Nicholson hits a $50,000 six
January 17, 2004
MATTHEW NICHOLSON thrilled a big Telstra Stadium crowd with a $50,000 hit, but NSW failed to fully capitalise on some promising starts in their ING Cup day-night cricket match against Queensland.
NSW were dismissed for 246 off the final ball of their 50-over innings.
Nicholson struck an advertising sign on the western side of the ground as he lifted a delivery from spinner Nathan Hauritz over deep mid-wicket.
He became only the second player this season to hit the lucrative target after South Australia's Graham Manou, who achieved the feat twice.
NSW officials said the prizemoney would go into a team prize pool to be divvied up at the end of the season with Nicholson earning the major share.
Officials reported a crowd of over 24,000 shortly before the Blues' innings ended.
Most of the Blues' star batters were guilty of failing to build on a promising start.
Skipper Steve Waugh scored 48 off 72 balls, Simon Katich 46 off 59, and Mark Waugh 37 off 31.
Openers Phil Jaques (19 off 29) and Dominic Thornely (30 off 49) put on 50 in just over 11 overs before falling to catches by Bulls debutant Craig Philipson off paceman Ashley Noffke (2-27 off 10 overs).
Noffke applied the brake to the NSW innings as Katich and Steve Waugh struggled early on in their third-wicket stand of 97 off 120 balls.
In one nine-over period, the pair added just 20 runs with Waugh failing to score for 12 deliveries.
Both men eventually blossomed, each scoring five boundaries with Katich adding a six.
The Blues were given a helping hand by wayward Bulls paceman Damian MacKenzie, who gifted them 13 extra deliveries through bowling six no-balls and seven wides.
Well-placed at 2-151 in the 33rd over, NSW subsequently lost wickets at regular intervals.
Hauritz (4-52 off 10 overs) chewed through the bottom half of the order, though Mark Waugh and Nicholson, who smashed two sixes in his innings of 25 off 22 balls boosted the total in the latter overs.
NSW INNINGS
P JAQUES c Philipson b Noffke 19
D THORNELY c Philipson b Noffke 30
S KATICH c Kasprowicz b Hauritz 46
S WAUGH c Love b Hopes 48
M WAUGH c Maher b Kasprowicz 37
B HADDIN c Law b Hauritz 3
A O'BRIEN b Philipson 4
M NICHOLSON run out 25
N BRACKEN lbw b Hauritz 11
S CLARK st Seccombe b Hauritz 1
S MACGILL not out 1
Sundries (5lb 9w 7nb) 21
Total 246
Fall: 50, 54, 151, 160, 169, 192, 218, 235, 237, 246.
Bowling: M Kasprowicz 10-1-50-1 (1w), A Noffke 10-2-27-2 (1w), D MacKenzie 8-0-51-0 (7w 6nb), J Hopes 10-2-49-1, N Hauritz 10-1-52-4 (1nb), C Philipson 1-0-2-1, C Perren 1-0-10-0.
Batting time: 203 mins. Overs: 50.
AAP
January 17, 2004
MATTHEW NICHOLSON thrilled a big Telstra Stadium crowd with a $50,000 hit, but NSW failed to fully capitalise on some promising starts in their ING Cup day-night cricket match against Queensland.
NSW were dismissed for 246 off the final ball of their 50-over innings.
Nicholson struck an advertising sign on the western side of the ground as he lifted a delivery from spinner Nathan Hauritz over deep mid-wicket.
He became only the second player this season to hit the lucrative target after South Australia's Graham Manou, who achieved the feat twice.
NSW officials said the prizemoney would go into a team prize pool to be divvied up at the end of the season with Nicholson earning the major share.
Officials reported a crowd of over 24,000 shortly before the Blues' innings ended.
Most of the Blues' star batters were guilty of failing to build on a promising start.
Skipper Steve Waugh scored 48 off 72 balls, Simon Katich 46 off 59, and Mark Waugh 37 off 31.
Openers Phil Jaques (19 off 29) and Dominic Thornely (30 off 49) put on 50 in just over 11 overs before falling to catches by Bulls debutant Craig Philipson off paceman Ashley Noffke (2-27 off 10 overs).
Noffke applied the brake to the NSW innings as Katich and Steve Waugh struggled early on in their third-wicket stand of 97 off 120 balls.
In one nine-over period, the pair added just 20 runs with Waugh failing to score for 12 deliveries.
Both men eventually blossomed, each scoring five boundaries with Katich adding a six.
The Blues were given a helping hand by wayward Bulls paceman Damian MacKenzie, who gifted them 13 extra deliveries through bowling six no-balls and seven wides.
Well-placed at 2-151 in the 33rd over, NSW subsequently lost wickets at regular intervals.
Hauritz (4-52 off 10 overs) chewed through the bottom half of the order, though Mark Waugh and Nicholson, who smashed two sixes in his innings of 25 off 22 balls boosted the total in the latter overs.
NSW INNINGS
P JAQUES c Philipson b Noffke 19
D THORNELY c Philipson b Noffke 30
S KATICH c Kasprowicz b Hauritz 46
S WAUGH c Love b Hopes 48
M WAUGH c Maher b Kasprowicz 37
B HADDIN c Law b Hauritz 3
A O'BRIEN b Philipson 4
M NICHOLSON run out 25
N BRACKEN lbw b Hauritz 11
S CLARK st Seccombe b Hauritz 1
S MACGILL not out 1
Sundries (5lb 9w 7nb) 21
Total 246
Fall: 50, 54, 151, 160, 169, 192, 218, 235, 237, 246.
Bowling: M Kasprowicz 10-1-50-1 (1w), A Noffke 10-2-27-2 (1w), D MacKenzie 8-0-51-0 (7w 6nb), J Hopes 10-2-49-1, N Hauritz 10-1-52-4 (1nb), C Philipson 1-0-2-1, C Perren 1-0-10-0.
Batting time: 203 mins. Overs: 50.
AAP
