OD Round 2 Match Reports

[vic_orthdox]

This is where you put them. Not in that one andyc started. Thats for First Class games. Not there. But here.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Western Province Fight Back from Brink

Western Province is on the board in the OD competition after an enthralling contest with Free State. But a strong collective effort saw WP get home, in a result that thrilled manager Jack McNamara. “The way the boys fought it out was a great reflection on their character, and hopefully this can kick-start our season.”


Free State’s opening batsmen got them off to a great start, and it wasn’t until 113 runs had been brought up that Court and Halse were split. Both made fine half-centuries for their side, and at good clip too. It was Iqbal Tahir who copped most of the stick, his 5 overs being very costly for the side. From then on, there were a few Free State starts, but no-one went on to guide the innings home, and regular wickets meant that the total didn’t reach the heights that it could have at 2/164. It was Edward Aitken who started the disfragmentation of the Free State top-order, and in the end this was decisive in the win over their South African rivals. Henry White chipped in with three late wickets, as the visitors were bowled out for 256.

Still a challenging total, but it was made all the harder by the disciplined efforts of Ecclestone and S Mohamed, as WP’s chase faltered. Three of the top four batsmen got starts, but all fell for less than 23. At 5/79, 256 looked light years away. A crucial partnership between Zane Ardley and Evan Hawking brought about 92 runs, but still left another 90 to get, as they both fell in quick succession. After Venkat, who took a bit of tap during the day, took the vital wicket of Shaw, 50 runs were needed with only 2 wickets in hand. Luckily for WP, Tate was still at the crease, and he proceeded to grab the game by the scruff of the neck, and reached his 50 at run a ball pace. The total of 8/257 was brought up during the 49th over, and the crucial support of Iqbal Tahir helped guide WP to a very important victory.

Henry White, soon after receiving his Man of the Match Award.

The knives were out 20 overs into the WP innings, with some journalists already writing McNamara’s obituary, but this game revealed the character of a WP side determined to succeed.

Wild scenes in WP changerooms after the game

WP votes:

3. E Tate
2. E Aitken
1. Z Ardley

 

[Cloete]

TN bowlers carted despite their exceptional statistics while the highly unfancied and, perhaps, statistically worse batsmen put on a show for the Victorian faithful.

That's two weeks in a row where the TN bowlers have failed to fire despite having good bowling conditions in both. When asked about this Cloete declared that "the bowlers have been poor these last two games. Today the batsmen did their bit but they were never going to chase the runs down after a bowling performance like that. We have the best bowling attack in both forms, but if they continue to put in performances like this we may as well call them the worst."

Allegations of match fixing were also hinted as the highly fancied TN team lost two in a row. "Nobody is match fixing. We're not deliberately losing games. ACT got lucky, but Victoria simply outplayed us today. We have the talent and the team to beat basically everyone in this game, but talent doesn't win you cricket games. It's time we put that talent into each game and performed, then we'll start winning again. Best of luck to Rob who should come up with a victory in the 2nds though. Also, congratulations to Steve, Victoria were the better team today and deserved the win."

Rumour has it this Four Day match might see a change in the Tamil Nadu bowling attack which has been ridicilously cra... err... somewhat underpar from it's usual brilliant self these last two games.

 

[bugssy]

Captain shows how it is done.

J Kallis dominated proceedings today and was the stand out in a 97 run win for the blues to go 2 from 2 in the one day arena. Kallis was outstanding in his 133* (97) and had good support at the top of the order with Jones (31) & Cole (24) also putting in.
with a very good total of 9 - 323 nsw knew they where in with a very good chance but would still have to bowl well. Cornwall bowled well for yorks with 4 - 55 from his 10 overs.

in reply yorks never really got going loosing consistant wickets to finish 8 - 226. Salman was the pick with 70(92) & K agnew with 48*(55) but the bowlers from nsw where on there game with q moore leading with 3 - 32 of his 10 but was well supported by I bloom who did not take wicket but only went for 39 of his ten. Cole took 2 and Roll took 1.

