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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 6, 1977

2nd TEST: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1-6 Jan 1977

Test # 790 (794/11)
Australia v Pakistan, 1976/77, 2nd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,3,5,6 January 1977 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 348 runs
Australia leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: TF Brooks and MG O'Connell

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 322/4 (Chappell 80*, Cosier 50*)
  • Day 2: Australia 517/8d, Pakistan 186/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 78*, Zaheer Abbas 30*)
  • Day 3: Pakistan 333, Australia 122/1 (Davis 53*, McCosker 56*)
  • Day 4: Australia 315/8d, Pakistan 128/7 (Imran Khan 8*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IC Davis c Imran Khan b Asif Iqbal 56 134 97 5 0
    A Turner b Asif Iqbal 82 165 118 9 0
    RB McCosker lbw b Asif Iqbal 0 1 1 0 0
    *GS Chappell c Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim 121 246 186 9 0
    KD Walters st Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim 42 76 78 1 0
    GJ Cosier c Asif Masood b Majid Khan 168 228 206 20 0
    +RW Marsh lbw b Iqbal Qasim 2 2 2 0 0
    GJ Gilmour st Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim 0 1 2 0 0
    KJ O'Keeffe not out 28 81 63 0 0
    Extras (b 3, lb 7, w 1, nb 7) 18
    Total (8 wickets declared, 92.6 overs) 517

    DNB: DK Lillee, MHN Walker.

    FoW: 1-134 (Davis), 2-134 (McCosker), 3-151 (Turner),
    4-227 (Walters), 5-398 (Chappell), 6-400 (Marsh),
    7-400 (Gilmour), 8-517 (Cosier).

    Bowling O M R W
    Imran Khan 22 0 115 0
    Saleem Altaf 17 2 117 0
    Asif Masood 13 1 79 0
    Asif Iqbal 16 3 52 3
    Javed Miandad 2 0 15 0
    Iqbal Qasim 21 5 111 4
    Majid Khan 1.6 0 10 1

    Pakistan 1st innings R M B 4 6
    Majid Khan c Marsh b Lillee 76 133 111 8 0
    Sadiq Mohammad c McCosker b O'Keeffe 105 296 262 10 0
    Zaheer Abbas b Gilmour 90 231 144 8 0
    *Mushtaq Mohammad lbw b Lillee 9 40 51 0 0
    Javed Miandad lbw b Lillee 5 12 9 0 0
    Asif Iqbal c sub (KJ Hughes) b Gilmour 35 91 65 5 0
    Imran Khan c Marsh b Lillee 5 19 14 0 0
    Saleem Altaf c Chappell b Lillee 0 15 8 0 0
    +Wasim Bari lbw b Lillee 0 1 1 0 0
    Iqbal Qasim run out 1 39 16 0 0
    Asif Masood not out 0 1 0 0 0
    Extras (lb 2, nb 5) 7
    Total (all out, 84.1 overs) 333

    FoW: 1-113 (Majid Khan), 2-241 (Sadiq Mohammad),
    3-270 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 4-285 (Javed Miandad),
    5-292 (Zaheer Abbas), 6-303 (Imran Khan),
    7-303 (Saleem Altaf), 8-303 (Wasim Bari),
    9-332 (Iqbal Qasim), 10-333 (Asif Iqbal).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 23 4 82 6
    Gilmour 16.1 2 78 2
    Walker 22 1 93 0
    O'Keeffe 21 4 63 1
    Cosier 2 0 10 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    IC Davis c Asif Iqbal b Iqbal Qasim 88 184 163 9 0
    A Turner lbw b Imran Khan 5 19 16 1 0
    RB McCosker st Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim 105 202 178 10 0
    *GS Chappell c Majid Khan b Imran Khan 67 111 78 6 0
    KD Walters b Imran Khan 0 6 3 0 0
    GJ Cosier b Imran Khan 8 19 3 0 0
    +RW Marsh st Wasim Bari b Iqbal Qasim 13 38 42 0 0
    GJ Gilmour not out 7 16 9 0 0
    DK Lillee b Imran Khan 6 12 12 1 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 11, nb 3) 16
    Total (8 wickets declared, 61.5 overs) 315

    DNB: KJ O'Keeffe, MHN Walker.

    FoW: 1-6 (Turner), 2-182 (Davis), 3-223 (McCosker),
    4-226 (Walters), 5-244 (Cosier), 6-301 (Marsh),
    7-301 (Chappell), 8-315 (Lillee).

    Bowling O M R W
    Imran Khan 25.5 2 122 5
    Saleem Altaf 6 1 28 0
    Iqbal Qasim 25 2 119 3
    Majid Khan 2 0 12 0
    Mushtaq Mohammad 3 0 18 0

    Pakistan 2nd innings (target: 500 runs) R M B 4 6
    Majid Khan b Lillee 35 120 111 5 0
    Sadiq Mohammad c Walters b Gilmour 0 7 1 0 0
    Zaheer Abbas lbw b Walker 58 88 74 7 0
    *Mushtaq Mohammad c Chappell b Lillee 4 35 26 0 0
    Javed Miandad c Turner b O'Keeffe 10 40 29 0 0
    Asif Iqbal lbw b Lillee 6 21 28 0 0
    Imran Khan c & b O'Keeffe 28 48 52 4 0
    Saleem Altaf b O'Keeffe 0 8 11 0 0
    +Wasim Bari c Walker b O'Keeffe 2 8 3 0 0
    Iqbal Qasim c Marsh b Lillee 1 13 12 0 0
    Asif Masood not out 0 9 6 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 6) 7
    Total (all out, 44.1 overs) 151

    FoW: 1-4 (Sadiq Mohammad), 2-86 (Zaheer Abbas),
    3-99 (Majid Khan), 4-104 (Mushtaq Mohammad),
    5-120 (Asif Iqbal), 6-124 (Javed Miandad),
    7-128 (Saleem Altaf), 8-136 (Wasim Bari),
    9-145 (Iqbal Qasim), 10-151 (Imran Khan).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 14 1 53 4
    Gilmour 3 0 19 1
    Walker 9 2 34 1
    O'Keeffe 18.1 5 38 4
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