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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.

Sunday, February 7, 1999

Match #15: Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, 7 February 1999

ODI # 1403
Carlton & United Series, 1998-99, 15th Match
Australia v Sri Lanka
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
7 February 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 43 runs
Points: Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DJ Harper and TA Prue
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe (SA)
Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist c Tillakaratne b Vaas 154 191 129 14 4
ME Waugh b Muralitharan 19 63 37 2 0
BP Julian c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 0 1 2 0 0
RT Ponting c Jayawardene b de Silva 61 84 64 3 0
DS Lehmann c Ranatunga b Samaraweera 27 21 27 1 0
DR Martyn c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 18 25 20 1 0
MG Bevan not out 11 24 13 0 0
S Lee run out (Vaas) 5 8 6 0 0
*SK Warne c Tillakaratne b Vaas 3 6 3 0 0
MS Kasprowicz not out 2 1 1 0 0
Extras (lb 4, w 4, nb 2) 10
Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 310

DNB: GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-92 (Waugh, 14.2 ov), 2-92 (Julian, 14.4 ov),
3-213 (Ponting, 34.2 ov), 4-253 (Lehmann, 41.1 ov),
5-286 (Gilchrist, 45.3 ov), 6-291 (Martyn, 46.5 ov),
7-301 (Lee, 48.4 ov), 8-307 (Warne, 49.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Vaas 10 1 68 2 (1w)
Wickramasinghe 9 0 52 1 (1nb)
Muralitharan 3.4 1 15 2
de Silva 10 0 55 1 (1nb, 2w)
Tillakaratne 1.2 0 11 0
Samaraweera 9 0 60 1 (1w)
Jayawardene 7 0 45 0

Sri Lanka innings (target: 311 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
DA Gunawardene b Lee 75 97 66 9 2
+RS Kaluwitharana c Martyn b Warne 68 92 60 9 1
PA de Silva c Waugh b Lee 11 19 13 1 0
DPMD Jayawardene run out (Waugh) 27 52 36 1 0
*A Ranatunga c Gilchrist b Lee 1 6 3 0 0
HP Tillakaratne c Ponting b Lee 42 98 60 2 0
MS Atapattu b Lehmann 12 22 19 1 0
WPUJC Vaas b McGrath 14 20 15 1 0
TT Samaraweera b Lee 3 11 9 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe c Gilchrist b McGrath 4 7 5 0 0
M Muralitharan not out 1 3 1 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) 9
Total (all out, 47.1 overs) 267

FoW: 1-145 (Kaluwitharana, 19.5 ov), 2-147 (Gunawardene, 20.4 ov),
3-164 (de Silva, 24.2 ov), 4-166 (Ranatunga, 24.6 ov),
5-200 (Jayawardene, 31.4 ov), 6-225 (Atapattu, 37.6 ov),
7-248 (Vaas, 42.6 ov), 8-255 (Samaraweera, 45.2 ov),
9-265 (Wickramasinghe, 46.4 ov), 10-267 (Tillakaratne, 47.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W
McGrath 8 0 46 2 (4nb)
Kasprowicz 8 0 45 0
Warne 8 1 51 1
Julian 5 0 45 0
Lee 8.1 0 33 5
Bevan 3 0 15 0 (1w)
Lehmann 7 0 28 1

  • Twelfth Men: AC Dale (Australia) and ASA Perera (Sri Lanka)
  • 4th Umpire - S Walpole
  • On 18, ME Waugh passed 6000 ODI career runs
  • AC Gilchrist 154: highest ODI score by an Australian (prev. DM Jones 145 v England at Brisbane, World Series Cup, 1990/91 and RT Ponting 145 v Zimbabwe at Delhi, Pepsi Triangular Cup, 1997/98)

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