Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, 12-15 March 1998

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
Victoria v Tasmania
Melbourne Cricket Ground
12,13,14,15 March 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Tasmania won by 120 runs
Points: Tasmania 6, Victoria 0

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: DB Hair and SC Walpole

Close of Play:

Day 1: Tasmania 301/3 (Young 76*, Boon 25*) Day 2: Tasmania 373/9d, Victoria 137/4 (Jones 14*, Craig 4*) Day 3: Victoria 317/6d, Tasmania 99/3 (Di Venuto 61*, Tucker 11*) Tasmania 1st innings R B M 4 6 DF Hills c Berry b Elliott 128 204 265 15 0 J Cox lbw b Fleming 0 2 2 0 0 MJ Di Venuto c Fleming b Inness 61 117 130 5 0 S Young c Harper b Fleming 81 214 235 3 0 *DC Boon c Davison b Saker 50 148 181 4 0 RJ Tucker run out (Arnberger/Berry) 0 0 4 0 0 DJ Marsh lbw b Fleming 5 20 25 0 0 +MN Atkinson c Arnberger b Davison 9 16 29 0 0 BS Targett lbw b Fleming 15 53 51 2 0 MW Ridgway not out 9 25 34 0 0 Extras (b 9, lb 1, w 3, nb 2) 15 Total (9 wickets decl, 133 overs, 482 mins) 373 DNB: CR Miller. FoW: 1-1 (Cox), 2-110 (Di Venuto), 3-237 (Hills), 4-310 (Young), 5-310 (Tucker), 6-323 (Marsh), 7-342 (Atkinson), 8-352 (Boon), 9-373 (Targett). Bowling O M R W Fleming 30 10 59 4 (1w, 1nb) Inness 18 2 64 1 (1w) Davison 42 14 112 1 Saker 26 11 58 1 (1w) Craig 10 1 45 0 Elliott 7 0 25 1 Victoria 1st innings R B M 4 6 MTG Elliott c Young b Marsh 32 67 80 2 0 JL Arnberger lbw b Ridgway 1 14 17 0 0 LD Harper c Tucker b Miller 41 111 138 0 0 BJ Hodge c Atkinson b Ridgway 36 83 86 1 0 DM Jones not out 100 278 327 4 0 SAJ Craig lbw b Targett 21 111 141 1 0 *+DS Berry lbw b Marsh 22 52 61 2 0 DJ Saker not out 50 82 112 5 0 Extras (b 7, lb 6, w 1) 14 Total (6 wickets decl, 133 overs, 484 mins) 317 DNB: JM Davison, DW Fleming, MWH Inness. FoW: 1-11 (Arnberger), 2-52 (Elliott), 3-110 (Harper), 4-114 (Hodge), 5-174 (Craig), 6-216 (Berry). Bowling O M R W Ridgway 20 8 46 2 Miller 45 15 98 1 Targett 16 0 49 1 (1w) Marsh 27 4 75 2 Young 21 10 24 0 Tucker 4 1 12 0 Tasmania 2nd innings R B M 4 6 DF Hills c Elliott b Saker 6 35 34 1 0 J Cox b Saker 4 4 6 1 0 MJ Di Venuto c Arnberger b Saker 82 147 177 9 0 S Young c Craig b Inness 14 45 51 1 0 RJ Tucker st Berry b Davison 20 50 65 2 1 *DC Boon b Davison 33 47 59 3 0 DJ Marsh c Berry b Saker 9 26 47 1 0 +MN Atkinson not out 19 66 70 1 0 BS Targett b Fleming 7 20 30 0 0 MW Ridgway c Elliott b Davison 0 8 11 0 0 CR Miller b Davison 0 5 7 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 5) 6 Total (all out, 75.3 overs, 283 mins) 200 FoW: 1-4 (Cox), 2-27 (Hills), 3-62 (Young), 4-109 (Tucker), 5-143 (Di Venuto), 6-171 (Boon), 7-177 (Marsh), 8-189 (Targett), 9-196 (Ridgway), 10-200 (Miller). Bowling O M R W Fleming 17 4 33 1 Saker 23 7 44 4 Inness 5 3 11 1 Davison 27.3 3 94 4 Hodge 3 1 12 0 Victoria 2nd innings (target: 257 runs) R B M 4 6 JL Arnberger lbw b Miller 7 11 13 1 0 MTG Elliott lbw b Miller 31 69 99 2 0 LD Harper lbw b Miller 0 3 2 0 0 BJ Hodge b Miller 39 47 62 6 0 DM Jones lbw b Targett 0 5 3 0 0 SAJ Craig lbw b Miller 3 8 10 0 0 *+DS Berry b Miller 6 12 11 1 0 DJ Saker not out 11 44 61 0 0 JM Davison c Atkinson b Miller 10 22 25 0 0 DW Fleming b Marsh 18 21 25 4 0 MWH Inness c Hills b Marsh 0 3 1 0 0 Extras (b 7, lb 4) 11 Total (all out, 40.5 overs, 167 mins) 136 FoW: 1-17 (Arnberger), 2-17 (Harper), 3-81 (Hodge), 4-82 (Jones), 5-85 (Craig), 6-86 (Elliott), 7-91 (Berry), 8-103 (Davison), 9-136 (Fleming), 10-136 (Inness). Bowling O M R W Ridgway 7 1 28 0 Miller 20 7 49 7 Targett 11 2 34 1 Marsh 2.5 0 14 2 Tewlfth Men: IJ Harvey (Victoria) and DG Wright (Tasmania) Tasmanian 1st innings: DF Hills * 50 in 150 mins off 116 balls * 100 in 223 mins off 169 balls * 15th First-class century * 14th Sheffield Shield century * 3rd century against Victoria MJ Di Venuto * 50 in 115 mins off 105 balls S Young * 50 in 152 mins off 142 balls DC Boon * 50 in 180 mins off 147 balls Victorian 1st innings DM Jones * 50 in 213 mins off 174 balls * 100 in 325 mins off 278 balls * 55th First-class century * 31st Sheffield Shield century * 9th century against Tasmania * 33rd century for Victoria * 18th century at the MCG * 5000 runs at the MCG (at 70) DJ Saker * 50 in 111 mins off 81 balls Tasmanian 2nd innings MJ Di Venuto * 50 in 105 mins off 75 balls DW Fleming * 250 wickets (Targett) Victorian 2nd innings CR Miller * Best First-class bowling * Best bowling for Tasmania v Victoria in Sheffield Shield * 10th five wicket innings * 1st five wicket innings against Victoria * 61st Sheffield Shield wicket for the season (Craig) to set a new record for a season

