Thornely racks up another ton
Dominic Thornely scored his second century in consecutive matches and his fourth of the season to have New South Wales well-placed in their important match against Tasmania
Cricinfo staff
03-Mar-2005
New South Wales 6 for 303 (Thornely 108*, Phelps 72, Jaques 48) v Tasmania
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Dominic Thornely scored his second century in consecutive matches and his fourth of the season to have New South Wales well-placed in their important match against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval. Thornely, who made a hundred against Western Australia last week, was unbeaten on 108 at stumps after pushing his side to 6 for 303 in a game they need to gain points in to remain in conention for the final.
New South Wales began badly, losing Greg Mail to the first ball when he edged Damien Wright, and the pace throughout the day was slow - Thornely took 200 balls to reach three figures with 13 boundaries. Thornely built on the solid work of Matthew Phelps (72) and Phil Jaques, who hit the umpire Steve Davis in the back of the head, and will re-join Matthew Nicholson (23) tomorrow.
Brett Geeves and Wright were the pick of Tasmania's attack and collected two wickets each. Tasmania sit in fifth position and have no chance of making the final.