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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, December 29, 2001

2nd Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 2001

Test # 1580
South Africa in Australia, 2001/02, 2nd Test
Australia v South Africa
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29 December 2001 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Series: Australia leads the 3-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DB Hair and EA Nicholls (WI)
TV Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Man of the Match: ML Hayden

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: South Africa 89/3 (Kallis 22*, McKenzie 14*, 40 overs)
  • Day 2: South Africa 277, Australia 126/0 (Langer 67*, Hayden 55*, 32.1 overs)
  • Day 3: Australia 487/9 (Gilchrist 30*, McGrath 0*, 138 overs)
    South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
    HH Gibbs c Ponting b McGrath 14 57 41 2 0
    G Kirsten b McGrath 10 77 53 1 0
    HH Dippenaar c Hayden b Lee 26 71 53 4 0
    JH Kallis c Gilchrist b Bichel 38 170 124 2 1
    ND McKenzie lbw b Lee 67 232 163 8 0
    L Klusener c & b Bichel 0 1 1 0 0
    +MV Boucher c Bichel b ME Waugh 43 71 66 6 0
    *SM Pollock not out 42 104 93 4 0
    CW Henderson run out (Bichel) 5 4 3 1 0
    AA Donald c Ponting b Lee 0 9 6 0 0
    M Hayward c ME Waugh b Bichel 14 53 22 2 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 10, nb 7) 18
    Total (all out, 103.5 overs, 427 mins) 277

    FoW: 1-24 (Gibbs, 14.2 ov), 2-36 (Kirsten, 18.2 ov),
    3-59 (Dippenaar, 30.4 ov), 4-131 (Kallis, 59.3 ov),
    5-131 (Klusener, 59.4 ov), 6-198 (Boucher, 77.5 ov),
    7-220 (McKenzie, 89.1 ov), 8-225 (Henderson, 89.6 ov),
    9-233 (Donald, 91.6 ov), 10-277 (Hayward, 103.5 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 26 8 70 2 (1nb)
    Lee 31 10 77 3
    Bichel 19.5 6 44 3 (1nb)
    Warne 19 3 56 0 (1nb)
    ME Waugh 8 1 19 1

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    JL Langer c Klusener b Donald 85 233 176 7 0
    ML Hayden c Donald b Henderson 138 290 211 17 0
    RT Ponting c Kallis b Hayward 22 54 38 3 0
    ME Waugh b Donald 34 84 54 5 0
    *SR Waugh run out (Gibbs) 90 174 156 12 0
    DR Martyn c Kallis b Pollock 52 133 104 4 0
    +AC Gilchrist not out 30 97 67 4 0
    SK Warne c Kirsten b Donald 1 3 2 0 0
    B Lee c McKenzie b Hayward 3 28 18 0 0
    AJ Bichel c Boucher b Pollock 5 6 6 0 0
    GD McGrath lbw b Pollock 0 16 11 0 0
    Extras (lb 17, w 1, nb 9) 27
    Total (all out, 139 overs, 563 mins) 487

    FoW: 1-202 (Langer, 55.5 ov), 2-267 (Ponting, 69.4 ov),
    3-267 (Hayden, 70.2 ov), 4-348 (ME Waugh, 91.4 ov),
    5-429 (SR Waugh, 115.6 ov), 6-462 (Martyn, 126.5 ov),
    7-463 (Warne, 127.1 ov), 8-470 (Lee, 133.3 ov),
    9-475 (Bichel, 134.5 ov), 10-487 (McGrath, 138.6 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Donald 29 5 103 3
    Pollock 31 3 84 3 (6nb)
    Hayward 26 1 109 2 (2nb)
    Kallis 17 3 55 0 (1w)
    Henderson 29 3 108 1 (1nb)
    Klusener 7 1 11 0

    South Africa 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    HH Gibbs c Gilchrist b Lee 21 43 35 4 0
    G Kirsten c Ponting b Lee 10 22 14 1 0
    HH Dippenaar c Hayden b Warne 23 83 49 3 0
    JH Kallis run out (Martyn/Gilchrist) 99 287 180 8 0
    ND McKenzie c Gilchrist b Warne 12 57 44 1 0
    L Klusener lbw b McGrath 7 34 29 1 0
    +MV Boucher c ME Waugh b Warne 0 5 2 0 0
    *SM Pollock run out (Martyn) 18 39 26 3 0
    CW Henderson c ME Waugh b McGrath 16 54 54 2 0
    AA Donald b Bichel 7 24 20 0 0
    M Hayward not out 0 6 0 0 0
    Extras (b 4, nb 2) 6
    Total (all out, 75.1 overs, 331 mins) 219

    FoW: 1-24 (Kirsten, 5.2 ov), 2-37 (Gibbs, 9.5 ov),
    3-74 (Dippenaar, 25.1 ov), 4-107 (McKenzie, 38.1 ov),
    5-120 (Klusener, 45.5 ov), 6-121 (Boucher, 46.4 ov),
    7-157 (Pollock, 55.5 ov), 8-192 (Henderson, 68.3 ov),
    9-215 (Donald, 73.6 ov), 10-219 (Kallis, 75.1 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 21 6 43 2 (1nb)
    Lee 18 5 52 2
    Warne 24 3 68 3
    Bichel 12.1 0 52 1 (1nb)