NSW manager very happy with the result and was happy with the way things where going for th blues. happy to take the points and just keep ontop of our game. we have the players (i feel ) to go all the way so we will just take it one game at a time.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

The Grass IS greener on the other side.

The Bulls batsmen stepped up to the plate today in their OD second round clash with the might of the Colts. Batting first, they set a huge total of 6-324, which proved even too much for the mighty Colts batting lineup, upsetting the Div. 1 heavyweights by restricting them to 298 all out.

After a blazing start from Khan, Luke Owen took to the bowlers, particularily Hitchcock, as he stroked his way to a brilliant 119* from a mere 100 balls. He was well supported in the middle overs by Niazi, whose run-a-ball 67 proved almost as important an innings as Owen's to the victory.

Despite the great batting display, the Bulls bowlers failed to live up to their billing, leaking runs to all corners of the field, but their efforts were just enough, bowling the Colts out for 298, 27 runs short of victory. Tully bowled well, without taking any wickets. Mooney's 2-41, and Wascaroni's expensive 3-67 proved the decisive factors, as they dismissed key batsmen at the right times to bowl their side to their first victory in the OD arena this season.

Head Coach Daniel Smith was extremely happy with his sides performance. "The boys took a lot of stick a few weeks ago in the first round after that mauling from Dhoni. But full compliments to them, they dug in at training this week in preparation after last weeks great FC performance. They fed off the confidence and they came out on top. I'm delighted with all of them. The bowling wasn't spectacular, but this place is a road and they did what they needed to do. Bring on next week, I say!"

Man of the Match Owen was overjoyed with the victory, citing batting coach, and Queensland great, Stuart Law as his inspiration for his innings. "I've been working with Stu all week, and he's defiantely helped me have some confidence in my strokeplay."

 

[cometer]

Round 2 OD Wrap Up​

Leicestershire went into the match against Guyana full of confidence after breaking the drought of wins last week against Northerns in first class and wanted a similar performance this week. The crowd at Grace Road were in full voice as usual and much pressure was on the side to perform. Leicestershire batted first and it seemed almost like a terrible decision as the top order crumbled to be 3/29 due to top quality bowling for the visitors. With the pressure on the two left to sort out the mess were I Underwood and F Platt. Platt had been in sensational form and continued to do so carefully generating a crucial partnership. Many have been questioning whether Underwoods opening season record was a one off but Underwood powered his way to help Platt out with a 136 run partnership before another shocking collapse left Leicestershire in all sorts of problems defending a small total of 199. Underwood the best of the side with a well made 91 and Platt next best with 60. The only other batsmen to make double figures was Piggott who made 15 but always looked like he would depart at any ball.

The chase began horribly for Guyana much to the delight of the Leicestershire fans, as the very first ball of the innings Ezard struck, and the 2nd over Gallage managed to collect Jenkins to leave Guyana at 2/1. There was a mini fight back but Guyana never seemed to show anything as just as batsmen were looking dangerous they ended up losing their wicket as Guyana were bowled out for 155 and Leicestershire wrapped up the game 44 run winners. Ezard was extremely dangerous taking 3/16 off 6 overs and was not the only bowler with 3 as Gallage and Sammels also took 3.

In the end Leicestershire just seemed to be the better team this week and no surprises for the Leicestershire OD player of the season.

3. I Underwood [3]
2. R Ezard [2]
1. F Platt [4]

 

[Magrat Garlick]

SA Survive Surrey Scare
Runs- and Wicketfeast At Adelaide

South Australia continued their fine run of victories by completing a 24-run win over Surrey in tonight's battle at the Adelaide Oval. The match was occasionally dominated by the bowlers, and the batsmen felt they were short of time to make the runs - and thus scored at a phenomenal rate. However, in the end it was SA's discarded contracted player, Eddie Graham, who prevailed with five late wickets to become South Australia's hero.

