nervous nineties

Noun

plural plural-only

Japanese Meaning

クリケットにおいて、個々の得点が90～99点の範囲にある状態。打者が100得点（センチュリー）に到達するプレッシャーから、普段のパフォーマンスを発揮できずに悪いプレーをしがちな状況を指す。

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He froze in the nervous nineties and was dismissed for 98.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は90〜99の得点帯で緊張して固まり、98ランでアウトになった。

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Sense（1）

I have never found anything particularly significant in the term nervous nineties for I firmly believe that a batsman should treat every ball on its merits, be his score 9 or 90.

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