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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.

Wednesday, January 3, 1973

2nd TEST: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 29 Dec 1972 - 3 Jan 1973

Test # 705 (709/8)
Australia v Pakistan, 1972/73, 2nd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,30 December 1972, 1,2,3 January 1973 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 92 runs
Australia leads the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: JR Collins and PR Enright
Test Debuts: JR Thomson, MHN Walker (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 349/4 (GS Chappell 71*, Marsh 27*)
  • Day 2: Australia 441/5d, Pakistan 292/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 125*, Majid Khan 92*)
  • Day 3: Pakistan 574/8d, Australia 47/1 (Sheahan 27*, Benaud 11*)
  • Day 4: Australia 416/8 (Walker 10*, Thomson 15*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath c Saeed Ahmed b Intikhab Alam 135 277 204 14 0
    AP Sheahan run out 23 72 46 2 0
    *IM Chappell c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 66 130 105 11 0
    GS Chappell not out 116 230 204 12 0
    J Benaud c Sarfraz Nawaz b Intikhab Alam 13 30 40 0 0
    +RW Marsh c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 74 125 83 11 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 7) 14
    Total (5 wickets declared, 85.5 overs) 441

    DNB: KJ O'Keeffe, AA Mallett, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee.

    FoW: 1-60 (Sheahan), 2-183 (IM Chappell), 3-273 (Redpath),
    4-295 (Benaud), 5-441 (Marsh).

    Bowling O M R W
    Asif Masood 17 0 97 0
    Saleem Altaf 9 0 49 0
    Sarfraz Nawaz 22.5 4 100 2
    Intikhab Alam 16 0 101 2
    Majid Khan 21 2 80 0

    Pakistan 1st innings R M B 4 6
    Sadiq Mohammad lbw b Lillee 137 313 261 15 0
    Saeed Ahmed c GS Chappell b Walker 50 95 73 8 0
    Zaheer Abbas run out 51 72 55 5 0
    Majid Khan c Marsh b Walker 158 303 276 18 0
    Mushtaq Mohammad c Marsh b O'Keeffe 60 133 157 5 0
    Asif Iqbal c Lillee b Mallett 7 13 11 1 0
    *Intikhab Alam c Sheahan b Mallett 68 141 126 6 0
    +Wasim Bari b Mallett 7 16 18 0 0
    Saleem Altaf not out 13 32 28 0 0
    Sarfraz Nawaz not out 0 4 0 0 0
    Extras (b 12, lb 7, w 1, nb 3) 23
    Total (8 wickets declared, 124.6 overs) 574

    DNB: Asif Masood.

    FoW: 1-128 (Zaheer Abbas), 2-323 (Sadiq Mohammad),
    3-395 (Saeed Ahmed), 4-416 (Majid Khan), 5-429 (Asif Iqbal),
    6-519 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 7-541 (Wasim Bari),
    8-572 (Intikhab Alam).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 16.6 1 90 1
    Thomson 17 1 100 0
    Walker 24 1 112 2
    Mallett 38 4 124 3
    O'Keeffe 23 1 94 1
    IM Chappell 5 0 21 0
    Redpath 1 0 10 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    IR Redpath c Wasim Bari b Saleem Altaf 6 26 13 0 0
    AP Sheahan c Sarfraz Nawaz b Asif Masood 127 275 207 12 0
    J Benaud c Wasim Bari b Saleem Altaf 142 211 207 18 2
    *IM Chappell st Wasim Bari b Majid Khan 9 48 36 0 0
    GS Chappell run out 62 108 80 7 0
    +RW Marsh c Asif Iqbal b Asif Masood 3 6 7 0 0
    KJ O'Keeffe b Sarfraz Nawaz 24 110 70 2 0
    AA Mallett c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 8 16 20 0 0
    MHN Walker run out 11 25 22 2 0
    JR Thomson not out 19 39 30 3 0
    DK Lillee c Mushtaq Mohammad b Intikhab Alam 2 18 24 0 0
    Extras (lb 3, nb 9) 12
    Total (all out, 87.6 overs) 425

    FoW: 1-18 (Redpath), 2-251 (Benaud), 3-288 (Sheahan),
    4-298 (IM Chappell), 5-305 (Marsh), 6-375 (GS Chappell),
    7-391 (Mallett), 8-392 (O'Keeffe), 9-418 (Walker),
    10-425 (Lillee).

    Bowling O M R W
    Asif Masood 12 0 100 2
    Saleem Altaf 14 0 50 2
    Sarfraz Nawaz 22 2 99 2
    Intikhab Alam 15.6 3 70 1
    Majid Khan 17 1 61 1
    Mushtaq Mohammad 7 0 33 0

    Pakistan 2nd innings (target: 293 runs) R M B 4 6
    Sadiq Mohammad c Marsh b Walker 5 23 16 1 0
    Saeed Ahmed c Mallett b Lillee 6 16 8 1 0
    Zaheer Abbas run out 25 85 49 0 0
    Majid Khan c Marsh b Lillee 47 87 89 6 0
    Mushtaq Mohammad run out 13 54 38 0 0
    Asif Iqbal c Redpath b Walker 37 63 54 3 0
    *Intikhab Alam c IM Chappell b Mallett 48 107 126 11 0
    +Wasim Bari b Walker 0 3 4 0 0
    Saleem Altaf b O'Keeffe 10 49 50 1 0
    Sarfraz Nawaz run out 8 21 26 1 0
    Asif Masood not out 1 5 1 0 0
    Extras 0
    Total (all out, 57.5 overs) 200

    FoW: 1-11 (Saeed Ahmed), 2-15 (Sadiq Mohammad),
    3-80 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-83 (Majid Khan),
    5-128 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 6-138 (Asif Iqbal),
    7-138 (Wasim Bari), 8-161 (Saleem Altaf),
    9-181 (Sarfraz Nawaz), 10-200 (Intikhab Alam).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 11 1 59 2
    Thomson 2 0 10 0
    Walker 14 3 39 3
    Mallett 17.5 3 56 1
    O'Keeffe 9 4 10 1
    IM Chappell 3 0 16 0
    GS Chappell 1 0 10 0

    • Saeed Ahmed (1) retired hurt on 18* from 31/0 to 323/2
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