Stoinis blitz seals Victoria win
Victoria started their bid for an improved Sheffield Shield performance with a hiding of New South Wales at the MCG, though it was marred by a sickening blow suffered by Ben Rohrer
ESPNcricinfo staff
03-Nov-2014
Victoria 5 for 507 dec (Hussey 129, Handscomb 108*, Christian 105*) and 1 for 131 (Stoinis 84*) beat New South Wales 366 (Nevill 87, Boland 6-67) and 271 (Carters 58, Fawad 3-49) by 9 wickets
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Victoria started their bid for an improved Sheffield Shield performance with a hiding of New South Wales at the MCG, though it was marred by a sickening blow suffered by Ben Rohrer.
Rohrer and the NSW captain Peter Nevill were trying to delay the Bushrangers on the final afternoon when the former NSW fast man Chris Tremain struck Rohrer in the helmet with a bouncer from around the wicket, forcing a motorised stretcher to be called for and Rohrer to retire hurt.
The blow troubled all players on the field but was also the reason the Bushrangers had recruited Termain from NSW, as the out-and-out quick who could threaten batsmen in a way the likes of John Hastings and Scott Boland cannot.
From there the Blues were never quite able to forge ahead, confused by the wrist spin of Fawad Ahmed, who claimed a notable six wickets for the match. A target of 131 in 33 overs was unlikely to trouble the hosts in the Twenty20 age, and Marcus Stoinis' powerful strokeplay made it a certainty.
