- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.5 tries to leg glance, gets a touch and is well taken down leg side 119/52.2 tries to smash it over mid wicket, gets a top edge and is well held at short fine leg 21/19.3 advances and has an almighty swing and misses, Hartley does the rest 89/219.4 tries to slog over mid wicket, mistimed into the air well taken 186/6Extras4 (lb 2, nb 2)TOTAL194/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.7)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Aiden Blizzard, 2.2 ov), 2-89 (Michael Klinger, 9.3 ov), 3-118 (David Hussey, 12.1 ov), 4-118 (Rob Quiney, 12.2 ov), 5-119 (Brad Hodge, 12.5 ov), 6-186 (Adam Crosthwaite, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AA Noffke 3 0 34 1 11.33 0 1 AJ Bichel 3 0 41 1 13.66 0 0 NJ Rimmington 3 0 30 0 10 0 0 JR Hopes 3 0 32 0 10.66 0 0 AJ Nye 4 0 26 3 6.5 0 0 CP Simpson 4 0 29 1 7.25 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5 superb yorker, aims a big drive and edges onto his stumps 36/32.4 slower ball, backs away and tries to force to the off side, gets an underedge onto his stumps 22/14 backs away to square drive and misses a great yorker, Perren not happy with himself 30/28.4 drives at a wide one, toes it to the keeper who takes a brilliant catch 57/66.2 drive to cover, easy catch for the Victorian skipper 46/47.4 lofts down to long on, easy catch 50/59.2 quicker ball, plays lazily across it and is absolutely dead 57/714.4 top edges a pull shot to 3rd man, great catch taken there running in about 20 metres 95/916.2 lofted high into the air to deep square leg, catch taken and the Bushrangers win by 88 runs 106/10Extras14 (lb 9, w 5)TOTAL106 all out (16.2 Overs, RR: 6.48)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Craig Philipson, 2.4 ov), 2-30 (Clinton Perren, 3.6 ov), 3-36 (James Hopes, 4.6 ov), 4-46 (Aaron Nye, 6.2 ov), 5-50 (Michael Buchanan, 7.4 ov), 6-57 (Nathan Reardon, 8.4 ov), 7-57 (Chris Simpson, 9.2 ov), 8-77 (Andy Bichel, 11.4 ov), 9-95 (Chris Hartley, 14.4 ov), 10-106 (Nathan Rimmington, 16.2 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
Victoria , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
6.30pm - 7.50pm, 8.10pm - 9.30pm
Match days
7 January 2007 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
Points
Victoria 2, Queensland 0
Match Notes
- Hodge's 50 in 32 minutes from 36 balls, 1 six and 6 fours
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