Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dene Hills	b Nikitaras	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Jamie Cox	c Matthews b MacGill	143	286	337	18	2	50.00
Michael Di Venuto	c Nikitaras b Freedman	65	93	127	12	0	69.89
Ricky Ponting	c †Emery b Lee	64	90	101	9	0	71.11
David Boon (c)	c †Emery b Nikitaras	52	125	151	4	0	41.60
Shaun Young	c MacGill b McNamara	17	36	52	3	0	47.22
Daniel Marsh	c & b Lee	25	58	80	3	0	43.10
Mark Atkinson †	not out	45	79	102	4	0	56.96
Paul Hutchison	not out	6	21	27	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 2, lb 20, nb 20, w 4)	46
Total	130 Ov (RR: 3.56, 493 Mins)	463/7d
Did not bat: Colin Miller, Josh Marquet
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dene Hills), 2-145 (Michael Di Venuto), 3-248 (Ricky Ponting), 4-338 (Jamie Cox), 5-383 (David Boon), 6-383 (Shaun Young), 7-437 (Daniel Marsh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Nikitaras	26	5	89	2	3.42	-	-	-	1	1
Brad McNamara	27	5	106	1	3.92	-	-	-	0	5
Shane Lee	27	8	64	2	2.37	-	-	-	0	0
Greg Matthews	12	2	33	0	2.75	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	21	4	61	1	2.90	-	-	-	0	0
David Freedman	17	2	88	1	5.17	-	-	-	0	4

New South Wales 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	st †Atkinson b Marsh	87	131	149	13	0	66.41
Rodney Davison	run out (Marsh)	36	81	110	3	0	44.44
Jason Arnberger	b Young	71	188	182	6	0	37.76
Shane Lee	c †Atkinson b Marsh	27	65	64	3	0	41.53
Kevin Roberts	run out (Marquet)	56	137	165	5	0	40.87
Greg Matthews (c)	c †Atkinson b Young	6	10	11	0	0	60.00
Phil Emery †	not out	100	163	191	16	0	61.34
Brad McNamara	c Boon b Young	11	30	33	1	0	36.66
David Freedman	lbw b Miller	22	40	54	3	0	55.00
Stuart MacGill	lbw b Marquet	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Steve Nikitaras	c Di Venuto b Miller	12	20	22	2	0	60.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 14)	21
Total	144 Ov (RR: 3.11, 499 Mins)	449
Fall of wickets: 1-125 (Rodney Davison), 2-159 (Michael Slater), 3-213 (Shane Lee), 4-251 (Jason Arnberger), 5-263 (Greg Matthews), 6-335 (Kevin Roberts), 7-376 (Brad McNamara), 8-429 (David Freedman), 9-430 (Stuart MacGill), 10-449 (Steve Nikitaras)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Josh Marquet	22	1	89	1	4.04	-	-	-	3
Colin Miller	41	9	94	2	2.29	-	-	-	0
Paul Hutchison	11	2	47	0	4.27	-	-	-	0
Shaun Young	27	4	100	3	3.70	-	-	-	4
Daniel Marsh	43	10	112	2	2.60	-	-	-	0

Tasmania 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dene Hills	b MacGill	75	121	133	13	0	61.98
Jamie Cox	c Nikitaras b MacGill	125	143	180	16	0	87.41
Michael Di Venuto	b MacGill	19	22	22	3	0	86.36
Ricky Ponting	c Roberts b MacGill	22	42	53	1	0	52.38
Daniel Marsh	c & b Lee	2	7	6	0	0	28.57
Colin Miller	not out	37	31	39	1	3	119.35
Shaun Young	not out	3	14	16	0	0	21.42
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2, w 1)	7
Total	63 Ov (RR: 4.60, 227 Mins)	290/5d
Did not bat: David Boon (c), Mark Atkinson †, Paul Hutchison, Josh Marquet
Fall of wickets: 1-172 (Dene Hills), 2-205 (Michael Di Venuto), 3-236 (Jamie Cox), 4-241 (Daniel Marsh), 5-269 (Ricky Ponting)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Nikitaras	4	0	25	0	6.25	-	-	-	0	0
Brad McNamara	11	1	44	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	1
David Freedman	11	2	55	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Greg Matthews	10	2	41	0	4.10	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	17	3	78	4	4.58	-	-	-	0	0
Shane Lee	10	0	43	1	4.30	-	-	-	1	0

New South Wales 2nd Innings (T: 305 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rodney Davison	c Miller b Marquet	63	116	130	10	0	54.31
Michael Slater	c Marsh b Miller	79	89	123	10	0	88.76
Jason Arnberger	c Hutchison b Marsh	57	77	86	9	0	74.02
Shane Lee	not out	75	89	115	9	0	84.26
Kevin Roberts	c †Atkinson b Miller	10	12	13	1	0	83.33
Phil Emery †	not out	10	11	21	2	0	90.90
Extras	(b 3, nb 8)	11
Total	65 Ov (RR: 4.69, 246 Mins)	305/4
Did not bat: Greg Matthews (c), Steve Nikitaras, Brad McNamara, David Freedman, Stuart MacGill
Fall of wickets: 1-151 (Michael Slater), 2-155 (Rodney Davison), 3-253 (Jason Arnberger), 4-269 (Kevin Roberts)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Josh Marquet	12	1	64	1	5.33	-	-	-	0
Colin Miller	23	6	69	2	3.00	-	-	-	1
Shaun Young	10	1	63	0	6.30	-	-	-	2
Paul Hutchison	3	0	30	0	10.00	-	-	-	1
Daniel Marsh	17	0	76	1	4.47	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Thu, 13 Mar - day 1 - Tasmania 1st innings 370/4 (David Boon 48*, Shaun Young 13*, 100 ov)

Fri, 14 Mar - day 2 - NSW 1st innings 220/3 (Jason Arnberger 56*, Kevin Roberts 3*, 72 ov)

Sat, 15 Mar - day 3 - Tasmania 2nd innings 135/0 (Dene Hills 61*, Jamie Cox 72*, 30 ov)

Sun, 16 Mar - day 4 - NSW 2nd innings 305/4 (65 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Emery scored his 100 in 183 minutes. His 100th run was given following a third umpire ruling on a possible run out. Emery's maiden first-class century in his 100th first-class game for NSW.
NSW coach GF Lawson acted as substitute fieldsman during the Tasmanian 2nd innings as official 12th man CJ Richards had ben released to play grade cricket.
Hills and Cox set a new record first wicket stand for Tasmania against NSW.
Attendance: 1559

Day 4

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Tasmania, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1996/97
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Peter Parker Tony Morgan
TV Umpire	Jim Cameron
Points	New South Wales 6, Tasmania 2

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NSW Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JP Marquet	12	1	64	1	5.33
CR Miller	23	6	69	2	3 (1 nb)
S Young	10	1	63	0	6.3 (2 nb)
PJ Hutchison	3	0	30	0	10 (1 nb)
DJ Marsh	17	0	76	1	4.47

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
WA	10	6	1	3	42	1.399
QLD	10	4	1	5	28	1.193
NSW	10	4	4	2	28	1.050
TAS	10	3	4	3	28	1.066
VIC	10	3	5	2	19.7	0.729
SOA	10	2	7	1	14	0.737