Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1996/97, 15th Match
Tasmania v South Australia
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
16 February 1997 (50-over match)

Result: Tasmania won by 115 runs
Points: Tasmania 2, South Australia 0

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: BW Jackman and SG Randell
TV Umpire: JH Smeaton
Man of the Match: MJ Di Venuto

Tasmania innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
J Cox                 c Johnson          b Wilson              12  43  25  0 0
MJ Di Venuto          not out                                 129 205 150 10 0
RT Ponting            c Lehmann          b Wilson               2   7   5  0 0
RAC Allanby           c Johnson          b George               7  29  26  1 0
*DC Boon              c Faull            b George               6  18  16  0 0
S Young                                  b George              64  82  70  2 3
+MN Atkinson          not out                                  13  21  19  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 9, nb 10)                       27
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs, 205 minutes)      260

DNB: MG Farrell, PJ Hutchison, JM Saint, MW Ridgway.

FoW: 1-53 (Cox), 2-59 (Ponting), 3-81 (Allanby), 4-101 (Boon),
     5-224 (Young).

Bowling                      O       M       R       W
Wilson                      10       0      37       2
Harrity                     10       0      48       0 (4w)
George                      10       1      64       3 (3nb, 2w)
Young                       10       0      51       0 (2w)
Parker                       7       0      36       0
Lehmann                      3       0      16       0

South Australia innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
DS Lehmann            c Hutchison        b Young               65  41  40  9 2
BA Johnson                               b Young                5  12   7  0 0
*JD Siddons           c Boon             b Hutchison           22  40  21  3 0
DS Webber             c Cox              b Ridgway             15  20  15  3 0
BE Young              c Young            b Hutchison            0   2   3  0 0
GR Parker             not out                                  20  69  44  0 0
+TJ Nielsen           c sub (JA Dykes)   b Hutchison            0   1   2  0 0
MP Faull              lbw                b Hutchison            2  13   9  0 0
SP George                                b Young                4  21  15  0 0
P Wilson              c Atkinson         b Hutchison            0   3   1  0 0
MA Harrity                               b Farrell              1  21  20  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 6)                         11
Total                 (all out, 28.4 overs, 126 minutes)      145

FoW: 1-28 (Johnson), 2-91 (Lehmann), 3-111 (Siddons),
     4-111 (Young), 5-114 (Webber), 6-114 (Nielsen),
     7-120 (Faull), 8-133 (George), 9-134 (Wilson),
     10-145 (Harrity).

Bowling                      O       M       R       W
Ridgway                      7       0      46       1 (1w)
Young                       10       0      63       3 (1w)
Hutchison                   10       2      27       5 (3w)
Ponting                      1       0       3       0
Farrell                      0.4     0       1       1

• Scorers: HM Bradshaw (Tasmania) and KE Broomhall (South Australia)
• 12th Men: JA Dykes (Tasmania) and PE McIntyre (South Australia)
• Attendance: 2,362

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Tasmania, South Australia.

Ground Page: Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Tasmania Player Pages: J Cox, MJ Di Venuto, RT Ponting, RAC Allanby, DC Boon, S Young, MN Atkinson, MG Farrell, PJ Hutchison, JM Saint, MW Ridgway.

South Australia Player Pages: DS Lehmann, BA Johnson, JD Siddons, DS Webber, BE Young, GR Parker, TJ Nielsen, MP Faull, SP George, P Wilson, MA Harrity.

Match Officials' Pages: BW Jackman, SG Randell, JH Smeaton.