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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 1, 1972

5th 'Test': Australia v World XI at Adelaide, 28 Jan-1 Feb 1972

World XI in Australia, 1971/72, 5th Match
Australia v World XI
Adelaide Oval
28,29,31 January, 1 February 1972 (5-day match)

Result: World XI won by 9 wickets
Series: World XI wins the 5-Match series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: TF Brooks and LP Rowan
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Australia 297/7 (Marsh 53*, Mallett 0*)
  • Day 2: Australia 311, World XI 265/5 (RG Pollock 101*, Greig 7*)
  • Day 3: World XI 367, Australia 186/8 (IM Chappell 100*, Massie 4*)
    Australia 1st innings
    KR Stackpole c Ackerman b Greig 7
    AJ Woodcock lbw b Greig 5
    *IM Chappell c Zaheer Abbas b Bedi 18
    J Benaud c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam 99
    GS Chappell c Ackerman b Intikhab Alam 85
    RJ Inverarity c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam 11
    +RW Marsh b Greig 54
    KJ O'Keeffe c Taylor b Greig 16
    AA Mallett not out 7
    RAL Massie lbw b Greig 6
    JRF Duncan c Taylor b Greig 0
    Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
    Total (all out, 91.3 overs, 392 mins) 311

    FoW: 1-8, 2-21, 3-35, 4-212, 5-219,
    6-248, 7-296, 8-299, 9-311, 10-311.

    Bowling O M R W
    PM Pollock 12 0 36 0
    Greig 15.3 3 30 6 (1nb)
    Bedi 33 7 117 1
    Intikhab Alam 23 1 95 3
    Sobers 8 0 30 0

    World XI 1st innings
    HM Ackerman b Mallett 31
    SM Gavaskar c sub (KD Walters) b O'Keeffe 18
    RB Kanhai c & b O'Keeffe 16
    Zaheer Abbas b Stackpole 73
    RG Pollock b GS Chappell 136
    *GS Sobers c GS Chappell b Massie 2
    AW Greig lbw b Duncan 22
    Intikhab Alam c IM Chappell b Mallett 16
    PM Pollock c IM Chappell b Mallett 17
    +RW Taylor c Woodcock b Mallett 5
    BS Bedi not out 1
    Extras (b 5, lb 18, w 1, nb 6) 30
    Total (all out, 109.5 overs, 463 mins) 367

    FoW: 1-55, 2-61, 3-74, 4-220, 5-241,
    6-291, 7-327, 8-343, 9-356, 10-367.

    Bowling O M R W
    Massie 17 1 31 1 (1w)
    Duncan 18 4 59 1
    Mallett 34.5 7 116 4 (3nb)
    O'Keeffe 18 3 60 2 (1nb)
    Inverarity 9 0 34 0 (2nb)
    Stackpole 4 1 14 1
    GS Chappell 9 2 23 1

    Australia 2nd innings
    KR Stackpole lbw b PM Pollock 2
    AJ Woodcock c Taylor b Sobers 16
    *IM Chappell not out 111
    J Benaud c PM Pollock b Intikhab Alam 27
    GS Chappell c Taylor b Intikhab Alam 16
    RJ Inverarity b Intikhab Alam 0
    +RW Marsh c Taylor b Intikhab Alam 10
    AA Mallett run out (RG Pollock) 1
    KJ O'Keeffe c RG Pollock b Bedi 4
    RAL Massie c RG Pollock b Bedi 8
    JRF Duncan lbw b Bedi 0
    Extras (lb 6) 6
    Total (all out, 55.5 overs, 236 mins) 201

    FoW: 1-11, 2-28, 3-106, 4-129, 5-129,
    6-141, 7-146, 8-163, 9-201, 10-201.

    Bowling O M R W
    PM Pollock 5 0 16 1
    Greig 7 1 23 0
    Sobers 9 1 24 1
    Bedi 15.5 1 54 3
    Intikhab Alam 19 1 78 4

    World XI 2nd innings (target: 146 runs)
    HM Ackerman not out 79
    SM Gavaskar c Marsh b Inverarity 50
    RB Kanhai not out 14
    Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 1) 3
    Total (1 wicket, 41.6 overs, 156 mins) 146

    DNB: Zaheer Abbas, RG Pollock, *GS Sobers, AW Greig,
    Intikhab Alam, PM Pollock, +RW Taylor, BS Bedi.

    FoW: 1-100.

    Bowling O M R W
    Massie 4 1 9 0
    Duncan 2 0 5 0
    Mallett 13 4 37 0
    O'Keeffe 5 0 20 0 (1nb)
    Inverarity 12 2 52 1
    Stackpole 5.6 1 20 0

    • 12th Men: KD Walters (Aust) and N Gifford (World)
    • Crowds: 18153, 20023, 16859, 6702. Total: 61,737. Receipts: $46,901
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