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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.

Monday, December 30, 1985

2nd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 1985

Test # 1033 (1033/41)
Australia v India, 1985/86, 2nd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1985 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
3-Test series level 0-0

Toss: India
Umpires: RA French and RC Isherwood
Test Debuts: SR Waugh (Aus).
Man of the Match: AR Border

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 210/8 (Matthews 54*, Reid 0*)
  • Day 2: Australia 262, India 187/3 (Vengsarkar 38*, Azharuddin 5*)
  • Day 3: India 431/9 (Sivaramakrishnan 6*, Yadav 2*)
  • Day 4: India 445, Australia 228/8 (Border 98*, Reid 11*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    +WB Phillips b Yadav 7 77 65 0 0
    DC Boon lbw b Shastri 14 57 46 1 0
    GR Marsh c Sivaramakrishnan b Yadav 30 163 131 3 0
    *AR Border c & b Sivaramakrishnan 11 17 12 1 1
    DW Hookes b Shastri 42 66 67 6 0
    SR Waugh c Kapil Dev b Sivaramakrishnan 13 32 32 2 0
    GRJ Matthews not out 100 195 152 9 2
    RJ Bright b Shastri 28 86 76 2 0
    CJ McDermott c Kapil Dev b Shastri 1 4 2 0 0
    BA Reid c Srikkanth b Kapil Dev 1 29 21 0 0
    DR Gilbert c Kirmani b Yadav 4 49 19 0 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 6) 11
    Total (all out, 103.5 overs) 262

    FoW: 1-22 (Boon), 2-26 (Phillips), 3-41 (Border), 4-90 (Hookes),
    5-109 (Waugh), 6-127 (Marsh), 7-193 (Bright),
    8-195 (McDermott), 9-216 (Reid), 10-262 (Gilbert).

    Bowling O M R W
    Kapil Dev 23 6 38 1
    Binny 3 0 11 0
    Shastri 37 13 87 4
    Yadav 27.5 10 64 3
    Sivaramakrishnan 13 2 51 2

    India 1st innings R M B 4 6
    SM Gavaskar b Gilbert 6 17 5 0 0
    K Srikkanth lbw b Gilbert 86 105 89 16 0
    M Amarnath c Phillips b Reid 45 163 128 5 0
    DB Vengsarkar c & b Matthews 75 320 239 6 0
    M Azharuddin b Matthews 37 145 111 2 0
    RJ Shastri c Phillips b Waugh 49 230 173 1 0
    *N Kapil Dev c Hookes b Reid 55 78 76 6 0
    RMH Binny c Matthews b Reid 0 9 8 0 0
    +SMH Kirmani c Phillips b Waugh 35 59 45 4 0
    L Sivaramakrishnan c Phillips b Reid 15 38 28 2 0
    NS Yadav not out 6 30 27 1 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 15, nb 17) 36
    Total (all out, 148.2 overs) 445

    FoW: 1-15 (Gavaskar), 2-116 (Srikkanth), 3-172 (Amarnath),
    4-246 (Azharuddin), 5-291 (Vengsarkar), 6-370 (Kapil Dev),
    7-372 (Binny), 8-420 (Shastri), 9-425 (Kirmani),
    10-445 (Sivaramakrishnan).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 15 5 52 0
    Gilbert 22 1 81 2
    Reid 38.2 11 100 4
    Bright 31 8 76 0
    Matthews 31 7 81 2
    Waugh 11 5 36 2

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    GR Marsh c Sivaramakrishnan b Shastri 19 66 40 3 0
    DC Boon c & b Kapil Dev 19 43 43 2 0
    *AR Border st Kirmani b Yadav 163 410 358 16 0
    DW Hookes c Srikkanth b Shastri 0 1 1 0 0
    SR Waugh b Shastri 5 31 20 1 0
    GRJ Matthews c Azharuddin b Sivaramakrishnan 16 71 65 1 0
    +WB Phillips c Srikkanth b Yadav 13 48 42 2 0
    RJ Bright lbw b Kapil Dev 20 71 78 3 0
    CJ McDermott c & b Shastri 2 7 9 0 0
    BA Reid c Sivaramakrishnan b Yadav 13 36 24 0 0
    DR Gilbert not out 10 113 65 1 0
    Extras (b 11, lb 16, nb 1) 28
    Total (all out, 123.5 overs) 308

    FoW: 1-32 (Boon), 2-54 (Marsh), 3-54 (Hookes), 4-84 (Waugh),
    5-126 (Matthews), 6-161 (Phillips), 7-202 (Bright),
    8-205 (McDermott), 9-231 (Reid), 10-308 (Border).

    Bowling O M R W
    Kapil Dev 22 7 53 2
    Amarnath 3 0 9 0
    Shastri 47 13 92 4
    Yadav 38.5 15 84 3
    Sivaramakrishnan 13 1 43 1

    India 2nd innings (target: 126 runs) R M B 4 6
    SM Gavaskar b Reid 8 68 54 0 0
    K Srikkanth c Bright b Reid 38 94 61 3 0
    M Amarnath not out 3 40 27 0 0
    DB Vengsarkar not out 1 14 12 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 4) 9
    Total (2 wickets, 25 overs) 59

    DNB: M Azharuddin, RJ Shastri, *N Kapil Dev, RMH Binny,
    +SMH Kirmani, L Sivaramakrishnan, NS Yadav.

    FoW: 1-39 (Gavaskar), 2-57 (Srikkanth).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 6 1 17 0
    Gilbert 4 0 9 0
    Reid 8 1 23 2
    Bright 7 4 5 0

    • 12th Men: MG Hughes (Australia).
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