Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jamie Cox (c)	lbw b Rofe	22	45	51	4	0	48.88
Scott Mason	c Fitzgerald b Cleary	17	51	85	0	0	33.33
Michael Di Venuto	c †Manou b Rofe	8	9	10	1	0	88.88
Michael Dighton	c sub (MJ Cosgrove) b Cleary	17	19	27	2	0	89.47
Christopher Bassano	c Johnson b Cleary	20	40	50	3	0	50.00
Daniel Marsh	b Johnson	111	177	215	16	0	62.71
Scott Kremerskothen	c †Manou b Rofe	15	31	64	1	0	48.38
Sean Clingeleffer †	c †Manou b Rofe	44	109	114	5	0	40.36
Adam Polkinghorne	c Johnson b Rofe	8	16	19	1	0	50.00
Andrew Downton	lbw b Miller	8	17	23	2	0	47.05
Gerard Denton	not out	0	6	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4, w 3)	15
Total	86 Ov (RR: 3.31, 340 Mins)	285
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Jamie Cox, 12.3 ov), 2-41 (Michael Di Venuto, 14.6 ov), 3-59 (Scott Mason, 19.6 ov), 4-66 (Michael Dighton, 21.2 ov), 5-118 (Christopher Bassano, 33.6 ov), 6-167 (Scott Kremerskothen, 48.6 ov), 7-263 (Daniel Marsh, 79.1 ov), 8-265 (Sean Clingeleffer, 80.3 ov), 9-277 (Adam Polkinghorne, 82.6 ov), 10-285 (Andrew Downton, 85.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Paul Rofe	22	4	62	5	2.81	-	-	-	2	1
Mick Miller	14	4	51	1	3.64	-	-	-	0	1
Mark Cleary	21	3	72	3	3.42	-	-	-	0	2
Shaun Tait	8	0	34	0	4.25	-	-	-	1	0
Ben Johnson	10	1	29	1	2.90	-	-	-	0	0
Brad Young	11	3	29	0	2.63	-	-	-	0	0

South Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Fitzgerald	b Denton	9	16	17	2	0	56.25
Shane Deitz	c †Clingeleffer b Denton	5	16	25	1	0	31.25
Mark Cleary	b Polkinghorne	11	29	34	2	0	37.93
Greg Blewett (c)	c †Clingeleffer b Polkinghorne	13	38	50	2	0	34.21
Ben Johnson	c Di Venuto b Denton	27	57	84	4	0	47.36
Mark Higgs	c Mason b Downton	18	35	40	3	0	51.42
Graham Manou †	c & b Downton	14	27	32	3	0	51.85
Brad Young	c †Clingeleffer b Denton	6	16	28	1	0	37.50
Mick Miller	c Cox b Downton	6	15	31	1	0	40.00
Shaun Tait	b Denton	4	15	-	0	0	26.66
Paul Rofe	not out	3	4	-	0	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)	6
Total	44 Ov (RR: 2.77, 184 Mins)	122
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (David Fitzgerald, 4.4 ov), 2-15 (Shane Deitz, 6.3 ov), 3-33 (Mark Cleary, 13.4 ov), 4-51 (Greg Blewett, 19.2 ov), 5-81 (Mark Higgs, 28.6 ov), 6-97 (Ben Johnson, 33.2 ov), 7-107 (Graham Manou, 36.2 ov), 8-109 (Brad Young, 39.1 ov), 9-117 (Mick Miller, 42.6 ov), 10-122 (Shaun Tait, 43.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Gerard Denton	15	4	40	5	2.66	-	-	-	1
Adam Polkinghorne	12	4	32	2	2.66	-	-	-	0
Andrew Downton	13	1	31	3	2.38	-	-	-	0
Scott Kremerskothen	4	0	17	0	4.25	-	-	-	3

South Australia 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shane Deitz	c †Clingeleffer b Denton	27	82	92	4	0	32.92
David Fitzgerald	c Dighton b Downton	29	50	67	5	0	58.00
Greg Blewett (c)	c Mason b Polkinghorne	9	53	77	1	0	16.98
Graham Manou †	c Kremerskothen b Downton	14	13	16	2	0	107.69
Ben Johnson	c †Clingeleffer b Denton	1	14	18	0	0	7.14
Mark Higgs	not out	96	116	148	12	1	82.75
Brad Young	run out (Downton)	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Mick Miller	c Bassano b Kremerskothen	1	18	23	0	0	5.55
Mark Cleary	lbw b Polkinghorne	29	55	69	6	0	52.72
Shaun Tait	c Marsh b Denton	1	2	8	0	0	50.00
Paul Rofe	c †Clingeleffer b Downton	10	11	20	2	0	90.90
Extras	(lb 1, nb 9)	10
Total	68 Ov (RR: 3.33, 277 Mins)	227
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (David Fitzgerald, 17.5 ov), 2-62 (Shane Deitz, 24.2 ov), 3-77 (Graham Manou, 27.6 ov), 4-80 (Ben Johnson, 32.3 ov), 5-93 (Greg Blewett, 36.3 ov), 6-93 (Brad Young, 37.1 ov), 7-109 (Mick Miller, 43.1 ov), 8-185 (Mark Cleary, 60.6 ov), 9-199 (Shaun Tait, 62.6 ov), 10-227 (Paul Rofe, 67.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Gerard Denton	17	2	61	3	3.58	-	-	-	2
Adam Polkinghorne	17	1	64	2	3.76	-	-	-	1
Scott Kremerskothen	13	3	40	1	3.07	-	-	-	6
Andrew Downton	21	6	61	3	2.90	-	-	-	0