Queensland v Western Australia at Brisbane, 12-15 March 1998

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
Queensland v Western Australia
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
12,13,14,15 March 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Western Australia won by 5 wickets
Points: Western Australia 6, Queensland 0

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: PD Parker and SG Randell

Close of Play:

Day 1: Queensland 197, Western Australia 49/1 (Hussey 15*, Langer 25*) Day 2: Western Australia 405/8d Day 3: Queensland 313, Western Australia 47/1 (Campbell 16*, Langer 31*) Queensland 1st innings R M B 4 6 ML Love c Gilchrist b Julian 62 156 137 3 0 ML Hayden c Gilchrist b Moody 14 45 27 1 0 JP Maher b Julian 31 76 63 2 0 *SG Law c Gilchrist b Angel 18 42 40 2 0 A Symonds c Hussey b Atkinson 3 34 21 0 0 GI Foley lbw b Moody 2 14 10 0 0 +WA Seccombe lbw b Angel 16 80 69 1 0 AJ Bichel c Gilchrist b Moody 4 18 16 0 0 BN Creevey c Gilchrist b Angel 13 63 60 1 0 GJ Rowell c Langer b Atkinson 16 31 22 2 0 JH Dawes not out 4 16 13 1 0 Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 2) 14 Total (all out, 79.2 overs, 291 mins) 197 FoW: 1-40, 2-107, 3-134, 4-136, 5-140, 6-142, 7-153, 8-174, 9-179, 10-197. Bowling O M R W Angel 20 8 33 3 Julian 23 5 67 2 (1w, 1nb) Atkinson 13.2 1 35 2 Moody 19 7 37 3 Oldroyd 3 0 12 0 Martyn 1 0 2 0 Western Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey lbw b Bichel 61 201 143 6 0 RJ Campbell c Creevey b Bichel 4 9 8 1 0 JL Langer c Love b Symonds 67 170 140 5 0 DR Martyn lbw b Dawes 60 120 104 7 0 *TM Moody c Seccombe b Symonds 10 24 24 1 0 SM Katich c Seccombe b Bichel 80 214 177 9 1 +AC Gilchrist c Maher b Bichel 4 10 10 0 0 BP Julian c Dawes b Foley 94 115 85 8 5 MP Atkinson not out 11 21 13 1 0 J Angel not out 0 7 6 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 2) 14 Total (8 wickets decl, 118 overs, 449 mins) 405 DNB: BJ Oldroyd. FoW: 1-5, 2-129, 3-151, 4-164, 5-228, 6-239, 7-386, 8-401. Bowling O M R W Bichel 32 4 104 4 Rowell 19 4 43 0 (1nb) Dawes 20 6 47 1 Creevey 16 2 76 0 (1w) Foley 13 2 75 1 Symonds 18 5 49 2 Queensland 2nd innings R M B 4 6 ML Love b Oldroyd 11 69 48 1 0 ML Hayden c Atkinson b Moody 124 184 138 17 2 JP Maher c Gilchrist b Moody 8 18 21 0 1 A Symonds lbw b Martyn 14 25 20 2 0 *SG Law lbw b Angel 7 29 22 0 0 GI Foley lbw b Oldroyd 22 43 40 3 0 +WA Seccombe not out 54 127 122 3 1 AJ Bichel c Atkinson b Martyn 50 67 58 8 0 BN Creevey c Gilchrist b Martyn 3 9 10 0 0 GJ Rowell c Gilchrist b Martyn 8 18 25 1 0 JH Dawes c Martyn b Moody 4 26 18 0 0 Extras (lb 4, nb 4) 8 Total (all out, 86.4 overs, 312 mins) 313 FoW: 1-61, 2-80, 3-121, 4-146, 5-188, 6-190, 7-269, 8-276, 9-296, 10-313. Bowling O M R W Angel 11 2 46 1 Atkinson 14 1 66 0 (1 nb) Oldroyd 20 2 81 2 Moody 21.4 9 45 3 Martyn 12 2 46 4 (1 nb) Langer 8 1 25 0 Western Australia 2nd innings (target: 106 runs) R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey c Love b Bichel 0 2 4 0 0 RJ Campbell c Law b Maher 36 90 74 4 0 JL Langer c Bichel b Rowell 31 48 37 5 0 DR Martyn c Seccombe b Love 28 43 38 2 0 *TM Moody not out 1 10 3 0 0 SM Katich run out (Law/+Maher) 5 3 3 0 0 +AC Gilchrist not out 1 1 1 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 1) 4 Total (5 wickets, 26.3 overs, 101 mins) 106 DNB: BP Julian, MP Atkinson, J Angel, BJ Oldroyd. FoW: 1-0, 2-49, 3-98, 4-100, 5-105. Bowling O M R W Bichel 4 0 21 1 Dawes 5 1 19 0 Rowell 5 1 17 1 Symonds 7 2 13 0 (1w) Maher 4 1 25 1 Love 1 0 5 1 Seccombe 0.3 0 3 0 Twelfth Men: PW Jackson (Queeenslandd) and SR Cary (Western Australia) Attendance: Day 1 - 509, Day 2 - 625 (Match Attendance - 2195) JP Maher kept wicket for the final 1.3 overs of the Western Australian 2nd innings

