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Twenty20 Big Bash, 2008/09 / Scorecard

Twenty20 Big Bash

Victoria v Western Australia

Victoria won by 78 runs

Twenty20 match | 2008/09 season
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
8 January 2009 - day/night (20-over match)


Victoria innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Hodge	b Umar Gul	73	72	54	9	1	135.18
18.2 good length, Hodge tries to pull over mid wicket but can't connect, rattles the top of middle 165/5
AC Blizzard	c Voges b Edmondson	14	17	11	3	0	127.27
4.2 length outside off, Blizzard tries to put it over mid wicket but mistiems it straight to Voges at mid on who makes a horrible meal of the catch attempt 36/1
RJ Quiney	c Voges b Heal	25	19	17	3	0	147.05
9.3 tries to go over the boundary at cow corner, gets plenty of height and Voges does brilliantly well to take the catch at full stretch just metres short of the boundary 79/2
DJ Hussey	b Umar Gul	37	25	22	4	1	168.18
16.4 backs away looking for the shot over cover, a good yorker smashes into leg 157/3
CL White*	c Marsh b Edmondson	6	5	6	0	0	100.00
17.5 good short ball, White pulls cleanly out to deep square leg where Marsh takes easily 164/4
AB McDonald	c †Ronchi b Edmondson	8	11	5	1	0	160.00
19.6 shortish, backs away and skies it straight up, Ronchi takes a straight forward catch despite it swirling around a bit 183/7
AJ Crosthwaite†	c Marsh b Edmondson	9	8	5	2	0	180.00
19.5 shot ball swatted down to long on, didn't quite time that one 183/6
DG Wright	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-

Extras	(lb 4, w 7)	11

Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs; 81 mins)	183	(9.15 runs per over)

Did not bat JW Hastings, SM Harwood, DP Nannes

Fall of wickets 1-36 (Blizzard, 4.2 ov), 2-79 (Quiney, 9.3 ov), 3-157 (Hussey, 16.4 ov), 4-164 (White, 17.5 ov), 5-165 (Hodge, 18.2 ov), 6-183 (Crosthwaite, 19.5 ov), 7-183 (McDonald, 19.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Umar Gul	4	0	32	2	8.00	(2w)
16.4 to Hussey, backs away looking for the shot over cover, a good yorker smashes into leg 157/3 18.2 to Hodge, good length, Hodge tries to pull over mid wicket but can't connect, rattles the top of middle 165/5
BR Dorey	4	0	52	0	13.00	(3w)

BM Edmondson	4	0	25	4	6.25
4.2 to Blizzard, length outside off, Blizzard tries to put it over mid wicket but mistiems it straight to Voges at mid on who makes a horrible meal of the catch attempt 36/1 17.5 to White, good short ball, White pulls cleanly out to deep square leg where Marsh takes easily 164/4 19.5 to Crosthwaite, shot ball swatted down to long on, didn't quite time that one 183/6 19.6 to McDonald, shortish, backs away and skies it straight up, Ronchi takes a straight forward catch despite it swirling around a bit 183/7
MJ North	4	0	32	0	8.00

AK Heal	4	0	38	1	9.50	(1w)
9.3 to Quiney, tries to go over the boundary at cow corner, gets plenty of height and Voges does brilliantly well to take the catch at full stretch just metres short of the boundary 79/2


Western Australia innings (target: 184 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
SE Marsh	c White b Hussey	25	31	22	3	0	113.63
8.6 soft dismissal in the end, just gets forward and pushes in the air through mid wicket, good catch low down to his right 58/3
LM Davis	b Harwood	20	18	16	3	0	125.00
5.2 good area, maybe just a little bit of movement away beats the edge and hits off stump. A very timely breakthrough which brings the captain to the crease 38/1
L Ronchi†	c Blizzard b Harwood	6	7	11	0	0	54.54
7.3 shortish outside off, Ronchi can't control the cut shot and it's caught at third man comfortably 46/2
AC Voges	c Nannes b White	21	26	19	0	0	110.52
14.1 half tracker, terrible ball, Voges somehow manages to top edge it to third man, easy catch 88/6
TP Doropoulos	st †Crosthwaite b Hussey	4	7	6	0	0	66.66
10.4 advances and drives it into the back of his foot where it deflects to the keeper and he's stumped 68/4
MJ North*	run out (McDonald/Hussey)	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
10.5 from Hussey, guides to gully and calls for a run, well fielded and run out at the bowler's end 68/5
CJ Simmons	c Hussey b White	10	1	11	0	0	90.90
14.2 another rank half tracker, driven down the ground straight to long on 88/7
Umar Gul	lbw b White	8	11	6	0	1	133.33
16.6 darted in at off, gets forward and strikes him on the pad (a hint of an inside edge), but Umpire Reiffel has no hesitation in firing him...just get this over with he thinks to himself! 105/10
AK Heal	b McDonald	3	2	3	0	0	100.00
15.2 advances and ends up yorking himself, crashes into off stump 92/8
BR Dorey	c Hastings b White	4	4	4	0	0	100.00
16.1 shortish outside off, slices a cut shot straight to backward point 98/9
BM Edmondson	not out	1	2	3	0	0	33.33

Extras	(w 3)	3

Total	(all out; 17 overs; 64 mins)	105	(6.17 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-38 (Davis, 5.2 ov), 2-46 (Ronchi, 7.3 ov), 3-58 (Marsh, 8.6 ov), 4-68 (Doropoulos, 10.4 ov), 5-68 (North, 10.5 ov), 6-88 (Voges, 14.1 ov), 7-88 (Simmons, 14.2 ov), 8-92 (Heal, 15.2 ov), 9-98 (Dorey, 16.1 ov), 10-105 (Umar Gul, 16.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DP Nannes	3	0	20	0	6.66

DG Wright	2	0	17	0	8.50

SM Harwood	2	0	8	2	4.00
5.2 to Davis, good area, maybe just a little bit of movement away beats the edge and hits off stump. A very timely breakthrough which brings the captain to the crease 38/1 7.3 to Ronchi, shortish outside off, Ronchi can't control the cut shot and it's caught at third man comfortably 46/2
DJ Hussey	4	0	24	2	6.00
8.6 to Marsh, soft dismissal in the end, just gets forward and pushes in the air through mid wicket, good catch low down to his right 58/3 10.4 to Doropoulos, advances and drives it into the back of his foot where it deflects to the keeper and he's stumped 68/4
AB McDonald	4	0	26	1	6.50	(2w)
15.2 to Heal, advances and ends up yorking himself, crashes into off stump 92/8
CL White	2	0	10	4	5.00	(1w)
14.1 to Voges, half tracker, terrible ball, Voges somehow manages to top edge it to third man, easy catch 88/6 14.2 to Simmons, another rank half tracker, driven down the ground straight to long on 88/7 16.1 to Dorey, shortish outside off, slices a cut shot straight to backward point 98/9 16.6 to Umar Gul, darted in at off, gets forward and strikes him on the pad (a hint of an inside edge), but Umpire Reiffel has no hesitation in firing him...just get this over with he thinks to himself! 105/10

Match details

Toss Victoria, who chose to bat
Points Victoria 2, Western Australia 0

Player of the match BJ Hodge (Victoria)

Umpires GC Joshua and PR Reiffel

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