, 285 mins) 255

    FoW: 1-10, 2-29, 3-34, 4-63, 5-95,
    6-116, 7-136, 8-198, 9-236, 10-255.

    Bowling O M R W
    Asif Masood 8 2 39 2
    Cunis 13 4 43 1 (1nb)
    Greig 12 0 58 2 (1nb)
    Hutton 2 1 9 0
    Intikhab Alam 14 2 70 2
    Gifford 5.4 0 30 3

    World XI 2nd innings
    HM Ackerman c Marsh b Varis 9
    FM Engineer c Marsh b Massie 28
    Zaheer Abbas c Varis b Gannon 52
    AW Greig b Inverarity 68
    RA Hutton c Brayshaw b Watson 8
    *GS Sobers c Marsh b Watson 0
    Intikhab Alam c Inverarity b Watson 8
    +RW Taylor not out 51
    N Gifford c Watson b Inverarity 1
    RS Cunis c Inverarity b Massie 43
    Asif Masood not out 5
    Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 5) 15
    Total (9 wickets dec, 76 overs, 374 mins) 288

    FoW: 1-29, 2-53, 3-146, 4-158, 5-158, 6-182, 7-182, 8-187, 9-275.

    Bowling O M R W
    Gannon 11 1 45 1 (5nb)
    Massie 18 2 68 2 (1w)
    Varis 7 0 32 1
    Thornton 6 0 40 0
    Inverarity 17 5 43 2
    Watson 11 1 32 3
    MacGill 6 1 13 0

    Western Australia 2nd innings (target: 354 runs)
    D Chadwick b Sobers 0
    GD Watson lbw b Asif Masood 89
    IJ Brayshaw c Ackerman b Cunis 20
    R Edwards c & b Gifford 44
    *RJ Inverarity b Intikhab Alam 66
    L Varis c Ackerman b Hutton 21
    +RW Marsh hit wicket b Intikhab Alam 1
    TMD MacGill c Taylor b Intikhab Alam 11
    RAL Massie c Taylor b Hutton 1
    JB Gannon b Intikhab Alam 3
    BT Thornton not out 16
    Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 2) 9
    Total (all out, 61.5 overs, 306 mins) 281

    FoW: 1-0, 2-68, 3-148, 4-179, 5-221,
    6-222, 7-240, 8-241, 9-254, 10-281.

    Bowling O M R W
    Sobers 8 0 45 1 (1nb)
    Cunis 9 2 34 1
    Greig 8 0 56 0 (1nb)
    Gifford 13 1 54 1
    Asif Masood 6 1 24 1
    Intikhab Alam 10.5 1 40 4
    Hutton 7 0 19 2

    • 12th Men:B Duperouzel (WA) and SM Gavaskar (World)
    • Crowds: 4671, 5173, 1874, 1674. Total: 13,392. Receipts: $6,920
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