Nervous 90s Nervous 90s, what could be a more thrilling heartbeat racer thing than this? For the players, it is definitely the hardest ten runs they score because of the pressure they have to convert their fifty into a hundred, and at this stage, even if you don’t like the player, you would still hope the person reaches the magical figure of 3 digits.
Some players hit two maximums. Some go for two boundaries and a couple to end this thing; some succeed, and some don’t. Many crumble to the pressure created; many get out by taking the game slow or when dealing in doubles and singles.
Here, in this article, we look at some players on the wrong side of this 90s phase.
With this follows a list showing the top 10 batsmen with the most ODI 90s.
Most 90s in ODI Career
| Player | Innings | 90s |
|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 452 | 18 |
| Grant Flower (ZIM) | 214 | 9 |
| Nathan Astle (NZ) | 217 | 9 |
| Aravinda De Silva (SL) | 296 | 9 |
| Kane Williamson (NZ) | 157 | 9 |
| Jacques Kallis (SA) | 314 | 8 |
| Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 164 | 7 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (IND) | 308 | 7 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | 283 | 7 |
| Martin Crowe (NZ) | 140 | 6 |
Key Stats
At the top, as usual of any list, we are accustomed to seeing this guy’s name pop up. God of cricket, we call him. Surely he wouldn’t have wanted to be a part of this list, but sadly he is out here too. Man, his records are just so awesome this guy has 49 ODI hundreds to his name, which could have been 67 hundreds if not for getting out in the nervous nineties phase. Yes, this guy got out 18 times in that run phase.
Among the names mentioned above, Martin Crowe (140), Shikhar Dhawan (164) and Kane Williamson (157*) took the fewest of ODI innings to be part of this list.
Late former Australian middle order great Dean Jones, who ed away a couple of years ago, should be counted as one of the pioneers to have re-defined the ODI batting approach. He did it by scoring runs at a bit brisker rate than normal for that time duration and a time of dominant bowler era. In doing so, he had many nervous 90 situations. And he got out in 6 of those matches.
Likewise, there are few other batters who have been dismissed in 90s six times in their career. Here is the list:
Martin Crowe (NZ)
Dean Jones (AUS)
Richie Richardson (WI)
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)
Michael Clarke (AUS)
Virender Sehwag (Asia/ICC/IND)
Adam Gilchrist (AUS/ICC)
MS Dhoni (Asia/IND)
Sourav Ganguly (Asia/IND)
Ricky Ponting (AUS/ICC)
Kumar Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)
Sanath Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)
