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**kc_law** · 01-02-2012, 04:01 AM

The Test side

Australia is currently the no.1 ranked test side and have been so for at least 2 seasons. Australia spent many years as no. 2 and 3 before reaching their bottom in 2022 when they fell as far as 6th. However, this was the wake up call needed for Australian test cricket as this was seen as the catalyst for their rise to number 1. The rankings are below;

Australia (32)
Pakistan (29)
India (20)
Zimbabwe (19)
England (17)
South Africa (17)
Sri Lanka (16)
New Zealand (16)
Bangladesh (11)
West Indies (3)

The Australian side attempts to maintain a degree of stability in its team selections. The first choice eleven at present is;

1. Nic Maddinson (captain)
The longest serving player by a country mile with 175 matches at 35 years of age. He had an exceptional 2026/27 after a quiet 2025/26 to elongate his career but Nic is coming close to the end of his career and any sustained period of poor performance could be his last. His sole focus these days is test matches after having lost his place in the limited overs sides.
Matches: 175
Runs: 15997
Average: 50.30
HS: 242
50s/100s: 65/52

2. Mark Tong
The long term successor to Phil Hughes, Tong won the selection battle between himself and a few other openers to gain a spot as Australia’s opener. His impact was immediate, with an Ashes century on debut when filling in for an injured Nic Maddinson. Once gaining the position permanently he averaged in the high 40s for a period, but a quiet 2026/27, where he scored 402 runs at 33.50 with a highest score of 77 has left his position under fire. However, at 27 he has plenty of time on his side.
Matches: 27
Runs: 1830
Average: 39.78
HS: 157
50s/100s: 10/4

3. Malcolm Lingham
A shock selection when first picked, since he had no centuries in 4 years of first class cricket, he reinforced the stereotype that a baggy blue gets you a free ride to a baggy green. However, Lingham has been one of the strongest forces for the Australian side since making his start, averaging close to 50 from 47 matches. At age 30, he still has a number of good years left in him.
Matches: 47
Runs: 3900
Average: 48.75
HS: 204
50s/100s: 16/13

4. Alan Osmond
Osmond, now 31, was ear marked from a young age to be a great success, Alan Osmond debuted as 22 year old and took a long time to find his feet in test cricket. A diabotical Ashes campaign where he average 17 for the series saw his career on a knife’s edge whilst still in his mid 20s. After spending a year out of the team, and resuming his role as part of a strong Queensland middle order that had much success in domestic cricket, he returned to the side and has averaged well over 50 in the past 3 seasons.
Matches: 97
Runs: 7342
Average: 45.32
HS: 259
50s/100s: 36/20

5. Alex Freeman
Freeman, 30, is another exponent of the strong domestic Queensland side was pigeon holed as a one day player at a young age. When he lost form in that format, it looked like he was doomed to play out his days as a never was. However, he finally found an opportunity on the back of strong domestic form and has not looked back since.
Matches: 31
Runs: 2448
Average: 48.96
HS: 245
50s/100s: 11/7

6. Phil Adam
The youngest player in the team, at 24, with plenty to prove, he has not yet made this spot in the team his own. A member of the strong Queensland side, he scored a century in his second match, but remove that 104 from his record and his test numbers display a player clearly out of his depth. He needs to show some form domestically to keep his place for the Indian series.
Matches: 5
Runs: 219
Average: 24.11
HS: 104
50s/100s: 0/1

7. John Thorpe
The 29 year old man from Queensland spent several years behind the stumps in domestic cricket before Matthew Wade was moved aside by the selectors. His test match record is not nearly as spectacular as his ODI form, however he is known for scoring runs when the rest of the batsman have failed, with each of his 4 centuries coming in backs against the wall effort.
Matches: 37
Runs: 1759
Average: 35.18
HS: 168
50s/100s: 8/4
Ct/St: 83/4

8. Robert Dickens
The 25 year old New South Welshman brings strong batting with his tight medium pace bowling to be a vital cog in the Australian line up. However, in the previous season, his batting improved greatly but at the expense of his bowling, and if this trend continues, he may find himself out of the squad.
Matches: 39
Runs: 1379 @ 32.07
HS: 88 with 8 50’s
Wickets: 164 @ 30.83
BB: 6/24
5i/10m: 9/1

9. Gary Parry
One of the few South Australians to get a run in the test side over the last 2 decades, Gary Parry has been a solid but unspectacular part of the side. Bowling right arm medium fast, he has always appeared to being one bad performance away from being dropped, but a career spanning 70 tests at age 31, he has become a vital cog in the side. To add to his bowling, he is a solid batsman, batting at 4 when playing for his state side, although that does reflect the quality of cricketers being produced by that state.
Matches: 70
Runs: 2623 @ 31.60
HS: 127 with 2 100’s and 12 50’s
Wickets: 250 @ 32.81
BB: 6/105
5i/10m: 6/0

10. Richard Christie
Another member of the strong Queensland cricket side, at age 31, it took Christie a long time to establish himself as a test player. This right arm medium fast bowler began his international career as a short form specialist, but has been stepped away from those formats to concentrate on his test form as well as manage his body. He has the ability to bowl spells that tear batting line ups apart, but can also go long periods with out wickets.
Matches: 37
Runs: 439 @ 12.91
HS: 48*
Wickets: 147 @ 31.22
BB: 6-31
5i/10m: 5/0

11. Kevin Sutton
A 30 year old victorian leg spinner who was picked young and rewarded the selectors with spectacular performances over a number of seasons, Sutton is the centre of the Australian attack. One of an embarrassment of riches that Australia has in the spin department at the moment. His last 2 seasons have been quiet since getting injured in the West Indies whilst batting, which saw him out of the game for 3 months. This has left his place under fire with Nick Gray, another leggie from New South Wales nipping at his legs for a spot in the side.
Matches: 93
Runs: 645 @ 6.72
HS: 29
Wickets: 542 @ 25.68
BB: 9/93
5i/10m: 41/7

There are also several players waiting in the wings for spots;

Nick Gray - a 30yo leg spinner from NSW who has played 41 test matches and taken 234 wickets at 25.46. Was part of several seasons where Australia played 2 spinners in every match before the fall to 6th place resulted in a change of strategy. Is very close to a return to the side.
Gerald Flavin - a 28yo left arm fast medium bowler from NSW who has played 9 matches with 23 wickets at the unflattering average of 43.65. However, when he had a string of matches in the national side his figures improved immensely and he is one of the best performers in domestic cricket.
Gary Ferguson - a 26yo wicket keeper from NSW played 5 matches in the test side whilst Thorpe was injured, with 216 runs at 30.86. Nothing spectacular from him, but he is the next best wicket keeper at a time when there aren’t many quality wicket keeper batsman in Australian cricket.

