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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 4, 1978

3rd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, 30 Dec 1977-4 Jan 1978

Test # 812 (811/28)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
30,31 December 1977, 2,3,4 January 1978 (5-day match)

Result: India won by 222 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: India
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 234/6 (Mankad 30*)
  • Day 2: India 256, Australia 213, India 50/1 (Gavaskar 25*, Kirmani 5*)
  • Day 3: India 234/4 (Gavaskar 103*, Mankad 15*)
  • Day 4: India 343, Australia 123/8 (Clark 2*, Thomson 0*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar c Rixon b Thomson 0 12 9 0 0
    CPS Chauhan c Mann b Clark 0 9 6 0 0
    M Amarnath c Simpson b Clark 72 269 178 3 0
    GR Viswanath c Rixon b Thomson 59 154 95 4 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Simpson b Thomson 37 94 88 2 0
    AV Mankad c Clark b Gannon 44 119 100 1 0
    +SMH Kirmani lbw b Simpson 29 85 62 1 0
    KD Ghavri c Rixon b Gannon 6 26 20 0 0
    EAS Prasanna b Clark 0 6 1 0 0
    *BS Bedi not out 2 4 1 0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar b Clark 0 2 1 0 0
    Extras (lb 3, nb 4) 7
    Total (all out, 69.2 overs) 256

    FoW: 1-0 (Chauhan), 2-0 (Gavaskar), 3-105 (Viswanath),
    4-174 (Vengsarkar), 5-180 (Amarnath), 6-234 (Kirmani),
    7-254 (Ghavri), 8-254 (Mankad), 9-256 (Prasanna),
    10-256 (Chandrasekhar).

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 16 2 78 3
    Clark 19.2 2 73 4
    Gannon 14 2 47 2
    Cosier 12 3 25 0
    Simpson 3 1 11 1
    Mann 5 1 15 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    J Dyson b Ghavri 0 2 2 0 0
    GJ Cosier c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 67 125 101 9 0
    AD Ogilvie lbw b Ghavri 6 23 10 0 0
    CS Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 85 216 170 8 0
    *RB Simpson c Mankad b Chandrasekhar 2 2 3 0 0
    PM Toohey c Viswanath b Bedi 14 43 36 1 0
    AL Mann c Gavaskar b Bedi 11 9 12 1 0
    +SJ Rixon lbw b Chandrasekhar 11 45 49 1 0
    WM Clark lbw b Chandrasekhar 3 20 15 0 0
    JR Thomson c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar 0 2 2 0 0
    JB Gannon not out 0 5 2 0 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 7, nb 1) 14
    Total (all out, 50.1 overs) 213

    FoW: 1-0 (Dyson), 2-18 (Ogilvie), 3-122 (Cosier),
    4-124 (Simpson), 5-166 (Toohey), 6-178 (Mann),
    7-202 (Rixon), 8-211 (Serjeant), 9-211 (Clark),
    10-213 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ghavri 9 0 37 2
    Gavaskar 2 0 7 0
    Bedi 15 2 71 2
    Chandrasekhar 14.1 2 52 6
    Prasanna 10 1 32 0

    India 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    SM Gavaskar c Serjeant b Gannon 118 351 285 12 0
    CPS Chauhan run out 20 45 27 2 0
    +SMH Kirmani c Thomson b Mann 29 82 62 2 0
    GR Viswanath lbw b Clark 54 114 94 4 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Cosier b Clark 6 18 20 0 0
    AV Mankad b Clark 38 130 84 2 0
    M Amarnath b Cosier 41 115 100 3 0
    KD Ghavri c Simpson b Clark 6 13 10 1 0
    EAS Prasanna c Rixon b Gannon 11 32 23 1 0
    *BS Bedi not out 12 30 13 0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar lbw b Cosier 0 2 1 0 0
    Extras (lb 1, nb 7) 8
    Total (all out, 88.7 overs) 343

    FoW: 1-40 (Chauhan), 2-89 (Kirmani), 3-187 (Viswanath),
    4-198 (Vengsarkar), 5-265 (Gavaskar), 6-286 (Mankad),
    7-294 (Ghavri), 8-315 (Prasanna), 9-343 (Amarnath),
    10-343 (Chandrasekhar).

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 18 4 47 0
    Clark 29 3 96 4
    Gannon 22 4 88 2
    Cosier 12.7 2 58 2
    Simpson 3 0 22 0
    Mann 4 0 24 1

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 387 runs) R M B 4 6
    J Dyson lbw b Bedi 12 48 31 1 0
    GJ Cosier b Chandrasekhar 34 63 55 0 0
    AD Ogilvie c Chauhan b Bedi 0 2 4 0 0
    CS Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 17 43 41 1 0
    *RB Simpson lbw b Chandrasekhar 4 7 7 0 0
    PM Toohey c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 14 52 53 0 0
    AL Mann c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 18 59 56 1 1
    +SJ Rixon c & b Chandrasekhar 12 49 49 0 0
    WM Clark c Ghavri b Bedi 33 63 60 3 0
    JR Thomson c & b Bedi 7 38 46 0 0
    JB Gannon not out 3 8 8 0 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 4) 10
    Total (all out, 51.1 overs) 164

    FoW: 1-42 (Dyson), 2-42 (Ogilvie), 3-52 (Cosier), 4-60 (Simpson),
    5-77 (Serjeant), 6-98 (Toohey), 7-115 (Mann), 8-122 (Rixon),
    9-151 (Thomson), 10-164 (Clark).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ghavri 4 0 29 0
    Bedi 16.1 5 58 4
    Chandrasekhar 20 3 52 6
    Prasanna 8 4 5 0
    Amarnath 3 0 10 0
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