South Australia batted first, and but for the innings of opener Ben Allen, it would have been a repetition of last week's match with Guyana. Yarvinder Singh went early, victim of a run out, and Rangnekar, Borde and Madurasinghe followed within 25 overs. However, runs had been thoroughly smashed by Allen in the meantime, and when Madurasinghe was dismissed by Mane off Sunny's bowling, the score was 158 for four.

A small collapse followed, as Allen fell to the c Mane b Sunny combination for a blinding 110, and when Trev Binny was caught behind for a duck the scoreboard read 179 for seven. South Australia fans feared a collapse, but Rick Stratton and Eddie Graham held their nerve and compiled a fine stand of 46, though they left Lawson's fast bowling well alone. Wettasinghe rounded off the partnership, and Bradshaw had Mooney bowled, as the innings ended on 230 all out - well short of a good total.

That was shown by Surrey batsmen Denny and Pandit. After just 12 overs had been bowled, they were 87 for one, with Binny and Stratton suffering from the Surrey scythes. However, Heath Axelby continued his nagging one-day bowling, as his variations of pace yielded three wickets to set Surrey back to 111 for four. Pandit rebuilt with Arendse, and then Arendse with Aditya Jones, and at 186 for five they had the game back in their hands. However, then came Eddie Graham's revenge. This season had been pretty woeful for him so far after the announcement that he had received a central contract, but now it looks as though Graham is a permanent fixture in the one-day side for a while, as his late spell recorded four expensive wickets to end Surrey's innings in the 32nd over, for 206 - 32 short of South Australia's total.

South Australia 230 (42 ovs)
B Allen 110
A Sunny 3/41, J Lawson 2/34 [9]
Surrey 206 (32 ovs)
F Pandit 58
E Graham 5/36 [5], H Axelby 4/64 [8]

Division One Table (not sorted for net run rate):
Vics 4pts
Qld 2pts
ACT 2pts
Karachi 2pts
Colts 2pts
SA 2pts
Leics 2pts
TN 2pts
Guyana 2pts
Surrey 0pts

Ben Allen 9/10 - stunning innings, although he was responsible for running out Yarvinder. Still, 110 off 100 balls makes us forgive everything.
Yarvinder Singh 4/10 - never looked confident, and a slow runner to boot. Will he open in the next match?
Khan Rangnekar 5/10 - appeared to be slightly set back by the swinging ball. When Bradshaw offered a straight one, Rangnekar failed to adjust, and nicked to Denny.
Sanjay Borde 7/10 - fine delivery needed to undo him, but 20 valuable and quick runs. Tidy wicket-keeping included a stumping.
P Madurasinghe 3/10 - thoughts appear to be in Sri Lanka at present. A woeful 14, in which he was dropped twice. Dropped a catch too.
Ben Collyer 3/10 - too expansive shot against the fast bowling of Lawson.
Rick Stratton 5/10 - widish bowling, which rightly cost runs, but his batting with Graham was invaluable.
Trev Binny 6/10 - early, tight bowling, which got the wicket of Mooney. Could have been crucial if Graham hadn't rounded off the innings so early. Poor dismissal.
Eddie Graham 8/10 - patient 18 coupled with five wickets, but his first spell was still expensive, and he strayed too much with his line.
Ian Mooney 7/10 - five catches in the slips was the highlight of the day, as he was the finest fielder on display all evening. However, indifferent display with bat or bowl..
Heath Axelby 6/10 - four crucial wickets, but still conceded 64 in 8 overs.

 

[andyc]

Inspired Zaman rescues Mashonaland

A match-winning knock from 'keeper Mitchell Zaman gave the Mashonaland 1st XI their first one day win of the season. Mashonaland went into the game after losing narrowly to Yorkshire in the first round, while the Northerns were also out to redeem themselves after being bundled out for 95 in their first game.