At present, the battle for batting replacements is tight, as the previous line of replacements have largely fallen away.

**kc_law** · 01-02-2012, 04:03 AM

Other cricketers still present in domestic cricket with baggy greens are;

Chris Lynn - 134 matches with 10347 runs at 44.79, but is now too old at 37
Tony Springett - 99 matches with 7080 runs at 42.91, was incredibly consistent but is also too old at 37
Danny Daly - 23 matches with 1362 runs at 40.06, dip in form at the wrong time, at 32 could still make it back but needs to start scoring the runs soon.
Anthony Aylott - 16 matches with 896 runs at 38.96, got into the side on the back of a mountain of runs in the shield for victoria, at 33 will find it tough to come back into the side.
Neil Nixon - 12 matches with 667 runs at 35.11, was picked for his aggression at 6 but has fallen away since and at 32 does not look like getting back in due to being on the outer in a weak South Australian line up.
Richard Bevington - 10 matches with 556 runs at 32.71 and 6 wickets at 94.17, is a tasmanian batting all rounder who looked out of his depth in test cricket, but has found a niche recently in the ODIs.
Malcolm Hind - 8 matches with 225 runs at 28.12 and 33 wickets at 42.18, a medium pace victorian bowling allrounder who is now 33 and finds his role being filled in the Australian side by Dickens.
Dominic Radley - 9 matches with 301 runs at 27.36 and 29 wickets at 38.48, a star medium fast bowler for the Queenslanders but has struggled internationally, and his international career looks finished at age 30.
Tim Darkes - 14 matches with 671 runs at 25.81, a very aggressive opener from Western Australia, was one of 3 players who were hot prospects for Phil Hughes’ vacant opening spot when he finished up in international cricket. Still a top performer for WA, but is far too inconsistent to get another crack, even though he is 29.
Jim Crawford - 8 matches with 316 runs at 22.57. The other opener who was in the duel for the spot that was vacated by Hughes, picked extremely young off a small sample of very good performances, now struggles to make it into the Queensland line up. Is still 26 though.
Peter Rutter - 2 matches with 40 runs at 13.33, picked as a medium fast bowling allrounder during the period of 2 spinners, didn’t take wickets and was punted back to ODI specialist. Bats high for South Australia, but is 32 now, and not even a regular in the short form.
Jim Oakes - 3 matches with 12 wickets at 36.17, a leg spinner from the same batch as Grey and Sutton, from Western Australian and looks to be more suited to short format cricket.
Peter Corbett - 7 matches with 25 wickets at 39.76. One of Tasmania’s almost good enough eleven’s stars, never really pencilled himself in the side with his medium fast in an international career spanning 8 seasons, he looks finished with international cricket at 32.
Gerald Conran - 2 matches with 5 wickets at 59.00. A star of Victorian one day cricket who bowls fast medium, has never made it into the ODI team and has never seen success in long format cricket, lucky cap. Still 27 though.
Lawrence Aitkenhead - 6 matches with 14 wickets at 64.21, a part of a successful period for New South Wales a number of seasons ago, this 34 year old medium fast bowler is reaching the end of his first class career
Andy Liddell - 7 matches with 15 wickets at 56.07, a lightning quick bowler from South Australia who was capable of destroying, but at 32 is not coming back to the side
Wayne Kevan - 18 matches with 79 wickets at 33.51, this now 35 year old New South Welshman formed a strong partnership with Ryan Duffield for almost 2 seasons in the Australian side but team failure resulted in him not getting as many games as he probably deserved.

**kc_law** · 01-02-2012, 06:29 AM

The Short Format Sides

The short format teams have fallen away a bit since the rise of the test side. When the test side was struggling, the ODI and T20 sides were both on top of the world. Here are the rankings for both as they sit;

One Day International Rankings

Pakistan (27)
Sri Lanka (26)
South Africa (25)
Australia (22)
Bangladesh (20)
India (16)
England (14)
New Zealand (14)
West Indies (10)
Zimbabwe (6)

Twenty20 International Rankings

England (23)
Sri Lanka (21)
Australia (20)
India (20)
South Africa (19)
Pakistan (19)
Bangladesh (18)
New Zealand (15)
Zimbabwe (11)
West Indies (10)

The team for the shorter formats is not as stable as the team in test matches. The squad is relatively stable, however, and teams get picked out of that based on form and conditions. The ODI and T20 sides have a tendency to have a very different list of players to that of the test side, however this gap is lessening at the moment, due to the underperformance of the limited overs sides. Players who would be picked now if I had to pick shorter format sides immediately are below (their stats are only shown if I would pick them in that 15 man squad);

William Westwood (captain)
ODI
165 matches with 6456 runs @ 40.86 with SR = 82.74
HS: 157 with 48 50's and 10 100's
T20I
61 matches with 1144 runs @ 24.34 with SR = 137.82
HS: 81* with 6 50's
The longest serving player in the ODI side as well as opener, he is a New South Welshman who started his career in the shadow on Hughes and Maddinson, and struggled in the middle order. However with injury to Hughes, brought opportunity to bat higher, and he pushed Hughes down the order as he was the world's best One Day international batsman for 2 seasons. He is now 35 and will definitely not make it to the next world cup, however, he is required in the side until a new opening partnership can be finalised.

Wayne Gray
ODI
22 matches with 899 runs @ 40.86 with SR = 71.46
HS: 125 with 4 50’s and 2 100’s
The 24 year old Tasmanian is a recent addition to the squad as opener and has performed strongly thus far

Fred Ryan
ODI
31 matches with 611 runs @ 25.46 with SR = 114.40
HS: 72 with 4 50’s
T20I
14 matches with 400 runs @ 44.44 with SR = 184.33
HS: 103* with 1 50 and 1 100
A 25 year old Tasmanian who has been pigeon holed as a slogger. Opens in the Twenty20 and floats in the order in ODI’s. Hasn’t mastered the art of staying for a long innings yet.