New South Wales v South Australia at Newcastle, 12-15 March 1998

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
New South Wales v South Australia
No. 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle
12,13,14,15 March 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: South Australia 2, New South Wales 0

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: AJ Morgan and WP Sheahan
First-class debut: BJ Hook (South Australia).

Close of play:

Day 1: South Australia 295/6 (Nielsen 8*, Young 0*, 102 ov) Day 2: South Australia 352, New South Wales 167/6 (Lee 38*, McNamara 26*, 75 ov) Day 3: New South Wales 284, South Australia 132/4 (Faull 87*, Young 1*, 50 ov) South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald st Emery b Davison 65 151 132 8 1 MP Faull run out (Bevan/Emery) 58 134 112 7 0 JM Vaughan b McNamara 61 171 155 5 0 *JD Siddons b Freedman 54 95 79 9 0 CJ Davies c Davison b McNamara 33 86 72 3 0 BJ Hook c Emery b McNamara 10 30 29 1 0 +TJ Nielsen c Emery b Lee 32 97 75 4 0 BE Young c Freedman b Lee 19 80 73 3 0 PE McIntyre lbw b Lee 5 17 8 1 0 BA Swain b Clark 0 10 9 0 0 MA Harrity not out 0 1 0 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 13) 15 Total (all out, 124.1 overs, 444 mins) 352 FoW: 1-128 (Fitzgerald), 2-130 (Faull), 3-223 (Siddons), 4-273 (Vaughan), 5-282 (Davies), 6-287 (Hook), 7-338 (Young), 8-347 (Nielsen), 9-352 (McIntyre), 10-352 (Swain). Bowling O M R W Cook 8 1 31 0 Clark 17.1 4 44 1 McNamara 23 7 47 3 Freedman 40 9 117 1 Bevan 6 0 36 0 Davison 18 8 36 1 Lee 12 4 26 3 New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 CJ Richards b McIntyre 61 168 135 7 0 RJ Davison b Young 14 65 57 0 0 MG Bevan c Nielsen b Swain 0 19 18 0 0 KJ Geyer c Vaughan b Young 14 42 42 1 0 S Lee c Nielsen b Swain 48 176 153 5 0 GC Rummans b Harrity 7 11 11 1 0 *+PA Emery b Harrity 0 1 1 0 0 BE McNamara not out 68 265 201 7 0 DA Freedman lbw b McIntyre 22 67 48 1 0 SH Cook c Swain b McIntyre 24 65 67 2 0 SR Clark c Young b McIntyre 2 7 3 0 0 Extras (b 5, lb 13, nb 6) 24 Total (all out, 122.3 overs, 448 mins) 284 FoW: 1-42 (Davison), 2-47 (Bevan), 3-78 (Geyer), 4-105 (Richards), 5-116 (Rummans), 6-116 (Emery), 7-183 (Lee), 8-229 (Freedman), 9-281 (Cook), 10-284 (Clark). Bowling O M R W Harrity 27 11 59 2 (1nb) Swain 24 9 46 2 (2nb) Young 36 11 68 2 McIntyre 34.3 7 92 4 Hook 1 0 1 0 South Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 MP Faull c Emery b Lee 103 235 189 11 1 DA Fitzgerald lbw b Freedman 22 72 58 3 0 JM Vaughan lbw b Freedman 1 8 7 0 0 BJ Hook c Richards b Bevan 17 72 61 1 0 CJ Davies b Lee 1 19 16 0 0 BE Young c sub (SM Thompson) b Clark 64 143 95 5 0 *JD Siddons b Clark 21 52 32 0 0 +TJ Nielsen not out 23 29 20 2 1 Extras (b 4, lb 2) 6 Total (7 wickets decl, 79.4 overs, 318 mins) 258 DNB: PE McIntyre, BA Swain, MA Harrity. FoW: 1-50 (Fitzgerald), 2-54 (Vaughan), 3-105 (Hook), 4-120 (Davies), 5-160 (Faull), 6-197 (Siddons), 7-258 (Young). Bowling O M R W Clark 18.4 1 73 2 Lee 16 1 69 2 Freedman 24 8 57 2 Cook 1 0 5 0 Davison 8 5 7 0 McNamara 6 1 18 0 Bevan 6 1 23 1 New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 327 runs) R M B 4 6 RJ Davison not out 31 61 78 2 0 CJ Richards lbw b Swain 3 3 5 0 0 MG Bevan not out 25 56 72 2 0 Extras (lb 4) 4 Total (1 wicket, 20 overs, 112 mins) 63 DNB: KJ Geyer, S Lee, GC Rummans, *+PA Emery, BE McNamara, DA Freedman, SH Cook, SR Clark. FoW: 1-6 (Richards). Bowling O M R W Harrity 10 3 27 0 Swain 10 1 32 1 Twelfth Men: SM Thompson (New South Wales) and AB Eime (South Australia) Note - NSW 1st Innings: one no-ball by Harrity worth 4 runs. Attendance: 2948

