Australia Domestic Cricket Update – 2nd November, 2011
In the 7th Sheffield Shield match of the 2011-12 domestic cricket season of Australian, Queensland was leading by 192 runs with eight second innings wickets in hand at stumps against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 Cricket
Association ground (WACA), Perth, on November 2, 2011.
The visitors were bowled out for 273 runs in their first innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Marsh-c1974, was the pick of the bowlers for the home team as he grabbed
six crucial wickets after giving away 84 runs in his 15 overs.
However, Western Australia failed to take advantage of the situation and was bowled out for 221 runs, conceding a first innings lead of 52 runs to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Anthony-Johnson-c75758 was the only batsman, who showed some resistance against the visiting
bowling attack and scored a half century to somehow resurrect the situation for Western Australia.
Fast bowler, Mathew Gale, who was making his first-class debut, impressed one and all and picked up four scalps to break the back of the home team’s batting line-up.
By the end of Day 2, Queensland had scored 140 runs in their second innings for the loss of only two wickets, which meant that they are 192 runs ahead and look all set to give a huge target to the home team in the last innings of the match. Opener, Ryan
Broad is unbeaten on 72 runs and would love to convert his fighting innings into a three figure score.
On the other hand, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854 defeated Victoria by two runs in a thrilling encounter of Ryobi One-Day Cup at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart.
Victoria won the toss and elected to bowl first on a flat track. It did not turn out to be a bad decision as the home team was restricted to 222 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Nick Kruger and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Faulkner-c1643 scored important half
centuries to help their team reach a competitive total. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Holland-c1724 picked up a couple of wickets each; however, the former was a touch expensive as he conceded 61 runs in his quota of 12 overs.
Chasing a mediocre total, Victoria was off to a solid start but most of their batsmen failed to convert them into big knocks. This was the reason why they failed to increase the run rate and struggled at the end. They had their hearts broken as Victoria
fell short by a mere two runs.
Left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804, was the star for the home team as he picked up three vital wickets. James Faulkner and Jason Krejza also contributed by claiming a couple of scalps each.
James Faulkner was named as the Player of the Match for his outstanding all-round performance.
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