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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, January 4, 2000

3rd Test: Australia v India at Sydney, 2-6 Jan 2000

Test # 1481
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 1999/00, 3rd Test
Australia v India
Sydney Cricket Ground
2,3,4 January 2000 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 141 runs
Series: Australia wins the 3-Test series 3-0

Toss: India
Umpires: DB Hair and ID Robinson (Zim)
TV Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Man of the Match: GD McGrath
Man of the Series: SR Tendulkar

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 121/8 (Kumble 1*, Srinath 2*, 60 overs)
  • Day 2: India 150, Australia 331/4 (Langer 167*, Ponting 34*, 95 overs)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    +MSK Prasad c ME Waugh b McGrath 5 43 37 1 0
    VVS Laxman c Slater b Lee 7 93 60 0 0
    R Dravid c Ponting b McGrath 29 102 74 1 0
    *SR Tendulkar lbw b McGrath 45 82 53 8 0
    SC Ganguly c SR Waugh b Blewett 1 5 5 0 0
    HH Kanitkar c Gilchrist b Lee 10 83 67 1 0
    R Vijay Bharadwaj c Gilchrist b Lee 6 67 35 1 0
    A Kumble c Langer b McGrath 26 59 56 4 0
    AB Agarkar c ME Waugh b Lee 0 1 1 0 0
    J Srinath c Ponting b McGrath 3 22 16 0 0
    BKV Prasad not out 1 25 7 0 0
    Extras (lb 12, w 1, nb 4) 17
    Total (all out, 67.5 overs, 295 mins) 150

    FoW: 1-10 (MSK Prasad, 10.5 ov), 2-27 (Laxman, 22.2 ov),
    3-68 (Dravid, 34.1 ov), 4-69 (Ganguly, 35.1 ov),
    5-95 (Tendulkar, 40.6 ov), 6-118 (Kanitkar, 54.1 ov),
    7-119 (Vijay Bharadwaj, 56.1 ov), 8-119 (Agarkar, 56.2 ov),
    9-126 (Srinath, 61.5 ov), 10-150 (Kumble, 67.5 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 18.5 7 48 5 (1nb)
    Fleming 13 7 24 0 (2nb, 1w)
    Lee 21 9 39 4 (1nb)
    Warne 12 4 22 0
    Blewett 3 2 5 1

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    GS Blewett b BKV Prasad 19 90 54 0 0
    MJ Slater c MSK Prasad b Srinath 1 18 11 0 0
    JL Langer c BKV Prasad b Tendulkar 223 523 355 30 0
    ME Waugh b Ganguly 32 102 70 5 1
    *SR Waugh lbw b Srinath 57 151 124 9 0
    RT Ponting not out 141 262 183 17 1
    +AC Gilchrist not out 45 65 56 5 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 21, nb 11) 34
    Total (5 wickets dec, 140.2 overs, 608 mins) 552

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

    FoW: 1-9 (Slater, 4.3 ov), 2-49 (Blewett, 19.5 ov),
    3-146 (ME Waugh, 42.1 ov), 4-267 (SR Waugh, 80.1 ov),
    5-457 (Langer, 122.5 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Srinath 28 4 105 2 (7nb)
    Agarkar 19 3 95 0
    BKV Prasad 28 10 86 1
    Kumble 33.2 6 126 0 (2nb)
    Ganguly 12 1 46 1 (1nb)
    Vijay Bharadwaj 12 1 35 0 (1nb)
    Tendulkar 7 0 34 1
    Kanitkar 1 0 2 0

    India 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    VVS Laxman c Gilchrist b Lee 167 255 198 27 0
    +MSK Prasad c ME Waugh b McGrath 3 19 7 0 0
    R Dravid c Warne b McGrath 0 9 7 0 0
    *SR Tendulkar c Langer b Fleming 4 6 4 1 0
    SC Ganguly c ME Waugh b McGrath 25 71 51 3 0
    HH Kanitkar c Slater b Lee 8 32 19 1 0
    A Kumble c Ponting b McGrath 15 75 45 3 0
    AB Agarkar c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 3 2 0 0
    J Srinath not out 15 38 27 1 0
    BKV Prasad run out (Gilchrist) 3 4 2 0 0
    R Vijay Bharadwaj absent hurt -
    Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 14) 21
    Total (all out, 58 overs, 260 mins) 261

