2nd Semi-Final: New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, 22 Feb 1998

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997/98, 2nd Semi-Final
New South Wales v South Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground
22 February 1998 (50-over match)

Result: New South Wales won by 69 runs

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: RA Emerson and PD Parker
TV Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: RA French
Man of the Match: MG Bevan

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

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
R Chee Quee           c Nielsen          b Swain               12  24  24  0 0
KJ Geyer              c Nielsen          b Eime                 6  10   6  0 0
MG Bevan              c Swain            b Parker              74 153 108  5 0
S Lee                 c Nielsen          b Eime                 0  11  11  0 0
CJ Richards           c Nielsen          b Swain               15  38  28  0 0
KJ Roberts            c Johnson          b Harrity             10  28  23  1 0
*+PA Emery                               b Harrity             48  86  70  1 0
BE McNamara           c Johnson          b Harrity             16  24  18  2 0
SM Thompson           not out                                  15  11  10  2 0
AM Stuart             not out                                   1   9   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 9, w 4, nb 2)                        15
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 201 mins)         212

DNB: SR Clark, DA Freedman.

FoW: 1-14 (Geyer), 2-24 (Chee Quee),
    3-27 (Lee), 4-56 (Richards, 17.1 ov),
    5-78 (Roberts, 24.1 ov), 6-169 (Bevan, 41.6 ov),
    7-195 (McNamara, 47.4 ov), 8-195 (Emery, 47.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Eime                         9      2     39      2 (1nb)
Swain                       10      2     21      2 (2w)
Harrity                     10      0     41      3 (2w)
Johnson                     10      0     49      0
Young                       10      0     49      0
Parker                       1      0      4      1

South Australia innings (target: 213 runs from 50 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
DA Fitzgerald         c Chee Quee        b Clark                9  40  24  0 0
BA Johnson            c Emery            b Stuart               9  20  21  1 0
GR Parker             lbw                b Stuart               0   6   2  0 0
*JD Siddons           c Chee Quee        b Clark               11  23  15  1 0
DS Webber                                b McNamara            20  34  27  3 0
CJ Davies             c McNamara         b Thompson             4  40  22  0 0
JC Scuderi            not out                                  32 108  59  1 0
+TJ Nielsen           c Emery            b Thompson            24  47  42  1 0
BE Young              lbw                b Freedman             7  20  18  0 0
BA Swain              c Lee              b Bevan                7  13  13  1 0
AB Eime               run out (Emery)                           1   6   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 9, nb 6)                        19
Total                 (all out, 41.1 overs, 184 mins)         143

DNB: MA Harrity.

FoW: 1-16 (Johnson, 4.6 ov), 2-18 (Parker, 6.2 ov),
    3-30 (Fitzgerald, 9.3 ov), 4-35 (Siddons, 11.5 ov),
    5-54 (Webber, 16.2 ov), 6-67 (Davies, 19.6 ov),
    7-109 (Nielsen, 31.3 ov), 8-126 (Young, 36.3 ov),
    9-137 (Swain, 39.3 ov), 10-143 (Eime, 41.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Stuart                       7      2     24      2 (1w)
Clark                        7      0     22      2 (1nb)
McNamara                     6      0     22      1 (1nb, 4w)
Lee                          4      0     14      0 (3w)
Thompson                    10      1     32      2 (1nb, 1w)
Freedman                     6      0     24      1
Bevan                        1.1    0      1      1

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