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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, December 30, 1997

1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 1997

Test # 1392
South Africa in Australia, 1997/98, 1st Test
Australia v South Africa
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Series: 3-Test series level 0-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Man of the Match: JH Kallis

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 206/4 (SR Waugh 87*, Ponting 56*, 90 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 309, South Africa 94/4 (Kirsten 61*, McMillan 6*, 56 ov)
  • Day 3: South Africa 186, Australia 67/4 (Taylor 30*, Ponting 8*, 37 ov)
  • Day 4: Australia 257, South Africa 79/1 (Bacher 34*, Kallis 40*, 30 ov)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MTG Elliott c Richardson b Klusener 6 55 33 0 0
    *MA Taylor c Kirsten b McMillan 20 98 78 1 0
    GS Blewett st Richardson b Symcox 26 156 114 1 0
    ME Waugh c Richardson b Donald 0 21 18 0 0
    SR Waugh c Cullinan b Donald 96 264 188 9 0
    RT Ponting b Symcox 105 269 208 14 0
    +IA Healy b Donald 16 28 25 2 0
    PR Reiffel b Symcox 27 77 54 2 0
    SK Warne c & b Pollock 1 11 8 0 0
    MS Kasprowicz c Bacher b Symcox 0 8 3 0 0
    GD McGrath not out 0 5 5 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 5) 12
    Total (all out, 121.2 overs, 500 mins) 309

    FoW: 1-18 (Elliott, 13.2 ov), 2-42 (Taylor, 22.5 ov),
    3-44 (ME Waugh, 28.3 ov), 4-77 (Blewett, 51.3 ov),
    5-222 (SR Waugh, 94.3 ov), 6-250 (Healy, 100.6 ov),
    7-302 (Ponting, 117.4 ov), 8-309 (Reiffel, 119.5 ov),
    9-309 (Warne, 120.1 ov), 10-309 (Kasprowicz, 121.2 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Donald 29 6 74 3 (2nb)
    Pollock 28 6 76 1 (2nb)
    Klusener 19 3 48 1 (2nb)
    McMillan 10 3 19 1
    Symcox 27.2 4 69 4
    Kallis 4 2 5 0
    Cronje 4 2 11 0

    South Africa 1st innings R M B 4 6
    AM Bacher c Healy b Kasprowicz 3 53 35 0 0
    G Kirsten c Healy b ME Waugh 83 323 256 7 0
    JH Kallis c Healy b McGrath 15 77 57 1 0
    DJ Cullinan run out (Ponting) 5 39 29 0 0
    *WJ Cronje c Blewett b Warne 0 3 2 0 0
    BM McMillan c Healy b Kasprowicz 48 227 189 2 0
    SM Pollock lbw b Warne 7 28 25 1 0
    +DJ Richardson lbw b ME Waugh 1 10 9 0 0
    L Klusener lbw b Warne 11 47 35 1 0
    PL Symcox b Kasprowicz 4 12 9 1 0
    AA Donald not out 0 4 2 0 0
    Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 6) 9
    Total (all out, 106.5 overs, 416 mins) 186

    FoW: 1-28 (Bacher, 12.3 ov), 2-62 (Kallis, 32.2 ov),
    3-75 (Cullinan, 40.6 ov), 4-76 (Cronje, 41.5 ov),
    5-138 (Kirsten, 81.4 ov), 6-155 (Pollock, 90.4 ov),
    7-158 (Richardson, 93.5 ov), 8-182 (McMillan, 104.2 ov),
    9-182 (Klusener, 105.3 ov), 10-186 (Symcox, 106.5 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 17 9 20 1
    Reiffel 14 5 32 0 (2nb)
    Kasprowicz 13.5 3 28 3 (2nb)
    Warne 42 15 64 3 (2nb, 1w)
    ME Waugh 18 8 28 2
    SR Waugh 2 0 12 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    *MA Taylor c Cullinan b Symcox 59 248 195 4 0
    MTG Elliott lbw b Donald 1 28 19 0 0
    GS Blewett c McMillan b Donald 6 10 7 0 0
    ME Waugh b Donald 1 15 12 0 0
    SR Waugh c Richardson b Pollock 17 43 27 2 0
    RT Ponting c & b Pollock 32 113 84 2 0
    +IA Healy b Donald 4 39 17 0 0
    PR Reiffel not out 79 154 115 6 0
    SK Warne c Symcox b Donald 10 19 16 2 0
    MS Kasprowicz c Kirsten b Donald 19 62 43 2 0
    GD McGrath c McMillan b Pollock 18 66 47 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 4) 11
    Total (all out, 96.2 overs, 403 mins) 257

