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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.

Saturday, December 30, 1995

2nd Test: Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 1995

Test # 1319 (1321/9)
Sri Lanka in Australia, 1995/96, 2nd Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1995 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Series: Australia leads the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and DB Hair
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Test Debut: KJ Silva (SL).
Man of the Match: GD McGrath

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 234/3 (Boon 93*, SR Waugh 2*, 90 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 500/6d, Sri Lanka 25/1 (Hathurusingha 16*, Gurusinha 10*, 13 overs)
  • Day 3: Sri Lanka 233 and 33/1 (Hathurusingha 17*, Gurusinha 10*, 13 overs)
  • Day 4: Sri Lanka 284/6 (Ranatunga 6*, Vaas 5*, 103 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MJ Slater c Wickramasinghe b Vaas 62 196 132 8 0
    *MA Taylor b Wickramasinghe 7 30 28 1 0
    DC Boon c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe 110 408 312 11 0
    ME Waugh b Muralitharan 61 139 100 6 0
    SR Waugh not out 131 329 252 11 0
    RT Ponting c Gurusinha b Silva 71 125 94 9 1
    +IA Healy c Muralitharan b de Silva 41 86 70 3 0
    PR Reiffel not out 4 13 13 0 0
    Extras (lb 8, w 2, nb 3) 13
    Total (6 wickets decl, 165 overs, 666 mins) 500

    DNB: SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-14 (Taylor), 2-116 (Slater), 3-219 (ME Waugh),
    4-280 (Boon), 5-395 (Ponting), 6-488 (Healy).

    Bowling O M R W
    Wickramasinghe 30.2 9 77 2 (2w, 1nb)
    Vaas 40.4 11 93 1 (1nb)
    Hathurusingha 9 0 23 0
    Gurusinha 2 0 8 0
    Muralitharan 38 7 124 1 (1nb)
    Silva 35 5 120 1
    de Silva 10 0 47 1

    Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4 6
    RS Mahanama c Taylor b McGrath 3 14 15 0 0
    UC Hathurusingha lbw b McGrath 23 133 79 1 0
    AP Gurusinha c Healy b Ponting 27 109 85 1 0
    PA de Silva c Reiffel b McGrath 18 113 84 2 0
    *A Ranatunga c Warne b McDermott 51 141 105 9 0
    HP Tillakaratne c Taylor b Warne 14 74 58 0 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana c Boon b McDermott 50 95 59 7 0
    WPUJC Vaas c Healy b Reiffel 0 7 8 0 0
    GP Wickramasinghe c Healy b McGrath 10 41 23 2 0
    M Muralitharan c Slater b McGrath 11 21 11 1 0
    KJ Silva not out 6 13 12 1 0
    Extras (b 6, lb 7, nb 7) 20
    Total (all out, 88.4 overs, 385 mins) 233

    FoW: 1-3 (Mahanama), 2-64 (Gurusinha), 3-68 (Hathurusingha),
    4-128 (de Silva), 5-140 (Ranatunga), 6-182 (Tillakaratne),
    7-183 (Vaas), 8-213 (Wickramasinghe), 9-221 (Kaluwitharana),
    10-233 (Muralitharan).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 23 8 63 2 (5nb)
    McGrath 23.4 9 40 5
    Reiffel 20 5 60 1 (3nb)
    Ponting 4 2 8 1
    Warne 18 5 49 1

    Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4 6
    RS Mahanama c Warne b Reiffel 3 20 13 0 0
    UC Hathurusingha lbw b Warne 39 131 95 4 0
    AP Gurusinha lbw b Reiffel 143 353 274 15 1
    PA de Silva c Healy b McDermott 28 101 75 2 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana st Healy b Warne 2 15 7 0 0
    HP Tillakaratne c Ponting b ME Waugh 38 153 106 2 0
    *A Ranatunga not out 11 113 68 0 0
    WPUJC Vaas c Boon b McGrath 6 27 28 1 0
    GP Wickramasinghe st Healy b Warne 17 46 37 2 0
    M Muralitharan c Taylor b Warne 0 1 1 0 0
    KJ Silva b McGrath 0 7 6 0 0
    Extras (b 7, lb 5, nb 8) 20
    Total (all out, 116.5 overs, 488 mins) 307

    FoW: 1-11 (Mahanama), 2-97 (Hathurusingha), 3-168 (de Silva),
    4-172 (Kaluwitharana), 5-255 (Gurusinha),
    6-273 (Tillakaratne), 7-285 (Vaas), 8-306 (Wickramasinghe),
    9-306 (Muralitharan), 10-307 (Silva).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 33.5 6 92 2
    McDermott 17 1 54 1 (4nb)
    Reiffel 20 7 59 2 (4nb)
    Warne 37 10 71 4
    ME Waugh 9 1 19 1

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 41 runs) R M B 4 6
    *MA Taylor not out 25 31 23 2 0
    MJ Slater not out 13 31 26 2 0
    Extras (lb 1, nb 2) 3
    Total (0 wickets, 7.4 overs, 31 mins) 41

    DNB: DC Boon, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, +IA Healy,
    PR Reiffel, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.

    FoW: .

    Bowling O M R W
    Vaas 3 0 25 0 (2nb)
    Gurusinha 3 1 6 0
    de Silva 1 0 4 0
    Tillakaratne 0.4 0 5 0

    • Day 1: Crowd: 55239
    • Muralitharan called for throwing by D Hair, 7 times.

    • Day 2: Crowd: 18292
    • Mark Taylor completes 100 test catches
    • Vaas completed an over after Wickremasinghe left the field injured.

    • Day 3: Crowd: 20847
    • Sri Lanka 200 off 80 overs
    • Kasprowicz fielding for SR Waugh (injured back)

    • Day 4: Crowd: 11010
    • Gurusinha 50 off 86 balls, 5x4
    • Gurusinha 100 off 207 balls in 271 mins, 10x4, 1x6

    • Day 5: Crowd: ~15000 (admitted free of charge)
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