da betway： Western Australia bounced back late in the day after starting offstrongly then being under the pump during the middle session of their pre-season match with Victoria.
David Bebb01-Oct-2002Western Australia bounced back late in the day after starting offstrongly then being under the pump during the middle session of their pre-season match with Victoria.Victoria were dismissed for 309 and with only one over to face before stumps Western Australia were seven without loss.Matthew Elliott and Jason Arnberger opened the Victorian innings after Victoria had won the toss. The plan was to bat all day if possible, but by thefirst drinks break (16 overs) they had compiled just 13 runs with theloss of one wicket.Arnberger fell in the fourth over, when Sean Cary had him caught atsecond slip by Chris Rogers for one (15 balls) and the score was 1/1.Both Cary and Western Warriors newcomer Paul Wilson (formerly withSouth Australia) bowled economicly in this period.Elliott (34 runs from 100 balls with six fours) struck Harvey to theboundary several times when the bowler over-pitched, but fell toMichael Clark driving to Shaun Marsh at mid-wicket, second wicket downwith the score on 41 in the 31st over.Brad Hogg bowled a solitary over immediately before lunch, duringwhich one run short was signaled by umpire Andy Craig from the lastball of that over. Otherwise Victoria would have gone to lunch on 50/2, but fell short by that run.Graeme Rummans seven (73) struggled through the first session and thenwas caught behind by Ryan Campbell to become Clark’s second wicket, thirdball after the lunch break with the score 49/3.Brad Hodge and Michael Klinger powered through the early part of the second session resisting the efforts of Clark, Cary and Wilson and passing 100 in the46th over and achieving a 50-run partnership.Then with the second session drinks break looming Klinger edged towicket-keeper Campbell during Wilson’s second spell of the day and wasout for 26 (38 balls) with the score 100/4.Cary chipped in for his second wicket in next over, striking thestumps at the very top when Hodge 28 (54) played around the balldriving toward the off side. The fifth wicket fell with 106 on theboard.At tea Victoria had bolted to 168/5 with White on 31 (48) and Jewell on 28 (31) and an unbroken 78-run partnership.The run out of Nick Jewell 37 (43) occurred when Cameron White calledthe striker through after Jewell had pushed a ball from Nicholson intoShawn Marsh at mid-wicket and the throw to the non-striker’s end foundhim short. Jewell half-turned toward his partner as he departed theground seemingly indicating a lack of communication as the main reasonfor his demise.At the third session drinks break White 64 (103) and Darren Berry 25 (49) hadmoved the score along to six wickets for 235 from 80 overs. The newball was taken then.Berry 34 (62) took the majority of the strike during a period of nineovers, including the drinks break. The new ball was also taken during this period but he frequently hitting fours either side of the wicket. Then, inthe third over after the final session’s drinks break, he played aball on which had seamed into the right-hander from Wilson to becomethe burly bowler’s second victim for the day.White 70 (127) also had a problem with the new ball, playing andmissing a few times, before he feathered an edge to Kade Harvey atfirst slip and became Wilson’s third victim.Harwood 15 (23) didn’t really settle. He played what, in the end couldhave been a slips practice catch to the second slip Chris Rogers off thebowling of Cary and became the veteran fast-medium pacer’s thirdscalp.Hewett 34 saw off Cary and his replacement Kade Harvey with regularcrossings of the boundary. Matthew Nicholson too took some stick butultimately prevailed with his only wicket for the day. Mathew Inness finishedthe innings unbeaten.