New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, 13-16 Mar 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1996/97, 28th Match
New South Wales v Tasmania
Sydney Cricket Ground
13,14,15,16 March 1997 (4-day match)

Result: New South Wales won by 6 wickets
Points: New South Wales 6, Tasmania 2

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: AJ Morgan and PD Parker
TV Umpire: JI Cameron

Close of Play:

Day 1: Tasmania 370/4 (Boon 48*, Young 13*, 100 ov) Day 2: Tasmania 463/7d, New South Wales 220/3 (Arnberger 56*, Roberts 3*, 72 ov) Day 3: New South Wales 449, Tasmania 135/0 (Hills 61*, Cox 72*, 30 ov) Tasmania 1st innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills b Nikitaras 0 1 3 0 0 J Cox c Matthews b MacGill 143 337 286 18 2 MJ Di Venuto c Nikitaras b Freedman 65 127 93 12 0 RT Ponting c Emery b Lee 64 101 90 9 0 *DC Boon c Emery b Nikitaras 52 151 125 4 0 S Young c MacGill b McNamara 17 52 36 3 0 DJ Marsh c & b Lee 25 80 58 3 0 +MN Atkinson not out 45 102 79 4 0 PJ Hutchison not out 6 27 21 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 20, w 4, nb 20) 46 Total (7 wickets decl, 130 overs, 493 mins) 463 DNB: CR Miller, JP Marquet. FoW: 1-0 (Hills), 2-145 (Di Venuto), 3-248 (Ponting), 4-338 (Cox), 5-383 (Boon), 6-383 (Young), 7-437 (Marsh). Bowling O M R W Nikitaras 26 5 89 2 (1nb, 1w) McNamara 27 5 106 1 (5nb) Lee 27 8 64 2 Matthews 12 2 33 0 MacGill 21 4 61 1 Freedman 17 2 88 1 (4nb) New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 MJ Slater st Atkinson b Marsh 87 149 131 13 0 RJ Davison run out (Marsh) 36 110 81 3 0 JL Arnberger b Young 71 182 188 6 0 S Lee c Atkinson b Marsh 27 64 65 3 0 KJ Roberts run out (Marquet) 56 165 137 5 0 *GRJ Matthews c Atkinson b Young 6 11 10 0 0 +PA Emery not out 100 191 163 16 0 BE McNamara c Boon b Young 11 33 30 1 0 DA Freedman lbw b Miller 22 54 40 3 0 SCG MacGill lbw b Marquet 0 5 6 0 0 S Nikitaras c Di Venuto b Miller 12 22 20 2 0 Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 14) 21 Total (all out, 144 overs, 499 minutes) 449 FoW: 1-125 (Davison), 2-159 (Slater), 3-213 (Lee), 4-251 (Arnberger), 5-263 (Matthews), 6-335 (Roberts), 7-376 (McNamara), 8-429 (Freedman), 9-430 (MacGill), 10-449 (Nikitaras). Bowling O M R W Marquet 22 1 89 1 (3nb) Miller 41 9 94 2 Hutchison 11 2 47 0 Young 27 4 100 3 (4nb) Marsh 43 10 112 2 Tasmania 2nd innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills b MacGill 75 133 121 13 0 J Cox c Nikitaras b MacGill 125 180 143 16 0 MJ Di Venuto b MacGill 19 22 22 3 0 RT Ponting c Roberts b MacGill 22 53 42 1 0 DJ Marsh c & b Lee 2 6 7 0 0 CR Miller not out 37 39 31 1 3 S Young not out 3 16 14 0 0 Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 7 Total (5 wickets decl, 63 overs, 227 minutes) 290 DNB: *DC Boon, +MN Atkinson, PJ Hutchison, JP Marquet. FoW: 1-172 (Hills), 2-205 (Di Venuto), 3-236 (Cox), 4-241 (Marsh), 5-269 (Ponting). Bowling O M R W Nikitaras 4 0 25 0 McNamara 11 1 44 0 (1nb) Freedman 11 2 55 0 Matthews 10 2 41 0 MacGill 17 3 78 4 Lee 10 0 43 1 (1w) New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 305 runs) R M B 4 6 RJ Davison c Miller b Marquet 63 130 116 10 0 MJ Slater c Marsh b Miller 79 123 89 10 0 JL Arnberger c Hutchison b Marsh 57 86 77 9 0 S Lee not out 75 115 89 9 0 KJ Roberts c Atkinson b Miller 10 13 12 1 0 +PA Emery not out 10 21 11 2 0 Extras (b 3, nb 8) 11 Total (4 wickets, 65 overs, 246 minutes) 305 DNB: *GRJ Matthews, S Nikitaras, BE McNamara, DA Freedman, SCG MacGill. FoW: 1-151 (Slater), 2-155 (Davison), 3-253 (Arnberger), 4-269 (Roberts). Bowling O M R W Marquet 12 1 64 1 Miller 23 6 69 2 (1nb) Young 10 1 63 0 (2nb) Hutchison 3 0 30 0 (1nb) Marsh 17 0 76 1 Scorers: DJ Evans (NSW) and M Slarke (Tas) 12th Men: CJ Richards (NSW) and AJ Daly (Tas) Day 1 Tasmania scored 79 runs in the opening hour Di Venuto scored three all-run fours Attendance: 731 Day 2 Tasmania declared at the lunch break Slater scored 81* in the session between lunch and tea (0* to 81*) Attendance: 1104 Day 3 Emery scored his 100 in 183 minutes. His 100th run was given following a third umpire ruling on a possible run out. Emery's maiden first-class century in his 100th first-class game for NSW. NSW coach GF Lawson acted as substitute fieldsman during the Tasmanian 2nd innings as official 12th man CJ Richards had ben released to play grade cricket. Hills and Cox set a new record first wicket stand for Tasmania against NSW. Attendance: 1559 Day 4 Attendance: 1025 (Total: 4419)