Tasmania 2nd Innings (T: 65 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Scott Mason	not out	30	57	83	3	0	52.63
Jamie Cox (c)	b Rofe	11	20	20	1	0	55.00
Michael Di Venuto	c †Manou b Tait	11	12	14	1	0	91.66
Michael Dighton	not out	12	34	47	2	0	35.29
Extras	(nb 1)	1
Total	20.2 Ov (RR: 3.19, 83 Mins)	65/2
Did not bat: Christopher Bassano, Daniel Marsh, Scott Kremerskothen, Sean Clingeleffer †, Adam Polkinghorne, Andrew Downton, Gerard Denton
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Jamie Cox, 5.1 ov), 2-25 (Michael Di Venuto, 8.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Shaun Tait	7	1	18	1	2.57	-	-	-	0
Paul Rofe	10	1	40	1	4.00	-	-	-	0
Mark Cleary	3.2	0	7	0	2.10	-	-	-	1

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Thu, 27 Feb - day 1 - South Aus 1st innings 17/2 (Mark Cleary 1*, Greg Blewett 0*, 8 ov)

Fri, 28 Feb - day 2 - no play

Sat, 01 Mar - day 3 - South Aus 2nd innings 185/8 (Mark Higgs 66*, Shaun Tait 0*, 61 ov)

Sun, 02 Mar - day 4 - Tasmania 2nd innings 65/2 (20.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Hours of play: 11.00 - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
12th Men: MJ Cosgrove (South Australia) and XJ Doherty (Tasmania)
Day 1
AR Griffith (Tas) failed a fitness test on a calf strain and was replaced on the side by Scott Kremerskothen
XJ Doherty (Tas) injured in the pre match warm up, receiving lacerations to his left knee requiring 12 stitches
When J Cox scored boundary to reach 12* he passed 10,000 Australian domestic first-class runs (Third to achieve this feat after JD Siddons and DS Lehmann, first Tasmanian)
SR Mason's highest score against South Australia (previous: 1 at Adelaide, 2001/02)
Tasmania 50 in 74 mins off 102 balls
Tasmania 100 in 124 mins off 183 balls
Bassano/Marsh 50 run partnership in 43 mins off 75 balls
Marsh 50 in 73 mins off 79 balls
DJ Marsh's highest score against South Australia (previous: 72 at Adelaide, 1999/00)
Tasmania 150 in 179 mins off 289 balls
Tasmania 200 in 238 mins off 347 balls
Tea: Tasmania 203/6 (Marsh 85*, Clingeleffer 13*)
Marsh/Clingeleffer 50 run partnership in 58 mins off 90 balls
Marsh 100 in 186 mins off 156 balls with 15x4
Tasmania 250 in 299 mins off 466 balls
Day 2
No play today due to regular heavy showers
Day 3
SA 50 up in 74 mins off 113 balls
SA 100 up in 139 mins off 205 balls
SA 9/117 at lunch with Tait 2* and Rofe 0*
Denton's figures of 5/40 are his best f/c return, also his first 5 wicket haul
SA 50 up in 68 mins off 107 balls
50 run opening partnership between Deitz 19* and Fitzgerald 29*
SA 100 up in 162 mins off 242 balls
SA 150 up in 218 mins off 331 balls
Higgs/Cleary 50 run partnership up in 52 mins off 80 balls
Higgs 50 up in 90 mins, off 70 balls with 7 4's
Day 4
SA 200 up in 255 mins off 388 balls
SA all out for 227 runs, leaving Tasmania a target of 65 runs to win
Denton's match figures of 8/101 are his best f/c return
Tas 50 up in 61 mins off 87 balls
Tas victorious by 8 wickets

Match Details

Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Toss	Tasmania, elected to bat first
Series	Pura Cup
Season	2002/03
Player Of The Match	Daniel Marsh
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barry Jackman John Smeaton
Points	Tasmania 6, South Australia 0

Match Coverage

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Redbacks' finals hopes ended by eight wicket loss

HOBART, March 2 AAP - Last-placed Tasmania had little trouble ending South Australia's slim final hopes in the Pura Cup with an eight wicket victory at Bellerive Oval today.

Fiesty Tigers dim Redbacks final's hopes

HOBART, March 1 AAP - South Australia's hopes of reaching the Pura Cup final were all but dashed today by a fiesty Tasmania on day three of their rain-marred clash at Bellerive Oval.

Redbacks set for unusual declaration

HOBART, Feb 28 AAP - South Australia will be tempted to make an attacking declaration at Bellerive Oval tomorrow in their desperate pursuit of an outright win over Tasmania.

SA chasing Tigers' 285 total

HOBART, Feb 27 AAP - South Australia lost two early wickets in its attempt to chase Tasmania's first innings tally of 285 at stumps on day one of the Pura Cup match at Bellerive Oval today.

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Tasmania Innings

Player Name		R	B
SR Mason	not out	30	57
J Cox	bowled	11	20
MJ Di Venuto	caught	11	12
MG Dighton	not out	12	34
Extras	(nb 1)
Total	65(2 wkts; 20.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SW Tait	7	1	18	1	2.57
PC Rofe	10	1	40	1	4
MF Cleary	3.2	0	7	0	2.1 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	Jamie Cox	Scott Mason
2nd	13	Michael Di Venuto	Scott Mason
3rd	40	Scott Mason	Michael Dighton

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Pura Cup

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
QLD	10	6	3	1	42
NSW	10	6	2	2	36
VIC	10	5	4	1	36
SOA	10	4	5	1	28
WA	10	2	5	3	20
TAS	10	2	6	2	14

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