Mashonaland captain Saqlain Mushtaq won the toss and elected to bat without hesitation, as the pitch and conditions seemed ideal for batting. The Northerns, however, were off to an idea start to the match after opener Kade Harvey went for a quick run in the first over, only to slip halfway down the pitch, allowing him to be comfortably run out. Things only got worse for the Mashonaland from there, as Oulton (17), Beasley (22) and Roll (21) all made starts but were eventually undone by the disciplined bowling effort from the Northerns bowlers. Even Ben Straw, who attempted to play himself in and protect his wicket, could manage no more than 16 off 42 balls, while Michael Travis gathered only 5 before offering a tame catch to Khan, leaving the visitors on a precarious 6/87. This flurry of wickets brought wicketkeeper Mitchell Zaman and handy tailender Ian Bradshaw together. These two added 46, as Zaman attempted to farm the strike, taking the opportunity to loft the ball over the infield for an eventual ten fours. After Bradshaw (13) went, Ben Joshi and Saqlain Mushtaq both added 16 with Zaman, who by this time was speeding up his scoring rate as the 50 over mark- something which before seemed impossible- approached. After Mushtaq hit his 16 off only 8 balls, number 11 Alex Tudor came to the crease at 9/212, and, rather than shy away from the strike as many number 11's do, he took on the bowling, adding 42 with Zaman, including a frantic last over which saw Sharif's figures ruined- from 4/40 to 4/63. Zaman ended the innings only four runs short of what would have been his maiden one day century, while Tudor was on 21*, and Mashonaland had made 9/254.

The Northerns openers began the game confidently, with Andrew Holland and Graeme Smith seeing off the opening bowlers easily, until Saqlain Mushtaq came on first change. In his first over, the Mashonaland captain managed to sneak through the defences of one of WCC's biggest batsmen, and Holland was gone for 15. Bradshaw struck soon after, with first drop Orton out lbw for one, and Northerns were left on 2/33. Smith and Darden combined for a 56 run stand in almost as many balls, with Darden (31 off 26) doing most of the damage, taking a particular liking to part-timer Kade Harvey's medium pace. It was Ben Joshi who broke the partnership, taking his first WCC one day wicket in a rather strange way, as Darden went for a huge heave off the spinner, only to accidentally knock off his hat which brushed the stumps, dislodging a bail. At 3/89, Northerns were in an uneasy position, but still considerably better off than Mashonaland were at the same stage. Graeme Smith was batting confidently and readily approaching his fifty, but couldn't seem to find a partner willing to stick around with him, with Dawson (2), Afzaal (8) and Afridi (0), all failing to make an impact. Smith managed to add another 15 with Sharif, bringing the score to 137, but he was run out for 74 by a stunning piece of close-in fielding by Quentin Oulton, leaving the home team at 7/137. The next three wickets fell for only two runs, as Tudor and Mushtaq finished off the tail to give Mashonaland the game, with Northerns out for 139.

Mashonaland captan Saqlain Mushtaq took 2/29

After the game, Mashonaland manager Andy Cameron was clearly jubilant about his team's win.

"The boys really tried hard, Mitch Zaman played the innings of his life, while all the bowlers impressed and contributed to getting Mashonaland on the board for the season."

Mashonaland 9/254
Zaman 96* (89), Oulton 22 (25), Tudor 21* (16)
Sharif 4/63 (10), Shah 3/29 (10)

Northerns 139 (32)
Smith 74 (91), Darden 31 (26), Holland 15 (22)
Tudor 2/10 (7), Bradshaw 2/27 (7)

 

[Burpey]

Resounding Victory For Warwickshire

Warwickshire defeated Mumbai by 38 runs in their Round 2 one-day clash. The Division 2 match-up proved to be a highly entertaining match with flowing run-scoring but also some classy bowling performances from members of both sides.

Winning the toss, Warwickshire opted to bat first on a pitch that looked to offer something for both bowlers and batsmen. Ian Nicholson's (3-57) dismissal of Imran Guneratne for a duck in the first over of match put Warwickshire on the back-foot from the word go. However, Iain Vernon and Frank Drinkell (32) steadied the ship for the Bears before Drinkell was run out trying to scamper a risky second run. Enter Hugh Francis; Francis (76) and Vernon (71) combined to relentlessly punish the Mumbai attack with flowing blades. Ron Morris (68) offered a more than handy contribution to help Warwickshire post 6-293 from their 50 overs.

