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  • 2012/13 Bupa Sheffield Shield

    XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues - Match 11

    November 2, 2012, 11:00AM AET Allan Border Field, Brisbane

    Match Status: Day 3 - Completed
    Queensland won by 6 wickets

  • XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls 4/106 (22.1) & 256 (81.5)
  • NSW SpeedBlitz Blues 9/175 (44.4) & 184 (67.2)
  • XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls won the toss and elected to bowl
  • Graph
  • Current Run Rate: 4.78
BatsmenRB4s6sS/R
PJ Forrest*27352277.14
NJ Reardon13152086.67
This Partnership:19 Runs From 21 Balls (R/R: 5.43)

BowlersOMRWEcon
TA Copeland*5.113326.39
JR Hazlewood6.012404.00

Last Wicket:Burns, 0 (c:Nevill b:Copeland, Over: 18.4)
Last 5 overs:4 . 3 W 1 . | . . . 1 . . | . 4 . 1 . . | . 4 . . 2 . | 6
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23rd Over
The XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls defeated the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues by 6 wickets with five sessions to spare at Allan Border Field. Thanks for following our coverage of the Bupa Sheffield Shield and we'll have more cricket soon.
Queensland 256 (Burns 64, Hartley 54, Khawaja 54) & 4/106 (Khawaja 54, Forrest 27*, Copeland 2/33) def. New South Wales 184 (Nevill 42, Feldman 4/47) & 175 (Gannon 4/61, Feldman 3/58). Points QLD 6, NSW 0. MOTM - Khawaja
Usman Khawaja has been named man of the match after a couple of strong batting performances. The Queensland fast bowlers were all very good while for the Blues Trent Copeland was the best of their bowlers.
The Blues lost Shane Watson to injury and had a number of players returning from Twenty20 mode. They were a bit off their game in this one but showed enough promise to suggest they will be competitive for the rest of the season.
The pitch appeared to be a good one for batting but no one could push on with a big score. The Bulls bowled a bit better, and were especially good on that first day, while a few strong batting partnerships were enough to seal the win.
The Queensland Bulls will be very satisfied with that victory, coming at Lunch on Day 3. They lost some key bowlers to injury and faced a very strong NSW team, yet have come away with a comprehensive victory.
P.Forrest - 27* (36 balls, 60 minutes), N.Reardon - 13* (15 balls, 15 minutes). Unbeaten 5th wicket partnership (Forrest/Reardon) of 19 runs.
Over 22.1: Copeland to Forrest, SIX, and there it is Forrest launches a huge drive down the ground to win the game! The XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls win by 6 wickets!
 22nd Over
Over 21.6: Hazlewood to Reardon, no run, gets forward and defends to the off-side to end the over, 4 runs to win. QLD 4/100 (Forrest 21, Reardon 13)
XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls 100 runs off 132 balls in 91 minutes.
Over 21.5: Hazlewood to Reardon, two runs, moves back in the crease and turns the ball away off his hip for a couple. Just 4 runs to win.
Over 21.4: Hazlewood to Reardon, no run, tries to win it with a swipe over midwicket and he misses the ball outside off stump.
Over 21.3: Hazlewood to Reardon, no run, gets forward and defends towards mid off. Lunch will be delayed and play can continue until 12:15pm.
Over 21.2: Hazlewood to Reardon, FOUR, great shot from Reardon flicking the ball off his pads through square leg, 6 to win.
Over 21.1: Hazlewood to Reardon, no run, moves back and across to leave the ball alone.
 21st Over
Over 20.6: Copeland to Forrest, no run, on the crease and defends along the ground to gully. Just 10 runs to win so we might play through the Lunch break after this over. QLD 4/94 (Forrest 21, Reardon 7)
Over 20.5: Copeland to Forrest, no run, takes a stride forward and leaves the ball alone.
Over 20.4: Copeland to Reardon, one run, leans forward and drops a quick single to the off-side.
Over 20.3: Copeland to Reardon, no run, presses forward to defend and beaten outside the off stump.
Over 20.2: Copeland to Reardon, FOUR, waits on the back foot and punches the ball nicely through the cover gap.
Over 20.1: Copeland to Reardon, no run, steps forward and leaves a full ball watchfully outside the off stump.

XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls: Wade Townsend, Alex Kemp, Usman Khawaja, Peter Forrest, Joe Burns, Nathan Reardon, Chris Hartley (c/wk), Nathan Hauritz, Cameron Gannon, Alister McDermott, Luke Feldman, Michael Neser (12th)

NSW SpeedBlitz Blues: David Warner, Scott Henry, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (c), Nic Maddinson, Peter Nevill (wk), Steve O'Keefe, Mitchell Starc, Trent Copeland, Josh Hazlewood, Doug Bollinger, David Dawson (12th)

Umpires: Joshua, GC (AUS), Oxenford, BNJ (AUS)
Third Umpire:
Match Refree: Evans, RJ (AUS)