Match #3: Australian Masters v World Masters at North Sydney, 8 Mar 1998

Masters, 1997/98, 3rd Match
Australia Masters v World Masters
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
8 March 1998 (40-over match)

Result: World Masters won by 8 runs
Series: World Masters wins the 3-match series 3-0

Toss: Australia Masters
Umpires: MG O'Connell and AG Watson

Players per side: Australia Masters 13 (11 bat, 11 field); World Masters 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

World Masters innings (40 overs maximum)                        R   M   B  4 6
*DL Haynes                               b Lawson              16  25  21  1 1
+PJL Dujon            st Robinson        b Bright              35  94  69  3 0
AL Logie              c Hogg             b Holland             55  86  55  6 2
RG Pollock            not out                                  52  71  56  3 2
Zaheer Abbas                             b Chappell            35  46  33  1 0
DW Randall            run out (Robinson)                       17   4   7  1 2
Extras                (lb 5, w 5, nb 4)                        14
Total                 (5 wickets, 40 overs, 167 mins)         224

DNB: CEB Rice, BL Cairns, J Garner, JG Bracewell,
    AME Roberts, DL Underwood.

FoW: 1-23 (Haynes), 2-105 (Dujon), 3-127 (Logie),
    4-199 (Zaheer Abbas), 5-224 (Randall).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Lawson                  9       2      29       1 (2w)
Hogg                    9       1      54       0 (4nb, 1w)
Thomson                 7       0      34       0 (1w)
Chappell                5       0      42       1 (1w)
Bright                  6       1      26       1
Holland                 3       0      18       1
Walters                 1       0      16       0

Australia Masters innings (target: 225 runs from 40 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
GM Wood                                  b Garner               9   4   8  0 1
J Dyson                                  b Roberts              0  11   5  0 0
*KJ Hughes                               b Garner             123 128  98 10 5
WB Phillips           c Logie            b Rice                18  39  40  1 0
GN Yallop             c Logie            b Garner              29  92  57  0 0
KD Walters            st Dujon           b Bracewell            7  13  10  0 0
TM Chappell           c Logie            b Bracewell            5   9  10  0 0
+RD Robinson                             b Bracewell            3   9   5  0 0
RJ Bright             not out                                   2   7   2  0 0
GF Lawson             not out                                   7   4   5  0 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 8, w 2)                         13
Total                 (8 wickets, 40 overs, 166 mins)         216

DNB: JR Thomson, RM Hogg, RG Holland.

FoW: 1-9 (Wood), 2-9 (Dyson), 3-57 (Phillips), 4-184 (Hughes),
    5-197, 6-198, 7-207, 8-207.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Roberts                 4       0      26       1
Garner                  9       0      28       3
Rice                    9       0      48       1 (2w)
Cairns                  6       0      35       0
Underwood               7       1      41       0
Bracewell               5       0      27       3

Note: Bowlers allowed a maximum of 9 overs

Attendance: 6500

Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, 5-8 March 1998

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
Western Australia v Victoria
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
5,6,7,8 March 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Western Australia won by 112 runs
Points: Western Australia 6, Victoria 0

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: SJ Davis and RA Emerson
TV Umpire: KR Rinaldi

Close of Play:

