Nathan Hauritz’s five-wicket haul leads http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 to 199-run win over Warriors
Nathan Hauritz, the Australian off-spinner who is being overlooked by the Aussie selectors for the Ashes job, has offered the selectors a food for thought by leading New South Wales to a Sheffield Shield victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Western-Australia-c865
at Perth. The final day of the four-day match saw Hauritz claiming 5 wickets from 27 overs to bag the Blues their 199-run victory at WACA.
The Warriors, chasing a daunting target of 365, started cautiously on the third day, compiling 51 without loss when the bails were removed. But the side hit trouble when the off-spinner, in his move to earn an Ashes call, scythed through
the hosts’ line-up to finish 5 for 39. The match winning five-wicket haul earned Hauritz the Man of the Match award as well.
The time Western Australia resumed the game on the final day; they could add only two runs to their overnight score of 51 before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Clark-c2591 into the hands of Smith.
Michael Swart became Hauritz’s first victim of the day after being bat to pad at 14 with Phil Jacques picking up his catch. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Robinson-c2790 was the man to follow Swart after being caught by Steven Smith at slip off Hauritz. He played
a painstaking innings of 201-ball 39 hitting three boundaries as well. The in-form Shaun Marsh was the third consecutive wicket of Hauritz after edging to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Voges-c925, the skipper of Warriors, also fell caught behind to the 29-year-old
right-arm off-spinner leaving the home side struggling at 136 for 5.
The pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Cameron-c1899, who was drafted into the side in the midst of the match after Doug Bollinger packed his bag for Adelaide to strengthen the fatigued Australian squad for second Ashes Test, finished with 3 for 33 as the
lower order of the Warriors failed to offer much resistance.
Earlier, the Pakistan-born http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 and the all-rounder Steven Smith both struck fifties on the third day to help their side set up an overall lead of 365 runs.
The Blues, with three wins from four games, are leading the points table of 2010 Sheffield Shield while the Warriors, with only one win in account from four matches, are on the bottom.
The New South Wales' off-spinner was axed from the Ashes Test side to draft in the then uncapped Xavier Doherty. Though Doherty has been retained in the Adelaide Test squad but the outstanding five-for has improved Hauritz's chances of recall at some stage
later in the series.
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