John Thorpe
ODI
28 matches with 1056 runs @ 44.00 with SR = 96.95
HS: 135* with 6 50’s and 1 100
Ct/St: 28/7
T20I
7 matches with 108 runs @ 21.60 with SR = 130.10
HS: 32
Ct/St: 7/0
The Australian and Queensland wicket keeper who only recently took the gloves from Chris Lynn. Was spectacular in the recent world cup. Bats anywhere from 4 - 7 in both formats.

George Child
ODI
42 matches with 1292 runs @ 34.00 with SR = 77.86
HS: 127* with 7 50’s and 2 100’s
T20I
7 matches with 120 runs @ 17.14 with SR = 122.44
HS: 57 with 1 50
[i]27 year old Queensland opener who finds himself batting at 4 for the ODI side, however is not a consistent selection in the playing XI. He has been a regular in the squad for several seasons now, though.

Alan Osmond
ODI
26 matches with 661 runs @ 26.44 with SR = 80.49
HS: 87 with 6 50’s
Recently added to the one day side to add stability to the volatile line up. His first inclusion in the one day side was followed by his form slump that saw him out of the test team for a period.

Alex Freeman
ODI
31 matches with 818 runs @ 29.21 with SR = 73.61
HS: 84* with 4 50’s
[i]As a youngster, this Queensland native was given an extended run in the ODI side and despite early success, the step up was too much. However, Freeman was recalled for the 2027 World Cup after strong performances in domestic one day cricket and test cricket, and was instrumental in the massive score against the Sri Lankas in the semi final, with a rapid fire 78.

Justin Reeds
T20I
19 matches with 419 runs @ 32.23 with SR = 128.12
HS: 52* with 2 50’s
4 wickets @ 25.25, ER = 7.97
[i]Another cog in the strong Queensland middle order, that now find themselves representing Australia, Reeds showed positive signs in t20 international matches which catapulted him into the ODI side. Since his strong beginning, he has struggled, and now finds himself out of the ODI squad, but has a good technique and can also offer handy part time spin which has been proven useful in T20 cricket.

Frank Stewart
ODI
31 matches with 644 runs @ 23.85 with SR = 88.82
HS: 147* with 1 50 and 1 100
The 28 year old Victorian who has not set the world on fire in international cricket, but the 147 run high score and he’s potential keep him there and there abouts. Time is running out on Stewart, and there is a feeling that he is only in the squad till someone else stands up.

Paul Jacob
T20I
7 matches with 129 runs @ 18.43 with SR = 140.21
[i]A 30 year old Western Australian opener, capable of great power, has been known to come in down the order in the T20 side and swing with varying success.

Richard Bevington
ODI
17 matches with 366 runs @ 28.15 with SR = 98.85
HS: 108* with 1 50 and 1 100
33 wickets @ 18.58, ER = 5.32
BB: 6/28 with 2 5wi’s
T20I
7 matches with 92 runs @ 18.40 with SR = 137.30
The 30 year old batting all rounder from Tasmania got given a run in a dead rubber game of an ODI series just over a year ago, took a 5 for to the shock of everyone and has now been an automatic selection in the ODI side ever since. His bowling has been unsuccessful in Twenty20 so far, but he has found a niche in the national side and is carrying his form as far as he can.

Graham Currie
ODI
29 matches with 435 runs @ 31.07 with SR = 117.87
41 wickets @ 31.80, ER = 6.04
BB: 5/33 with 2 5wi’s
T20I
4 matches with 24 runs @ 8 with SR = 104.35
4 wickets @ 23.75, ER = 9.50
One of South Australia’s stock of solid all rounders, Currie is 26, bowls right arm fast medium and is capable of scoring very quickly. The T20 side has not yet seen the best of him, but he is a solid performer who is part of the all rounder rotation in the limit overs sides.

Kurt Brownlow
ODI
49 matches with 387 runs @ 24.19 with SR = 90.41
77 wickets @ 26.57, ER = 5.19
T20I
30 matches with 61 runs @ 20.33 with 141.85
37 wickets @ 21.57, ER = 7.71
Big Kurt Brownlow is a fast bowling allrounder from South Australia. Has been around the national side for a while now, aged 28. Capable of heavy hitting and serious pace, he is a constant fixture in the short formats for Australia.

Gary Parry
ODI
146 matches with 2261 runs @ 29.36 with SR = 98.80
HS: 107* with 7 50’s and 1 100
260 wickets at 21.66, ER = 4.81
BB: 7-26, 6 5wi’s
T20I
54 matches with 396 runs @ 20.84 with SR = 116.45
72 wickets @ 23.47, ER = 8.64
The last of the regular South Australian all rounders, Gary Parry has been involved in a few great escapes with the bat as well as being fantastic with the ball.

Peter Rutter
T20I
27 matches with 301 runs @ 25.08 with SR = 130.86
HS: 59* with 3 50's
29 wickets @ 23.03, ER = 7.97
BB: 5/32with 1 5wi
Another of South Australia's bunch of all rounders, Peter usually bats 3 for his state side. At 32 he is being eased out of international cricket, but he is still a very useful contributor in twenty20 cricket with both bat and ball.

Robert Dickens
ODI
37 matches with 459 runs @ 19.96 with SR = 89.99
HS: 56 with 1 50
46 wickets at 31.63, ER = 4.99
T20I
28 matches with 260 runs @ 37.14 with SR = 122.05
HS: 60* with 1 50
40 wickets @ 17.17, ER = 6.95
BB: 6/16 with 1 5wi
His batting has not proven to be as effective in ODI’s as it is in the other 2 formats, nor his bowling. However he is economical and starting to pick up more wickets in ODIs. Dickens is also sensational in T20 cricket, with his tidy batting and bowling all at 25 years of age.

George Lampard
ODI
60 matches with 598 runs @ 22.15 with SR = 111.13
HS: 61 with 2 50’s
112 wickets at 19.79, ER = 4.75
BB: 6/9, 4 5wi’s
T20I
24 matches with 89 runs @ 17.80 with SR = 98.88
28 wickets @ 18.25, ER = 5.44
Extremely tidy off spinner from Victoria, hard to get away and very handy with the bat. Is also aged 28 so has plenty of time in the short format sides if he keeps his form up.

Jim Oakes
ODI
56 matches with 282 runs @ 20.14 with SR = 79.20
97 wickets at 24.25, ER = 4.99
BB: 5/12, 4 5wi’s
T20I
21 matches with 36 runs @ 7.20 with SR = 73.46
28 wickets @ 20.14, ER = 7.49
Couldn’t find penetration in test cricket, but the 30 year old Western Australian has been more than handy in ODI cricket. Usually only plays when conditions are spin friendly, however.

