Tasmania overcome NSW by two-runs in thrilling encounter
A thrilling encounter between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in Sydney.
Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat first. The start to the Tasmanian innings wasn’t good, as their openers Jonathan Wells and Rhett Lockyear were out early. This brought Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Travis-Birt-c2707 to the crease. Both put together a 54-run
partnership and took the total to 81 runs in the 10th over.
Bailey was out after scoring 27 runs. However, Birt continued to play positively and constructed another good partnership with Ryan ten Doeschate.
The pair took the score to 130 with a 49-run partnership. However, both Birt and Ryan then got out in a span of just four balls. This cost the Tasmanian team some 15-20 runs at the end of the innings.
Birt scored 47 runs off 36 balls and hit two fours and two sixes. Ryan got out after scoring 25 runs from 19 balls. He hit one six in his innings and two fours.
The lower-middle order of Tasmania was below par, and failed to score quick runs against the NSW bowlers. The team scored just 19 runs off the last 22 balls and ended up with a 153-run total.
Cummins took three wickets for NSW. He gave early breakthroughs to his team and also took the crucial wicket of Travis Birt when he was set. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Clark-c2591 took one.
The NSW team got off to an explosive start. Openers David Warner and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 gave them team a 69-run opening stand. The Tasmanian bowlers bounced back in the match after that, and took a few quick wickets to unsettle the NSW team.
Warner was out after scoring 38 runs whereas Khawaja scored 33 before he was dismissed. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Rohrer-c1139 played a brilliant knock and almost guided his team to victory. He scored an unbeaten 47 runs off just 29 balls but his effort was in vain, as Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
held his nerves in the final over of the match.
Naved took two wickets in the match and was named as the player-of-the-match. Jason Krejza took one wicket and gave away just eight runs in three overs.
Naved’s two wickets in as many balls turned the game around for Tasmania, as they held on to seal victory.
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