New South Wales v South Australia at North Sydney, 5 October 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997-98, 1st Match
New South Wales v South Australia
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
5 October 1997 (50-over match)

Result: New South Wales won by 37 runs
Points: New South Wales 2, South Australia 0

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: DB Hair and SJA Taufel
TV Umpire: AJ Morgan
List A Debuts: NT Adcock, KS Pickering (South Australia).
Man of the Match: SR Waugh

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Adcock           b Wigney              37  61  62  0 0
*MA Taylor            c Young            b Wilson              12  31  18  1 0
SR Waugh              c George           b Young               72 102  72  9 0
ME Waugh              run out (Blewett/Nielsen)                76  79  58  5 3
MG Bevan              c Fitzgerald       b Blewett             56  63  54  5 0
S Lee                                    b Wilson              35  41  27  2 1
CJ Richards                              b Blewett              6   9   7  0 0
GRJ Matthews          not out                                   2   7   5  0 0
+PA Emery             not out                                   2   5   4  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 11, w 5, nb 4)                  21
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 204 mins)         319

DNB: AM Stuart, SH Cook, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-32 (Taylor), 2-70 (Slater), 3-211 (SR Waugh),
    4-220 (ME Waugh), 5-292 (Lee), 6-313 (Richards),
    7-314 (Bevan).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wilson                      10      0     49      2 (1w)
Wigney                      10      0     33      1 (3w)
Pickering                    8      0     65      0 (2nb)
George                       5      0     39      0 (1w)
Blewett                      9      0     62      2
Young                        6      0     40      1
Parker                       2      0     19      0

South Australia innings (target: 320 runs from 50 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
GS Blewett            run out (Slater)                         45  63  45  6 0
+TJ Nielsen           run out (Bevan)                           8  23  29  0 0
DA Fitzgerald         c Matthews         b Bevan               49  81  48  5 2
DS Lehmann            c Richards         b Cook                26  28  22  5 0
*JD Siddons           c Taylor           b SR Waugh            58  88  57  6 1
NT Adcock             c Emery            b Cook                 6  19  20  1 0
GR Parker             c SR Waugh         b Lee                 36  60  38  2 2
BE Young              c Slater           b Lee                  4   7   6  0 0
SP George             c SR Waugh         b Stuart              19  26  18  1 1
P Wilson              run out (ME Waugh/Lee)                    7   6   8  1 0
BN Wigney             not out                                   7  16  11  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 10)                        17
Total                 (all out, 47.4 overs, 213 mins)         282

DNB: KS Pickering.

FoW: 1-20 (Nielsen), 2-81 (Blewett), 3-119 (Lehmann),
    4-137 (Fitzgerald), 5-166 (Adcock), 6-240 (Siddons),
    7-246 (Parker), 8-246 (Young), 9-255 (Wilson),
    10-282 (George).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      9      2     42      0
Stuart                       8.4    0     52      1 (5w)
Matthews                     4      0     43      0
Cook                        10      1     48      2 (2w)
Bevan                        4      0     33      1 (1w)
Lee                         10      0     45      2 (1w)
SR Waugh                     2      0     12      1 (1w)

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• Scorers: R Kelleher (South Australia) and MA Slarke (New South Wales)
• Attendance: 7,280