Andrew Thaw
T20I
15 matches with 104 runs @ 104 with SR = 103.98
HS: 54* with 1 50
22 wickets @ 17.09, ER = 6.84
BB: 5/22 with 1 5wi
A victim of Australia's supreme spin situation, and generally Queensland's gain. This 30 year old leg spinner will be remembered more for his batting than his bowling, where Peter Rutter and himself combined for an unbeaten 9th wicket partnership of 101 to steal an unlikely victory against India in the T20 world cup in 2022.

**kc_law** · 01-02-2012, 06:47 AM

Domestic Cricket

Below is just a list of the results the state sides have had in the various competitions in the last 6 seasons so everyone can gauge how they are travelling and probably connect the dots to why so many players come from certain sides (or not). The rank on the left is the 2021/22 season, and it follows on to the right.

New South Wales
Shield: 3, 5, RU, 4, W, RU
ODD: 3, RU, 5, RU, 5, 6
T20: PF, RU, 5, 6, 5, 6

Queensland
Shield: RU, RU, W, 3, 6, 4
ODD: RU, 4, RU, W, RU, 4
T20: W, 5, 4, RU, W, RU

South Australia
Shield: 6, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3
ODD: 6, 6, 4, 3, 3, 5
T20: RU, 4, PF, 4, 6, 4

Tasmania
Shield: 5, W, 5, RU, RU, W
ODD: W, W, 3, 4, W, W
T20: 4, W, W, W, PF, PF

Victoria
Shield: 4, 4, 6, W, 5, 6
ODD: 5, 3, W, 6, 6, 3
T20: 5, PF, 6, 5, 4, W

Western Australia
Shield: W, 6, 4, 6, 3, 5
ODD: 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, RU
T20: 6, 6, RU, PF, RU, 5

**kc_law** · 01-02-2012, 07:12 AM

Records (since 2011)

The final section of set up that I have planned is just a list of the post 2011 records, because that's always fascinating to cricket fans. There was a fascinating test against New Zealand earlier in 2027 which now dominates some of the test records. Anyways, the list;

Test Records
Highest Total: 794 vs New Zealand (2027)
Lowest Total: 75 vs New Zealand (2027)
Highest Innings: 259 - A. Osmond vs. NZ (2027)
BBI: 9/93 - K. Sutton vs. Bangladesh (2025)
BBM: 14/179 - R. Duffield vs. South Africa (2017)

Partnerships
1st: 302 - P. Hughes & N. Maddinson vs.NZ (2015)
2nd: 220 - N. Maddinson & M. Lingham vs. Bangladesh (2026)
3rd: 238 - C. Lynn & U. Khawaja vs. England (2018)
4th: 356 - A. Freeman & A. Osmond vs. NZ (2027)
5th: 199 - T. Springett & A. Osmond vs. SAfrica (2024)
6th: 216 - M. Wade & U. Khawaja vs. England (2018)
7th: 180 - M. Lingham & G. Parry vs. Bangladesh (2025)
8th: 148 - M. Clarke & R. Harris vs. SAfrica (2011)
9th: 120 - R. Duffield & N. Coulter-Nile vs. NZ (2017)
10th: 122 - P. Siddle & N. Coulter-Nile vs. Pakistan (2016)

ODI Records
Highest Total: 474 vs. Canada (2027)
Lowest Total: 98 vs. India (2014)
Highest Innings: 174 - C. Lynn vs. NZ (2023)
BBM: 7/22 D. Bollinger vs. Bangladesh (2014)

Partnerships
1st: 221* - P. Jacob & W. Westwood vs.Bangladesh (2025)
2nd: 210 - S. Watson & P. Hughes vs. Windies (2017)
3rd: 200 - A. Freeman & W. Westwood vs. SAfrica (2025)
4th: 260* - J. Thorpe & G. Child vs. NZ (2027)
5th: 169 - D. Daly & J. Reeds vs. SAfrica (2025)
6th: 236 - C. Lynn & G. Parry vs. NZ (2023)
7th: 126 - P. Rutter & G. Parry vs. NZ (2024)
8th: 107 - G. Parry & G. Lampard vs. Windies (2024)
9th: 88 - J. Faulkner & S. Smith vs. NZ (2017)
10th: 78* - J. Oakes & K. Brownlow vs. Zimbabwe (2026)

T20I Records
Highest Total: 233 vs. Scotland (2022)
Lowest Total: 85 vs. SAfrica (2011)
Highest Innings: 122 - P. Hughes vs. Pakistan (2018)
BBM: 7/26 J. Faulkner vs. Zimbabwe (2020)

Partnerships
1st: 128* - P. Hughes & N. Maddinson vs.Netherlands (2018)
2nd: 158* - S. Watson & N. Maddinson vs. WIndies (2017)
3rd: 183* - D. Daly & C. Lynn vs. Scotland (2022)
4th: 103 - L. Pomersbach & C. Lynn vs. WIndies (2014)
5th: 75 - P. Rutter & N. Maddinson vs. WIndies (2024)
6th: 166* - F. Ryan & R. Dickens vs. NZ (2026)
7th: 71 - J. Faulkner & C. Lynn vs. England (2020)
8th: 107 - J. Faulkner & A. Thaw vs. WIndies (2021)
9th: 101* - P. Rutter & A. Thaw vs. India (2022)
10th: 38 - J. Faulkner & J. Hastings vs. England (2012)

**ab5ides1** · 01-02-2012, 12:36 PM

Wow, I love the attention to detail here. I will definitely be looking forward to this story. It is most awesome so far and I wish your team luck.

**kc_law** · 01-02-2012, 02:14 PM

Domestic cricket results leading into the first test...

