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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 30, 1999

2nd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 1999

Test # 1479
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 1999/00, 2nd Test
Australia v India
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 1999 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 180 runs
Series: Australia leads the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: India
Umpires: SJ Davis and DR Shepherd (Eng)
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Test Debuts: B Lee (Aus); HH Kanitkar (Ind).
Man of the Match: SR Tendulkar

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 138/3 (Slater 64*, SR Waugh 5*, 48 ov)
  • Day 2: Australia 332/5 (Ponting 59*, Gilchrist 77*, 93 ov)
  • Day 3: Australia 405, India 235/9 (Kumble 26*, BKV Prasad 10*, 75 ov)
  • Day 4: India 238, Australia 208/5d, India 40/1 (Ramesh 26*, Dravid 10*, 21 ov)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GS Blewett b Srinath 2 10 8 0 0
    MJ Slater c Srinath b BKV Prasad 91 269 179 10 0
    JL Langer lbw b Srinath 8 37 28 2 0
    ME Waugh lbw b Agarkar 41 120 110 1 0
    *SR Waugh c MSK Prasad b BKV Prasad 32 108 68 3 0
    RT Ponting lbw b Srinath 67 166 85 5 0
    +AC Gilchrist c Ganguly b Agarkar 78 150 119 12 0
    SK Warne c MSK Prasad b Agarkar 2 12 6 0 0
    DW Fleming not out 31 89 59 1 0
    B Lee c & b Srinath 27 77 55 1 0
    GD McGrath run out (Kanitkar) 1 5 6 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 14) 25
    Total (all out, 118.1 overs, 526 mins) 405

    FoW: 1-4 (Blewett, 2.2 ov), 2-28 (Langer, 10.2 ov),
    3-123 (ME Waugh, 38.4 ov), 4-192 (Slater, 62.4 ov),
    5-197 (SR Waugh, 64.4 ov), 6-341 (Gilchrist, 96.4 ov),
    7-343 (Ponting, 97.6 ov), 8-345 (Warne, 98.6 ov),
    9-404 (Lee, 116.6 ov), 10-405 (McGrath, 118.1 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Srinath 33.1 7 130 4 (9nb)
    Agarkar 28 7 76 3 (1w)
    BKV Prasad 26 6 101 2 (1nb)
    Ganguly 2 0 10 0 (4nb)
    Kumble 29 3 78 0

    India 1st innings R M B 4 6
    VVS Laxman c ME Waugh b McGrath 5 30 18 0 0
    S Ramesh b Lee 4 24 21 0 0
    R Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 9 55 36 1 0
    *SR Tendulkar c Langer b Fleming 116 283 191 9 1
    SC Ganguly c ME Waugh b McGrath 31 112 83 1 0
    HH Kanitkar lbw b Warne 11 31 21 0 0
    +MSK Prasad b Lee 6 32 13 1 0
    AB Agarkar lbw b Lee 0 1 1 0 0
    J Srinath c ME Waugh b Lee 1 4 3 0 0
    A Kumble not out 28 80 64 1 0
    BKV Prasad c ME Waugh b McGrath 10 31 15 0 0
    Extras (lb 8, nb 9) 17
    Total (all out, 76.1 overs, 346 mins) 238

    FoW: 1-11 (Ramesh, 5.4 ov), 2-11 (Laxman, 6.4 ov),
    3-31 (Dravid, 18.2 ov), 4-108 (Ganguly, 44.6 ov),
    5-138 (Kanitkar, 51.6 ov), 6-167 (MSK Prasad, 58.1 ov),
    7-167 (Agarkar, 58.2 ov), 8-169 (Srinath, 58.6 ov),
    9-212 (Tendulkar, 69.1 ov), 10-238 (BKV Prasad, 76.1 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 18.1 3 39 3 (3nb)
    Fleming 15 0 62 1 (1nb)
    Lee 18 2 47 5 (2nb)
    Warne 24 5 77 1 (3nb)
    ME Waugh 1 0 5 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    MJ Slater lbw b Agarkar 3 15 7 0 0
    GS Blewett c Ganguly b Kumble 31 150 97 2 0
    JL Langer c MSK Prasad b Agarkar 9 49 26 0 0
    +AC Gilchrist c Srinath b Kumble 55 103 73 4 0
    ME Waugh not out 51 112 81 2 0
    *SR Waugh lbw b Agarkar 32 50 41 1 0
    RT Ponting not out 21 42 32 1 0
    Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 3) 6
    Total (5 wickets dec, 59 overs, 263 mins) 208

