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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, March 15, 1979

1st TEST: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 10-15 Mar 1979

Test # 849 (849/13)
Australia v Pakistan, 1978/79, 1st Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
10,11,12,14,15 March 1979 (5-day match)

Result: Pakistan won by 71 runs
Pakistan leads the 2-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and CE Harvey
Test Debuts: PR Sleep, DF Whatmore (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Pakistan 196, Australia 1/0 (Wood 1*, Hilditch 0*)
  • Day 2: Australia 168
  • Day 3: Pakistan 279/5 (Asif Iqbal 41*, Wasim Raja 2*)
  • Day 4: Pakistan 353/9d, Australia 117/2 (Border 25*, Yallop 3*)
    Pakistan 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    Majid Khan c Wright b Hogg 1 5 3 0 0
    Mohsin Khan c Hilditch b Hogg 14 39 30 2 0
    Zaheer Abbas b Hogg 11 49 27 1 0
    Javed Miandad b Hogg 19 131 95 2 0
    Asif Iqbal c Wright b Clark 9 26 14 1 0
    *Mushtaq Mohammad c Wright b Hurst 36 152 121 2 0
    Wasim Raja b Hurst 13 26 16 1 0
    Imran Khan c Wright b Hurst 33 107 90 3 0
    Sarfraz Nawaz c Wright b Sleep 35 105 82 3 0
    +Wasim Bari run out 0 9 4 0 0
    Sikander Bakht not out 5 24 23 0 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 1, nb 10) 20
    Total (all out, 61.7 overs) 196

    FoW: 1-2 (Majid Khan), 2-22 (Mohsin Khan), 3-28 (Zaheer Abbas),
    4-40 (Asif Iqbal), 5-83 (Javed Miandad), 6-99 (Wasim Raja),
    7-122 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 8-173 (Imran Khan),
    9-177 (Wasim Bari), 10-196 (Sarfraz Nawaz).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 17 4 49 4
    Hurst 20 4 55 3
    Clark 17 4 56 1
    Sleep 7.7 2 16 1

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    GM Wood not out 5 39 23 0 0
    AMJ Hilditch c Javed Miandad b Imran Khan 3 42 17 0 0
    AR Border b Imran Khan 20 110 85 3 0
    *GN Yallop b Imran Khan 25 114 79 2 0
    KJ Hughes run out 19 88 54 2 0
    DF Whatmore lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 43 206 147 2 0
    PR Sleep c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan 10 35 30 0 0
    +KJ Wright c Imran Khan b Wasim Raja 9 43 33 1 0
    WM Clark c Mushtaq Mohammad b Wasim Raja 9 21 21 2 0
    RM Hogg run out 9 19 13 1 0
    AG Hurst c & b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 2 1 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 8) 16
    Total (all out, 61.6 overs) 168

    FoW: 1-11 (Hilditch), 2-53 (Border), 3-63 (Yallop),
    4-97 (Hughes), 5-109 (Sleep), 6-140 (Wright), 7-152 (Clark),
    8-167 (Hogg), 9-167 (Hurst), 10-168 (Whatmore).

    Bowling O M R W
    Imran Khan 18 8 26 4
    Sarfraz Nawaz 21.6 6 39 2
    Sikander Bakht 10 1 29 0
    Mushtaq Mohammad 7 0 35 0
    Wasim Raja 5 0 23 2

    Pakistan 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    Majid Khan b Border 108 219 157 16 0
    Mohsin Khan c & b Hogg 14 28 21 2 0
    Zaheer Abbas b Hogg 59 149 105 8 0
    Javed Miandad c Wright b Border 16 65 57 2 0
    Asif Iqbal lbw b Hogg 44 153 119 3 2
    *Mushtaq Mohammad c sub (JD Higgs) b Sleep 28 93 75 4 0
    Wasim Raja c Wright b Hurst 28 73 53 2 0
    Imran Khan c Clark b Hurst 28 71 54 3 0
    Sarfraz Nawaz lbw b Hurst 1 8 3 0 0
    +Wasim Bari not out 8 26 20 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 9) 19
    Total (9 wickets declared, 81.5 overs) 353

    DNB: Sikander Bakht.

    FoW: 1-30 (Mohsin Khan), 2-165 (Zaheer Abbas),
    3-204 (Majid Khan), 4-209 (Javed Miandad),
    5-261 (Mushtaq Mohammad), 6-299 (Asif Iqbal),
    7-330 (Wasim Raja), 8-332 (Sarfraz Nawaz),
    9-353 (Imran Khan).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hogg 19 2 75 3
    Hurst 19.5 1 115 3
    Clark 21 6 47 0
    Sleep 8 0 62 1
    Border 14 5 35 2

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 382 runs) R M B 4 6
    DF Whatmore b Sarfraz Nawaz 15 78 48 1 0
    AMJ Hilditch b Sarfraz Nawaz 62 159 132 2 0
    AR Border b Sarfraz Nawaz 105 378 275 7 0
    *GN Yallop run out 8 55 36 0 0
    KJ Hughes c Mohsin Khan b Sarfraz Nawaz 84 267 209 8 1
    GM Wood c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 2 1 0 0
    PR Sleep b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 10 5 0 0
    +KJ Wright not out 1 40 26 0 0
    WM Clark b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 2 1 0 0
    RM Hogg lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 22 14 0 0
    AG Hurst c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 0 2 2 0 0
    Extras (b 13, lb 13, nb 9) 35
    Total (all out, 92.4 overs) 310

    FoW: 1-49 (Whatmore), 2-109 (Hilditch), 3-128 (Yallop),
    4-305 (Border), 5-305 (Wood), 6-306 (Sleep), 7-308 (Hughes),
    8-309 (Clark), 9-310 (Hogg), 10-310 (Hurst).

    Bowling O M R W
    Imran Khan 27 9 73 0
    Sarfraz Nawaz 35.4 7 86 9
    Sikander Bakht 7 0 29 0
    Mushtaq Mohammad 11 0 42 0
    Wasim Raja 3 0 11 0
    Majid Khan 9 1 34 0

    • GM Wood (1) retired hurt on 4* from 10/0 to 167/9
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