Mumbai started their run chase solidly but were unable to really get stuck into the Warwickshire bowlers. Pathiranalage Karunanayake (0-39), Greg Rigby(1-28), and Morris (0-27) all bowled tight lines, constricting the Mumbai batsmen. As the required run rate gradually increased, Naeem Ahmed (128*) decided emough was enough and started an assault of gigantic proportions. Scoring his runs off only 100 balls, he took to Patrick Gada (0-58) and Sanjay Gill (0-51) in his onslaught. However, late wickets from Owen Gayle (3-45) assured that Ahmed would have no substantial support and restricted Mumbai's total to 5-255.


Warwickshire 6-293 (50)
Francis 76(78), Guneratne 71(65)
Nichoslon 3-57(10), Joshi 1-46(10)

Mumbai 5-255 (50)
Ahmed 128*(100), Adhikari 33(57)
Gayle 3-45(9), Rigby 1-27(7)

Man of the match: I Gunertane

 

[Slats4ever]

Former Managers Delight at finding out about win

If you had thought that former WP manager had lost contact with the goings on of WP you'd be wrong. Former manager Ian Markus was eating a pie at his pet dogs showjumping event when he got the good news his former team had won for the first time this year.

 

[Burpey]

Showjumping at a pool? What next, cricket in a footy stadium?

 

[superkingdave]

Ton-up Truscott Defies Aussies
Manchester Evening News

A hard fought win for the Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford came through the efforts of Terry 'Throwback' Truscott and a solid all round bowling display led by Albus Freeman. Truscott was forced to watch from the non-strikers end as Andre Adams dismissed Maurice Aronstam and Captain Midlane in 2 balls inside the first over, but he started the recovery with big Raees Amjad before another quick double strike left Lancashire teetering on 59-4. Enter Ziggy Siggins to play his first knock for the team, he added 163 with Truscott to get Lancashire on track again. Both were out before the end, but Lancashire managed to post 244-6. Truscott made exaclty 100 while Siggins made 79.

Terry Truscott: His fashion sense comes under scrutiny in the dressing room, but his cricket skills speak for themselves

In contrast to the Lancashire innings, Western Australia got off to a good start adding 89 for the first wicket, but they floundered trying to up the run rate in the face of some tight Lancashire bowling. Albus Freeman took 3 quick wickets and Weerkoon chipped in as WA slumped to 123-4. Amjad, Diwan and Engineer all bowled with good control as the visitors were unable to target any of the bowlers. Following Rayadu's 55, none of the other batsmen were able to build on starts and the decision to open with spinner Weerakoon was once again vindicated as he condeded just 25 from his 10 overs. Western Australia finished their 50 overs 32 runs short as Lancashire celebrated their second victory of the season.

Weerakoon : Unbelievably Tight

Man of the Match was a close affair but ultimately Truscott won it for his vital century.

 

[Dark Hunter]

Karachi Come Crashing Back To Earth
After last rounds massive win over Qld, The Karachi 1st XI were looking to carry that form into the second round against the ACT. Karachi were sent in to bat, and Manhus and Jenkins strode confidently to the middle, looking to set another big total. 30 overs later, and Karachi were looking anything but confident. Thanks to an inspiring performance from Ramage (5/37), Karachi were all out for a paltry 137. Jenkins (47) and Cooke (40) were the only batsmen to make any score of note.

The bowlers knew they were going to have to pull out something special of their own, if Karachi had any chance of winning the match. De Villiers fell to Pradeep early, and while the ACT batsmen were scoring at an aggresive rate, wickets fell at regular intervals, and at 5/75 Karachi felt they were in with a chance. But smart batting from Cardew (29) meant that the ACT walked away 4 wicket victors. Louw (3/51) was the only Karachi bowler to take multiple wickets.

Speaking to reporters after the game, Karachi manager Myles Hutchinson defended the team. "I don't believe we played that badly. The pitch was doing a bit, and the scores in both innings reflect this. 137 was always going to be hard to defend, and I think the bowlers did an excelent job to make it as close as it was. Jenkins and Cooke both batted well, and had the others taken note of the way they played, and added another 30-40 runs, I think the match would have gone down to the wire."

