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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, December 30, 2003

3rd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 2003

Test # 1678
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003-04, 3rd Test
Australia v India
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 2003 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Series: 4-Test series level 1-1

Toss: India
Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and DR Shepherd (Eng)
TV Umpire: RL Parry
Match Referee: MJ Procter (SA)
Man of the Match: RT Ponting

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 329/4 (Ganguly 20*, Laxman 6*; 90 overs)
  • Day 2: India 366, Australia 317/3 (Ponting 120*, Martyn 7*; 75 overs)
  • Day 3: Australia 558, India 27/2 (Dravid 6*, Ganguly 6*; 11 overs)
  • Day 4: India 286
  • India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    A Chopra c Katich b MacGill 48 182 138 6 0
    V Sehwag c Bracken b Katich 195 312 233 25 5
    R Dravid c Martyn b Waugh 49 105 89 5 0
    SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Lee 0 3 1 0 0
    *SC Ganguly c Langer b Lee 37 90 63 6 0
    VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 19 108 86 2 0
    +PA Patel c Gilchrist b Bracken 0 10 1 0 0
    AB Agarkar run out (Williams) 0 2 1 0 0
    A Kumble c Langer b Williams 3 22 12 0 0
    Z Khan not out 0 5 1 0 0
    A Nehra c Gilchrist b MacGill 0 2 4 0 0
    Extras (lb 3, w 1, nb 11) 15
    Total (all out, 103 overs, 424 mins) 366

    FoW: 1-141 (Chopra, 42.6 ov), 2-278 (Dravid, 72.6 ov),
    3-286 (Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 4-311 (Sehwag, 78.3 ov),
    5-350 (Ganguly, 94.6 ov), 6-353 (Patel, 97.1 ov),
    7-353 (Agarkar, 97.2 ov), 8-366 (Kumble, 101.5 ov),
    9-366 (Laxman, 102.2 ov), 10-366 (Nehra, 102.6 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lee 27 7 103 2 (10nb)
    Bracken 28 6 71 1
    Williams 20 6 66 1 (1w)
    MacGill 15 3 70 3 (1nb)
    Katich 4 0 18 1
    Waugh 9 0 35 1

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    JL Langer c Tendulkar b Agarkar 14 32 29 2 0
    ML Hayden lbw b Kumble 136 260 173 17 1
    RT Ponting st Patel b Kumble 257 590 458 25 0
    +AC Gilchrist c Nehra b Kumble 14 33 29 2 0
    DR Martyn c Patel b Agarkar 31 95 63 3 0
    *SR Waugh lbw b Kumble 19 83 69 1 0
    SM Katich c Chopra b Kumble 29 92 58 3 0
    B Lee c Laxman b Kumble 8 31 29 0 0
    NW Bracken c & b Tendulkar 1 6 5 0 0
    BA Williams not out 10 10 11 0 1
    SCG MacGill lbw b Agarkar 0 2 1 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 5, nb 17, pen 5) 39
    Total (all out, 151.2 overs, 626 mins) 558

    FoW: 1-30 (Langer, 6.3 ov), 2-264 (Hayden, 60.4 ov),
    3-295 (Gilchrist, 68.4 ov), 4-373 (Martyn, 92.4 ov),
    5-437 (Katich, 114.4 ov), 6-502 (Waugh, 136.1 ov),
    7-535 (Lee, 144.2 ov), 8-542 (Bracken, 145.6 ov),
    9-555 (Ponting, 150.6 ov), 10-558 (MacGill, 151.2 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Agarkar 33.2 5 115 3
    Khan 25 4 103 0 (9nb, 1w)
    Nehra 29 3 90 0 (1nb)
    Kumble 51 8 176 6 (7nb)
    Tendulkar 13 0 57 1

    India 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    A Chopra c Gilchrist b Bracken 4 7 8 1 0
    V Sehwag c Williams b Lee 11 22 13 2 0
    R Dravid c Gilchrist b Lee 92 332 244 13 0
    *SC Ganguly b Bracken 73 164 125 12 0
    SR Tendulkar c Gilchrist b Williams 44 107 79 5 0
    VVS Laxman c Hayden b MacGill 18 57 50 3 0
    +PA Patel not out 27 50 4 0
    AB Agarkar b Williams 1 15 10 0 0
    A Kumble lbw b Williams 0 1 2 0 0
    Z Khan c Hayden b Williams 1 16 8 0 0
    A Nehra c Hayden b MacGill 0 20 17 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 7) 15
    Total (all out, 99.5 overs, 410 mins) 286

