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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.

Tuesday, November 26, 1996

1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 22-26 Nov 1996

Test # 1340 (1343/82)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1996/97, 1st Test
Australia v West Indies
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
22,23,24,25,26 November 1996 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 123 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: CJ Mitchley (SA) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: PD Parker
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe (SA)
Test Debuts: MTG Elliott, MS Kasprowicz (Aus).
Man of the Match: IA Healy

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 282/5 (SR Waugh 48*, Healy 47*)
  • Day 2: Australia 479, West Indies 61/2 (Lara 19*, Hooper 4*)
  • Day 3: West Indies 277, Australia 8/0 (Elliott 2*, Taylor 4*)
  • Day 4: Australia 217/6d, West Indies 89/1 (Campbell 28*, Lara 29*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor b Walsh 43 176 136 5 0
    MTG Elliott c Browne b Ambrose 0 18 15 0 0
    RT Ponting c Walsh b Benjamin 88 208 150 10 1
    ME Waugh c Browne b Walsh 38 90 69 5 0
    SR Waugh c Lara b Bishop 66 235 184 3 0
    MG Bevan c Samuels b Walsh 0 1 1 0 0
    +IA Healy not out 161 356 250 20 0
    PR Reiffel c & b Walsh 20 83 61 0 0
    SK Warne c & b Bishop 24 62 54 2 1
    MS Kasprowicz c Benjamin b Bishop 6 11 10 0 0
    GD McGrath b Benjamin 0 5 5 0 0
    Extras (lb 8, w 3, nb 22) 33
    Total (all out, 151 overs) 479

    FoW: 1-4 (Elliott), 2-130 (Taylor), 3-146 (Ponting),
    4-196 (ME Waugh), 5-196 (Bevan), 6-338 (SR Waugh),
    7-407 (Reiffel), 8-468 (Warne), 9-477 (Kasprowicz),
    10-479 (McGrath).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ambrose 34 4 93 1 (7nb, 1w)
    Walsh 35 6 112 4 (10nb)
    Benjamin 33 6 97 2 (5nb, 2w)
    Bishop 30 2 105 3 (5nb)
    Hooper 19 3 64 0

    West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6
    SL Campbell c Warne b Reiffel 18 80 58 2 0
    RG Samuels c Healy b McGrath 10 47 37 2 0
    BC Lara c ME Waugh b McGrath 26 95 69 3 0
    CL Hooper c Ponting b SR Waugh 102 306 228 10 1
    S Chanderpaul c ME Waugh b Reiffel 82 284 230 4 0
    JC Adams lbw b Ponting 0 10 6 0 0
    +CO Browne c Healy b Reiffel 4 40 27 0 0
    IR Bishop lbw b Warne 0 6 6 0 0
    CEL Ambrose c sub (JN Gillespie) b Reiffel 0 11 1 0 0
    KCG Benjamin lbw b Warne 9 4 7 2 0
    *CA Walsh not out 0 1 0 0 0
    Extras (lb 8, w 1, nb 17) 26
    Total (all out, 108.1 overs, 446 mins) 277

    FoW: 1-30 (Samuels), 2-43 (Campbell), 3-77 (Lara),
    4-249 (Hooper), 5-255 (Adams), 6-267 (Chanderpaul),
    7-268 (Bishop), 8-268 (Browne), 9-277 (Benjamin),
    10-277 (Ambrose).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 21 7 32 2 (7nb)
    Reiffel 24.1 6 58 4 (10nb)
    Kasprowicz 22 5 60 0 (1nb)
    Warne 27 3 88 2 (1nb, 1w)
    SR Waugh 8.1 1 15 1
    ME Waugh 4 1 16 0
    Ponting 1.5 1 0 1

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    MTG Elliott b Bishop 21 98 66 2 0
    *MA Taylor c Browne b Benjamin 36 127 99 3 0
    RT Ponting c Browne b Bishop 9 43 28 1 0
    ME Waugh c Browne b Bishop 57 139 95 3 0
    MG Bevan c sub (AFG Griffith) b Ambrose 20 74 62 2 0
    +IA Healy not out 45 67 50 6 0
    PR Reiffel run out (Campbell) 11 16 10 2 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 14) 18
    Total (6 wickets declared, 65 overs) 217

