Ryobi One-day Cup: Phillip Hughes’ unbeaten 80 bagged New South Wales 5-wicket win over Tasmania
Brett Lee’s 3 for 51 restricted Tasmania tigers to 189 for 8 before Phillip Hughes blazed away with the bat to score an unbeaten 80 in a Ryobi One-day Cup match played at the West Park Oval, Burnie on 4th of December, as
the New South Wales easily get past http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854’s 189 for 8 with almost four overs to spare and seven wickets intact.
The Blues kept an upper hand in the game from the start picking up the extra point as well for being ahead of the Tigers at the halfway mark. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Nevill-c2180, the Blues’ captain, after winning the toss put the hosts in to bat and the
visiting bowlers supported their captain’s decision by restricting the Tasmanian Tigers to 66 for 2 in their opening block. The New South Wales, on the other hand, amassed 86 runs at the loss of one wicket from their first block of 20 overs.
The strong bowling attack of New South Wales led by the out-of-favour pacer Brett Lee, did not let the hosts break free even in the final 25 overs of their innings as the Tigers added 123 runs to the first half total setting a target
of 104 runs for the visitors from their final block of 25 overs. Ed Cowan's 58 was the only notable score in Tiger’s innings while rest of the cast floundered for scores less than 30 – including 5 single digit scorers as well.
David Warner scored 44 while Steven Smith made 32 in New South Wales’ run chase anchored by the opener Phillips Hughes who returned unbeaten at 80 as Blues sealed five-wicket win with 23 balls to spare.
The victory against Tigers has moved the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phillip-Hughes-c2185 was declared as the
Man of the Match. Brett Lee, in his move to earn a place back in the limited overs squad of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lee-c72382 is eager to earn a spot in the one-day game against England in a move to force his
way back into the squad that would fly to the subcontinent in February next year to play in the esteemed World Cup event.
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