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Recent Match Report – Tasmania vs Queensland 12th Match 2023/24

31Oct

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Recent Match Report – Tasmania vs Queensland 12th Match 2023/24

Tasmania 376 for 8 (Jewell 137, Silk 85, Wakim 82, Guthrie 3-76) beat Queensland 348 (McDermott 143, Heazlett 63, Clayton 50) by 28 runsCaleb Jewell's century laid the foundation for Tasmania's 28-run win over Queensland in a high-scoring Marsh Cup clash.Jewell's run-a-ball 137 enabled Tasmania to post a mammoth 376 for 8 before the left-arm spin of Paddy Dooley (2-47) put the screws on the Bulls' run chase at Blundstone Arena.A magnificent 143 from 112 deliveries by Queensland opener Ben McDermott against his former team wasn't enough to get the Bulls home as they were dismissed for 348 with one delivery of their innings remaining.The visitors were 258 for 1 in the 35th over and on track for victory but Tasmania skipper Jordan Silk used crafty Dooley and the rest of his bowlers superbly...

Recent Match Report – Victoria vs NSW 6th Match 2023/24

29Sep

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Recent Match Report – Victoria vs NSW 6th Match 2023/24

Victoria 298 for 7 (Harper 96, Harris 50, Kerr 3-57) beat New South Wales 239 (Hughes 69, Davies 41, Sutherland 3-39) by 59 runsVictoria remained unbeaten in the domestic one-day competition after a comfortable 59-run win over New South Wales.NSW's chase never got going at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on Friday and they were all out for 239 in the 47th over as Victoria backed up their win over Tasmania at the same venue in the opening game of the campaign.Allrounder Will Sutherland enjoyed his best day out with the ball since suffering a stress fracture in his back in March. Sutherland, who appeared to be an outside chance of an Ashes call-up before being injured, took the final wicket of the match to finish with figures of 3 for 39.The 23-year-old also took a catch off Todd Murphy's bo...

Recent Match Report – West Aust vs South Aust 3rd Match 2023/24

27Sep

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Recent Match Report – West Aust vs South Aust 3rd Match 2023/24

Western Australia 371 for 7 (Whiteman 89, Turner 86, Bancroft 66, Hobson 64*) beat South Australia 349 for 8 (Drew 120, McSweeney 51, Short 3-81),South Australia, despite a superb century from Daniel Drew, slipped to a 22-run defeat to reigning champions Western Australia in their high-scoring one-day clash which brought 720 runs.WA, with Sam Whiteman top-scoring with 89 and Ashton Turner blasting 86 from 44 balls, posted 371 for 7 at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.Nick Hobson closed the innings in style with a 24-ball half-century as WA slammed 122 in their last 10 overs.In reply, SA's chase under lights was steered by Drew, who compiled a classy 120 from 119 balls. However, they fell short, mustering 349 for 8 from their 50 overs as defending champions WA made it two from two early sea...

Recent Match Report – Tasmania vs Victoria 2nd Match 2023/24

25Sep

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Recent Match Report – Tasmania vs Victoria 2nd Match 2023/24

Victoria (Handscomb 51, Webster 2-17) beat Tasmania 224 (Webster 83, Boland 2-30) by three wicketsAn aggressive Peter Handscomb half-century has helped Victoria grind to a three-wicket win against Tasmania in the first round of the Marsh Cup.Chasing 225, Handscomb top-scored with 51 from 42 balls as Victoria reached 229 for 7 with 31 balls to spare despite an outstanding all-round display Tasmania's Beau Webster, who made 83 and took 2 for 17 to give the visitors a chance.Tasmania's top-order batters got bogged down against a disciplined Victorian attack on a tacky early season surface - all out on the last ball of their 50 overs for 224 - at the Junction Oval in Melbourne.Handscomb, along with opener Tom Rogers, deliberately avoided the same trap in their run chase. Rogers struck five fo...