    FoW: 1-4 (Elliott, 6.1 ov), 2-10 (Blewett, 8.3 ov),
    3-12 (ME Waugh, 12.5 ov), 4-44 (SR Waugh, 22.2 ov),
    5-106 (Ponting, 50.4 ov), 6-128 (Taylor, 59.3 ov),
    7-128 (Healy, 60.1 ov), 8-146 (Warne, 64.4 ov),
    9-208 (Kasprowicz, 80.4 ov), 10-257 (McGrath, 96.2 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Donald 27 8 59 6 (3nb)
    Pollock 21.2 5 56 3 (1nb)
    Symcox 35 9 90 1
    McMillan 2 0 6 0
    Klusener 9 2 28 0
    Cronje 2 0 11 0

    South Africa 2nd innings (target: 381 runs) R M B 4 6
    G Kirsten b Reiffel 0 23 14 0 0
    AM Bacher c Taylor b Warne 39 149 109 1 0
    JH Kallis b Reiffel 101 357 279 6 0
    DJ Cullinan b Warne 0 10 8 0 0
    *WJ Cronje c Taylor b SR Waugh 70 170 143 2 0
    BM McMillan c Taylor b Warne 16 84 69 2 0
    SM Pollock not out 15 101 70 1 0
    +DJ Richardson lbw b McGrath 11 47 39 0 0
    L Klusener not out 6 16 10 1 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 6) 15
    Total (7 wickets, 122 overs, 483 mins) 273

    DNB: PL Symcox, AA Donald.

    FoW: 1-1 (Kirsten, 5.1 ov), 2-88 (Bacher, 37.1 ov),
    3-88 (Cullinan, 39.3 ov), 4-211 (Cronje, 84.2 ov),
    5-229 (Kallis, 97.2 ov), 6-241 (McMillan, 105.6 ov),
    7-260 (Richardson, 118.2 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 28 11 57 1
    Reiffel 18 7 24 2 (2nb)
    Kasprowicz 14 1 45 0
    Warne 44 11 97 3 (8nb)
    ME Waugh 10 0 25 0
    SR Waugh 7 2 12 1
    Blewett 1 0 4 0

    • Scorers: MK Walsh (Australia) and KV O'Neill (South Australia)
    • 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and JN Rhodes (Southg Australia)

      Day 1

    • Lunch: Australia 44/3 (Blewett 13*; 28.4 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 92/4 (SR Waugh 28*, Ponting 5*; 59 overs)
    • Elliott dropped by Kallis off Donald in the 1st over.
    • Richardson took the South African record for Most Fielding Dismissals apon catching Elliott (previous: JHB Waite, 141 Dismissals).
    • SR Waugh was caught by Richardson off a no-ball by Donald soon after reaching his 50.
    • SR Waugh was dropped by Kirsten in 2nd last over of the day.

      Day 2

    • Lunch: Australia 302/7 (Reiffel 21*; 117.5 overs)
    • Tea: South Africa 41/1 (Kirsten 31*, Kallis 5*; 22 overs)

      Day 3

    • Lunch: South Africa 147/5 (McMillan 31*, Pollock 3*; 87 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 8/1 (Taylor 2*, Blewett 4*; 8 overs)
    • The dismissal of Pollock was SK Warne's 500th First-class wicket

      Day 4

    • Lunch: Australia 146/8 (Reiffel 8*, Kasprowicz 0*; 65 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 257 all out 96.2 overs
    • With the dismissal of Kasprowicz, Donald passes the highest number of Test wickets taken in a career by a South African (170, HJ Tayfield)
    • Paul Reiffel passes his highest Test score
    • With the dismissal of Kirsten, Reiffel claims his 100th Test wicket
    • With the score on 2/0 AM Bacher was given out to a catch by RT Ponting, Ponting then advises that the catch was grounded and the decision was reversed.

      Day 5

    • Lunch: South Africa 139/3 (Kallis 67*, Cronje 27*; 60 overs)
    • Tea: South Africa 226/4 (Kallis 100*, McMillan 6*; 93 overs)
    • Jacques Kallis passes his highest Test score

    • Attendance: Day 1 - 73,812 (third-largest Boxing Day crowd at the MCG); Day 2 - 31,367; Day 3 - 24,859; Day 4 - 18,895; Day 5 - 11,249. Aggregate 160,182.
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