Cosgrove crushes Western Australia

South Australia 9 for 271 (Cosgrove 121, Lehmann 76) beat Western Australia 163 (Rogers 47, Bailey 3-33) by 108 runs
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Mark Cosgrove shows some muscle against the Warriors © Getty Images

Mark Cosgrove smashed a brilliant hundred to give South Australia a crushing 108-run win over Western Australia at Perth. Cosgrove put on 54 for the opening wicket with Shane Deitz (22) and a fluent 161-run stand with Darren Lehmann to push the Redbacks to a healthy total. When Lehmann was caught behind for a slick 76 from 81 balls the home side hit back and South Australia lost 7 for 40 in their final ten overs.

Cosgrove had done the damage though, and Western Australia were never in the hunt for 272. Shaun Tait, who is bidding to make a Test comeback, conceded 23 from four overs and picked up the wicket of Luke Ronchi. Only Chris Rogers (47) offered anything of substance, but by then it was too little too late as Western Australia crumbled to 163 allout in the 40th over. The convincing win placed South Australia third in the table, four points adrift of Victoria and ten behind the leaders New South Wales.