    DNB: SK Warne, B Lee, DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-5 (Slater, 3.2 ov), 2-32 (Langer, 13.2 ov),
    3-91 (Blewett, 31.2 ov), 4-109 (Gilchrist, 35.3 ov),
    5-167 (SR Waugh, 48.2 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Srinath 14 0 45 0 (3nb)
    Agarkar 17 3 51 3
    BKV Prasad 10 0 38 0 (1w)
    Kumble 18 3 72 2

    India 2nd innings (target: 376 runs) R M B 4 6
    VVS Laxman c McGrath b Fleming 1 15 16 0 0
    S Ramesh retired hurt 26 93 69 0 0
    R Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 14 160 109 0 0
    *SR Tendulkar lbw b Warne 52 162 122 4 0
    SC Ganguly b Blewett 17 57 39 2 0
    HH Kanitkar lbw b Fleming 45 102 78 6 0
    +MSK Prasad c Warne b ME Waugh 13 45 29 1 0
    AB Agarkar c Blewett b ME Waugh 0 1 1 0 0
    A Kumble run out (SR Waugh/Fleming) 13 66 55 2 0
    J Srinath c Warne b Lee 1 4 5 0 0
    BKV Prasad not out 6 29 17 0 0
    Extras (lb 4, nb 3) 7
    Total (all out, 89.3 overs, 371 mins) 195

    FoW: 1-5 (Laxman, 3.5 ov), 2-72 (Dravid, 42.2 ov),
    3-110 (Ganguly, 55.5 ov), 4-133 (Tendulkar, 61.6 ov),
    5-162 (MSK Prasad, 72.3 ov), 6-162 (Agarkar, 72.4 ov),
    7-184 (Kanitkar, 81.1 ov), 8-185 (Srinath, 82.1 ov),
    9-195 (Kumble, 89.3 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 17 8 22 0 (1nb)
    Fleming 21.3 7 46 2
    Warne 26 7 63 1
    Lee 19 6 31 2 (2nb)
    Blewett 3 1 17 1
    ME Waugh 3 0 12 2

    • 12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and R Vijay Bharadwaj (Ind)

      Day 1

    • Rain forced the abandonment of the first session, an early lunch was taken
    • Rain 11am-2pm, 2pm start
    • Australia 50 in 78 mins
    • Slater/ME Waugh 3rd wicket partnership 50 in 66 mins
    • Tea: Australia 97/2 (Slater 49*, ME Waugh 23*, 28 ov)
    • Australia 100 in 141 mins
    • Slater 50 in 141 mins
    • Attendance: 49,082
    • Bad Light stopped play at 5:48pm

      Day 2

    • Australia 1st innings: 2nd new ball taken after 80 overs
    • Australia 150 in 222 mins
    • Australia 200 in 290 mins
    • Australia 250 in 330 mins
    • Lunch: Australia 5/277 (Ponting 34*, Gilchrist 47*, 81 ov)
    • Tea: Australia 332/5 (Ponting 59*, Gilchrist 77*, 93 ov)
    • Rain started at 1.59pm, restart at 3.30 pm
    • Bad Light stopped play at 4.07 pm
    • Rain forced the abandonment of the third session
    • Attendance: 26,885

      Day 3

    • Lunch: India 11/1 (Laxman 5*, Dravid 0*, 6 ov)
    • Tea: India 83/3 (Tendulkar 39*, Ganguly 20*, 35 ov)
    • Bad Light stopped play at 7.11 pm
    • Attendance: 23,127

      Day 4

    • Rain at 10.52 am delays start, 11.24 am restart
    • Bad Light 11.43am, 12.29 am restart
    • Lunch: Australia 25/1 (Blewett 9*, Langer 9*, 11 ov)
    • Tea: Australia 147/4 (ME Waugh 27*, SR Waugh 16*, 44 ov)
    • Attendance: 19,133

      Day 5

    • Rain at 10.49 am, restart at 10.54 am
    • S Ramesh retired hurt at 40/1 [26 ov] (sore thumb)
    • India 50 in 110 mins
    • India 100 in 228 mins
    • Lunch: India 110/3 (Tendulkar 48*, 55.5 ov)
    • Tendulkar 50 142 mins
    • India 150 in 286 mins
    • Tea: India 186/8 (Kumble 9*, BKV Prasad 1*, 85 ov)
    • Attendance: 16,327
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