Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1995/96
New South Wales v Queensland
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
15 October 1995 (50-over match)

Result: New South Wales won by 11 runs
Points: New South Wales 2, Queensland 0

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: SJA Taufel and IS Thomas
TV Umpire: IG Jackson
Man of the Match: MJ Slater

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Law              b Prestwidge          77  80  75  6 3
*MA Taylor            run out (Symonds/Seccombe)               44 100  68  4 0
SR Waugh              c Law              b McDermott           49  93  56  3 0
ME Waugh              c McDermott        b Prestwidge          16  16  16  2 0
MG Bevan                             c & b Law                 30  39  38  2 0
S Lee                 c Kasprowicz       b Prestwidge          19  32  18  0 1
GRJ Matthews          c Kasprowicz       b Prestwidge          10   8   8  1 0
BE McNamara           not out                                   9  20  15  1 0
+PA Emery             run out (Law)                             3   6   4  0 0
ND Maxwell            not out                                   7   6   5  1 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, nb 6)                         9
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 204 mins)         273

DNB: GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-110 (Slater), 2-129 (Taylor), 3-154 (ME Waugh),
     4-201 (Bevan), 5-235 (SR Waugh), 6-250 (Matthews),
     7-250 (Lee), 8-256 (Emery).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDermott                   10      1     43      1
Kasprowicz                   7      0     36      0
Bichel                       8      0     52      0
Symonds                      5      0     32      0
Prestwidge                  10      0     56      4 (3nb)
Law                         10      0     51      1

Queensland innings (target: 274 runs from 50 overs)             R   M   B  4 6
ML Hayden             c Slater           b Bevan               30  88  60  1 0
TJ Barsby             c Bevan            b Matthews             4   6   3  1 0
*SG Law               c Bevan            b Maxwell             32  45  42  4 0
ML Love               c Matthews         b McNamara            31  65  51  2 1
A Symonds             c McGrath          b Bevan               27  15  13  1 3
+WA Seccombe          c Bevan            b McGrath             18  33  24  0 1
AR Border             run out (Emery)                          50  84  57  4 0
CJ McDermott          c Matthews         b McNamara            41  40  28  4 1
SA Prestwidge                            b Maxwell             16  17  16  1 0
AJ Bichel             run out (Emery/McNamara)                  1   9   7  0 0
MS Kasprowicz         not out                                   3   5   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 5, nb 2)                         9
Total                 (all out, 49.4 overs, 209 mins)         262

FoW: 1-7 (Barsby), 2-57 (Law), 3-81 (Hayden), 4-124 (Symonds),
     5-129 (Love), 6-152 (Seccombe), 7-230 (McDermott),
     8-258 (Prestwidge), 9-258 (Border), 10-262 (Bichel).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     10      0     35      1 (1w)
Matthews                    10      0     54      1
Lee                         10      0     47      0 (1nb, 3w)
Maxwell                      7      0     37      2
Bevan                        3      0     24      2
McNamara                     9.4    0     63      2 (1w)

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

• 12th Men: KJ Roberts (New South Wales and JP Maher (Queensland).
• Scorers: EW Cosgrove (New South Wales) and DJ Evans (Queensland).
• MJ Slater 50 (54 mins, 51 balls, 6x4, 1x6)
• Slater/Taylor 1st wicket partnership 110 (80 mins, 124 balls)
• AR Border 50 (79 mins, 57 balls, 4x4)
• Hayden/Law 2nd wicket partnership 50 (45 mins, 75 balls)
• Border/McDermott 7th wicket partnership 78 (46 mins, 61 balls)
• Attendance: 15870 (record for a preliminary match in Australia Domestic One-Day Competition).

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: New South Wales, Queensland.

Ground Page: North Sydney Oval, Sydney

New South Wales Player Pages: MJ Slater, MA Taylor, SR Waugh, ME Waugh, MG Bevan, S Lee, GRJ Matthews, BE McNamara, PA Emery, ND Maxwell, GD McGrath.

Queensland Player Pages: ML Hayden, TJ Barsby, SG Law, ML Love, A Symonds, WA Seccombe, AR Border, CJ McDermott, SA Prestwidge, AJ Bichel, MS Kasprowicz.

Match Officials' Pages: SJA Taufel, IS Thomas, IG Jackson.