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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.

Thursday, December 4, 1997

Match #1: Australia v South Africa at Sydney, 4 Dec 1997

ODI # 1254
Carlton & United Series, 1997/98, 1st Match
Australia v South Africa
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
4 December 1997 (50-overs match)

Result: South Africa won by 67 runs
Points: South Africa 2, Australia 0

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: DJ Harper and SG Randell
TV Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
ODI Debuts: IJ Harvey (Aus).
Man of the Match: PL Symcox

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   M   B  4 6
G Kirsten c McGrath b ME Waugh 44 109 69 3 0
JH Kallis c Harvey b McGrath 8 38 22 0 0
L Klusener b McGrath 3 10 6 0 0
DJ Cullinan run out (Bichel/Gilchrist) 33 66 59 3 0
*WJ Cronje c & b Bichel 21 60 44 0 0
JN Rhodes b Harvey 12 10 9 1 0
SM Pollock run out (Harvey) 6 10 8 0 0
BM McMillan c Warne b Bichel 19 46 36 0 0
+DJ Richardson lbw b Bichel 0 1 2 0 0
PL Symcox not out 27 39 32 2 0
AA Donald c Gilchrist b McGrath 11 26 20 0 0
Extras (lb 11, w 1, nb 4) 16
Total (all out, 50.0 overs, 212 mins) 200

FoW: 1-28 (Kallis), 2-37 (Klusener), 3-96 (Kirsten),
4-98 (Cullinan), 5-113 (Rhodes), 6-124 (Pollock),
7-153 (Cronje), 8-153 (Richardson), 9-160 (McMillan),
10-200 (Donald).

Bowling O M R W
McGrath 10 1 40 3 (1nb, 1w)
Reiffel 8 3 25 0
Bichel 9 0 46 3 (3nb)
Warne 10 0 33 0
ME Waugh 3 0 12 1
Harvey 10 1 33 1

Australia innings (target: 201 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
MJ Di Venuto c Rhodes b Pollock 1 11 10 0 0
ME Waugh b Symcox 45 86 60 2 0
GS Blewett c Rhodes b Donald 15 59 38 0 0
*SR Waugh lbw b Symcox 1 4 3 0 0
MG Bevan st Richardson b Symcox 16 40 31 0 0
+AC Gilchrist c & b Cullinan 4 13 10 0 0
IJ Harvey c Kallis b Symcox 4 12 11 0 0
PR Reiffel c Kirsten b Klusener 17 49 31 0 0
SK Warne lbw b Cullinan 17 28 23 1 1
AJ Bichel run out (Cronje) 3 12 12 0 0
GD McGrath not out 0 1 0 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 10
Total (all out, 38.0 overs, 163 mins) 133

FoW: 1-6 (Di Venuto), 2-61 (Blewett), 3-64 (SR Waugh),
4-71 (ME Waugh), 5-78 (Gilchrist), 6-89 (Harvey),
7-92 (Bevan), 8-122 (Warne), 9-133 (Bichel),
10-133 (Reiffel).

Bowling O M R W
Pollock 6 1 12 1 (2w)
Klusener 7 0 34 1
Cronje 2 0 9 0 (1w)
Donald 5 0 13 1
Symcox 10 1 28 4
Cullinan 8 0 31 2 (1nb)

  • Scorers: EW Cosgrove (Australia) and MA Slarke (South Africa)
  • 12th Men: RT Ponting (Australia) and HH Gibbs (South Africa)
  • SG Randell created a new Australian record for most ODI umpired standing in his 84th match (previous record: AR Crafter 83 matches)
  • IJ Harvey took the wicket of JN Rhodes with his 2nd ball in One-day Internationals.
  • Attendance: 36,562

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