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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 28, 1996

3rd Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 26-28 Dec 1996

Test # 1346 (1345/84)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1996/97, 3rd Test
Australia v West Indies
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28 December 1996 (5-day match)

Result: West Indies won by 6 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: PD Parker and S Venkataraghavan (Ind)
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe (SA)
Man of the Match: CEL Ambrose

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 219, West Indies 29/1 (Samuels 10*, Chanderpaul 11*)
  • Day 2: West Indies 233/9 (Adams 54*, Walsh 2*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor b Ambrose 7 52 40 0 0
    ML Hayden c Hooper b Ambrose 5 27 19 0 0
    JL Langer run out (Adams) 12 42 20 0 1
    ME Waugh lbw b Ambrose 0 1 1 0 0
    SR Waugh c Murray b Bishop 58 163 131 4 0
    GS Blewett run out (sub [AFG Griffith]) 62 223 154 4 0
    +IA Healy c Hooper b Ambrose 36 61 47 4 0
    PR Reiffel c Samuels b Benjamin 0 8 4 0 0
    SK Warne c Campbell b Bishop 10 38 28 0 0
    JN Gillespie not out 4 39 23 0 0
    GD McGrath c Hooper b Ambrose 0 5 3 0 0
    Extras (lb 8, nb 17) 25
    Total (all out, 74.5 overs, 334 minutes) 219

    FoW: 1-5 (Hayden), 2-26 (Taylor), 3-26 (ME Waugh),
    4-27 (Langer), 5-129 (SR Waugh), 6-195 (Healy),
    7-200 (Reiffel), 8-203 (Blewett), 9-217 (Warne),
    10-219 (McGrath).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ambrose 24.5 7 55 5 (12nb)
    Bishop 11 1 31 2 (2nb)
    Benjamin 19 2 64 1 (2nb)
    Walsh 14 0 43 0 (5nb)
    Adams 1 0 4 0
    Hooper 5 1 14 0

    West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6
    SL Campbell lbw b McGrath 7 27 31 0 0
    RG Samuels c Taylor b Warne 17 141 82 2 0
    S Chanderpaul c & b McGrath 58 209 147 4 0
    BC Lara c Warne b McGrath 2 26 18 0 0
    CL Hooper run out (McGrath) 7 22 25 0 0
    JC Adams not out 74 249 188 5 0
    +JR Murray c Reiffel b McGrath 53 116 117 3 0
    IR Bishop lbw b McGrath 0 8 3 0 0
    CEL Ambrose b Warne 8 29 19 1 0
    KCG Benjamin b Reiffel 11 14 13 2 0
    *CA Walsh c ME Waugh b Warne 4 32 17 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 7, nb 3) 14
    Total (all out, 109.1 overs, 441 minutes) 255

    FoW: 1-12 (Campbell), 2-62 (Samuels), 3-71 (Lara),
    4-86 (Hooper), 5-107 (Chanderpaul), 6-197 (Murray),
    7-197 (Bishop), 8-215 (Ambrose), 9-230 (Benjamin),
    10-255 (Walsh).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 30 11 50 5
    Reiffel 29 8 76 1 (5nb)
    Warne 28.1 3 72 3
    Gillespie 3 2 5 0
    Blewett 9 3 19 0
    SR Waugh 10 5 22 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    ML Hayden b Ambrose 0 3 5 0 0
    *MA Taylor c Hooper b Walsh 10 78 48 1 0
    JL Langer c Hooper b Ambrose 0 12 7 0 0
    ME Waugh lbw b Walsh 19 81 54 1 0
    SR Waugh b Benjamin 37 145 87 2 0
    GS Blewett c Murray b Walsh 7 25 17 1 0
    +IA Healy b Benjamin 0 7 5 0 0
    PR Reiffel lbw b Benjamin 8 17 11 1 0
    SK Warne c Adams b Ambrose 18 36 28 4 0
    JN Gillespie lbw b Ambrose 2 18 20 0 0
    GD McGrath not out 5 17 9 0 0
    Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 11) 16
    Total (all out, 45.5 overs, 224 minutes) 122

    FoW: 1-0 (Hayden), 2-3 (Langer), 3-28 (Taylor),
    4-47 (ME Waugh), 5-64 (Blewett), 6-65 (Healy),
    7-76 (Reiffel), 8-107 (Warne), 9-113 (Gillespie),
    10-122 (SR Waugh).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ambrose 12 4 17 4 (5nb)
    Bishop 10 2 26 0 (3nb, 1w)
    Benjamin 12.5 5 34 3 (2nb)
    Walsh 11 4 41 3 (5nb)

    West Indies 2nd innings (target: 87 runs) R M B 4 6
    SL Campbell c Hayden b McGrath 0 3 4 0 0
    RG Samuels lbw b McGrath 13 30 12 2 0
    S Chanderpaul b Reiffel 40 97 82 3 0
    BC Lara c Hayden b McGrath 2 17 9 0 0
    CL Hooper not out 27 57 36 2 0
    JC Adams not out 1 4 3 0 0
    Extras (nb 4) 4
    Total (4 wickets, 23.5 overs) 87

    DNB: +JR Murray, IR Bishop, CEL Ambrose, KCG Benjamin, *CA Walsh.

    FoW: 1-0 (Campbell), 2-25 (Samuels), 3-32 (Lara),
    4-82 (Chanderpaul).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 9 1 41 3
    Reiffel 9 2 16 1 (4nb)
    Warne 3 0 17 0
    Blewett 2.5 0 13 0

    • Aggregate 3-day crowd: 131,671
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