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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.

Friday, February 3, 1978

5th Test: Australia v India at Adelaide, 28 Jan-3 Feb 1978

Test # 816 (813/30)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 5th Test
Adelaide Oval
28,29,30 January, 1,2,3 February 1978 (6-day match)

Result: Australia won by 47 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 3-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: IW Callen, WM Darling, GM Wood, B Yardley (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 353/5 (Simpson 54*, Rixon 8*)
  • Day 2: Australia 505, India 131/3 (Viswanath 79*, Vengsarkar 26*)
  • Day 3: India 269, Australia 103/3 (Toohey 9*, Simpson 2*)
  • Day 4: Australia 256, India 101/2 (Amarnath 21*, Viswanath 9*)
  • Day 5: India 362/6 (Kirmani 14*, Ghavri 6*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood st Kirmani b Chandrasekhar 39 104 5 0
    WM Darling c Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar 65 125 3 0
    GN Yallop c Gavaskar b Amarnath 121 227 13 0
    PM Toohey c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 60 89 7 1
    *RB Simpson c Viswanath b Ghavri 100 264 200 6 0
    GJ Cosier b Ghavri 1 7 0 0
    +SJ Rixon b Bedi 32 79 0 0
    B Yardley c & b Ghavri 22 46 1 0
    JR Thomson c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar 24 55 1 0
    WM Clark b Chandrasekhar 0 4 0 0
    IW Callen not out 22 40 2 1
    Extras (b 4, lb 14, nb 1) 19
    Total (all out, 112.4 overs) 505

    FoW: 1-89 (Wood), 2-110 (Darling), 3-230 (Toohey),
    4-334 (Yallop), 5-337 (Cosier), 6-406 (Rixon),
    7-450 (Yardley), 8-457 (Simpson), 9-458 (Clark),
    10-505 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ghavri 22 2 93 3
    Amarnath 12 0 45 1
    Bedi 34 1 127 1
    Prasanna 10 1 48 0
    Chandrasekhar 29.4 0 136 5
    Gaekwad 5 0 37 0

    India 1st innings R M B 4 6
    SM Gavaskar c Toohey b Thomson 7 24 18 1 0
    CPS Chauhan c Cosier b Clark 15 31 20 2 0
    M Amarnath c Cosier b Thomson 0 3 5 0 0
    GR Viswanath c Rixon b Callen 89 195 175 6 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Rixon b Callen 44 214 203 2 0
    AD Gaekwad c Rixon b Callen 27 95 87 1 0
    +SMH Kirmani run out 48 117 95 6 0
    KD Ghavri c Simpson b Clark 3 15 15 0 0
    EAS Prasanna not out 15 50 40 1 0
    *BS Bedi c sub (KJ Hughes) b Clark 6 16 8 1 0
    BS Chandrasekhar c & b Clark 2 2 3 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 8) 13
    Total (all out, 82.2 overs) 269

    FoW: 1-23 (Gavaskar), 2-23 (Amarnath), 3-23 (Chauhan),
    4-159 (Viswanath), 5-166 (Vengsarkar), 6-216 (Gaekwad),
    7-226 (Ghavri), 8-249 (Kirmani), 9-263 (Bedi),
    10-269 (Chandrasekhar).

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 3.3 1 12 2
    Clark 20.7 6 62 4
    Callen 22 0 83 3
    Cosier 4 3 4 0
    Yardley 23 6 62 0
    Simpson 9 0 33 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GM Wood c Vengsarkar b Bedi 8 35 24 0 0
    WM Darling b Bedi 56 116 122 7 0
    GN Yallop b Bedi 24 70 51 1 0
    PM Toohey c Kirmani b Prasanna 10 44 39 1 0
    *RB Simpson lbw b Ghavri 51 177 1 0
    GJ Cosier st Kirmani b Bedi 34 90 105 4 0
    +SJ Rixon run out 13 50 1 0
    B Yardley c Vengsarkar b Ghavri 26 48 4 0
    WM Clark lbw b Ghavri 1 23 0 0
    IW Callen not out 4 26 0 0
    JR Thomson c Amarnath b Ghavri 3 10 0 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 15, w 3, nb 3) 26
    Total (all out, 82.5 overs) 256

    FoW: 1-17 (Wood), 2-84 (Yallop), 3-95 (Darling), 4-107 (Toohey),
    5-172 (Cosier), 6-210 (Rixon), 7-214 (Simpson),
    8-240 (Clark), 9-248 (Yardley), 10-256 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ghavri 10.5 2 45 4
    Amarnath 4 0 12 0
    Bedi 20 3 53 4
    Prasanna 34 7 68 1
    Chandrasekhar 14 0 52 0

    India 2nd innings (target: 493 runs) R M B 4 6
    SM Gavaskar c Rixon b Callen 29 29 54 3 0
    CPS Chauhan c Wood b Yardley 32 99 61 3 0
    M Amarnath c Callen b Yardley 86 317 7 0
    GR Viswanath c Simpson b Clark 73 188 7 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Toohey b Yardley 78 188 6 0
    AD Gaekwad c & b Yardley 12 99 1 0
    +SMH Kirmani b Clark 51 146 124 7 0
    KD Ghavri c sub (KJ Hughes) b Callen 23 109 90 3 0
    EAS Prasanna not out 10 48 33 0 0
    *BS Bedi c Cosier b Callen 16 26 21 0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar c Rixon b Simpson 2 4 7 0 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 11, nb 16) 33
    Total (all out, 141.4 overs) 445

    FoW: 1-40 (Gavaskar), 2-79 (Chauhan), 3-210 (Viswanath),
    4-256 (Amarnath), 5-323 (Gaekwad), 6-348 (Vengsarkar),
    7-415 (Ghavri), 8-417 (Kirmani), 9-442 (Bedi),
    10-445 (Chandrasekhar).

    Bowling O M R W
    Clark 29 6 79 2
    Callen 33 5 108 3
    Cosier 13 6 21 0
    Yardley 43 6 134 4
    Simpson 23.4 6 70 1
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