ING Cup update
Sunday, February 15 2004
Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne - 14 February 2004
Tasmania and Shane Watson ruined Shane Warne's return to first XI cricket, by winning by 3 wickets. Batting first, Victoria were bowled out for 218 with Darren Berry top scoring with 64, while for Tasmania Luke Butterworth (3-33) and Scott Kremerskothen (3-35) were the leading bowlers for Tasmania.
George Bailey (52*) and Shane Watson (63) put together a partnership of 96 before Mick Lewis broke through. The loss of regular wickets gave Victoria a chance, before Sean Clingeleffer joined Bailey and Tasmania were home. Shane Warne returned encouraging bowling figures of 1-48.
Victoria 218 (Berry 63, McDonald 40, D.Hussey 25; Butterworth 3-33, Kremerskothen 3-35)
Tasmania 219-7 (Watson 63, Bailey 52*, Di Venuto 45; Lewis 2-41, White 2-41)
Result: Tasmania won by 3 wickets.
Points:
Tasmania 4
Victoria 0
New South Wales v South Australia at Drummoyne Oval, Sydney - 15 February 2004
New South Wales won this close match by 8 runs. Batting first, NSW made 296-7 off 50 overs with Michael Phelps making a return to the side with 136. Anthony O'Brien made a quick fire unbeaten 49. Ryan Harris took 3-51 for South Australia.
South Australia made a quick start despite losing John Davison early, with their run rate above six, but the loss of wickets along the way, South Australia finished 8 runs short. Ben Cameron on debut in Limited Overs matches for South Australia made 66 and Darren Lehmann made 63. The Redbacks were hindered when Greg Blewett injured his hand.
New South Wales 296-7 (Phelps 136, O'Brien 49*, Jaques 43; Harris 3-51, Miller 2-51)
South Australia 288-9 (Cameron 66, Lehmann 63, Cosgrove 42, Higgs 42; Nicholson 3-34, MacGill 3-54, S.Clark 2-62)
Results: NSW won by 8 runs.
Points:
NSW 4
South Australia 0
Posted by Craig
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