    DNB: SR Waugh, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-55 (Elliott), 2-74 (Taylor), 3-82 (Ponting),
    4-137 (Bevan), 5-189 (ME Waugh), 6-217 (Reiffel).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ambrose 18 2 47 1 (8nb)
    Walsh 17 1 58 0 (6nb)
    Bishop 13 2 49 3 (4nb)
    Benjamin 15 1 52 1 (1nb)
    Hooper 2 0 7 0

    West Indies 2nd innings (target: 420 runs) R M B 4 6
    SL Campbell lbw b Bevan 113 407 327 9 0
    RG Samuels c Taylor b Warne 29 63 42 4 1
    BC Lara c ME Waugh b Reiffel 44 95 75 7 0
    CL Hooper c Healy b Bevan 23 55 41 2 0
    S Chanderpaul b McGrath 14 35 30 1 0
    JC Adams lbw b Warne 2 30 20 0 0
    +CO Browne c Healy b McGrath 20 38 31 3 0
    IR Bishop c Ponting b Bevan 24 51 46 4 0
    CEL Ambrose c Warne b McGrath 7 29 30 1 0
    KCG Benjamin lbw b McGrath 1 13 8 0 0
    *CA Walsh not out 1 9 4 0 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 7) 18
    Total (all out, 106.5 overs) 296

    FoW: 1-54 (Samuels), 2-118 (Lara), 3-154 (Hooper),
    4-187 (Chanderpaul), 5-202 (Adams), 6-241 (Browne),
    7-281 (Bishop), 8-293 (Ambrose), 9-293 (Campbell),
    10-296 (Benjamin).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 29.5 12 60 4 (4nb)
    Kasprowicz 13 2 29 0
    Warne 41 16 92 2
    Reiffel 9 0 58 1 (8nb)
    Bevan 14 3 46 3

      Day 1

    • RT Ponting 50 (67), 86 mins, 7x4 1x6
    • Lunch taken 1 or 2 minutes early due to a faulty sightscreen
    • Lunch: Aus 82/1 (Taylor 19*, Ponting 56*)
    • ME Waugh was struck on the helmet by Benjamin in the 49th over
    • Tea: Aus 155/3 (ME Waugh 12*, SR Waugh 0*)
    • Crowd: 16,867

      Day 2

    • IA Healy 50 (68), 98 mins, 8x4
    • SR Waugh 50 (131), 170 mins, 2x4
    • Lunch: Aus 360/6 (Healy 97*, Reiffel 5*)
    • IA Healy 100 (162), 13x4
    • IA Healy 150 (235), 327 mins, 20x4
    • Tea: Aus 467/7 (Healy 156*, Warne 24*)
    • IA Healy 161* highest score in First-class cricket, highest score by an Australian wicket-keeper, and the first century at the Gabba by a Queensland-born player.
    • All 11 Australian fielders came out for the West Indian innings wearing the traditional baggy green cap.
    • Crowd: 11,571

      Day 3

    • Lunch: WI 144/3 (Hooper 45*, Chanderpaul 30*)
    • CL Hooper 50 (132), 186 mins, 2x4 1x6
    • S Chanderpaul 50 (163), 186 mins, 2x4
    • Tea: WI 231/3 (Hooper 94*, Chanderpaul 61*)
    • CL Hooper 100 (216), 286 mins, 10x4 1x6
    • Ball changed because it was out of shape at the end of the 93rd over
    • SR Waugh strained his groin after bowling 8.1 overs. JN Gillespie replaced him on the field and RT Ponting completed the over, taking a wicket with the last ball. At that point, Ponting's Test career bowling figures were 4.5-2-8-2
    • Australian captain MA Taylor did not enforce the follow-on
    • Crowd: 12,125

      Day 4

    • IR Bishop officially warned by umpire Mitchley for running on the pitch, bowling around the wicket, during over 29.
    • Lunch: Aus 82/3 (ME Waugh 8*, Bevan 0*)
    • MG Bevan dropped by BC Lara at first slip off IR Bishop during over 37. Bevan was on 0.
    • Tea: Aus 182/4 (ME Waugh 56*, Healy 22*)
    • MA Taylor declared the Australian 2nd innings closed at 217/6, setting the West Indies a target of 420 runs in a minimum of 119 overs.
    • RG Samuels dropped by PR Reiffel off bowling of SK Warne during over 16. Samuels was on 25, and got out two balls later.

      Day 5

    • Lunch: WI 163/3 (Campbell 57*, Chanderpaul 3*)
    • Second new ball taken by Australia at beginning of 81st over.
    • SL Campbell 100 (269), 328 mins, 8x4
    • Crowd: 4,813
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