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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 13, 1972

4th 'Test': Australia v World XI at Sydney, 8-13 Jan 1972

World XI in Australia, 1971/72, 4th Match
Australia v World XI
Sydney Cricket Ground
8,9,10,12,13 January 1972 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: 5-Match series level 1-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: TF Brooks and PR Enright
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Australia 312, World XI 6/1 (Gavaskar 4*, Asif Masood 0*)
  • Day 2: World XI 277, Australia 11/0 (Inverarity 3*, Stackpole 5*)
  • Day 3: Australia 414/6 (GS Chappell 107*, O'Keeffe 30*)
  • Day 4: Australia 546, World XI 173/5 (Gavaskar 68*, Intikhab Alam 1*)
    Australia 1st innings
    KR Stackpole b Bedi 104
    RJ Inverarity c Pollock b Cunis 12
    *IM Chappell b Bedi 17
    J Benaud c & b Intikhab Alam 54
    GS Chappell b Bedi 0
    KD Walters c Pollock b Asif Masood 8
    +RW Marsh not out 77
    KJ O'Keeffe run out (Sobers/Engineer) 20
    TJ Jenner c Engineer b Bedi 7
    RAL Massie b Intikhab Alam 1
    DK Lillee c Cunis b Intikhab Alam 5
    Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 2) 7
    Total (all out, 69.2 overs, 330 mins) 312

    FoW: 1-55, 2-101, 3-148, 4-148, 5-163,
    6-232, 7-269, 8-281, 9-306, 10-312.

    Bowling O M R W
    Sobers 6 1 33 0
    Asif Masood 8 0 36 1 (2nb)
    Cunis 9 0 48 1
    Greig 6 1 28 0
    Bedi 20 3 85 4
    Intikhab Alam 20.2 1 75 3

    World XI 1st innings
    HM Ackerman c Inverarity b Massie 1
    SM Gavaskar c Stackpole b Massie 6
    Asif Masood c Lillee b Massie 0
    Zaheer Abbas c Stackpole b Massie 0
    RG Pollock c Stackpole b Massie 37
    *GS Sobers c Marsh b Massie 15
    AW Greig c Marsh b Lillee 70
    +FM Engineer c Inverarity b Jenner 36
    Intikhab Alam not out 73
    RS Cunis c Marsh b Inverarity 6
    BS Bedi c O'Keeffe b Massie 19
    Extras (b 3, lb 8, w 1, nb 2) 14
    Total (all out, 69.6 overs, 352 mins) 277

    FoW: 1-6, 2-6, 3-8, 4-21, 5-61,
    6-68, 7-134, 8-216, 9-230, 10-277.

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 19 4 70 1 (1w)
    Massie 20.6 5 76 7
    GS Chappell 3 0 17 0
    Jenner 18 2 69 1
    O'Keeffe 7 2 25 0 (2nb)
    Inverarity 2 0 6 1

    Australia 2nd innings
    RJ Inverarity b Cunis 9
    KR Stackpole b Sobers 95
    *IM Chappell c Engineer b Asif Masood 119
    J Benaud c Ackerman b Bedi 17
    GS Chappell not out 197
    KD Walters b Intikhab Alam 4
    +RW Marsh c Gavaskar b Asif Masood 22
    KJ O'Keeffe st Engineer b Bedi 54
    TJ Jenner c Sobers b Intikhab Alam 14
    RAL Massie c Ackerman b Intikhab Alam 0
    DK Lillee b Intikhab Alam 2
    Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 4) 13
    Total (all out, 102.4 overs, 482 mins) 546

    FoW: 1-32, 2-185, 3-207, 4-294, 5-301,
    6-350, 7-484, 8-541, 9-541, 10-546.

    Bowling O M R W
    Asif Masood 13 0 84 2 (2nb)
    Cunis 15 1 80 1
    Sobers 13 0 63 1
    Bedi 29 2 144 2
    Greig 8 2 30 0 (1nb)
    Intikhab Alam 24.4 1 132 4 (1nb)

    World XI 2nd innings (target: 582 runs)
    HM Ackerman c IM Chappell b Inverarity 87
    SM Gavaskar not out 68
    Zaheer Abbas b O'Keeffe 1
    RG Pollock c Inverarity b O'Keeffe 0
    *GS Sobers b Inverarity 2
    +FM Engineer c Stackpole b O'Keeffe 2
    Intikhab Alam not out 1
    Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 2, nb 1) 12
    Total (5 wickets, 48 overs, 211 mins) 173

    DNB: Asif Masood, AW Greig, RS Cunis, BS Bedi.

    FoW: 1-155, 2-156, 3-156, 4-159, 5-164.

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 7 2 28 0 (1w)
    Massie 4 1 19 0 (1w)
    GS Chappell 5 1 29 0 (1nb)
    Jenner 6 1 20 0
    Inverarity 14 6 31 2
    O'Keeffe 12 1 34 3

    • 12th Men: AP Sheahan (Aust) and RA Hutton (World)
    • Crowds: 25532, 27923, 18831, 19125, no play. Total: 90,961. Receipts: $66,864
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