MOM - M.Ramage

 

[crickhowell]

Weerakoon : Unbelievably Tight

Sounds like something out of the 12th Man.
Yes, my young mind has yet to develop the skill where I dont see something disgusting in everything said or read.

 

[The Baconator]

Dhammika Demolishes Desperate Auckland

Ranil Dhammika's devastating spell of 5-55 set up an easy Tasmania victory against Auckland.

The home side won the toss and elected to bat, and started eventfully to say the least. Opener Zaheer Roberts creamed Mike Lampard's first ball through the covers, and pulled his second high over midwicket for six. He scythed the third to a diving Suresh Raina at point, whose sharp throw caught him unawares at the striker's end and Matthew Sincalir whipped off the bails.

K Godwin came in at number three, and played a gem on a innings for his 73. He smashed the bowlers to all parts, but like several of the Auckland batsmen, he seemed to forget it was a 50 over match. Auckland were dismissed for 177 in the 29th over, no real partnerships were built on a pitch where 300 and more was possible. Tasmania's bowlers weren't economical, but as the wickets tumbled they didn't need to be.

The target was easily within Tasmania's reach, but they stumbled at the starting blocks, both openers going early to leave them on 27-2. But now they had two of their best OD batsmen at the crease, the Indian pairing of Chandrasekh and Raina. They added 97 for the third wicket, to take the match out of Auckland's reach. Raina fell to Dwayne Leverock, and Sinclair followed shortly, but the result was never in much doubt as Chandrasekh and Kotak cruised home with six wickets and 16 overs to spare.

Man of the Match: Ranil Dhammika

The flamboyant Vikram Chandrasekh scored 78*

 

[alternative]

^ geez he looks like one of those South Indian Actors..

 

[Coach_Pearson]

Victoria continued it's undefeated one day season, winning both matches against Tamil Nadu.

The 2nd XI match saw another greta preformance with the ball, to once again get out of jail. Guinness will be considered for 1st XI selection for the out of form Ahmed. Unfortunately Man-of-the-Match Attewell can not be promoted due to been a rookies. Bright things for the future though.

The bus rolls on, next week we are in Mumbai for 4 day match, on tracks that are meant to turn, so Guinness is due to flourish, while Harwood may yet be tamed. Brett Lee has reportedly alreay meet with book-makers.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Western Province 2nd XI Wins Again

WP completed the double against Free State this round, as the 2nd XI went about a systematic demolition of the Free State batting order. With only one bowler going for more than 4 an over, and two disastrous run-outs, WP at one stage had Free State 7/47, before rolling them for 82, with only two players - one being the number 11 Walcott - reaching double figures.

After a solid start of 43, the result was never in doubt. Longe and Jaques both got starts, and it was left to Porter and Worthington to finish off.

Oliver Clarke did a great job for WP, taking 3/22 and earning MOTM honours.

WP Votes:

3: O Clarke
2: I Chilvers
1: R Hewetson

 

[Burpey]

Warwicks 2nd XI Faulter At The Line

The Warwickshire 2nd XI lost it's second one-day match of the season from as many matches by a heart-breaking margin of 2 runs against Mumbai in their Division 2 clash. Despite a brilliant knock of 128 off only 140 delveries, the Cubs were unable to reel in Mumbai's seemingly achievable target of 223.

Mumbau batted first on a track that looked like it would provide a steady flow of runs thoughtout the day's play. However, some tight bowling from Shoaib Akhtar (2-23) and Ulysses Wilmott (0-28) showed that the bowlers could also have their way. Yileen Goud's knock of 95 and a steadying innings from High Thompson (54) held the Mumbai innings together as they grinded their way to 5-222.

