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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