Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brett Forsyth	not out	158	253	-	22	1	62.45
Tom Stray	lbw b Hansberry	38	77	-	4	1	49.35
Travis Dean	lbw b Behrendorff	24	49	-	5	0	48.97
Aiden Blizzard	c Stoinis b Hansberry	23	44	-	2	1	52.27
Ryan Carters (c)†	c †Johnson b Hansberry	7	15	-	1	0	46.66
Alex Keath	c †Johnson b Hansberry	2	6	-	0	0	33.33
Glenn Maxwell	c Stoinis b Hansberry	51	30	-	8	2	170.00
Daniel Salpietro	c Hansberry b Behrendorff	46	49	-	0	0	93.87
Steve Gilmour	not out	4	3	-	0	0	133.33
Extras	(lb 7, nb 4, w 5)	16
Total	87 Ov (RR: 4.24)	369/7d
Did not bat: Rob Cassell, Jackson Coleman, Scott Boland
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Tom Stray, 24.1 ov), 2-118 (Travis Dean, 40.4 ov), 3-155 (Aiden Blizzard, 51.6 ov), 4-175 (Ryan Carters, 57.4 ov), 5-187 (Alex Keath, 59.6 ov), 6-249 (Glenn Maxwell, 69.1 ov), 7-330 (Daniel Salpietro, 84.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Simon Branston	19	3	61	0	3.21	-	-	-	5	0
Jason Behrendorff	20	3	84	2	4.20	-	-	-	0	1
Matt Dixon	11	1	60	0	5.45	-	-	-	0	1
Chris Hansberry	28	4	120	5	4.28	-	-	-	0	0
Marcus Stoinis	9	2	37	0	4.11	-	-	-	0	2

Western Australia Under-23s 1st Innings (96 ovs maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Milton	lbw b Gilmour	34	67	-	5	0	50.74
Marcus Harris	c Stray b Cassell	5	22	-	0	0	22.72
Chris Hansberry	c Stray b Gilmour	2	23	-	0	0	8.69
Tom Beaton	lbw b Boland	17	58	-	1	0	29.31
Luke Towers	b Salpietro	18	47	-	2	0	38.29
Marcus Stoinis	c Stray b Salpietro	32	56	-	4	0	57.14
Michael Johnson (c)†	c Keath b Boland	35	56	-	5	0	62.50
Anthony Del Borrello	c Forsyth b Salpietro	23	42	-	2	0	54.76
Simon Branston	c Blizzard b Salpietro	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Jason Behrendorff	not out	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, nb 6, w 1)	16
Total	66.1 Ov (RR: 3.06)	203
Did not bat: Matt Dixon
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Marcus Harris, 6.4 ov), 2-32 (Chris Hansberry, 15.1 ov), 3-55 (Matthew Milton, 21.6 ov), 4-89 (31.6 ov), 5-89 (Tom Beaton, 32.3 ov), 6-127 (Luke Towers, 45.2 ov), 7-159 (Marcus Stoinis, 55.1 ov), 8-203 (Anthony Del Borrello, 65.3 ov), 9-203 (Simon Branston, 65.5 ov), 10-203 (Michael Johnson, 66.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rob Cassell	14	5	29	1	2.07	-	-	-	0	0
Steve Gilmour	15	2	46	2	3.06	-	-	-	0	4
Jackson Coleman	9	2	34	1	3.77	-	-	-	1	0
Scott Boland	10.1	1	20	2	1.96	-	-	-	0	2
Daniel Salpietro	15	2	49	4	3.26	-	-	-	0	0
Glenn Maxwell	3	0	16	0	5.33	-	-	-	0	0

Victoria Under-23s 2nd Innings (57 ovs maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ryan Carters (c)†	not out	109	133	-	17	0	81.95
Tom Stray	c Stoinis b Dixon	87	131	-	6	2	66.41
Glenn Maxwell	not out	4	3	-	1	0	133.33
Extras	(lb 2, nb 3, w 2)	7
Total	44 Ov (RR: 4.70)	207/1d
Did not bat: Scott Boland, Rob Cassell, Jackson Coleman, Travis Dean, Brett Forsyth, Steve Gilmour, Alex Keath, Daniel Salpietro, Aiden Blizzard
Fall of wickets: 1-197 (Tom Stray, 42.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jason Behrendorff	7	0	20	0	2.85	-	-	-	0	0
Simon Branston	11	2	65	0	5.90	-	-	-	2	0
Matt Dixon	6	2	17	1	2.83	-	-	-	0	2
Chris Hansberry	13	0	61	0	4.69	-	-	-	0	0
Anthony Del Borrello	2	0	20	0	10.00	-	-	-	0	0

