http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in Sheffield Shield
Tasmania require another 239 runs to win their Sheffield Shield match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Australia-c844 (SA) with nine wickets in hand on the final day of play at the Adelaide Oval in Australia.
Earlier, SA scored 198 runs in their second innings, and set a 373-run target for their opponents. The wicket was good for batting, but it also had some support for the bowlers.
The SA batsmen failed to capitalise on their first innings lead, as they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Moffat-c2701 failed to get their team off to a good start. Moffat was the first man to be dismissed without adding
a single run to the total.
The first wicket brought SA captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aiden-Blizzard-c958 looked to attack the bowlers, but he threw his wicket away after adding 11 runs off 12 balls
to the total.
Opener Smith was under immense pressure, as he was losing partners regularly at the other end. He was the fourth wicket to fall after struggling to score eight runs off 22 balls.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chadd-Sayers-c49520 was the next man to go after scoring 14 runs from 64 balls. At that stage, SA were 67 for 5 and it looked
as if they would be bowled out within 100 runs.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jake-Haberfield-c1629, who scored 18, 17 and 14 respectively. This efforts helped
SA to bounce back in the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Maher-c41933 and Xavier Doherty did a very good job for their team, taking three wickets each. They got good support from star fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus, who grabbed two wickets in the innings.
Tasmania needed a solid effort from their top-order batsmen in order to chase down a massive target of 373 runs. However, the team didn’t get off to an ideal start, as Ed Cowan was dismissed in the very first over of the innings without troubling the scorers.
The first-drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Doolan-c983 then joined Nick Kruger in the middle to rescue his team from trouble. The pair didn’t disappoint their team as they put together an unbeaten 134 run partnership for the second wicket. At the close of the third day’s play, Kruger
was unbeaten on 55 from 100 balls whereas; Doolan was not-out on 78 off 118.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Putland-c1468 was the lone wicket-taker for his team, and will be looking to get some more wickets in the first session of play tomorrow.
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