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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, February 11, 1981

3rd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, 7-11 Feb 1981

Test # 895 (895/39)
Australia v India, 1980/81, 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
7,8,9,10,11 February 1981 (5-day match)

Result: India won by 59 runs
3-Test series drawn 1-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: MW Johnson and RV Whitehead
Man of the Match: GR Viswanath
Man of the series: DK Lillee

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 237, Australia 12/0 (Dyson 9*, Wood 1*)
  • Day 2: Australia 272/4 (Border 95*, Walters 36*)
  • Day 3: Australia 419, India 108/0 (Gavaskar 59*, Chauhan 41*)
  • Day 4: India 324, Australia 24/3 (Hughes 4*, Yardley 4*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    *SM Gavaskar c Hughes b Pascoe 10 93 70 0 0
    CPS Chauhan c Yardley b Pascoe 0 5 3 0 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Border b Lillee 12 39 28 1 0
    GR Viswanath c Chappell b Yardley 114 274 222 11 0
    SM Patil c Hughes b Lillee 23 47 33 4 0
    Yashpal Sharma c Marsh b Lillee 4 12 9 0 0
    N Kapil Dev c Hughes b Pascoe 5 17 13 1 0
    +SMH Kirmani c Marsh b Lillee 25 58 44 1 0
    KD Ghavri run out 0 25 21 0 0
    NS Yadav not out 20 79 55 2 0
    DR Doshi c Walters b Yardley 0 16 16 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 6, nb 9) 24
    Total (all out, 84 overs) 237

    FoW: 1-0 (Chauhan), 2-22 (Vengsarkar), 3-43 (Gavaskar),
    4-91 (Patil), 5-99 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-115 (Kapil Dev),
    7-164 (Kirmani), 8-190 (Ghavri), 9-230 (Viswanath),
    10-237 (Doshi).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 25 6 65 4
    Pascoe 22 11 29 3
    Chappell 5 2 9 0
    Yardley 13 3 45 2
    Higgs 19 2 65 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    J Dyson c Kirmani b Kapil Dev 16 42 41 0 0
    GM Wood c Doshi b Ghavri 10 49 25 0 0
    *GS Chappell c & b Ghavri 76 227 175 6 0
    KJ Hughes c Chauhan b Yadav 24 81 64 4 0
    AR Border b Yadav 124 303 265 12 0
    KD Walters st Kirmani b Doshi 78 209 148 6 0
    +RW Marsh c sub (KBJ Azad) b Doshi 45 129 118 3 0
    B Yardley lbw b Doshi 0 2 5 0 0
    DK Lillee c & b Patil 19 77 72 2 0
    LS Pascoe lbw b Patil 3 18 17 0 0
    JD Higgs not out 1 15 15 0 0
    Extras (b 12, lb 6, nb 5) 23
    Total (all out, 156.3 overs) 419

    FoW: 1-30 (Dyson), 2-32 (Wood), 3-81 (Hughes), 4-189 (Chappell),
    5-320 (Border), 6-356 (Walters), 7-356 (Yardley),
    8-413 (Lillee), 9-413 (Marsh), 10-419 (Pascoe).

    Bowling O M R W
    Kapil Dev 19 7 41 1
    Doshi 52 14 109 3
    Ghavri 39 4 110 2
    Yadav 32 6 100 2
    Chauhan 2 0 8 0
    Patil 12.3 4 28 2

    India 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    *SM Gavaskar lbw b Lillee 70 226 180 5 0
    CPS Chauhan c Yardley b Lillee 85 243 198 12 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Marsh b Pascoe 41 116 91 3 0
    GR Viswanath b Lillee 30 94 72 3 0
    SM Patil c Chappell b Yardley 36 46 26 1 0
    Yashpal Sharma b Pascoe 9 18 23 1 0
    +SMH Kirmani run out 9 42 17 0 0
    N Kapil Dev b Yardley 0 2 1 0 0
    KD Ghavri not out 11 39 42 1 0
    DR Doshi b Lillee 7 17 12 1 0
    NS Yadav absent hurt -
    Extras (b 11, lb 8, nb 7) 26
    Total (all out, 109.1 overs) 324

    FoW: 1-165 (Gavaskar), 2-176 (Chauhan), 3-243 (Viswanath),
    4-245 (Vengsarkar), 5-260 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-296 (Patil),
    7-296 (Kapil Dev), 8-308 (Kirmani), 9-324 (Doshi).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lillee 32.1 5 104 4
    Pascoe 29 4 80 2
    Yardley 31 11 65 2
    Higgs 15 3 41 0
    Border 2 0 8 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 143 runs) R M B 4 6
    J Dyson c Kirmani b Ghavri 3 27 24 0 0
    GM Wood st Kirmani b Doshi 10 56 41 0 0
    *GS Chappell b Ghavri 0 1 1 0 0
    KJ Hughes b Doshi 16 65 49 1 0
    B Yardley b Kapil Dev 7 73 58 1 0
    AR Border c Kirmani b Kapil Dev 9 51 24 1 0
    KD Walters not out 18 71 60 1 0
    +RW Marsh b Kapil Dev 3 17 8 0 0
    DK Lillee b Kapil Dev 4 7 5 1 0
    LS Pascoe run out 6 15 15 0 0
    JD Higgs b Kapil Dev 0 13 9 0 0
    Extras (lb 5, nb 2) 7
    Total (all out, 48.4 overs) 83

    FoW: 1-11 (Dyson), 2-11 (Chappell), 3-18 (Wood), 4-40 (Hughes),
    5-50 (Yardley), 6-55 (Border), 7-61 (Marsh), 8-69 (Lillee),
    9-79 (Pascoe), 10-83 (Higgs).

    Bowling O M R W
    Kapil Dev 16.4 4 28 5
    Doshi 22 9 33 2
    Ghavri 8 4 10 2
    Patil 2 0 5 0
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