Queensland 425 for 9 dec (Khawaja 127, Hearne 74) and 82 for 1 beat Tasmania 161 (Weatherald 55, Neser 6-37) and 345 (Weatherald 71, Webster 64*, Ward 52, Silk 50) by 9 wickets
Queensland revived their Sheffield Protect hopes with a thumping nine-wicket win in opposition to Tasmania.
Set simply 81 runs to win, they cruised to 82 for 1 on the ultimate day at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Check stalwart Usman Khawaja (33 not out) and Jack Clayton (34no) had been untroubled in peeling off the final 56 runs to win on Sunday.
The outcome ended Tasmania’s hopes of reaching the Protect last, leaving them final on the desk with only one match to come back – in opposition to New South Wales.
Queensland are nonetheless alive and kicking, and can end the spherical as excessive as second or as little as fourth. Even when they drop to fourth, they nonetheless have an opportunity to achieve the ultimate if they will beat ladder leaders South Australia within the last spherical.
Khawaja helped arrange Queensland’s huge win over Tasmania by scoring 127 Tasmania had been rolled for 161 in reply, with man-of-the-match Michael Neser snaring 6 for 37.
Tasmania had been pressured to follow-on, and though their second-innings complete of 345 was a lot better, the 82-run victory goal wasn’t almost sufficient to pose Queensland any issues.
“Maximising that new ball [was the key], that new ball nipped round a bit,” Neser stated. “After which it went useless and it was a stunning batting wicket.
“It was a no brainer to [enforce the] observe on. That wicket was getting flatter. The way in which Uzzie batted was very good. He set the sport up for us.”
Queensland’s win over Tasmania was an ideal response from their current flop on the WACA, the place they had been thumped by an innings and 12 runs by Western Australia.
“We now have an enormous recreation in Adelaide now. It should be powerful there,” Neser stated. “We all know it may be flat at occasions, so spin can be an enormous issue for us. Stepping into with a win is very large for us, so hopefully we will carry that momentum by.”
Tasmania opener Jake Weatherald rued his crew’s poor batting show.
“If we had acquired [a lead of] 200, 230, we’d have been a superb probability,” Weatherald stated. “We’re simply not batting or bowling nicely sufficient. Michael Neser was simply too stylish. He bowled very nicely all through this recreation in good batting situations.”
