South Australia v Tasmania - ING Cup

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Redbacks stun Tigers

Matthew Elliott has guided South Australia to a thrilling three-wicket win over Tasmania in their ING Cup clash at Bellerive Oval.

Chasing 226 for victory, the Redbacks were in deep trouble at 7-192, but Elliott (40 no) and Jason Gillespie (19 not out) shared in an unbroken 35-run stand to lead the visitors home. Ferguson blasted 68 to help the Redbacks recover from a horror start.

Earlier, The Tigers were bowled out for 225 after a strong start.

After winning the toss, Tasmania moved to 61 without loss, with opener Travis Birt (45) scoring freely before becoming the first to fall.

Tim Paine and Michael Di Venuto (27) then shared in a 51-run stand as Tasmania moved to 1-112 before the Redbacks fought back. The hosts lost 4-17, with part-timer Darren Lehmann snaring the wickets of Di Venuto and David Dawson (4).

Tasmanian all-rounder Scott Kremerskothen then led a revival, top scoring with 46 for the Tigers while Adam Polkinghorne added 22 as Tasmania creeped past 200 before being bowled out.

In reply, the Redbacks were in trouble early, falling to 3-29 in the ninth over, with Adam Griffith (2-49) snaring two early scalps.

Along with Ferguson, Darren Lehmann led a recovery but when the former Test player was dismissed for 37, South Australia was 4-104.

Ferguson then started to blast away, working his way to 68 from 67 balls before falling to Shannon Tubb (1-36).

Cameron Borgas chipped in with a valuable 29 while Mark Cleary was dismissed for seven as the Tigers closed in but Elliott and Gillespie led the Redbacks home in the 49th over.

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ING Cup, 2005-06, 13th Match
Tasmania v South Australia
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
10 December 2005 (50-over match)

Result: South Australia won by 3 wickets
Points: South Australia 4, Tasmania 0

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: BJ Muir and PD Parker
TV Umpire: KJ McGinniss
Match Referee: R Widows
Man of the Match: CJ Ferguson


Tasmania innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   B   4  6
TD Paine                                 b Cullen              45  69   5  1
TR Birt               c Cullen           b Cleary              29  36   3  1
*MJ Di Venuto         c Blewett          b Lehmann             27  26   2  1
GJ Bailey             run out (Manou)                           2   9   0  0
DJ Anderson           lbw                b Cullen              17  36   1  0
+DG Dawson                           c & b Lehmann              4   7   0  0
SP Kremerskothen      c Manou            b Cleary              46  48   1  2
AW Polkinghorne       c Elliott          b Cleary              22  23   1  2
XJ Doherty            c Manou            b Blewett             10  20   0  0
AR Griffith           lbw                b Blewett              0   1   0  0
BW Hilfenhaus         not out                                   4  13   0  0
Extras                (lb 11, w 7, nb 1)                       19
Total                 (all out, 47.5 overs)                   225

FoW: 1-61 (Birt, 12.3 ov), 2-112 (Paine, 20.4 ov),
     3-116 (Bailey, 22.4 ov), 4-121 (Di Venuto, 23.5 ov),
     5-129 (Dawson, 27.6 ov), 6-150 (Anderson, 32.4 ov),
     7-177 (Polkinghorne, 37.3 ov), 8-217 (Doherty, 44.4 ov),
     9-217 (Griffith, 44.5 ov), 10-225 (Kremerskothen, 47.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                    8      1     44      0 (1nb, 1w)
Putland                      7      1     25      0 (4w)
Cleary                       8.5    0     43      3 (1w)
Rofe                         3      0     22      0
Cullen                      10      3     38      2 (1w)
Lehmann                      8      0     28      2
Blewett                      3      0     14      2

South Australia innings (target: 226 runs from 50 overs)        R   B   4  6
+GA Manou             c Doherty          b Griffith            12  16   2  0
MJ Cosgrove                              b Hilfenhaus           0   1   0  0
GS Blewett            c Dawson           b Griffith             2   7   0  0
*DS Lehmann           c Paine            b Polkinghorne        36  65   2  0
CJ Ferguson           c Bailey           b Tubb                68  67   9  1
CJ Borgas             c Birt             b Polkinghorne        29  57   1  0
MTG Elliott           not out                                  40  37   2  2
MF Cleary             c Birt             b Hilfenhaus           7  14   0  0
JN Gillespie          not out                                  19  24   2  0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1, w 7, nb 1)                   13
Total                 (7 wickets, 48.1 overs)                 226

DNB: DJ Cullen, PC Rofe.

FoW: 1-13 (Cosgrove, 1.5 ov), 2-13 (Manou, 2.6 ov),
     3-29 (Blewett, 8.5 ov), 4-104 (Lehmann, 23.4 ov),
     5-140 (Ferguson, 31.3 ov), 6-174 (Borgas, 39.2 ov),
     7-192 (Cleary, 42.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Griffith                    10      1     49      2
Hilfenhaus                  10      2     29      2 (1w)
Kremerskothen                6.1    0     36      0 (1nb, 3w)
Doherty                     10      0     36      0 (1w)
Polkinghorne                 5      0     35      2 (2w)
Tubb                         7      0     36      1

Tasmania full substitute: SB Tubb (DJ Anderson, South Australia innings,
 0.0 ov).

South Australia full substitute: PC Rofe (GD Putland, Tasmania innings,
 15.0 ov).

[ORDoubleBlues]

Thought the Rofe for Putland supersub was one of the more unusual decisions I have seen from Lehmann. Putland was the most economical of the bowlers at the time he went off and when Rofe came on he could only bowl 3 overs, which cost 22 runs. Fair enough wanting to bring Rofe on but why for Putland?

[stan]

Good result in the end for the boys. Looked a bit shaky early when Cosgrove got a bloody ripper of delivery. I mean that was a pretty good ball. Anyway all in all, got work in the end to get the points. Elliot seems to be getting better. Things are starting to look up with FErgi getting some runs. Sitting 2nd on the ING cup table at the moment.

[RoostersRuleTheWorld !]

Redbacks going okay now !
And we still got TAIT to come back !
About time !

[MightyEagles]

Well done Redbacks, I think you should pick the supersub after the toss, so that we could have had an extra bowler when we bowled.

[TigerBoss]

Great to see Fergie return to some form...he's struggled his way through this season, but kudos to the SACA selectors for leaving him in the side...