    FoW: 1-22 (MSK Prasad, 4.3 ov), 2-26 (Dravid, 6.4 ov),
    3-33 (Tendulkar, 7.4 ov), 4-101 (Ganguly, 24.5 ov),
    5-145 (Kanitkar, 30.6 ov), 6-234 (Kumble, 50.1 ov),
    7-234 (Agarkar, 50.3 ov), 8-258 (Laxman, 57.1 ov),
    9-261 (BKV Prasad, 57.6 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 17 1 55 5 (6nb)
    Fleming 13 2 47 1 (1nb, 1w)
    Lee 11 2 67 2 (5nb)
    Blewett 2 0 16 0
    Warne 13 1 60 0 (2nb)
    Ponting 1 0 8 0
    Slater 1 0 2 0

    • 12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and DJ Gandhi (Ind)

      Day 1

    • Rain stopped play from 12:32pm to 3:08pm. Lunch was taken from 12:50pm to 1:30pm and tea taken at 4:10pm. Stumps was rescheduled to 7:00pm with a minimum of 76 overs to be bowled in the day.
    • Lunch: India 27/1 (Laxman 7*, Dravid 9*, 21.5 overs)
    • India 50 off 114 mins, 26.4 overs
    • Tea: India 69/4 (Tendulkar 19*, 35.1 overs)
    • India 100 off 197 mins, 45.1 overs
    • Bad light stopped play at 6:19pm with the day being abandoned at 6:36pm
    • Attendance: 42,193

      Day 2

    • India 150 off 294 mins, 67.3 overs
    • Australia 50 off 95 mins, 20.3 overs
    • Lunch: Australia 57/2 (Langer 29*, ME Waugh 1*, 24 overs)
    • JL Langer 50 in 122 mins, 96 balls, 7x4 0x6
    • Langer/ME Waugh partnership 50 off 55 mins, 77 balls
    • Australia 100 in 153 mins, 32.6 overs
    • Australia 150 off 196 mins, 42.3 overs
    • Tea: Australia 177/3 (Langer 98*, SR Waugh 14*, 51 overs)
    • JL Langer 100 off 241 mins, 172 balls, 14x4 0x6
    • Langer/SR Waugh partnership 50 off 66 mins, 104 balls
    • Australia 200 off 261 mins, 59.3 overs
    • Langer/SR Waugh partnership 100 off 185 balls, 124 mins
    • SR Waugh 50 off 113 balls, 137 mins, 8x4 0x6
    • JL Langer 150 off 335 mins, 235 balls, 22x4 0x6
    • Australia 300 off 374 mins, 86.1 overs
    • Attendance: 38,705

      Day 3

    • RT Ponting 50 in 97 mins, 76 balls, 8x4 1x6
    • Australia 400 off 475 mins, 108.2 overs
    • Langer/Ponting partnership 150 off 151 mins, 193 balls
    • RT Ponting 100 off 141 balls, 204 mins, 12x4 1x6
    • Lunch: Australia 477/5 (Ponting 102*, Gilchrist 10*, 128 overs)
    • Australia 500 in 573 mins, 131.3 overs
    • Ponting/Gilchrist partnership 50 off 38 mins, 67 balls
    • India 50 in 53 mins, 11.1 overs
    • Tea: India 69/3 (Laxman 46*, Ganguly 10*, 14 overs)
    • VVS Laxman 50 in 71 mins, 55 balls, 8x4 0x6
    • India 100 in 108 mins, 24.3 overs
    • India 150 in 146 mins, 31.6 overs
    • VVS Laxman 100 in 149 mins, 114 balls, 16x4 1x5 0x6
    • Laxman/Kumble partnership 50 off 37 mins, 57 balls
    • India 200 in 181 mins, 40.4 overs
    • VVS Laxman 150 in 207 mins, 172 balls, 25x4 1x5 0x6
    • India 250 in 249 mins, 55.4 overs
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