Day 1: Western Australia 196, Victoria 68/1 (Arnberger 40*, Saker 2*) Day 2: Victoria 157, Western Australia 231/3 (Langer 57*, Oldroyd 0*) Day 3: Western Australia 388/8d, Victoria 151/4 (Hodge 65*) Western Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey c Harper b Fleming 4 34 27 0 0 RJ Campbell c Fleming b Saker 6 21 19 0 0 JL Langer c Berry b Inness 7 58 44 0 0 DR Martyn c Berry b Saker 2 37 25 0 0 *TM Moody c Berry b Saker 31 74 51 4 0 SM Katich c Elliott b Inness 0 6 4 0 0 +AC Gilchrist c Berry b Inness 109 178 151 15 1 BP Julian run out (Davison/Berry) 3 23 21 0 0 MP Atkinson c Berry b Inness 4 29 23 0 0 BJ Oldroyd c Berry b Saker 13 75 45 1 0 SR Cary not out 2 11 13 0 0 Extras (lb 10, w 3, nb 2) 15 Total (all out, 70.2 overs, 282 mins) 196 FoW: 1-12 (Campbell), 2-17 (Hussey), 3-25 (Martyn), 4-31 (Langer), 5-35 (Katich), 6-88 (Moody), 7-104 (Julian), 8-127 (Atkinson), 9-192 (Gilchrist), 10-196 (Oldroyd). Bowling O M R W Fleming 18 4 39 1 (1nb, 3w) Saker 17.2 5 56 4 Inness 18 6 42 4 Harvey 11 1 34 0 Davison 5 1 15 0 Hodge 1 1 0 0 Victoria 1st innings R M B 4 6 MTG Elliott c Julian b Moody 26 75 68 2 0 JL Arnberger b Moody 45 140 117 4 1 DJ Saker c Gilchrist b Julian 9 55 37 1 0 LD Harper c Gilchrist b Atkinson 7 27 21 0 0 BJ Hodge run out (Katich/Campbell) 14 41 33 2 0 DM Jones c Gilchrist b Atkinson 8 24 14 1 0 IJ Harvey b Julian 23 68 44 4 0 *+DS Berry c Gilchrist b Julian 10 21 17 2 0 JM Davison c Gilchrist b Atkinson 6 12 14 1 0 DW Fleming b Atkinson 0 6 5 0 0 MWH Inness not out 4 19 18 1 0 Extras (lb 4, w 1) 5 Total (all out, 64.4 overs, 253 mins) 157 FoW: 1-59 (Elliott), 2-79 (Saker), 3-81 (Arnberger), 4-95 (Harper), 5-114 (Hodge), 6-114 (Jones), 7-134 (Berry), 8-141 (Davison), 9-141 (Fleming),10-157 (Harvey). Bowling O M R W Julian 19.4 4 63 3 (1w) Cary 8 1 20 0 Atkinson 17 6 36 4 Moody 20 9 34 2 Western Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey c Elliott b Fleming 44 87 76 8 0 RJ Campbell b Davison 100 153 110 20 0 JL Langer b Fleming 101 229 185 11 0 DR Martyn c Harper b Davison 17 53 64 2 0 BJ Oldroyd b Inness 7 57 44 0 0 *TM Moody not out 64 131 84 6 2 SM Katich c Elliott b Harvey 13 39 32 1 0 +AC Gilchrist c Elliott b Harvey 5 8 10 1 0 BP Julian c Harper b Harvey 15 23 22 2 1 MP Atkinson not out 5 4 4 0 0 Extras (b 5, lb 9, nb 2, w 1) 17 Total (8 wickets decl, 105 overs, 400 mins) 388 FoW: 1-99 (Hussey), 2-180 (Campbell), 3-227 (Martyn), 4-266 (Oldroyd), 5-315 (Langer), 6-340 (Katich), 7-348 (Gilchrist), 8-382 (Julian). DNB: SR Cary. Bowling O M R W Fleming 28 7 64 2 Saker 21 3 85 0 Inness 19 2 66 1 Harvey 15 0 82 3 (1nb) Davison 21 4 77 2 (1w) Arnberger 1 1 0 0 Victoria 2nd innings (target: 428 runs) R M B 4 6 JL Arnberger c Katich b Atkinson 14 23 37 1 0 MTG Elliott c Gilchrist b Cary 0 7 6 0 0 LD Harper c & b Cary 16 46 38 2 0 BJ Hodge c Julian b Cary 95 209 157 14 1 DM Jones b Atkinson 46 139 129 5 0 IJ Harvey c Gilchrist b Cary 0 19 7 0 0 *+DS Berry c Gilchrist b Julian 33 58 51 3 0 DJ Saker c Gilchrist b Atkinson 26 64 48 3 0 JM Davison c Gilchrist b Moody 15 31 24 2 0 DW Fleming not out 45 33 29 7 0 MWH Inness lbw b Atkinson 4 14 12 1 0 Extras (lb 7, w 2, nb 12) 21 Total (all out, 88.4 overs, 343 mins) 315 FoW: 1-6 (Elliott), 2-38 (Arnberger), 3-38 (Harper), 4-151 (Jones), 5-168 (Harvey), 6-214 (Hodge), 7-222 (Berry), 8-253 (Davison), 9-287 (Saker), 10-315 (Inness). Bowling O M R W Julian 19 4 78 1 (4nb, 2w) Cary 26 7 96 4 (2nb) Atkinson 20.4 5 60 4 Moody 8 0 42 1 Oldroyd 9 4 20 0 Martyn 5 2 12 0 Langer 1 1 0 0 Twelfth Men: KM Harvey (Western Australia) and SAJ Craig (Victoria) Attendance: 4948.

South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide, 5-8 March 1998

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98, 26th Match
South Australia v Queensland
Adelaide Oval
5,6,7,8 March 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: South Australia 2, Queensland 0

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: RG Kinnear and WP Sheahan

Close of play:

Day 1: Queensland 268, South Australia 24/2 (Fitzgerald 14*, Siddons 7*, 11 ov) Day 2: South Australia 275/7 (Young 30*, McIntyre 26*, 111 ov) Day 3: South Australia 302, Queensland 270/6 (Symonds 61*, Bichel 26*, 87 ov) Queensland 1st innings R M B 4 6 ML Hayden c Siddons b Eime 0 7 7 0 0 ML Love st Nielsen b McIntyre 24 96 70 1 0 JP Maher lbw b Harrity 5 10 8 0 0 *SG Law c Siddons b Harrity 15 34 30 1 0 A Symonds c Eime b McIntyre 163 227 202 19 3 GI Foley c & b McIntyre 0 8 3 0 0 +WA Seccombe lbw b Johnson 28 138 112 0 0 AJ Bichel c Siddons b Johnson 10 19 24 2 0 PW Jackson c Young b Harrity 4 51 40 0 0 GJ Rowell c Scuderi b McIntyre 8 27 24 0 0 JH Dawes not out 0 7 5 0 0 Extras (lb 5, nb 6) 11 Total (all out, 87 overs, 316 mins) 268 FoW: 1-1 (Hayden), 2-6 (Maher), 3-38 (Law), 4-84 (Love), 5-90 (Foley), 6-221 (Seccombe), 7-239 (Bichel), 8-257 (Symonds), 9-268 (Rowell), 10-268 (Jackson). Bowling O M R W Harrity 18 7 48 3 Eime 16 5 45 1 McIntyre 28 5 83 4 (3nb) Young 15 4 60 0 Johnson 10 2 27 2 South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald c Seccombe b Rowell 41 187 136 4 0 BA Johnson c Law b Bichel 0 11 6 0 0 JM Vaughan lbw b Rowell 1 3 3 0 0 *JD Siddons c Seccombe b Rowell 63 142 116 3 2 CJ Davies c Jackson b Bichel 55 158 137 4 1 JC Scuderi b Dawes 16 71 62 1 0 +TJ Nielsen lbw b Dawes 30 97 79 3 0 BE Young c Foley b Dawes 40 147 116 4 0 PE McIntyre c Seccombe b Bichel 43 93 72 5 0 AB Eime b Bichel 0 2 3 0 0 MA Harrity not out 0 11 3 0 0 Extras (lb 1, nb 12) 13 Total (all out, 121.1 overs, 466 mins) 302 FoW: 1-7 (Johnson), 2-10 (Vaughan), 3-99 (Siddons), 4-120 (Fitzgerald), 5-158 (Scuderi), 6-211 (Davies), 7-220 (Nielsen), 8-296 (McIntyre), 9-296 (Eime), 10-302 (Young). Bowling O M R W Bichel 30 8 66 4 Rowell 30 8 73 3 (6nb) Foley 2 0 9 0 Dawes 21.1 3 71 3 Law 17 5 27 0 Jackson 20 3 48 0 Symonds 1 0 7 0 Queensland 2nd innings R M B 4 6 ML Love lbw b Young 44 114 76 5 0 ML Hayden c Johnson b Young 101 246 190 11 1 JP Maher c Nielsen b Harrity 18 53 50 2 0 *SG Law b Young 0 5 3 0 0 A Symonds not out 100 203 164 9 0 GI Foley c & b Young 3 11 4 0 0 +WA Seccombe c & b Young 2 20 20 0 0 AJ Bichel st Nielsen b McIntyre 66 90 81 7 0 PW Jackson not out 0 7 6 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 8) 15 Total (7 wickets decl, 98.2 overs, 378 mins) 349 DNB: GJ Rowell, JH Dawes. FoW: 1-107 (Love), 2-149 (Maher), 3-150 (Law), 4-208 (Hayden), 5-216 (Foley), 6-228 (Seccombe), 7-342 (Bichel). Bowling O M R W Harrity 22 4 89 1 Eime 6 1 38 0 McIntyre 33.2 5 137 1 (4nb) Young 35 7 69 5 Johnson 2 0 9 0 South Australia 2nd innings (target: 316 runs) R M B 4 6 BA Johnson c Law b Bichel 3 14 9 0 0 DA Fitzgerald c Seccombe b Bichel 0 9 5 0 0 JM Vaughan c Foley b Bichel 26 120 79 1 0 *JD Siddons c Jackson b Foley 117 208 163 16 0 CJ Davies c Seccombe b Bichel 4 20 20 0 0 JC Scuderi lbw b Symonds 19 98 105 3 0 +TJ Nielsen c Love b Foley 8 18 26 0 0 BE Young not out 36 77 67 7 0 PE McIntyre not out 11 69 49 1 0 Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 14) 17 Total (7 wickets, 86 overs, 320 mins) 241 DNB: AB Eime, MA Harrity. FoW: 1-3 (Fitzgerald), 2-4 (Johnson), 3-115 (Vaughan), 4-129 (Davies), 5-175 (Siddons), 6-183 (Nielsen), 7-183 (Scuderi). Bowling O M R W Bichel 18 4 44 4 Rowell 13 5 30 0 (2nb) Dawes 8 0 49 0 Jackson 20 8 34 0 Foley 19 3 67 2 (5nb) Symonds 8 3 14 1 Day 1 A Symonds 100 in session between lunch and tea (40* to 140*) Day 4 South Australia required 316 for victory in approximately 86 overs. Attendance: 2849

Tasmania v New South Wales at Hobart, 5-8 March 1998

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
Tasmania v New South Wales
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
5,6,7,8 March 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Tasmania won by 9 wickets
Points: Tasmania 6, New South Wales 0

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: DJ Harper and SG Randell
First-class debut: GC Rummans (New South Wales).