The Warwickshire run chase never looked in doubt from the outset. Opener Dustin Cooper batted like a man possessed as he picked off runs seemingly at will. He was given adeqaute support by James Bradshaw and Wilmott, who left the big shots to Cooper as they took time at the other end. However, Chris Vogel's dismissal of Cooper turned the game on its head with the run rate dropping dramtically afterwards. The Mumbai bowlers find their line and length and didn't allow the new Cubs batsmen to settle. A thrilling last over from Vogel saw the Cubs needing a boundary off the last deliver to win. However, a textbook yorker meant that Wilmott could only dig it out for a single and thus deny Warwickshire victory.


Mumbai 2nd XI - 5-222 (50)
Goud 95(128), Thompson 54(74)
Akhtar 2-23(7), Kruger 1-39(8)

Warwickshire 2nd XI - 2-220(50)
Cooper 128(140), Wilmott 48*(92)
Phadkar 1-37(10), Vogel 1-47(10)

Man of the match: D Cooper

 

[NZTailender]

Kallis century sinks Yorkshire
Yorkshire were dealt a heavy defeat by a confident NSW outfit at the SCG over the weekend.
Bowling first, the tourists were quickly on the back foot as openers Cook and Griffith took to the Yorks attack posting a 100-run stand along the way. Kaneria fooled Cook and was stumped by Salman. Robertson removed Griffith in the next over without any more runs being added. Kaneria struck again soon after with the wicket of Martin bringing Yorks back into the game with NSW 3-119.
It was Kallis's day though as he showed his experience and class by spanking a 133 off just 97. He took extra delight in humbling Danish Kaneria, who ended with figures of 3-75. His spinning partner, Anup Dave, went wicketless for 64 runs. Part timer Beasley slowed proceedings down a bit with 1 wicket for 10 runs off 6 overs. The quicks didn't fare either. Veteran Darren Gough was dispatched for 49 runs off 7 without a wicket while Robertson got 1 wicket for 55 runs off 7 overs.
All-rounder Wilden Cornwall regained some dignity with four lower-order wickets to be the pick of the bowlers with 4-55 off 10.
Geraint Jones and O Cole added quick runs down the order to boost New South Wales to 9 for 323 after 50 overs.

South African all-rounder dispatched the Yorkshire bowlers to all parts of the ground in his innings off 133 not out

Yorkshire's innings started slowly - and badly. Promoted to open, Anup Dave lasted 10 balls for 1 run.
This brought the captain and hero of York's first round OD win to the crease. Starting confidentally, he failed to make a similar impact on the game after being caught short of the crease and run out for 15. We beasley also lasted 10 balls but made no runs.
Yashpal and Kripal Singh provided some resistence with 26 and 30 respectively. They failoed to go on and were out, along with Salman, and Yorkshire faced a humiliating defeat. Agnew (48*) and Robertson (36) restored some pride though they ultimately fell short by 97 runs.

Mohammed Salman celebrates his first 50 for Yorkshire.

In the after match press conference, Yorkshire manager Greg Thomas made a brief appearence.
"Outplayed. Simply outplayed" he said. "Kallis really took the game away from us. his innings was awesome - there's really no other way to describe it. We had chances but didn't capitalise. At the end of the day, his 133 was the difference between NSW making 9 for 323 instead of being all out for 190."
Mr. Thomas also defended his controversial opener rotation policy.
"This was the second game, and Anup (Dave) failed in his promotion. I'm not going to make any knee-jerk decisions regarding this policy and I will stick with it for another 2 rounds, at least, before revising the opening positions. I would like to congratulate Mohammed Salman for making a fine 70 in the number two position. I hope he continues with similar scores in his opening role."


New South Wales 9 for 323 after 50 overs
J Kallis 133*, S Cook 57*
W Cornwall 4-55, D Kaneria 3-75

Yorkshire 8-226 after 50 overs
M Salman 70, K Agnew 48*
Q Moore 3-32, O Cole 2-47

NSW won by 97 runs
MOTM: J Kallis


Yorkshire MVP points:
3. M Salman
2. W Cornwall
1. K Agnew

Darren Gough - the spearhead of Yorkshire's attack is wicketless after two rounds. Have the years finally caught up to him?