MELBOURNE, Nov 2 AAP - The master and his apprentice gave Victoria the outright win today in the Pura Cup cricket match against Tasmania at the MCG.

Leg-spin genius Shane Warne and young wrist spinner Cameron White took seven wickets between them, bowling Tasmania out for 206.

That gave Victoria a 159-run win, having declared at 9-353 and 2-236 and dismissing Tasmania for 224 yesterday in its first innings.

Victoria went to the top of Cup ladder with the result and will do the same tomorrow in the ING Cup if it can beat Tasmania again.

This was the first time Warne had watched White bowl in a match and he liked what he saw.

"Cameron White was very good this game, both with the bat and the ball ... he's got a big future," Warne said.

"He's a pretty switched-on kid, he knows exactly what he's doing, he knows how to bowl."

Warne bowled for the whole morning session and snared 3-54 for the innings, while White took two wickets in three balls on the way to 4-51.

White first had Michael Dighton caught at mid-off for 41 and then trapped Graeme Cunningham lbw for a second-ball duck.

It was a nightmare Pura Cup debut for Cunningham, who also dropped a difficult chance off Arnberger when he was yet to score in the first innings.

Arnberger went on to anchor the innings with 172no, while Cunningham also made a first-ball duck in the first innings when he was the second victim of Shane Harwood's hat-trick.

White made a crucial 56 in the first innings in a partnership with opener Jason Arnberger, who made unbeaten centuries in the two innings.

While White and Warne starred today, part-time spinner Brad Hodge made the first breakthrough.

Resuming at 0-50, Tasmania had added 39 without loss when Hodge had Jamie Cox well-caught down the leg side by wicketkeeper Darren Berry for 26.

Berry became Victoria's most-capped player in this game and he marked the milestone today with some great work behind the stumps, taking two catches and effecting a stumping.

Tasmania was two down at lunch when Warne bowled opener Michael Di Venuto for 55 and from there the Tigers were struggling.

They lost five wickets in the middle session and lasted only 22 minutes after tea.

It could be the last Pura Cup match Warne plays for Victoria this summer and he will miss tomorrow's one-dayer, flying to Brisbane instead ahead of the first Ashes Test.

He badly wanted Victoria to win this match, saying the side could lose as many as five players to national commitments.

Apart from himself, there is also the Australia A game against England later this month in Hobart.

"If feels pretty good to be top of the table after two games - you can't do much better than that," Warne said.

© 2002 AAP

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