Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	not out	120	296	430	10	0	40.54
Jason Arnberger	c Di Venuto b Marsh	29	99	106	2	0	29.29
Matthew Mott	b Denton	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Laurie Harper	c †Atkinson b Targett	11	35	31	0	0	31.42
Brad Hodge	lbw b Hodgson	18	46	50	0	0	39.13
Ian Harvey	c †Atkinson b Denton	31	99	92	2	0	31.31
Darren Berry (c)†	b Denton	6	16	25	0	0	37.50
Paul Reiffel	lbw b Targett	5	11	21	1	0	45.45
David Saker	lbw b Targett	1	41	42	0	0	2.43
John Davison	c Young b Marsh	21	34	39	1	0	61.76
David Shepard	c Di Venuto b Hodgson	1	13	12	0	0	7.69
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 2)	4
Total	114.5 Ov (RR: 2.15, 430 Mins)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Jason Arnberger), 2-60 (Matthew Mott), 3-77 (Laurie Harper), 4-100 (Brad Hodge), 5-166 (Ian Harvey), 6-172 (Darren Berry), 7-183 (Paul Reiffel), 8-191 (David Saker), 9-241 (John Davison), 10-247 (David Shepard)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Robert Hodgson	13.5	2	44	2	3.18	-	-	-	2
Ben Targett	25	13	43	3	1.72	-	-	-	0
Shaun Young	15	8	14	0	0.93	-	-	-	0
Daniel Marsh	27	6	75	2	2.77	-	-	-	0
Gerard Denton	26	10	62	3	2.38	-	-	-	0
Rod Tucker	7	4	6	0	0.85	-	-	-	0
Dene Hills	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0

Tasmania 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dene Hills	b Reiffel	2	6	4	0	0	33.33
Jamie Cox	c Harper b Saker	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Michael Di Venuto	lbw b Saker	1	3	10	0	0	33.33
Shaun Young	c Hodge b Shepard	30	84	92	1	0	35.71
David Boon (c)	c †Berry b Reiffel	11	25	39	0	0	44.00
Rod Tucker	b Saker	3	15	14	0	0	20.00
Daniel Marsh	c Mott b Saker	24	100	120	2	0	24.00
Mark Atkinson †	c Arnberger b Davison	9	35	43	0	0	25.71
Gerard Denton	b Davison	12	48	50	2	0	25.00
Ben Targett	lbw b Saker	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Robert Hodgson	not out	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 5)	6
Total	54.1 Ov (RR: 1.80, 199 Mins)	98
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Dene Hills), 2-2 (Jamie Cox), 3-7 (Michael Di Venuto), 4-40 (David Boon), 5-43 (Rod Tucker), 6-56 (Shaun Young), 7-74 (Mark Atkinson), 8-98 (Daniel Marsh), 9-98 (Gerard Denton), 10-98 (Ben Targett)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Paul Reiffel	14	4	27	2	1.92	-	-	-
David Saker	13.1	4	28	5	2.12	-	-	-
Ian Harvey	8	2	10	0	1.25	-	-	-
David Shepard	5	0	8	1	1.60	-	-	-
John Davison	12	6	17	2	1.41	-	-	-
Matthew Elliott	2	1	2	0	1.00	-	-	-

Victoria 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jason Arnberger	c †Atkinson b Hodgson	22	91	116	1	0	24.17
Matthew Elliott	run out (Denton/†Atkinson)	16	62	73	0	0	25.80
Matthew Mott	c Tucker b Marsh	12	72	94	1	0	16.66
Laurie Harper	c †Atkinson b Targett	9	14	27	0	0	64.28
Brad Hodge	b Tucker	38	81	132	2	0	46.91
Ian Harvey	c Hills b Denton	26	26	30	3	0	100.00
Darren Berry (c)†	c †Atkinson b Denton	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Paul Reiffel	b Young	29	57	66	1	0	50.87
David Saker	b Targett	18	40	40	2	0	45.00
John Davison	c Tucker b Young	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
David Shepard	not out	7	18	32	1	0	38.88
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4
Total	78.1 Ov (RR: 2.31, 313 Mins)	181
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Matthew Elliott), 2-42 (Jason Arnberger), 3-55 (Laurie Harper), 4-67 (Matthew Mott), 5-104 (Ian Harvey), 6-104 (Darren Berry), 7-156 (Paul Reiffel), 8-156 (Brad Hodge), 9-157 (John Davison), 10-181 (David Saker)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Robert Hodgson	20	6	36	1	1.80	-	-	-	0
Ben Targett	15.1	6	28	2	1.84	-	-	-	0
Rod Tucker	13	5	32	1	2.46	-	-	-	0
Gerard Denton	11	1	37	2	3.36	-	-	-	1
Daniel Marsh	9	2	20	1	2.22	-	-	-	0
Shaun Young	10	3	25	2	2.50	-	-	-	0