Western Australia Under-23s 2nd Innings (T: 374 runs from 90 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Towers	c Maxwell b Salpietro	38	85	-	4	1	44.70
Marcus Harris	c Blizzard b Keath	74	119	-	13	0	62.18
Tom Beaton	st †Carters b Salpietro	2	25	-	0	0	8.00
Marcus Stoinis	b Gilmour	13	21	-	1	1	61.90
Michael Johnson (c)†	c Dean b Gilmour	22	23	-	4	0	95.65
Matthew Milton	c Maxwell b Salpietro	1	4	-	0	0	25.00
Anthony Del Borrello	b Gilmour	0	13	-	0	0	0.00
Chris Hansberry	c Forsyth b Salpietro	2	13	-	0	0	15.38
Simon Branston	c Blizzard b Boland	6	39	-	0	0	15.38
Matt Dixon	not out	4	33	-	1	0	12.12
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	8
Total	69.5 Ov (RR: 2.90)	203
Did not bat: Jason Behrendorff
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Luke Towers, 24.1 ov), 2-105 (Tom Beaton, 34.4 ov), 3-146 (Marcus Harris, 43.5 ov), 4-158 (47.4 ov), 5-169 (Marcus Stoinis, 49.2 ov), 6-170 (Matthew Milton, 50.3 ov), 7-190 (Michael Johnson, 55.1 ov), 8-193 (Anthony Del Borrello, 57.2 ov), 9-193 (Chris Hansberry, 58.3 ov), 10-203 (Simon Branston, 69.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rob Cassell	11	5	21	0	1.90	-	-	-	0	0
Jackson Coleman	5	0	21	0	4.20	-	-	-	1	0
Steve Gilmour	10	3	29	3	2.90	-	-	-	0	0
Scott Boland	8.5	3	21	1	2.37	-	-	-	0	0
Daniel Salpietro	24	10	67	4	2.79	-	-	-	0	1
Alex Keath	6	0	24	2	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Glenn Maxwell	5	0	14	0	2.80	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 02 Mar - day 1 - WA U23s 1st innings 23/1 (Matthew Milton 12*, Chris Hansberry 0*, 9 ov)

Wed, 03 Mar - day 2 - Vic U23s 2nd innings 184/0 (Ryan Carters 95*, Tom Stray 84*, 40 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1
Lunch: Victoria Under-23s 1st innings 97/1 (BS Forsyth 39*, TJ Dean 9*, 34 ov)
Tea: Victoria Under-23s 1st innings 195/5 (BS Forsyth 84*, GJ Maxwell 3*, 63 ov)
Day 2
Lunch: Western Australia Under-23s 1st innings 96/5 (LJC Towers 2*, MP Stoinis 3*, 36 ov)
Tea: Western Australia Under-23s 1st innings 203
Day 3
Lunch: Western Australia Under-23s 2nd innings 73/0 (LJC Towers 36*, M Harris 35*, 22 ov)
Tea: Western Australia Under-23s 2nd innings 170/6 (MA Johnson 4*, 50.3 ov)

Match Details

Junction Oval, Melbourne
Toss	Western Australia Under-23s, elected to field first
Series	Futures League
Season	2009/10
Players per side	Victoria Under-23s 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding); Western Australia Under-23s 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch, 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	2,3,4 March 2010 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Ashley Barrow Phil Proctor
Match Referee	Jim Torpey
Points	Victoria Under-23s 8.8, Western Australia Under-23s 0.5

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WA U23s Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Cassell	11	5	21	0	1.9
JR Coleman	5	0	21	0	4.2
ST Gilmour	10	3	29	3	2.9
SM Boland	8.5	3	21	1	2.37
DR Salpietro	24	10	67	4	2.79 (1 nb)
AR Keath	6	0	24	2	4
GJ Maxwell	5	0	14	0	2.8

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
Vic23	6	4	1	1	37.2	1.403
NSW23	6	3	0	2	28.4	1.416
ACT	6	2	2	2	22.5	0.890
Qld23	6	2	4	0	20.8	0.771
SAU23	6	2	3	0	18.8	1.110
WAU23	6	2	2	2	18.5	0.866
Tas23	6	1	4	1	14.4	0.811