ODD#1: QLD defeat WA by 91 runs
QLD: 6/248 (Freeman 84, Fortune 54, Miller 2/25)
WA: 157 (Thaw 3/41, Cox 2/31)

ODD#2: TAS defeat SA by 5 wickets
SA: 181 (Redmond 54, Lowe 4/26, Corbett 3/18)
TAS: 5/182 (Gray 111*, Shelley 3/40)

ODD#3: NSW defeat VIC by 90 runs
NSW: 244 (Lingham 74, Ferguson 56, Leaburn 4/63)
VIC: 154 (Flavin 3/26, Duckworth 3/32)

SHIELD#1: WA defeat QLD by 7 wickets
WA: 375 (Darkes 86, Bannister 84, Christie 4/77)
QLD: 208 (Lynn 51, Oakes 3/39, Thomas 3/56)
QLD: 263 (Crawford 86, Thomas 4/96)
WA: 3/97 (Darkes 42*)

SHIELD#2: TAS drew with SA
SA: 345 (Redmond 135, Corbett 5/89)
TAS: 292 (Paul 79, Bevington 63, Liddell 4/72)
SA: 7/225(d) (Parry 83, Webster 5/56)
Tas: 4/110 (Gray 47*, Liddell 3/15)

SHIELD#3: NSW defeat VIC by an innings and 16 runs
NSW: 499 (Jacob 145, Maddinson 99, Lampard 6/150)
VIC: 151 (Flavin 3/30, Gray 3/52, Dickens 3/59)
VIC: 332 (Piggott 66, Callan 51, Flavin 3/88)

ODD#4: SA defeat WA by 7 wickets
WA: 116 (Shelley 4/20, Brownlow 3/29)
SA: 3/119 (Rutter 33*, Oakes 1/23)

ODD#5: TAS defeat VIC by 68 runs
TAS: 239/9 (Gray 72, Rees 3/42, Hucknall 3/58)
VIC: 171 (Rigby 51, Collins 3/18, Marwood 3/37)

ODD#6: NSW defeat QLD by 129 runs
NSW: 276/8 (Maddinson 115, Tong 45, Radley 4/45)
QLD: 147 (Thorpe 47, Dickens 4/36, Legg 3/39)

ODD#7: QLD defeat VIC by 4 wickets
VIC: 155 (Rigby 49, Thaw 3/18)
QLD: 6/158 (Child 43, Leaburn 3/18)

ODD#8: SA defeat TAS by 2 wickets
TAS: 9/262 (Monks 73, Parry 4/57, Rutter 3/44)
SA: 8/263 (Melly 57*, Griffith 49, Lowe 2/41)

ODD#9: WA defeat NSW by 155 runs
WA: 7/287 (Bosely 65, Jacob 53, Duckworth 4/50)
NSW: 132 (Miller 4/44, Bakewell 3/10)

SHIELD#4: SA defeat QLD by 86 runs
SA: 182 (Redmond 54, Thaw 4/49, Yau 3/54)
QLD: 194 (Adam 33, Parry 3/47, Shelley 3/57)
SA: 301 (Nixon 72, Parry 71, Radley 3/51, Christie 3/69)
QLD: 203 (Fortune 45, Brownlow 7/36, Shelley 3/52)

ODD#9: TAS defeat NSW by 179 runs
TAS: 9/269 (Paul 68, Bevington 62, Dickens 4/37)
NSW: 90 (Collins 5/11)

SHIELD#5: TAS defeat NSW by 6 wickets
TAS: 386 (W. Gray 104, Ryan 79, N. Gray 5/150)
NSW: 162 (Jacob 51, Webster 7/71, Lowe 3/36)
NSW: 321 (Dickens 93*, Tong 50, Shelley 3/64)
TAS: 4/98 (N. Gray 2/30)

ODD#10: WA defeat VIC by 3 wickets
VIC: 182 (Moore 45, Nethercott 4/23)
WA: 7/183 (Jacob 54, Darkes 51, Lampard 3/39)

ODD#11: SA defeat QLD by 8 wickets
QLD: 146 (Reeds 45, Liddell 3/18, Bentley 3/22)
SA: 2/148 (Redmond 75*)

SHIELD#6: VIC defeat WA by 86 runs
VIC: 249 (Lampard 65, Marsh 56, Oakes 4/56, Miller 3/52)
WA: 178 (Darkes 52, Lampard 5/40, Sutton 5/64)
VIC: 241 (Piggott 61, Stewart 59, Oakes 3/72)
WA: 226 (Graham 55, Lampard 4/72)

ODD#12: QLD defeat WA by 2 wickets
WA: 149 (Graham 53*, Radley 4/34, Hopper 3/17)
QLD: 8/154 (Fortune 73, Miller 6/24)

SHIELD#7: WA defeat QLD by 31 runs
QLD: 601/7(d) (Thorpe 145, Daly 125, Fortune 93)
WA: 387 (Duckworth 78, Darkes 60, Bull 53)
WA: 337 (Bannister 108*, Bull 54, Thaw 4/107)
QLD: 92 (Bakewell 3/3, Oakes 2/8)

SHIELD#8: SA defeat VIC by 180 runs
SA: 250 (Melly 44, Sutton 7/94)
VIC: 155 (Stewart 78, Brownlow 4/57)
SA: 237 (Redmond 82, Nixon 61, Lampard 4/51, Sutton 4/97)
VIC: 152 (Moore 48, Liddell 5/33)

Anyways, onto the first test... but first

Originally posted by ab5ides1 View Post

Wow, I love the attention to detail here. I will definitely be looking forward to this story. It is most awesome so far and I wish your team luck.

Cheers, much appreciated. I hope you enjoy.

**kc_law** · 01-02-2012, 02:43 PM

Series Preview

Australia vs. India

The hotly anticipated series is the beginning of a tough schedule of international cricket for the Australian side. This series places 1st against 3rd in a gruelling battle across 3 tests. On India's previous visit to Australia, they suffered the ultimate humiliation with a 4 - 0 whitewash 6 years ago. The last time these two sides met in India was a torrid contest in India where Australia just defeated the Indians 2 - 1. However, these two sides have not competed in a test series in 5 years, leaving both sides unfamiliar with each other. These creates a spectacular unknown for this series.

First match preview
Australian Team News
The Australian team has been struck with injury to two of their key individuals. Alan Osmond is out with a broken finger and Nic Maddinson is out with illness. Both players are expected back for the second test, however it creates a huge void in experience in the batting line up. Richard Christie also finds himself out of the starting line up for the first test with a broken finger, however it is uncertain whether he will make it back in time for the second test.

This leaves several question marks on the Australian XI. They have picked a squad of 12, with a likely baggy green to be given to the 25 year old Tasmanian opener Wayne Gray, who has scored strongly in both domestic and international limited overs cricket this season, as well as scoring a hundred in the shield. His first class record is unspectacular with 2420 runs at 33.61, however this reflects the generally low averages seen in the shield comp, where the only non-selected players with better career averages in first class cricket being Chris Lynn and Tony Springett.

