Younger gun Sam Konstas has overcome leg cramps to attain his first home one-day cricket century, as Queensland beat NSW in a run-fest.
Regardless of Konstas’s spectacular 116, NSW have been dismissed for 256 chasing Queensland’s 9-310 on Thursday at Allan Border Area.
The opener was despatched dwelling early from the Sri Lanka tour with out enjoying in both Take a look at and solely made three and 22 within the Sheffield Protect match earlier this week towards Queensland.
However the 19-year-old, whose Boxing Day Take a look at debut was one of many highlights of the summer season, reminded everybody of his huge potential as he anchored the NSW innings in his second home one-day match.
Whereas Konstas was nonetheless in, NSW had a glimmer of hope that they might pull off the win.
Play was held up for 5 minutes after he cramped badly in his left hamstring and dropped to the turf, however after therapy he was capable of hold batting.
His 98-ball knock featured 13 fours and three sixes. He introduced up the century with an impressive sq. lower for six.
However NSW, who began Thursday’s video games as the highest facet within the one-day competitors, paid dearly for a mid-innings collapse after Lachie Hearne arrange the sizeable Queensland whole together with his ton.
Konstas’s century was not sufficient as NSW fell to Queensland in Brisbane. (AAP: Darren England)
After the beginning of play was delayed by rain and the match shortened to 45 overs per facet, the bowler-friendly circumstances meant it was toss for NSW to win.
They decreased the house facet to 4-54, earlier than Hearne and Max Bryant steadied the innings with their 100-run stand from 78 balls.
As soon as Bryant was dismissed for 34, Jack Wildermuth was the senior associate in his 120-run stand with Hearne because the circumstances turned a lot simpler for batting.
Wildermuth belted 83 from 56 balls with six fours and 5 sixes.
Hearne additionally opened up, with 4 successive sixes to hit Moises Henriques out of the assault.
He was dismissed on the finish of the forty second over for 107 from 91 balls, with 4 fours and 7 sixes.
Gurinder Sandhu scored a worthwhile 21no to take the rating previous 300, whereas opening bowler Jack Nisbet took 4-49 from his 9 overs.
NSW made a strong begin, reaching 1-113 within the 18th over, earlier than they crucially misplaced 3-5.
After Mitch Swepson dismissed Matthew Gilkes for 34, Callum Vidler snared two wickets in three balls, with Henriques and Oliver Davies departing for geese.
That left NSW 4-118 on the finish of the nineteenth over and so they by no means fairly recovered.
A 50-run stand between Konstas and Hayden Kerr for the eighth wicket raised NSW hopes of chasing down the formidable Queensland whole.
However when Liam Guthrie snared Kerr for 14, NSW have been 8-233 at first of the thirty eighth over.
Sandhu claimed Konstas’s wicket within the fortieth over to substantiate Queensland would win and the one curiosity remained whether or not the house facet might declare the bonus level, by dismissing NSW for lower than 247.
However the guests handed that focus on and their final wicket fell at 42.2 overs.
Guthrie took 3-45 from 8.2 overs and Vidler claimed 2-66.
AAP