    FoW: 1-5 (Chopra, 1.3 ov), 2-19 (Sehwag, 4.5 ov),
    3-126 (Tendulkar, 42.3 ov), 4-160 (Laxman, 56.6 ov),
    5-253 (Dravid, 83.4 ov), 6-258 (Ganguly, 87.1 ov),
    7-271 (Agarkar, 90.4 ov), 8-271 (Kumble, 90.6 ov),
    9-277 (Khan, 94.3 ov), 10-286 (Nehra, 99.5 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Lee 22 3 97 2 (3nb)
    Bracken 25 13 45 2
    Williams 22 5 53 4 (1w)
    MacGill 26.5 5 68 2 (4nb)
    Katich 4 0 16 0

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 95 runs) R M B 4 6
    JL Langer lbw b Agarkar 2 21 14 0 0
    ML Hayden not out 53 95 63 9 0
    RT Ponting not out 31 73 59 3 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) 11
    Total (1 wicket, 22.2 overs, 95 mins) 97

    DNB: DR Martyn, *SR Waugh, SM Katich, +AC Gilchrist, NW Bracken,
    B Lee, BA Williams, SCG MacGill.

    FoW: 1-9 (Langer, 4.2 ov).

    Bowling O M R W
    Agarkar 7 2 25 1
    Nehra 6 3 16 0 (1w)
    Kumble 6.2 0 43 0 (2nb)
    Sehwag 3 0 7 0

  • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
  • Scorers: KV O'Neill (Australia) and CJ Reece (India)
  • 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and S Ramesh (India)

    Day 1

  • India 50 in 93 minutes from 22.1 overs
  • Chopra/Sehwag 50 partnership in 93 minutes from 135 balls
  • V Sehwag's highest score against Australia in Tests (previous: 47 at Adelaide, 2003-04)
  • V Sehwag 50 in 114 minutes from 78 balls
  • Lunch: India 89/0 (Chopra 31*, Sehwag 51*, 27 overs)
  • India 100 in 127 minutes from 29.5 overs
  • Chopra/Sehwag 100 partnership in 127 minutes from 184 balls
  • A Chopra's highest score against Australia in Tests (previous: 36 at Brisbane, 2003-04)
  • Chopra/Sehwag partnership 141 runs in 182 minutes from 264 balls
  • India 150 in 195 minutes from 46.1 overs
  • V Sehwag 100 in 206 minutes from 144 balls
  • Sehwag/Dravid 50 partnership in 36 minutes from 60 balls
  • India 200 in 225 minutes from 54.5 overs
  • Tea: India 219/1 (Sehwag 137*, Dravid 23*, 57 overs)
  • Sehwag/Dravid 100 partnership in 78 minutes from 134 balls
  • V Sehwag's highest score in Tests (previous: 147 v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03)
  • V Sehwag 150 in 263 minutes from 200 balls
  • Sehwag/Dravid partnership 137 runs in 105 minutes from 181 balls
  • Sehwag/Tendulkar partnership 8 runs in 3 minutes from 7 balls
  • India 300 in 304 minutes from 76.1 overs
  • Sehwag/Ganguly partnership 25 runs in 19 minutes from 26 balls
  • Attendance: 62613
  • Second new ball taken after over 82
  • Play ended at 6.12pm