Danny Daly has also been brought into the squad after his century against WA, along with left arm fast medium, Gerald Flavin and the leg spinner Nick Gray. There is whispers that there could be a 5 bowler attack being used, or how the 4 bowlers should be composed. Gary Parry has been named captain.

Squad
G. Parry (C), M. Tong, W. Gray, M. Lingham, A. Freeman, D. Daly, P. Adam, J. Thorpe, R. Dickens, K. Sutton, N. Gray, G. Flavin

Indian Team News
India have brought a young squad to Australia, with most players in their mid 20s. This means that there are few touring players that have experienced the extra bounce in Australian conditions. The benefit of this, however, is that there are few players carrying the scars of the whitewash that was seen on these shores 6 years ago.

In their side, F. More is the leader of the batting line up, as their most prolific batsman in recent seasons. He will cause plenty of head aches for the Australian bowlers. The biggest danger arises from the spin threat of I. Mehra, V. Mishra and R. Khan. All three spin bowlers have impressive records, and those selected will need to be treated with respect by the Australian batsman.

Starting XI
F. More (c), K. Kishmore, R. Muzumdar, P. Khullar, W. Gavaskar, G. Puri, W. Mehra, B. Sodhi, E. Khan, G. Lahore, I Mehra

**cricfan1** · 01-02-2012, 04:36 PM

Very good description keep it buddy

**Imager36** · 01-02-2012, 06:45 PM

I'm liking this a lot! The time I tried to do something like this, I focussed too much on making up soap opera and not just doing the cricket. :P Good luck

**kc_law** · 01-03-2012, 12:31 AM

Australia vs. India - First Test

Conditions
The first test sees 5 straight days of Sun at the 'Gabba in beautiful Queensland. The pitch is showing no signs of assistance to spin, and although there is the tiniest bit there for the bowlers in terms of bounce, this could be a long couple of days for them. The light is great and the outfield is fast. Fantastic conditions for cricket.

Australian XI
1) M. Tong, 2) W. Gray, 3) M. Lingham, 4) A. Freeman, 5) D. Daly, 6) P. Adam, 7) J. Thorpe, 8) R. Dickens, 9) G. Parry (c), 10) G. Flavin, 11) K. Sutton

Indian XI
1) F. More (c), 2) K. Kishmore, 3) R. Muzumdar, 4) P. Khullar, 5) W. Gavaskar, 6) G. Puri, 7) W. Mehra, 8) B. Sodhi, 9) E. Khan, 10)G. Lahore, 11)I. Mehra

Toss: Won by Australia, elected to bat

--Day 1--

The first hour of the day saw traditional, attritional test cricket with Tong leading the way whilst Gray found his feet. This was due to some tight new ball bowling by Khan, the right arm fast bowler from Dehli, and the beast of Bengal, Sodhi. Khan's first spell being 7 overs for a measly 9 runs. The sustained pressure from first change Lahore (RFM) became too much for the debutant, William Gray, and he edged it to the keeper, W. Mehra, for 16 off 47. This ended an opening partnership of 49. This introduced Lingham to the crease. His stay, however was brief, with the off spin of I. Mehra seeing him punch it to Lahore in the covers. Just before the end of the first session, Tong brought up his half century with a powerful 4 through the onside. As the players went off for lunch, the score was 2/81, with Tong on 54 and Freeman on 3. Bowling highlights at this stage was Lahore 1/15 (5) and I. Mehra 1/17 (8).

After lunch, Tong and Freeman started building the total at a gentle pace. They put together 78 before Sodhi caught Tong on the crease, and with the umpire giving him his marching orders, Tong left with 89 off 154 deliveries, including 11 4's and 2 6's. This sparked the off spinner into action and a dramatic collapse, with Mehra getting 3 lbws to remove Freeman (42), Daly (3) and Adam (2) to reduce Australia to 6/168 after being 2/148. This left Dickens and Thorpe to begin the rearguard response, and they took Australia to the tea break with the score at 6/194.

The third session was a much more positive session for the Australians, with Thorpe and Dickens bringing up their 50's in a century stand for the 7th wicket. 51, however, was all that Thorpe could muster as Lahore found the gap between bat and pad, knocking down the stumps. This brought Parry to the crease in his first test as captain, and him and Dickens saw Australia to the close of play with the total of 7/298.

--Day 2--

The Australian resistance on Day did not last long, with Sodhi removing Dickens with the addition of only 4 to his overnight score, to make a total of 68. Flavin and Sutton soon followed as Australia were all out for 323. The wicket takers for India were I. Mehra (4/82), Sodhi (3/91), Lahore (2/28) and Khan (1/102).

The Indian openers came out to a mixture of cheers and boos, but Kishore's stay was not too long as he edged Flavin delivery to Dickens in the gully without troubling the scorers. This inspired More to go on the counter attack as he bashed 10 4's to be 53 off 62 at lunch, with India resting on 1/73.

The going in the second session got tougher, as the Indian batsman started grinding the Australian bowlers into the ground. The lone highlight from the inauspicious display was Parry removing More for 73 off 104. This did not stop Muzumdar and Khullar grinding away at the total, taking India to 2/159 at tea. Muzumdar striking a pain staking, but still unbeaten, 39 off 136 deliveries.

The third session saw a flurry from the Indian batsman as they took on the spinner, Kev Sutton. Muzumdar and Khullar upped the tempo as they removed the deficit and created a huge 155 run partnership. Sutton finally got his man however, bowling Khullar for 88 off 128. He soon got Gavaskar for a rapid 26 off 25 just before the close of play to leave India in a strong position of 4/292 at the close of play. Muzumdar was still there with 92 off 217, and as long as he was at the crease, Australia were well behind the 8 ball.

--Day 3--

Day 3 began with Australia hopeful of knocking over the last 6 wickets quickly and having India lead by no more than 50. Muzumdar, Puri and W. Mehra all had other ideas as they all contributed significantly to India's growing total. Muzumdar's stand was finally ended by Dickens, with 123 off 308 balls. Puri and W. Mehra, however, decided to add plenty more to the total, with Puri getting 64 and W. Mehra 41. Fortituously for Australia, the tail did not add a great deal, but with a total of 464 and a lead of 141, Australia were well behind in this contest. Australia's wicket takers were Parry (4/107), Sutton (4/155), Dickens (1/91) and Flavin (1/102).