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 10 runs) R M B 4 6
    JL Langer c Henderson b Pollock 7 7 6 1 0
    ML Hayden not out 3 14 10 0 0
    RT Ponting not out 0 6 2 0 0
    Extras 0
    Total (1 wicket, 3 overs, 14 mins) 10

    DNB: ME Waugh, *SR Waugh, DR Martyn, +AC Gilchrist, SK Warne,
    B Lee, AJ Bichel, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-7 (Langer, 1.4 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Donald 2 0 4 0
    Pollock 1 0 6 1

    • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
    • Scorers: KV O'Neill and CJ Reece
    • 12th Men: BA Williams (Australia) and JL Ontong (South Africa)
    • Mark Waugh's 100th consecutive Test for Australia (England 1993 - South Africa 2001/02)

      Day 1

    • Rain delayed the start of play until 12:19pm
    • Lunch: South Africa 17/0 (Gibbs 8, Kirsten 9*, 11 overs)
    • Rain stopped play from 1:51pm to 2.34pm
    • Rain stopped play from 2.43pm to 4.10pm
    • Tea: South Africa 27/1 (Kirsten 10*, Dippenaar 2*, 14.5 overs)
    • South Africa 50 in 111 minutes from 160 balls (26.3 overs)
    • South Africa 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (over 32, Bichel's 7th over)
    • Play abandoned at 6:27pm
    • Attendance: 61,796

      Day 2

    • Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm
    • South Africa 100 in 204 minutes from 293 balls (48.5 overs)
    • McKenzie struck an all run 4 off Brett Lee (49.2 overs)
    • McKenzie/Kallis 50 partnership in 82 minutes, 118 balls
    • McKenzie 50 in 165 minutes from 117 balls
    • South Africa 150 in 274 minutes from 394 balls (65.3 overs)
    • McKenzie/Boucher 50 partnership in 55 minutes from 70 balls
    • Lunch: South Africa 190/5 (McKenzie 53, Boucher 37, 75 overs)
    • South Africa 200 in 325 minutes from 470 balls (78.1 overs)
    • New Ball taken by Australia after 87.3 overs
    • South Africa 250 in 392 minutes from 575 balls (95.3 overs)
    • Tea: South Africa 277
    • Australia 50 in 49 minutes from 65 balls (10.2 overs)
    • Langer 50 in 107 minutes from 81 balls
    • Hayden 50 in 111 minutes from 73 balls
    • Rain stopped play at 6:24pm
    • Attendance: 30,055

      Day 3

    • Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm
    • Australia 150 in 168 minutes from 242 balls (39.4 overs)
    • Hayden 100 in 226 minutes from 158 balls, 14x4
    • Australia 200 in 232 minutes from 338 balls (55.4 overs)
    • Ponting struck an all run 4 off Claude Henderson (62.5 overs)
    • Australia 250 in 268 minutes from 388 balls (63.6 overs)
    • Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 34 minutes from 49 balls
    • At 130 Hayden reached 1,000 first-class runs for the 2001/02 season (4th time 1000 runs in an Australian season)
    • When Hayden passed 132 runs he broke RB Simpson's Australian Test record for most runs in a calendar year (1381 runs @ 60.04, 3x100 in 1964)
    • Lunch: Australia 267/2 (Hayden 138*, 69.4 overs)
    • Australia 300 in 318 minutes from 474 balls (78.0 overs)
    • New Ball taken by South Africa after 80.3 overs
    • SR Waugh/ME Waugh 50 partnership in 37 minutes from 63 balls
    • Australia 350 in 375 minutes from 558 balls (92.0 overs)
    • Tea: Australia 375/4 (SR Waugh 65*, Martyn 6*, 100 overs)
    • Australia 400 in 430 minutes from 644 balss (106.1 overs)
    • SR Waugh/Martyn 50 partnership in 65 minutes from 86 balls
    • SR Waugh's 90 was his 10th Test innings in the 90s passing MJ Slater's record of 9 times
    • Australia 450 in 490 minutes from 744 balls (122.4 overs)
    • Martyn 50 in 118 minutes from 89 balls, 4x4
    • Attendance: 39,494

      Day 4

    • Play commenced at 10.30am and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm
    • South Africa 50 in 67 minutes from 93 balls (15.3 overs)
    • Lunch: South Africa 97/3 (Kallis 36*, McKenzie 5*, 31 overs)
    • South Africa 100 in 134 minutes from 190 balls (31.2 overs)
    • Kallis 50 in 170 minutes from 113 balls, 5x4
    • South Africa 150 in 236 minutes from 323 balls (53.3 overs)
    • South Africa 200 in 310 minutes from 424 balls (70.2 overs)
    • Match finished at 5:49pm
    • Attendance: 21,680
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