Close of play:

Day 1: New South Wales 310/7 (Glassock 11*, Freedman 2*, 100 ov) Day 2: New South Wales 332, Tasmania 272/4 (Cox 104*, Tucker 29*, 87.3 ov) Day 3: Tasmania 468/9d, New South Wales 96/3 (Bevan 24*, Freedman 0*, 40 ov) New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 RJ Davison c Miller b Ridgway 2 36 41 0 0 CJ Richards c Di Venuto b Ridgway 164 293 233 28 0 *MG Bevan b Miller 58 108 90 9 0 KJ Geyer c Young b Tucker 41 106 95 5 0 S Lee lbw b Young 18 27 21 2 0 GC Rummans lbw b Miller 11 62 44 1 0 +CA Glassock c Marsh b Targett 11 88 68 1 0 SM Thompson c Marsh b Miller 0 6 3 0 0 DA Freedman c Atkinson b Targett 16 46 32 0 0 SH Cook c Targett b Miller 4 19 14 1 0 SR Clark not out 4 4 4 0 0 Extras (lb 2, w 1) 3 Total (all out, 107.3 overs, 402 mins) 332 FoW: 1-16 (Davison), 2-107 (Bevan), 3-226 (Geyer), 4-265 (Lee), 5-287 (Richards), 6-302 (Rummans), 7-302 (Thompson), 8-317 (Glassock), 9-324 (Freedman), 10-332 (Cook). Bowling O M R W Ridgway 17.1 4 51 2 Miller 32.2 9 88 4 Targett 15 3 64 2 (1w) Young 24 6 65 1 Marsh 13 6 27 0 Tucker 6 1 35 1 Tasmania 1st innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills c Geyer b Freedman 16 58 37 2 0 J Cox c & b Freedman 126 430 329 14 1 MJ Di Venuto c Lee b Freedman 47 95 74 7 0 S Young c Glassock b Bevan 50 117 97 8 0 *DC Boon c Lee b Bevan 7 9 9 1 0 RJ Tucker lbw b Cook 39 67 50 5 0 DJ Marsh c Bevan b Thompson 70 188 140 9 0 +MN Atkinson not out 38 153 114 5 0 CR Miller c Thompson b Freedman 38 32 30 4 1 BS Targett b Freedman 9 5 6 2 0 MW Ridgway not out 0 2 5 0 0 Extras (b 8, lb 11, w 1, nb 8) 28 Total (9 wickets decl, 148 overs, 580 mins) 468 FoW: 1-21 (Hills), 2-103 (Di Venuto), 3-208 (Young), 4-222 (Boon), 5-282 (Tucker), 6-343 (Cox), 7-412 (Marsh), 8-459 (Miller), 9-468 (Targett). Bowling O M R W Cook 32 10 77 1 Clark 35 7 94 0 Thompson 24 5 88 1 (1w, 4nb) Freedman 27 6 77 5 Lee 20 5 70 0 Bevan 10 0 43 2 New South Wales 2nd innings R M B 4 6 CJ Richards c Hills b Young 35 67 57 3 0 RJ Davison lbw b Targett 11 54 42 2 0 *MG Bevan c Atkinson b Miller 65 196 168 8 0 KJ Geyer lbw b Miller 23 73 70 2 0 DA Freedman c Hills b Miller 19 93 72 1 0 S Lee lbw b Miller 39 99 83 4 0 GC Rummans lbw b Miller 6 16 22 0 0 +CA Glassock b Ridgway 14 69 56 2 0 SM Thompson lbw b Miller 2 30 20 0 0 SH Cook not out 2 36 30 0 0 SR Clark run out 2 8 9 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 7) 8 Total (all out, 104.5 overs, 375 mins) 226 FoW: 1-41 (Davison), 2-47 (Richards), 3-96 (Geyer), 4-150 (Freedman), 5-165 (Bevan), 6-177 (Rummans), 7-218 (Lee), 8-218 (Glassock), 9-224 (Thompson), 10-226 (Clark). Bowling O M R W Ridgway 22 8 55 1 Miller 38.5 17 75 6 Targett 21 9 36 1 Young 7 1 25 1 Marsh 16 6 27 0 Tasmania 2nd innings (target: 91 runs) R M B 4 6 DF Hills c & b Lee 43 73 51 8 0 J Cox not out 38 82 64 3 0 MJ Di Venuto not out 8 8 11 2 0 Extras (lb 1, nb 4) 5 Total (1 wicket, 20.4 overs, 82 mins) 94 DNB: S Young, *DC Boon, RJ Tucker, DJ Marsh, +MN Atkinson, CR Miller, BS Targett, MW Ridgway. FoW: 1-82 (Hills). Bowling O M R W Cook 3 0 18 0 Clark 7 2 26 0 Thompson 5 0 25 0 (1nb) Freedman 3 1 7 0 Lee 2.4 1 17 1 (1nb) Twelfth Men: DG Wright (Tasmania) and BE McNamara (New South Wales)

Match #2: Australian Masters v World Masters at Coffs Harbour, 6 Mar 1998

Masters, 1997/98, 2nd Match
Australia Masters v World Masters
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour (day/night)
6 March 1998 (40-over match)

Result: World Masters won by 6 wickets
Series: World Masters leads the 3-match series 2-0

Toss: Australia Masters
Umpires: MG O'Connell and AG Watson

Players per side: 13 (11 bat, 11 field)

Australia Masters innings (40 overs maximum)                    R   M   B  4 6
GM Wood                                  b Roberts              9  22  23  0 0
J Dyson               c Bracewell        b Rice                76 150  89 11 0
KJ Hughes             run out (Logie)                          37  30  32  6 0
GS Chappell           c Randall          b Underwood            7  14  15  0 0
WB Phillips           c Underwood        b Roberts             42  57  40  4 2
GN Yallop                                b Underwood           13  12  16  2 0
KD Walters            c Dujon            b Garner              11  23  18  0 0
TM Chappell           c Dujon            b Garner               6  10   6  1 0
GF Lawson             not out                                   2   3   1  0 0
RJ Bright             not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 6, w 2)                         12
Total                 (8 wickets, 40 overs, 163 mins)         215

DNB: JR Thomson, RM Hogg, TBA May.

