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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, February 3, 1997

5th Test: Australia v West Indies at Perth, 1-3 Feb 1997

Test # 1353 (1347/86)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1996/97, 5th Test
Australia v West Indies
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
1,2,3 February 1997 (5-day match)

Result: West Indies won by 10 wickets
Australia wins the 5-Test series 3-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DB Hair and P Willey (Eng)
TV Umpire: TA Prue
Match Referee: R Subba Row (Eng)
Man of the Match: CEL Ambrose
Man of the Series: GD McGrath

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 243, West Indies 25/0 (Campbell 20*, Samuels 0*)
  • Day 2: West Indies 353/7 (Hooper 57*, Bishop 5*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    ML Hayden c Lara b Ambrose 0 2 3 0 0
    *MA Taylor run out (Chanderpaul/Adams) 2 18 5 0 0
    GS Blewett c Browne b Simmons 17 82 65 2 0
    ME Waugh c Campbell b Ambrose 79 224 170 8 1
    SR Waugh c Browne b Ambrose 1 19 20 0 0
    MG Bevan not out 87 235 164 12 0
    +IA Healy b Ambrose 7 18 15 1 0
    PR Reiffel c Simmons b Ambrose 0 1 1 0 0
    SK Warne c Browne b Bishop 9 41 29 0 0
    AJ Bichel c Browne b Bishop 15 28 27 2 0
    GD McGrath c Ambrose b Bishop 0 2 3 0 0
    Extras (lb 10, w 2, nb 14) 26
    Total (all out, 80 overs, 344 minutes) 243

    FoW: 1-0 (Hayden), 2-7 (Taylor), 3-45 (Blewett),
    4-49 (SR Waugh), 5-169 (ME Waugh), 6-186 (Healy),
    7-186 (Reiffel), 8-216 (Warne), 9-243 (Bichel),
    10-243 (McGrath).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ambrose 18 5 43 5 (10nb)
    Bishop 18 5 54 3 (2nb)
    Walsh 9 0 29 0 (1w)
    Simmons 20 5 58 1 (6nb, 1w)
    Hooper 15 1 49 0

    West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6
    SL Campbell c Healy b Reiffel 21 52 44 3 0
    RG Samuels c ME Waugh b Warne 76 332 228 10 0
    S Chanderpaul c Reiffel b McGrath 3 19 17 0 0
    BC Lara c Healy b Warne 132 223 183 22 1
    CL Hooper c Healy b Reiffel 57 124 83 10 0
    JC Adams c Healy b McGrath 18 40 31 2 0
    PV Simmons c ME Waugh b Reiffel 0 3 5 0 0
    +CO Browne c Warne b Reiffel 0 2 3 0 0
    IR Bishop c Taylor b Reiffel 13 67 44 1 0
    CEL Ambrose run out (Healy) 15 52 44 1 0
    *CA Walsh not out 5 26 11 0 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 28) 44
    Total (all out, 111 overs, 478 minutes) 384

    FoW: 1-30 (Campbell), 2-43 (Chanderpaul), 3-251 (Lara),
    4-275 (Samuels), 5-331 (Adams), 6-332 (Simmons),
    7-332 (Browne), 8-359 (Hooper), 9-367 (Bishop),
    10-384 (Ambrose).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 30 5 86 2 (5nb)
    Bichel 18 1 79 0 (10nb)
    Reiffel 26 6 73 5 (11nb, 1w)
    Warne 19 8 55 2 (1nb)
    Blewett 6 2 19 0
    Bevan 5 0 31 0
    SR Waugh 7 1 26 0 (1nb)

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    *MA Taylor c Browne b Ambrose 1 14 13 0 0
    ML Hayden lbw b Hooper 47 140 102 4 0
    GS Blewett b Ambrose 0 8 1 0 0
    ME Waugh c Browne b Walsh 9 48 33 2 0
    SR Waugh c Hooper b Walsh 0 7 6 0 0
    MG Bevan c Simmons b Walsh 15 42 31 3 0
    +IA Healy c Chanderpaul b Walsh 29 42 31 5 0
    PR Reiffel c Adams b Walsh 5 5 6 1 0
    SK Warne c Simmons b Bishop 30 77 53 4 0
    AJ Bichel c Samuels b Bishop 18 47 31 2 0
    GD McGrath not out 2 6 6 0 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 8, w 6, nb 22) 38
    Total (all out, 47.3 overs, 226 minutes) 194

    FoW: 1-7 (Taylor), 2-17 (Blewett), 3-43 (ME Waugh),
    4-48 (SR Waugh), 5-84 (Bevan), 6-105 (Hayden),
    7-110 (Reiffel), 8-133 (Healy), 9-189 (Bichel),
    10-194 (Warne).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ambrose 9 2 50 2 (20nb)
    Bishop 12.3 1 44 2 (4nb, 6w)
    Walsh 20 4 74 5 (1nb)
    Simmons 3 0 9 0 (2nb)
    Hooper 3 0 7 1 (1nb)

    West Indies 2nd innings (target: 54 runs) R M B 4 6
    SL Campbell not out 16 44 28 4 0
    RG Samuels not out 35 44 38 8 0
    Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 3) 6
    Total (0 wickets, 10.2 overs) 57

    DNB: S Chanderpaul, BC Lara, CL Hooper, JC Adams, PV Simmons,
    +CO Browne, IR Bishop, CEL Ambrose, *CA Walsh.

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 4 1 14 0 (1nb)
    Reiffel 5 0 24 0 (2nb)
    Bichel 1.2 0 17 0 (1w)

      Day 1

    • CA Walsh was off the field for the rest of the Australian innings after bowling 9 overs. Substitute fielder was RIC Holder
    • Due to the intense heat, IR Bishop and CEL Ambrose bowled their overs in the 3rd session in 1 over spells.

      Day 2

    • RG Samuels hit 1 five
    • CL Hooper hit 1 five

      Day 3

    • BC Lara acted as a runner for the whole of CA Walsh's innings
    • Due to injury, CA Walsh bowled right arm medium pace to medium-fast throughout the whole Australian second innings
    • CA Ambrose's 9th over included 9 no balls.

    • CA Ambrose's 3rd and last Test at Perth, finishing with figures of 106.3-28-310-24 @ 12.91, including a 5-wicket haul in each 1st innings. This is the most wickets by a visiting bowler at Perth (next best: RJ Hadlee 18 wickets).
    • West Indies' 5th win from 5 Tests played at the WACA Ground, including 4 matches where they did not lose a second innings wicket.
    • Australia's 14th consecutive Test without a draw, its longest run of such results since 18 Tests in 1930-34.
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