Australia Domestic: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854 make it to final
Tasmania captain George Bailey’s whirlwind half century bagged the team a comfortable 40-run over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Western-Australia-c865 in a Twenty20 Big Bash game played at Bellerive on Thursday, 27 January, 2011.
Chasing a competitive total of 171 to win, the Warriors could amass only 130 runs from their allotted quota of 20 overs.
Tigers, after opting to bat first, went off to a shaky start losing Jonathan Wells for a sweet duck and Ed Cowan for 8. Both the wickets were claimed by pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sajid-Mahmood-c88005, as the track was offering some extra pace and bounce.
The innings picked up the pace when Mark Cosgrove opened up in the fifth over hitting Mick http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lewis-c72807 for four consecutive boundaries in an over that went for 18. Cosgrove and the Tasmania captain George Bailey played a flurry of sweetly
timed boundaries to ease the pressure.
The partnership was worth 73 when Michael Swart bowled a belligerent Bailey for 51 runs in the 14th over. Bailey’s 30-ball stay at the crease saw him plundering two muscular boundaries and three lofty sixes.
Swart struck back in the next two overs as the side went down from 112 for 2 to 146 for 6. Swart caught fluent opener Cosgrove off his own delivery just one run short of his well-deserved half-century. Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Travis-Birt-c2707
was also bowled by Swart at 25.
At that stage, it seemed the Tigers might fall short of a competitive score but thanks to Jason Krejza whose late hitting in the final over gave his side great momentum as Tasmania finished with 170 for 7 from their 20 overs.
In reply, Western Australia went off to a poor start going four wickets down with only 37 on the board. The opening pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Liam-Davis-c1839 and Michael Swart went back to the pavilion with a combined contribution of 7 runs.
Only the wicketkeeper batsman Luke Ronchi showed some resistance with his aggressive 43 off just 29 balls but he lacked support from rest of the line-up.
Five of the visitors’ batsmen failed to get past single digit figures. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Faulkner-c1643, Jason Krejza, and Rhett Lockyear shared two wickets each.
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