FoW: 1-19 (Wood), 2-66 (Hughes), 3-82 (GS Chappell),
    4-176 (Phillips), 5-194 (Yallop), 6-197, 7-211, 8-211.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Roberts                 7       0      25       2 (1w)
Garner                  9       1      34       2
Rice                    7       0      39       1
Cairns                  4       0      25       0 (1w)
Underwood               9       0      53       2
Bracewell               4       0      29       0

World Masters innings (target: 216 runs from 40 overs)          R   M   B  4 6
DL Haynes             c GS Chappell      b May                 58  52  48  9 1
*BA Richards          not out                                  79 157  96  5 0
AL Logie              c Dyson            b Bright              48  31  27  5 3
RG Pollock                               b Hogg                 1   6   4  0 0
Zaheer Abbas                             b Thomson             23  61  27  3 0
CEB Rice              not out                                   1   3   4  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 1)                    8
Total                 (4 wickets, 36 overs, 157 mins)         218

DNB: DW Randall, +PJL Dujon, BL Cairns, J Garner, JG Bracewell,
    AME Roberts, DL Underwood.

FoW: 1-83 (Haynes), 2-146 (Logie), 3-147 (Pollock),
    4-215 (Zaheer Abbas).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Hogg                    8       0      36       1
Lawson                  9       1      39       0 (1nb, 2w)
Thomson                 7       0      49       1
May                     5       0      35       1
TM Chappell             3       0      18       0
Bright                  4       0      36       1

Note: Bowlers allowed a maximum of 9 overs

Attendance: 5500

Final: New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, 1 March 1998

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997/98, Final
New South Wales v Queensland
Sydney Cricket Ground
1 March 1998 (50-over match)

Result: Queensland won by 2 wickets
Series: Queensland wins the 1997/98 Mercantile Mutual Cup

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: SJ Davis and DJ Harper
TV Umpire: SJA Taufel
Man of the Match: SA Prestwidge

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

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
KJ Geyer              c Seccombe         b Bichel               0  12  12  0 0
R Chee Quee           c Rowell           b Bichel              17  78  53  0 0
MG Bevan                                 b Prestwidge          14  51  36  0 0
S Lee                 c Seccombe         b Prestwidge          13  34  23  0 0
CJ Richards           c Love             b Bichel               0   1   1  0 0
KJ Roberts            c Seccombe         b Jackson             12  72  42  1 0
*+PA Emery                           c & b Jackson             38  79  69  3 0
BE McNamara           c Seccombe         b Rowell              14  36  22  1 0
SM Thompson           c Maher            b Prestwidge          15  34  17  1 0
AM Stuart             c Hayden           b Rowell              19  19  21  3 0
DA Freedman           not out                                   2   3   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 15, nb 2)                       22
Total                 (all out, 49.3 overs, 214 mins)         166

DNB: SR Clark.

FoW: 1-2 (Geyer), 2-37 (Bevan, 15.2 ov),
    3-41 (Chee Quee, 18.2 ov), 4-41 (Richards, 18.3 ov),
    5-58 (Lee, 23.1 ov), 6-103 (Roberts, 35.4 ov),
    7-126 (Emery, 41.4 ov), 8-131 (McNamara, 44.1 ov),
    9-161 (Stuart, 48.4 ov), 10-166 (Thompson, 49.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bichel                       8      1     25      3 (5w)
Rowell                      10      3     29      2 (1w)
Creevey                      8      0     32      0 (6w)
Prestwidge                   8.3    2     25      3 (1nb)
Jackson                     10      0     28      2 (2w)
Foley                        5      0     22      0 (1w)

Queensland innings (target: 167 runs from 50 overs)             R   M   B  4 6
ML Hayden             lbw                b Clark                8  15  10  1 0
JP Maher              run out (Roberts)                         5  11   8  1 0
ML Love               c Emery            b Stuart              13  45  31  1 0
*SG Law               c Emery            b Stuart               2  15  11  0 0
A Symonds             lbw                b Lee                 29  79  45  2 0
GI Foley              c Chee Quee        b Lee                  1  17  10  0 0
SA Prestwidge         not out                                  42 139  84  4 0
+WA Seccombe          c Emery            b McNamara            21  44  48  1 0
AJ Bichel             c Lee              b Thompson            30  55  41  2 1
BN Creevey            not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 11, nb 2)                       16
Total                 (8 wickets, 47.5 overs, 215 mins)       167

DNB: GJ Rowell, PW Jackson.

FoW: 1-13 (Maher, 2.4 ov), 2-14 (Hayden, 3.1 ov),
    3-21 (Law, 6.6 ov), 4-38 (Love, 12.5 ov),
    5-40 (Foley, 16.1 ov), 6-72 (Symonds, 24.5 ov),
    7-104 (Seccombe, 34.3 ov), 8-159 (Bichel, 47.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Stuart                       9      1     30      2
Clark                        9      3     24      1
Thompson                     8.5    0     33      1 (1nb, 1w)
Lee                          7      1     27      2 (4w)
McNamara                     8      0     24      1 (5w)
Freedman                     4      0     14      0 (1w)
Bevan                        2      0     12      0

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Attendance: 11,164