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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, October 24, 1998

Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, 21-24 Oct 1998

Sheffield Shield, 1998/99
Victoria v Tasmania
Melbourne Cricket Ground
21,22,23,24 October 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Victoria won by 15 runs
Points: Victoria 6, Tasmania 0

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: GTD Morrow and PD Parker
First-class Debut: DJ Shepard (Victoria).

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Victoria 191/7 (Elliott 86*, Saker 1*, 100 overs)
  • Day 2: Victoria 247, Tasmania 98, Victoria 32/1 (Arnberger 14*, Mott 1*, 26 overs)
  • Day 3: Victoria 181, Tasmania 71/1 (Cox 27*, Di Venuto 37*, 35.4 overs)
    Victoria 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    MTG Elliott not out 120 430 296 10 0
    JL Arnberger c Di Venuto b Marsh 29 106 99 2 0
    MP Mott b Denton 0 3 1 0 0
    LD Harper c Atkinson b Targett 11 31 35 0 0
    BJ Hodge lbw b Hodgson 18 50 46 0 0
    IJ Harvey c Atkinson b Denton 31 92 99 2 0
    *+DS Berry b Denton 6 25 16 0 0
    PR Reiffel lbw b Targett 5 21 11 1 0
    DJ Saker lbw b Targett 1 42 41 0 0
    JM Davison c Young b Marsh 21 39 34 1 0
    DJ Shepard c Di Venuto b Hodgson 1 12 13 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 2) 4
    Total (all out, 114.5 overs, 430 mins) 247

    FoW: 1-60 (Arnberger), 2-60 (Mott), 3-77 (Harper), 4-100 (Hodge),
    5-166 (Harvey), 6-172 (Berry), 7-183 (Reiffel),
    8-191 (Saker), 9-241 (Davison), 10-247 (Shepard).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hodgson 13.5 2 44 2 (2nb)
    Targett 25 13 43 3
    Young 15 8 14 0
    Marsh 27 6 75 2
    Denton 26 10 62 3
    Tucker 7 4 6 0
    Hills 1 0 1 0

    Tasmania 1st innings R M B 4 6
    DF Hills b Reiffel 2 4 6 0 0
    J Cox c Harper b Saker 0 6 2 0 0
    MJ Di Venuto lbw b Saker 1 10 3 0 0
    S Young c Hodge b Shepard 30 92 84 1 0
    *DC Boon c Berry b Reiffel 11 39 25 0 0
    RJ Tucker b Saker 3 14 15 0 0
    DJ Marsh c Mott b Saker 24 120 100 2 0
    +MN Atkinson c Arnberger b Davison 9 43 35 0 0
    GJ Denton b Davison 12 50 48 2 0
    BS Targett lbw b Saker 0 7 3 0 0
    RW Hodgson not out 0 3 4 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 5) 6
    Total (all out, 54.1 overs, 199 mins) 98

    FoW: 1-2 (Hills), 2-2 (Cox), 3-7 (Di Venuto), 4-40 (Boon),
    5-43 (Tucker), 6-56 (Young), 7-74 (Atkinson), 8-98 (Marsh),
    9-98 (Denton), 10-98 (Targett).

    Bowling O M R W
    Reiffel 14 4 27 2
    Saker 13.1 4 28 5
    Harvey 8 2 10 0
    Shepard 5 0 8 1
    Davison 12 6 17 2
    Elliott 2 1 2 0

    Victoria 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    JL Arnberger c Atkinson b Hodgson 22 116 91 1 0
    MTG Elliott run out (Denton/Atkinson) 16 73 62 0 0
    MP Mott c Tucker b Marsh 12 94 72 1 0
    LD Harper c Atkinson b Targett 9 27 14 0 0
    BJ Hodge b Tucker 38 132 81 2 0
    IJ Harvey c Hills b Denton 26 30 26 3 0
    *+DS Berry c Atkinson b Denton 0 5 1 0 0
    PR Reiffel b Young 29 66 57 1 0
    DJ Saker b Targett 18 40 40 2 0
    JM Davison c Tucker b Young 0 6 7 0 0
    DJ Shepard not out 7 32 18 1 0
    Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4
    Total (all out, 78.1 overs, 313 mins) 181

    FoW: 1-25 (Elliott), 2-42 (Arnberger), 3-55 (Harper),
    4-67 (Mott), 5-104 (Harvey), 6-104 (Berry), 7-156 (Reiffel),
    8-156 (Hodge), 9-157 (Davison), 10-181 (Saker).

    Bowling O M R W
    Hodgson 20 6 36 1
    Targett 15.1 6 28 2
    Tucker 13 5 32 1
    Denton 11 1 37 2 (1w)
    Marsh 9 2 20 1
    Young 10 3 25 2

    Tasmania 2nd innings (target: 331 runs) R M B 4 6
    DF Hills lbw b Reiffel 5 29 28 0 0
    J Cox c Reiffel b Elliott 132 465 386 12 2
    MJ Di Venuto c Hodge b Shepard 56 181 141 6 0
    S Young c Elliott b Shepard 4 9 7 0 0
    *DC Boon st Berry b Reiffel 17 55 49 2 0
    RJ Tucker c Hodge b Reiffel 21 82 58 2 0
    DJ Marsh b Saker 50 149 105 6 0
    +MN Atkinson lbw b Reiffel 6 22 17 0 0
    GJ Denton b Harvey 7 33 30 0 0
    BS Targett lbw b Saker 0 1 1 0 0
    RW Hodgson not out 1 10 3 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 5) 16
    Total (all out, 136.4 overs, 522 mins) 315

    FoW: 1-8 (Hills), 2-117 (Di Venuto), 3-127 (Young), 4-157 (Boon),
    5-206 (Tucker), 6-290 (Cox), 7-305 (Atkinson),
    8-311 (Marsh), 9-311 (Targett), 10-315 (Denton).

    Bowling O M R W
    Reiffel 33 14 59 4 (5nb)
    Saker 25 9 47 2
    Harvey 19.4 5 58 1
    Davison 31 12 80 0 (1w)
    Shepard 24 7 54 2
    Mott 2 0 4 0
    Elliott 2 1 3 1

    • 12th Men: SAJ Craig (Victoria) and JA Dykes (Tasmania)

      Day 1

    • Elliott 54 minutes on 39
    • Elliott's 50 in 222 minutes, 156 balls, 5x4.

      Day 2

    • Elliott 100 in 402 minutes, 277 balls, 8x4, carried bat for 2nd time (2nd slowest 100 at MCG and 2nd slowest for Victoria).
    • Elliott and Davison (HS) added 50 in 39 minutes off 58 balls
    • Tasmania avoided the follow-on by one run.
    • Saker 3 x 5wi, 2 x 5wi in Sheffield shield, 1 x 5wi v Tasmania

      Day 3

    • Lunch: Victoria 109/6 (Hodge 16*, Berry 5*, 54 overs)
    • Tea: Victoria 167/9 (Saker 11*, Shepard 0*)
    • Rain stopped play at 1.51pm with Victoria 145/6.
    • An early Tea was taken due to rain
    • Rain stopped play with 8.2 overs to be bowled.

    • Attendance: 2557
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