SF1: Queensland v New South Wales at Brisbane, 22 Feb 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1996/97, 1st Semi Final
Queensland v New South Wales
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
22 February 1997 (50-over match)

Result: Queensland won by 17 runs
Series: Queensland advances to the final

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: DJ Harper and SG Randell
TV Umpire: AJ McQuillan
List A Debut: NR Jones (New South Wales).
Man of the Match: SG Law

Queensland innings (50 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
TJ Barsby             c Chee Quee        b Jones               26  55  35  2 0
JP Maher              c Matthews         b Robertson           37  52  41  5 0
*SG Law               c Bayliss          b McNamara            93 139  98  5 1
A Symonds                                b Lee                  6  13  10  1 0
GI Foley              c Robertson        b Lee                 66 133 102  3 0
BN Creevey            not out                                  18  20  14  1 0
+WA Seccombe          not out                                   2   9   6  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 5, nb 4)                        17
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs, 213 minutes)      265

DNB: SA Prestwidge, MP Mott, AC Dale, MS Kasprowicz.

FoW: 1-67 (Maher), 2-67 (Barsby), 3-81 (Symonds),
    4-240 (Law), 5-247 (Foley).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Holdsworth                  10      1     44      0 (1w)
Jones                       10      0     44      1 (2w)
Robertson                    7      0     39      1 (2w)
Lee                         10      1     56      2
McNamara                    10      0     59      1 (4nb)
Matthews                     3      0     15      0

New South Wales innings (target: 266 runs from 50 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Seccombe         b Dale                14  31  29  2 0
R Chee Quee                              b Prestwidge          52 109  79  5 0
*GRJ Matthews                            b Dale                17  24  20  3 0
S Lee                 c Seccombe         b Kasprowicz           3   3   3  0 0
KJ Roberts            c Mott             b Creevey             47  97  68  1 0
TH Bayliss            lbw                b Prestwidge           2   4   5  0 0
BE McNamara           c Prestwidge       b Creevey              2   6   7  0 0
+PA Emery                                b Dale                49  72  51  5 0
GR Robertson          not out                                  33  46  38  2 0
WJ Holdsworth                            b Dale                 3   7   6  0 0
NR Jones              not out                                   4   2   4  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 6, nb 8)                        22
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs, 205 minutes)      248

FoW: 1-34 (Slater), 2-68 (Matthews), 3-71 (Lee),
    4-129 (Chee Quee), 5-133 (Bayliss), 6-137 (McNamara),
    7-185 (Roberts), 8-232 (Emery), 9-244 (Holdsworth).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Creevey                      8      1     40      2 (1nb, 2w)
Dale                        10      0     48      4 (1nb, 1w)
Kasprowicz                   8      0     32      1 (1nb, 1w)
Foley                        3      0     20      0
Prestwidge                   9      0     48      2 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds                      7      0     28      0 (1w)
Law                          5      0     24      0

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• Scorers: JI Harris (Queensland) and JR Thorburn (New South Wales)
• 12th Men: JM Thomas (Queensland) and CJ Richards (New South Wales)
• Attendance: 3321