While every batsman aspires to score a century every time he goes out to bat, there have been cases of what in cricket parlance is known as the nervous nineties. Sometimes batsmen race away up to their nineties and there after struggle to reach the three figure mark. There have been innumerable times when the batsmen have failed to touch the coveted figure. An overview:

Nervous Nineties
WI (25)
	Bacchus SFA	96	Bangalore	1978/79
	Dujon PJL	98	Ahmedabad	1983/84
	Foster MLC	99	Port of Spain	1970/71
	Gomes HA	91	Madras	1978/79
	Greenidge CG	93	Bangalore	1974/75
	Haynes DL	92	Bridgetown	1982/83
	Hunte CC	92	New Delhi	1958/59
	Holder RIC	91	Port of Spain	1996/97
	Kallicharan AI	98	Bombay	1974/75
		98	Bridgetown	1975/76
		98	Madras	1978/79
	Kanhai RB	90	Calcutta	1966/67
		99	Madras	1958/59
	Lara BC	91	Mohali	1994/95
	Marshall MD	92	Kanpur	1983/84
	Murray DL	91	Bombay	1974/75
	Rae AF	97	Bombay	1948/49
	Richardson RB	93	Bridgetown	1988/89
		99	Port of Spain	1988/89
	Sobers GS	95	Madras	1966/67
		93	Kingston	1970/71
	Solomon J	96	Bridgetown	1961/62
	Walcott CL	98	Bridgetown	1952/53
	Weekes ED	90	Madras	1948/49
	Worrell FM	98*	Kingston	1961/62
Ind (16)
	Amarnath M	91	Bridgetown	1982/83
	Arunlal J	93	Calcutta	1987/88
	Azharuddin M	97	Nagpur	1994/95
	Borde CG	96	New Delhi	1958/59
		93	Kingston	1961/62
	Contractor NJ	92	New Delhi	1958/59
	Dravid RS	92	Georgetown	1996/97
	Gavaskar SM	90	Ahmedabad	1983/84
	Jadeja AD	96	Antigua	1996/97
	Kapil Dev	98	Antigua	1982/83
	Mankad MH	96	Port of Spain	1952/53
	Roy P	90	Bombay	1958/59
	Tendulkar SR	92	Bridgetown	1996/97
	Vengsarkar DB	94	Antigua	1982/83
	Viswanath GR	97	Madras	1974/75
		95	Bombay	1974/75