This left Australia to face 2 overs before the tea break. Tong and Gray negotiated that safely, with Australia going in with a run on the board, and an imposing 140 runs still to get to break even.

The Dynamo from Dehli, Khan, must of magic drink at tea as he ripped through the top order just after tea, getting the wickets of Gray (0) and Lingham (5). Freeman and Tong stopped the dramatic scenes before they got too ugly, and at the close of play saw Australia at 2/110. They were still 31 behind but with Tong on 57 and Freeman on 43, they were still hopeful of achieving great things.

--Day 4--

Hope quickly faded on the fourth morning as the Indian bowlers tore through the Australian line up, reducing the Australians to 7/208 at lunch. I. Mehra had captured the two big wickets of Tong (68) and Freeman (47) before Khan removed Daly (3) and Thorpe (0). The beast of Bengal, Sodhi, also removed Adam for 29. This left Dickens and Parry fighting it out to make themselves a total that was remotely defendable. The Indians went into the lunch room feeling quite confident.

Soon after lunch Dickens was removed after adding 5 runs to his score at lunch (35), leaving Parry to bat with the rest of the tail. Parry started swinging and knocked out 64 off 75 with 12 4's to get Australia to 272, a lead of 131. Khan was the chief destroyer for India after a quiet first innings with 6/78 off 21 overs. I. Mehra also chipped in with 3 wickets (3/103) and Sodhi got the other (1/51).

Australia came out with the aim of destroying the Indian batting line up and when More edged Parry through to the keeper for 2, the Australians got a sniff of pulling off a miracle. Muzumdar and Kishore snuffed that out quickly, rollicking toward the total, finding themselves at 74/1 at the tea break.

After the tea break, the Indians rolled home, only losing one more wicket, Muzumdar for a rapid 68 off 66, a completely different style of innings to his first dig, showing the range of playing styles the 27 year old right hander has. Kishore finished up on 47 as India collected the 132 runs in 28 overs for the loss of 2 wickets.

India win by 8 wickets
M.O.M: R. Muzumdar

Australian 1st Innings
Indian 1st Innings
Australian 2nd Innings
Indian 2nd Innings

**kc_law** · 01-07-2012, 05:08 AM

SHIELD#9: SA defeat TAS by 119 runs
SA: 184 (Griffith 36, Bevington 3/40, Lowe 3/43)
TAS: 136 (Ryan 43, Brummer 3/25, Liddell 3/32)
SA: 274 (Redmond 56, Corbett 5/75)
TAS: 203 (Garside 44, Liddell 3/46, Brownlow 3/47)

SHIELD #10: VIC defeat QLD by 14 runs
VIC: 343 (Rigby 76, Marsh 76, Thaw 4/82)
QLD: 233 (Fortune 81, Knapp 6/86, Lampard 4/82)
VIC: 152 (Stewart 31, Thaw 5/49, Radley 3/41)
QLD: 248 (Edmonds 76, Reeds 70, Conran 3/55)

SHIELD#11: WA defeat NSW by 34 runs
WA: 319 (Bull 122, Graham 59, Lappin 4/92, T. Legg 3/58)
NSW: 207 (Oulton 68, Lappin 58, Thomas 3/45, Oakes 3/48)
WA: 132 (Graham 37, Lappin 5/26, Hemp 3/34)
NSW: 210 (Jenkins 44, Oakes 4/48)

ODD#14: WA defeat SA by 84 runs
WA: 9/251 (Miller 75, Bull 43, Brownlow 4/36)
SA: 167 (Redmond 40, Oakes 3/44)

ODD#15: VIC defeat TAS by 33 runs
VIC: 190 (Moore 43, Lowe 3/56)
TAS: 157 (Ryan 55, Lampard 4/17)

**kc_law** · 01-07-2012, 05:10 AM

Australia vs. India - Second Test

Conditions
The second test takes the two teams to Adelaide, and sunshine is expected for the 5 days. The first day wicket shows no signs of assistance for the bowlers, although it is expected to wear and assist the spinners towards the end of the game. The field is fast and light is not expected to be an issue in this game.

Australian XI
The Australian captain, Nic Maddinson returns to the team from injury and replaces William Gray at the top of the order. Osmond and Christie haven’t been declared fit, quite yet and remain out of the team. Daly has been dropped for leg spinner Nick Gray, with the Australians playing 5 recognised batsman with 3 pace bowlers and 2 spinners.
1)N. Maddinson (c), 2) M. Tong, 3) M. Lingham, 4) A. Freeman, 5) P. Adam, 6) J. Thorpe, 7) R. Dickens, 8) G. Parry, 9) G. Flavin, 10) K. Sutton, 11) N. Gray

Indian XI
The only change to the Indian line up is T. Mehra replacing Puri, despite his first innings half century. Mehra has a strong record in test cricket so far, and his omission from the first test was a surprise to all involved. Also from the news desk, I. Mehra is the world’s number 1 test bowler.
1) F. More (c), 2) K. Kishmore, 3) T. Mehra, 4) R. Muzumdar, 5) P. Khullar, 6) W. Gavaskar, 7) W. Mehra, 8) B. Sodhi, 9) E. Khan, 10)G. Lahore, 11)I. Mehra

Toss: Won by India, elected to bat

--Day 1--

Parry and Dickens opened the bowling for Australia, looking for redemption after the dominant victory by the Indians in the first match. They made the best possible start, with tight bowling restricting the progress of the Indian openers before they got a wicket each. T. Mehra in his return to the side tried to rebuild with the man of the match from the first test, Muzumdar. There was a brief resurgence before the first change bowler, Flavin, got Muzumdar nicking into the slips. Khullar and T. Mehra then knocked it around till lunch, trying to slow the bleeding, to be 3/59.

The second session saw T. Mehra and Khullar continue to fight as they started generating runs. They started getting on top, powering shots all around the ground and looking too good for the Australians. Both batsman passed 50 and looked like they were going to take the advantage away from Australia, when Sutton, in the over before tea nabbed the key break through of T. Mehra to even the game up. The Indians went into the tea break at 4/174 with Khullar unbeaten on 69 and the match in the balance.

