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Virat Kohli fined 50% of match fee for code of conduct breach

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The RCB batter was upset at his dismissal against KKR because he felt the delivery should have been a no-ball

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Apr-20243:16

Explaining the new technology for tracking no-balls for height

Virat Kohli has been fined 50% of his match fee for breaching the IPL’s code of conduct during RCB’s match against KKR at Eden Gardens on Sunday.Though the IPL statement did not specify why Kohli was being fined, it is likely to do with his reaction to his dismissal for 18 off 7 balls, in the third over of RCB’s chase of 223.Related

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Kohli was caught and bowled off a high full toss from Harshit Rana, having played the ball well outside his crease. It was a slower delivery that seemed to be dipping on the batter, even though it was above the waist height when Kohli made contact with it. He felt the delivery should have been called a no-ball, but the new Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology to determine such decisions ruled it as a legal delivery.According to the technology, the ball would have passed the batter at 0.92 metres from the ground if Kohli was upright at the crease. The height of Kohli’s waist had been measured beforehand at 1.04 metres, which means the ball would have passed below his waist had he been on his crease and not outside it, making it a legal delivery.Kohli was unhappy with the decision and was seen expressing his displeasure to the on-field umpire, along with the non-striker Faf du Plessis, who also thought it should have been a no-ball for height.To remove the subjective element in adjudicating no-balls above the waist this season, the IPL introduced technology to measure the height of the delivery as it passes the batter at the crease. That is then measured against the toe-to-waist height of the batter when in an upright position, which is recorded in advance. If the height of the ball is more than the recorded height of the batter’s waist, then it is declared a no-ball. Otherwise it’s a fair delivery.In this case, the projected trajectory of the delivery would have taken it 0.12 metres below Kohli’s waist had he been upright on his crease.”Obviously, the rules are the rules,” RCB captain du Plessis said after the game. “Virat and myself at that stage thought that possibly the ball was higher than his waist. I guess they measure it on the popping crease. In those situations, you’ll always have one team that’s happy and one team that doesn’t feel like it’s quite the right decision. But that’s just how the game works.”RCB went on to lose the game against KKR by one run, and are bottom of the points table with only one win in eight games.

All-round Chase, effective Motie seal West Indies' T20I series win over South Africa

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SA had some positives though: runs from de Kock, and impressive performances from spinners Peter and Fortuin

Firdose Moonda25-May-2024West Indies sealed the three-match T20I series against South Africa, with a match to spare, and successfully defended 208 in front of enthusiastic Sabina Park supporters. With all the fixtures in this series being played at the same venue in Jamaica – which will not host any T20 World Cup games – the weekend crowd were out in full force on a Saturday afternoon to enjoy another strong performance from their side.After choosing to bat, West Indies started slower than the first match (where they had reached 100 runs by the halfway mark) but paced their innings well. They accelerated in the middle and latter period, thanks to a 56-run fourth-wicket stand off 36 between Roston Chase and Andre Fletcher and a 63-run fifth-wicket stand, off only 25 balls, between Chase and Romario Shepherd. In the process, Chase scored his first T20I fifty.Anrich Nortje returned to the South African side after almost nine months on the sidelines as he recovered from a lower back stress fracture and was expensive on his return. His four overs cost 47 runs, and he went wicketless. The star of South Africa’s bowling was debutant Nqabayomzi Peter, who took 2 for 32, but is not in the T20 World Cup squad.In response, South Africa were quick out of the blocks and brought up 100 in eight overs but no-one could kick on after Quinton de Kock’s 17-ball 41. The middle-order were particularly disappointing and folded from 113 for 2 to 167 for 7, losing 5 for 54. South Africa may not be too concerned because none of Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs and David Miller were involved in this series and all four will return for the T20 World Cup.Still, South Africa have not won a T20I series since August 2022, and have lost four of their last five series. Their ability against spin remains a concern and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie benefited most from that. He picked up career-best figures of 3 for 22 and has taken three wickets in each of his last three matches.

