NSW recover from mini-collapse
A 94-run partnership between Steve O'Keefe and Peter Nevill guided New South Wales to within 11 runs of Tasmania's first-innings score of 237
ESPNcricinfo staff
06-Mar-2015
New South Wales 7 for 226 (O'Keefe 53*, Henry 47, Rose 3-65) trail Tasmania 237 by 11 runs
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A 94-run partnership between Steve O'Keefe and Peter Nevill guided New South Wales to within 11 runs of Tasmania's first-innings score of 237. That had seemed unlikely when New South Wales lost five wickets in the space of 15 overs for just 42 runs, after their openers Ryan Carters and Scott Henry had given the team a solid platform to build on.
Carters and Henry added 56 in 28 overs, but once Carters was caught behind by Tim Paine off Clive Rose, they threatened to let the advantage slip. Rose also dismissed the No.3 Kurtis Patterson, before Jackson Bird and Andrew Fekete snared two wickets apiece to wreck New South Wales' middle order. At 6 for 110, the team looked like they would concede an innings lead, but Nevill and O'Keefe, who had earlier starred with the ball by taking three wickets, batted for nearly 37 overs, as they deflated the Tasmania bowlers.
Nevill was eventually removed by Rose for a 113-ball 39, but O'Keefe went on to notch a much-needed half-century, his 53 featuring six fours.