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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, January 6, 1994

2nd Test: Australia v South Africa at Sydney, 2-6 Jan 1994

Test # 1243 (1243/55)
Australia v South Africa, 1993/94, 2nd Test
Sydney Cricket Ground
2,3,4,5,6 January 1994 (5-day match)

Result: South Africa won by 5 runs
Series: South Africa leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: SG Randell and WP Sheahan
TV Umpire: IS Thomas
Match Referee: JL Hendriks (WI)
Man of the Match: PS de Villiers

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: South Africa 169, Australia 20/1 (Slater 5*, Boon 7*)
  • Day 2: Australia 200/5 (Martyn 15*, Healy 6*)
  • Day 3: Australia 292, South Africa 94/2 (Cronje 37*, Wessels 7*)
  • Day 4: South Africa 239, Australia 63/4 (Waugh 4*, Border 7*)
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    AC Hudson lbw b McGrath 0 7 7 0 0
    G Kirsten st Healy b Warne 67 218 186 4 0
    WJ Cronje c Waugh b McDermott 41 152 101 6 0
    DJ Cullinan b Warne 9 16 11 2 0
    JN Rhodes lbw b Warne 4 31 20 0 0
    *KC Wessels c & b Warne 3 24 15 0 0
    +DJ Richardson c Taylor b Warne 4 9 8 1 0
    PL Symcox b Warne 7 52 48 0 0
    CR Matthews c Taylor b Warne 0 6 3 0 0
    PS de Villiers c Waugh b McDermott 18 57 48 1 0
    AA Donald not out 0 19 9 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 4, nb 11) 16
    Total (all out, 74.1 overs, 301 mins) 169

    FoW: 1-1 (Hudson), 2-91 (Cronje), 3-110 (Cullinan), 4-133 (Rhodes),
    5-134 (Kirsten), 6-141 (Richardson), 7-142 (Wessels),
    8-142 (Matthews), 9-152 (Symcox), 10-169 (de Villiers).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 18.1 2 42 2 (5nb)
    McGrath 19 5 32 1 (2nb)
    Warne 27 8 56 7 (1nb)
    May 10 1 34 0 (1nb)

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    MJ Slater b Donald 92 380 262 5 0
    MA Taylor c Richardson b Donald 7 20 13 0 0
    DC Boon b de Villiers 19 85 61 1 0
    ME Waugh lbw b Symcox 7 22 16 1 0
    *AR Border c Richardson b de Villiers 49 242 190 3 0
    DR Martyn c Richardson b de Villiers 59 201 135 5 0
    +IA Healy c Richardson b Donald 19 98 67 1 0
    SK Warne c Rhodes b Symcox 11 39 30 1 0
    CJ McDermott c Cronje b de Villiers 6 20 11 1 0
    TBA May not out 8 55 51 0 0
    GD McGrath b Donald 9 20 15 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 3) 6
    Total (all out, 141.2 overs) 292

    FoW: 1-10 (Taylor), 2-58 (Boon), 3-75 (Waugh), 4-179 (Border),
    5-179 (Slater), 6-229 (Healy), 7-250 (Warne), 8-266 (McDermott),
    9-281 (Martyn), 10-292 (McGrath).

    Bowling O M R W
    Donald 31.2 8 83 4
    de Villiers 36 12 80 4
    Matthews 28 11 44 0
    Symcox 46 11 82 2

    South Africa 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    AC Hudson c Healy b McDermott 1 12 13 0 0
    G Kirsten b McDermott 41 146 121 8 0
    WJ Cronje b McDermott 38 197 152 4 0
    *KC Wessels b Warne 18 72 51 1 0
    DJ Cullinan lbw b Warne 2 16 13 0 0
    JN Rhodes not out 76 195 162 6 1
    +DJ Richardson lbw b McGrath 24 96 70 3 0
    PL Symcox c Healy b McDermott 4 15 14 0 0
    CR Matthews c Waugh b Warne 4 11 10 0 0
    PS de Villiers lbw b Warne 2 17 15 0 0
    AA Donald c Healy b Warne 10 42 39 0 0
    Extras (b 13, lb 1, nb 5) 19
    Total (all out, 109 overs) 239

    FoW: 1-2 (Hudson), 2-75 (Kirsten), 3-101 (Cronje), 4-107 (Wessels),
    5-110 (Cullinan), 6-182 (Richardson), 7-188 (Symcox),
    8-197 (Matthews), 9-203 (de Villiers), 10-239 (Donald).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 28 9 62 4
    McGrath 14 3 30 1
    May 22 4 53 0
    Warne 42 17 72 5
    Border 3 1 8 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 117 runs) R M B 4 6
    MA Taylor c Richardson b de Villiers 27 135 84 2 0
    MJ Slater b de Villiers 1 15 7 0 0
    DC Boon c Kirsten b de Villiers 24 109 85 2 0
    TBA May lbw b de Villiers 0 1 1 0 0
    ME Waugh lbw b Donald 11 54 36 0 0
    *AR Border b Donald 7 13 13 1 0
    DR Martyn c Hudson b Donald 6 106 59 1 0
    +IA Healy b de Villiers 1 7 8 0 0
    SK Warne run out 1 10 2 0 0
    CJ McDermott not out 29 62 38 4 0
    GD McGrath c & b de Villiers 1 8 7 0 0
    Extras (lb 3) 3
    Total (all out, 56.3 overs) 111

    FoW: 1-4 (Slater), 2-51 (Boon), 3-51 (May), 4-56 (Taylor),
    5-63 (Border), 6-72 (Waugh), 7-73 (Healy), 8-75 (Warne),
    9-110 (Martyn), 10-111 (McGrath).

    Bowling O M R W
    Donald 17 5 34 3
    de Villiers 23.3 8 43 6
    Matthews 6 5 9 0
    Symcox 10 3 22 0

    • 12th Men: PR Reiffel (Aus) and RP Snell (RSA)
    • Attendance: 107,587
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