Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nervous nineties

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: ner-vous nineties
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The set of individual scores between 90 and 99, when a batsman may play badly due to feeling pressure to convert the score into a century.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Watson nearly fell again in the nervous nineties when Bresnan took an overhead catch at long off when the all-rounder was on 90 but the fieldsman tumbled over the rope and a six was declared."

Questions

What does nervous nineties mean?: The set of individual scores between 90 and 99, when a batsman may play badly due to feeling pressure to convert the score into a century.

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