    Day 2

  • India 350 in 383 minutes from 94.5 overs
  • Ganguly/Laxman partnership 39 runs in 70 minutes from 103 balls
  • Laxman/Patel partnership 3 runs in 10 minutes from 13 balls
  • Laxman/Agarkar partnership 0 runs in 2 minutes from 1 ball
  • Laxman/Kumble partnership 13 runs in 22 minutes from 27 balls
  • Laxman/Khan partnership 0 runs in 3 minutes from 3 balls
  • Khan/Nehra partnership 0 runs in 2 minutes from 4 balls
  • Langer/Hayden partnership 30 runs in 32 minutes from 40 balls
  • Australia 50 in 52 minutes from 10.4 overs
  • Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 67 minutes from 94 balls
  • Australia 100 in 110 minutes from 24.4 overs
  • ML Hayden 50 in 121 minutes from 71 balls
  • Hayden/Ponting 100 partnership in 105 minutes from 152 balls
  • RT Ponting 50 in 114 minutes from 87 balls
  • Tea: Australia 149/1 (Hayden 68*, Ponting 54*, 36 overs)
  • Australia 150 in 157 minutes from 36.1 overs
  • Hayden/Ponting 150 partnership in 153 minutes from 222 balls
  • Australia 200 in 206 minutes from 47.5 overs
  • Australia 250 in 251 minutes from 58.5 overs
  • ML Hayden 100 in 218 minutes from 136 balls
  • Hayden/Ponting 200 partnership in 209 minutes from 305 balls
  • Hayden/Ponting partnership 234 runs in 227 minutes from 330 balls
  • RT Ponting 100 in 237 minutes from 172 balls
  • Ponting/Gilchrist partnership 29 runs in 33 minutes from 51 balls
  • Australia 300 in 301 minutes from 69.5 overs
  • Attendance: 39566
  • Play ended at 6.48pm

    Day 3

  • Second new ball taken after 83 overs
  • Australia 300 in 358 minutes from 85 overs
  • Ponting/Martyn 50 partnership in 59 minutes from 93 balls
  • Ponting/Martyn partnership 78 runs in 95 minutes from 145 balls
  • SR Waugh retired hurt on 0* from 373/4 to 437/5 (struck on elbow by Agarkar)
  • Lunch: Australia 396/4 (Ponting 162*, Katich 10*, 102 overs)
  • Australia 400 in 441 minutes from 103.1 overs
  • RT Ponting 150 in 338 minutes from 261 balls
  • Ponting/Katich 50 partnership in 70 minutes from 102 balls
  • Ponting/Katich partnership 64 runs in 92 minutes from 134 balls
  • Australia 450 in 502 minutes from 118 overs
  • Tea: Australia 480/5 (Ponting 212*, Waugh 12*, 131 overs)
  • Ponting/Waugh 50 partnership in 75 minutes from 116 balls
  • RT Ponting 200 in 483 minutes from 368 balls
  • Australia 500 in 567 minutes from 136 overs
  • Ponting/Waugh partnership 65 runs in 85 minutes from 130 balls
  • Ponting/Lee partnership 33 runs in 31 minutes from 50 balls
  • RT Ponting 250 in 571 minutes from 434 balls
  • Ponting/Bracken partnership 7 runs in 6 minutes from 10 balls
  • Australia 550 in 618 minutes from 149.4 overs
  • Ponting/Williams partnership 13 runs in 19 minutes from 30 balls
  • Williams/MacGill partnership 3 runs in 2 minutes from 2 balls
  • Attendance: 33256

    Day 4

  • SC Ganguly (2) retired hurt on 16* from 39/2 to 160/4 (struck on the back of the head by Williams)
  • India 2nd Innings 50 (91 minutes, 16.0 overs)
  • India-2 Dravid/Tendulkar 50 partnership (66 minutes, 105 balls)
  • India 2nd innings 100 (149 minutes, 35.0 overs)
  • India-2 Dravid 50 (208 minutes, 145 balls)
  • India 2nd Innings 150 (220 minutes, 51.2 overs)
  • India-2 Dravid/Ganguly 50 partnership (69 minutes, 113 balls)
  • India-2 New Ball Taken after 80 overs
  • India-1 Ganguly 50 (139 minutes, 106 balls)
  • India 2nd Innings 250 (339 minutes, 83.2 overs)
  • Crowd Day 4: 14965

    Day 5

  • Australia-2 50 (65 minutes, 14.1 overs)
  • Australia-2 Ponting/Hayden 50 partnership (50 minutes, 70 balls)
  • Australia-2 Hayden 50 (90 minutes, 62 balls)
  • Crowd Day 5: 29262
  • Match Complete at 12:39 local time
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