Khullar and Gavaskar came out after tea and looked to build the Indian lead. Khular was out driving on the up when sitting on the unlucky 87 off the bowling of Flavin. This break through sparked a huge collapse which reached levels of insanity in the 74th over. The first delivery of the over, delivered by Kev Sutton saw Gavaskar slap a cut shot to Dickens in point, in what was an impressive catch. The next delivery was clobbered on leg side for four by Sodhi before Sutton bowled him next ball whilst he tried to smash another four. The fourth ball of the over saw Khan out lbw for a golden duck and Sutton was on a hatrick. Lahore safely negotiated the hatrick ball but was out on the last ball of the over. That completed a crazy over where 4 wickets were lost for 4 runs. Sutton picked up the last wicket in the next over he bowled, and India were all out for 218 after 3/170 and 4/206. Sutton finished with the stunning figures of 6/29.

Australia came out to bat sooner than anyone expected, and when Maddinson fell in the 3rd over, there were fears that this wicket wasn’t the batsman’s paradise that was prophesied. Tong and Lingham managed to see out the rest of the wild third session where 7 wickets had fallen for 68 runs.

--Day 2--

Tong and Lingham came out in the second innings looking to build towards a first innings lead with disciplined batting and that’s just what they did. Scoring at just over 2 an over, they survived the first session of day 2. Going into lunch Tong was on 42 and Lingham was on 48 with Australia sitting at 1/97, but there was still plenty to do on a pitch that was not quite as expected.

Immediately after lunch I. Mehra had his first wicket with Tong adding nothing to his lunch score. Lingham and Freeman came together and batted quite fluently as Lingham passed the 50 mark. Mehra soon has his second wicket however, when he bowled Lingham through the gate on 65. By tea time, Sodhi had come in to bowl and picked up Freeman and Adam to leave Australia in a dangerous position with just their bowlers and wicket keeper left to bat. Australia safely negotiated the period till tea and went in at 5/183 with a lot to do.

Thorpe and Dickens once again combined to resurrect the Australian innings as they piled on the runs and took away any hope that India had of an Australian lead being small. Thorpe pushed the ball around to score his second 50 of the series before falling to Sodhi on 52. Dickens and Parry stayed the course, however, and at the close of play, Australia looked comfortable at 6/283.

--Day 3--

Dickens and Parry came out on the morning of the third day, looking to surge the Australian lead forward. Dickens scored a half century before spooning a catch to Gavaskar off the bowling of Mehra. Mehra cleaned up the rest of the tail to finish the Australian innings at 341 and leaving Mehra with the figures of 6/109.

India came out looking to take the game back and More batted aggressively. This aggression came at a cost, as there was a mix up in the running that led to Kishore being run out. This was the only wicket lost going into lunch, with India trailing by 82.

The middle session of the day looked to be more positive for India, as More and T. Mehra slowly worked towards reducing the Australian lead. More got bowled through the gate on 49 as his scoring slowed, but T. Mehra and Muzumdar saw the innings through to tea with India on 2/120, trailing by just 3.

The last session of the day saw India to continue to work their way back into the match with a solid partnership with Muzumdar and T. Mehra. Both men picked up half centuries and panic started filtering through the stands that India could fight their way back into this match. But a few overs before the close of play Sutton picked up the wicket of Muzumdar for 57 and confidence surged back to Australia with India still only leading by 89 at the close of play.

--Day 4--

Second ball of the day saw Sutton bowl T. Mehra around his legs and Australia grew with confidence. Khuller and Gavaskar looked to work singles around, but Flavin had Khuller out for 11 with clever use of the old ball. The Australians chose not to take the new ball and Sutton and Flavin worked away at the wickets, with the last three coming in a flourish off the bowling of Sutton, when 3 wickets fell in 4 balls. This left Sutton with figures of 6/66 and 12/95 for the match, and the knowledge that he has bowled Australia to what should be a likely victory.

Maddinson and Tong came out to knock over the 126 runs required to win, and at lunch the total was 0/28. They came out after lunch and continued to work around the singles and put away the bad balls, making the pitch look a lot more docile then the previous 3 innings suggested. By the tea break Maddinson was 68 and there was only 7 runs to get. The Australians only needed two overs after tea to knock over the rest of the total, with Tong bringing up his fifty, finishing unbeaten on 52. Maddinson finished unbeaten on 70 as Australia won by 10 wickets.

Australia win by 10 wickets
M.O.M: K. Sutton

Indian 1st Innings
Australian 1st Innings
Indian 2nd Innings
Australian 2nd Innings

**kc_law** · 01-16-2012, 11:38 PM

Recent Domestic Results

SHIELD#12: QLD defeat NSW by 10 wickets
QLD: 379 (Golley 93, Edmonds 77, Lappin 6/120)
NSW: 200 (Jenkins 54, Rule 3/31, Radley 3/40)
NSW: 246 (Ferguson 60, Radley 5/47)
QLD: 0/68 (Crawford 44*)

SHIELD#13: SA defeat WA by 171 runs
SA: 218 (Shelley 59*, Cockburn 52, Miller 5/68, Thomas 3/51)
WA: 198 (Bosely 57, Shelley 4/61, 3/32)
SA: 312 (Currie 91, Cockburn 81*, Thomas 7/87)
WA: 161 (Bosely 66, Shelley 4/50, Liddell 3/33)

SHIELD#14: VIC defeat TAS by 311 runs
VIC: 245 (Stewart 75, Buss 54*, Webster 4/40)
TAS: 149 (Gray 55, Lampard 4/45, Conran 3/37)
VIC: 330 (Barsby 134, Buss 65*)
TAS: 115 (Gray 33, Lampard 4/26)

ODD#16: NSW defeat QLD by 1 wicket
QLD: 228 (Lynn 70*, Child 60, Lappin 6/53)
NSW: 9/229 (Ferguson 47, Westwood 46, Thaw 3/53)

ODD#17: TAS defeat WA by 55 runs
TAS: 7/315 (Bevington 120*, Shelley 86)
WA: 260 (Bosely 130, Darkes 62, Lowe 3/46, Webster 3/48)

ODD#18: VIC defeat QLD by 163 runs
VIC: 266 (Barsby 82, Stewart 53, Hopper 4/56, White 4/68)
QLD: 103 (Fortune 33, Sutton 4/6)

ODD#19: SA defeat NSW by 7 wickets
NSW: 162 (Tong 45, Parry 5/38)
SA: 3/165 (Rutter 76*, Currie 41)

ODD#20: TAS defeat WA by 110 runs
TAS: 276 (Paul 56, Gray 48, Oakes 4/59)
WA: 166 (Duckworth 50, Webster 4/53, Corbett 3/40)

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