Tasmania in control against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 in Sheffield Shield
Tasmania were in control of their Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales (NSW), being played at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. NSW need to score 149 more runs to avoid an innings defeat, and they have just four second inning wickets in hand.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 was not-out on 25.
The day started off well for Tasmania, as both their overnight batsmen extended the first innings lead to 179. However, Bailey was dismissed after scoring 46 runs. He batted well for his team, but would have liked to carry onto the start he got to his innings.
The wicket of the Tasmanian captain ended a brilliant 130 run partnership for the hosts.
Bailey’s wicket was followed by the downfall of Kruger, who played an exceptional innings of 150 runs. The opening batsman played sensibly and made most of the good batting conditions.
The fall of two set batsmen saw the Tasmanian lower middle-order struggle against the bowlers, as Mark Cosgrove, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Butterworth-c1850 were sent back to the pavilion after adding just 12, 10 and 2 runs to the total.
However, Xavier Doherty made sure that he got his team over the 350-run mark. He remained unbeaten on 35 runs, but wickets kept on falling at the other end, as the whole team was out for 353.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Copeland-c2709 and Scott Coyte grabbed three wickets each for NSW. They also got some support from Patrick Cummins, who took two wickets in the innings.
Trailing by 279 runs, NSW needed a sound effort from their batsmen. However, the pressure was too much to handle for them, and the batsmen struggled to score runs yet again in the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nic-Maddinson-c2099 started the innings steadily for their team, but both got out early. Hughes was the first man to be dismissed after scoring 26 runs whereas; Maddinson managed only 20 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Forrest-c2176 was below par, as he got out after just adding one run to the total.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moises-Henriques-c2021 only managed two runs, as problems continued for his team.
At the close of play, wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Nevill-c2180 and Steve O’Keefe were unbeaten on eight and six respectively.
James Faulkner and Luke Butterworth were in good form with the ball, as they took three and two wickets respectively for Tasmania.
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