Victoria v Tasmania – Sheffield Shield (7th Match) – Match Recap (Day 3)
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Faulkner-c1643 ensured that the Tasmania Tigers successfully defended their first innings total against the Victoria Bushrangers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, restricting them to a final total of 320, with the Tigers maintaining a 125-run
lead by stumps on the third day (October 25) of their ongoing Sheffield Shield match.
After Victoria won the toss and chose to field first, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854 Tigers’ first innings, scoring an unbeaten 162. Mark Cosgrove (56) and Alex Doolan (95) also played prominent roles, chipping in with half-centuries.
By the second day of play, Ponting was showing no signs of relenting, and the innings was eventually declared, with the Tigers finishing at 439 at the expense of just 5 wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Wayne-Hastings-c68914 (25-6-58-2) was the only bowler in the Bushrangers’ arsenal who
managed to claim more than one wicket, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CJ-McKay-c1265 both took one each.
Victoria kicked off their first innings on Day 2, October 24, but opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Rogers-c1249 (32) and skipper Cameron White (31) both set up a 58-run stand for the second wicket. Rogers
was dislodged by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380, only managed to contribute 28 before he followed Rogers back to the pavilion in the 33rd over, dismissed by Faulkner.
White was also sent packing 3 overs later, off Bird, and by the end of Day 2, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-McDonald-c1042 (11*) and wicketkeeper batsman Matthew Wade (13*) were at the crease, with Victoria at 132 for 4.
Day 3 saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804.
Maxwell (51) and Hastings (46) chipped in with vital contributions, but Bird (24.2-3-73-4) and Faulkner (27-5-65-3) remained on the prowl, and efficiently mopped up the Bushrangers’ tail.
Maxwell was snapped up by Faulkner in the 81st over, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197 (1) lbw before he managed to apply himself at the crease. Faulkner then stepped in to eliminate the threat of Hastings, and Bird delivered the final blow, dismissing
McKay (6) to leave restrict Victoria, all out, to 320, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 (19*) the lone Bushranger standing.
Tasmania then opened their second innings with the pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Graham-Downton-c44379 Cowan (2*) and Mark Cosgrove (4*), who got the team total up to 6 before play came to an end for the day, with the Tigers maintaining a 125-run lead, with 10 wickets still in hand by the end of
Day 3.
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