nervous nineties

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. plural,plural-only
    — 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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