http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 to 168
Pakistan-born Usman Khawaja’s quickfire 65 helped New South Wales to 168-7 against Victoria in the Twenty20 Big Bash being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
NSW captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moises-Henriques-c2021 won the toss and elected to bat first. The wicket was flat and the there was not much assistance for the bowlers. However, the Victorian bowlers started well.
There was a lot expected from the star openers of NSW, David Warner and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phillip-Hughes-c2185, who have represented Australia at the international level.
Both Hughes and Warner were out early and did not trouble the scores much. Hughes was the first wicket to fall when he had scored just 2 runs. He flashed at a wide ball and was caught at third man.
Although Warner struck a couple of boundaries, he got out after scoring 10 runs. He hit the shot from the middle of his bat but the ball went straight towards the fielder. The wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Smith-c1313 also followed Warner and NSW were 3 down for
28 runs.
Usman Khawaja was joined at the crease by Henriques and the pair took the team out of trouble. After a 41-run partnership with Khawaja, Henriques was dismissed. He scored a quickfire 20 off 12 balls. The team was in a grim state when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Rohrer-c1139 fell without
scoring.
NSW were 69 for 5 but the innings were held together by Khawaja and Steve O’Keefe. Both players scored half centuries and took the team to a respectable total. Khawaja was the top scorer in the innings with 65 whereas Steve scored 50 runs.
Dirk Nannes and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 were in devastating form. Both the bowlers took three wickets each and did not give away too many runs in their allotted overs. The disappointment for Victoria was their star fast bowler Peter Siddle. He did not pick up any
wicket and gave away 44 runs from his 4 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881 to lead the chase.
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