Tasmania 2nd Innings (T: 331 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dene Hills	lbw b Reiffel	5	28	29	0	0	17.85
Jamie Cox	c Reiffel b Elliott	132	386	465	12	2	34.19
Michael Di Venuto	c Hodge b Shepard	56	141	181	6	0	39.71
Shaun Young	c Elliott b Shepard	4	7	9	0	0	57.14
David Boon (c)	st †Berry b Reiffel	17	49	55	2	0	34.69
Rod Tucker	c Hodge b Reiffel	21	58	82	2	0	36.20
Daniel Marsh	b Saker	50	105	149	6	0	47.61
Mark Atkinson †	lbw b Reiffel	6	17	22	0	0	35.29
Gerard Denton	b Harvey	7	30	33	0	0	23.33
Ben Targett	lbw b Saker	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Robert Hodgson	not out	1	3	10	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 5, w 1)	16
Total	136.4 Ov (RR: 2.30, 522 Mins)	315
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Dene Hills), 2-117 (Michael Di Venuto), 3-127 (Shaun Young), 4-157 (David Boon), 5-206 (Rod Tucker), 6-290 (Jamie Cox), 7-305 (Mark Atkinson), 8-311 (Daniel Marsh), 9-311 (Ben Targett), 10-315 (Gerard Denton)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Paul Reiffel	33	14	59	4	1.78	-	-	-	0	5
David Saker	25	9	47	2	1.88	-	-	-	0	0
Ian Harvey	19.4	5	58	1	2.94	-	-	-	0	0
John Davison	31	12	80	0	2.58	-	-	-	1	0
David Shepard	24	7	54	2	2.25	-	-	-	0	0
Matthew Mott	2	0	4	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Matthew Elliott	2	1	3	1	1.50	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 21 Oct - day 1 - Victoria 1st innings 191/7 (Matthew Elliott 86*, David Saker 1*, 100 ov)

Thu, 22 Oct - day 2 - Victoria 2nd innings 32/1 (Jason Arnberger 14*, Matthew Mott 1*, 26 ov)

Fri, 23 Oct - day 3 - Tasmania 2nd innings 71/1 (Jamie Cox 27*, Michael Di Venuto 37*, 35.4 ov)

Sat, 24 Oct - day 4 - Tasmania 2nd innings 315 (136.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

12th Men: SAJ Craig (Victoria) and JA Dykes (Tasmania)
Day 1:
Elliott 54 minutes on 39
Elliott's 50 in 222 minutes, 156 balls, 5x4.
Day 2:
Elliott 100 in 402 minutes, 277 balls, 8x4, carried bat for 2nd time (2nd slowest 100 at MCG and 2nd slowest for Victoria).
Elliott and Davison (HS) added 50 in 39 minutes off 58 balls
Tasmania avoided the follow-on by one run.
Saker 3 x 5wi, 2 x 5wi in Sheffield shield, 1 x 5wi v Tasmania
Day 3:
Lunch: Victoria 109/6 (Hodge 16*, Berry 5*, 54 overs)
Tea: Victoria 167/9 (Saker 11*, Shepard 0*)
Rain stopped play at 1.51pm with Victoria 145/6.
An early Tea was taken due to rain
Rain stopped play with 8.2 overs to be bowled.
Attendance: 2557

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Victoria, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1998/99
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Geoff Morrow Peter Parker
Points	Victoria 6, Tasmania 0

Instant answers to T20 questions

Tasmania Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
PR Reiffel	33	14	59	4	1.78 (5 nb)
DJ Saker	25	9	47	2	1.88
IJ Harvey	19.4	5	58	1	2.94
JM Davison	31	12	80	0	2.58
DJ Shepard	24	7	54	2	2.25
MP Mott	2	0	4	0	2
MTG Elliott	2	1	3	1	1.5

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
QLD	10	5	1	4	34	1.429
WA	10	4	2	4	28	1.063
VIC	10	3	3	4	26	0.964
SOA	10	2	3	5	18	0.968
TAS	10	1	3	6	10	0.848
NSW	10	1	4	5	10	0.773