Magoffin makes his mark with four on debut
Steve Magoffin picked up four wickets on debut as Western Australia bowled Tasmania out for 258 on the first day of the Pura Cup match at the WACA
Wisden Cricinfo staff
12-Jul-2005
Western Australia 0 for 2 trail Tasmania 258 (Cox 54, Birt 52, Magoffin 4-70) by 256 runs
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Steve Magoffin picked up four wickets on debut as Western Australia bowled Tasmania out for 258 on the first day of the Pura Cup match at the WACA.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, Tasmania were cruising at 1 for 134 on an ideal batting track before Magoffin (4 for 70), who crossed over from Queensland in the off-season, claimed three scalps in 12 balls to drag the home side back into the contest.
The Test bowler Brad Williams (2 for 48), who had been troubled with hamstring soreness before the match, got the first breakthrough after the openers Jamie Cox and David Dawson put on 80 runs for the first wicket. But the Tigers then faulted badly, losing nine wickets for 124 runs to be all out in the penultimate over of the day. Western Australia were 0 for 2 at stumps.