Newcomer Nqaba makes a name

Little more than a year ago, Peter was a net bowler, without a domestic contract, bowling to South Africa’s batters in their preparation for a home series against West Indies. Now, after finishing as the second-highest wicket-taker at the CSA T20 Challenge for the title-winning Lions, he made his international debut at Sabina Park and immediately impressed.Brought on to bowl just after the Powerplay, he tempted West Indies’ stand-in captain Brandon King into a big shot with his fourth ball that was full and wide outside off. King slapped it across the line but could not clear Wiaan Mulder at long-on, who took the catch over his head to give Peter the biggest name on debut. In his next over, Peter was not put off by Kyle Mayers hitting his googly for six and bowled it again. Mayers pulled to the area between deep square leg and fine leg, where Ryan Rickelton ran around to take the catch. Peter finished with 2 for 32 in his four overs.

Chasing half-centuries

Roston Chase has played high-level cricket for a dozen years but this is only his 13th T20I and before today, he had yet to score a half-century. That changed with an innovative innings that held West Indies together and ensured they accelerated in the second half of their innings. Five of Chase’s six fours were scored behind square and two of them were big ones, both off short balls. The second, off Lungi Ngidi, sailed over the stands and broke a window of one of the parked cars, as he brought up fifty off 30 balls.

Quinton’s quick start

Quinton de Kock has not been at his most fluent since retiring from ODI cricket at last year’s fifty-over World Cup but showed signs of returning to his best as he gave South Africa a speedy start. De Kock pulled the first ball he faced to fine leg and beat Kyle Mayers to find the boundary and went on to hit four fours and as many sixes in the 17 balls he faced. The shots of his knock were back-to-back sixes off Akeal Hosein, the first off a full ball that he slammed over mid-on, and the second off a short ball that he pulled over long-on. He was bowled in the same over but was still the major contributor to South Africa’s highest Powerplay score of 85 for 2.

Catches win matches

Andile Phehlukwayo was promoted to No.6, above Wiaan Mulder, and was called on with eight overs left, and South Africa still 84 runs away from the target. They had not hit a boundary since the eighth over, and Phehlukwayo had no choice but to try and get one when Motie offered one full and wide. Phehlukwayo attempted a shot go over cover but Shamar Joseph moved to his right and dived diagonally to take an amazing catch in the deep. Two overs later, Hosein, at long-off, timed his jump well to end Rassie van der Dussen’s innings on 30, and with it South Africa’s hopes.

John Simpson, Cheteshwar Pujara leave Middlesex facing a mountain

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Record-breaking partnership drives visitors into the ascendancy at Lord’s

ECB Reporters Network25-May-2024John Simpson and Cheteshwar Pujara completed centuries on a day when Sussex re-wrote their record books not once but twice as they continued to dominate this Vitality County Championship clash with hosts Middlesex at Lord’s.Simpson, who made 10 centuries in 15 years with the Seaxes, got the second of his short tenure as Sussex skipper, eventually making 167 while Pujara posted 129 in a score of 554 for 9 that eclipsed their previous best against the hosts of 550 for 9 at Hove in 1980.Simpson and Pujara shared a stand of 223 for the fifth wicket to erase the previous best against Middlesex of 216 by Kepler Wessels and Colin Wells in that same match 34 years ago.Middlesex for whom Ethan Bamber took 3 for 114, lost Mark Stoneman early in their reply, but Sam Robson, unbeaten on 40 and Max Holden saw them through to stumps at 62 for 1 without further alarm. They will require a further 343 on day three to avoid the follow-on.Resuming on 295 for 4, Sussex were obviously conscious of head coach Paul Farbrace’s words at close the night before about not undoing the good work of day one as Pujara and Simpson adopted a cautious approach, so much so, only eight runs came in the first 10 overs.Pujara, in the last game of his latest stint at Hove, 91 not out overnight, took 43 minutes to add to his score, though in truth he never looked ruffled by his lack of progress.The Indian Test veteran won the race to 100, pulling a short ball from Henry Brookes to the fence behind square, but with three overs to go until the 110-over cut-off for bonus points, the visitors were still some way short of 350.The fact they got there was down to Simpson, who skated through the 90s with a trio of boundaries, two back past the bowler and a third caressed deliciously through extra cover to take him to his 12th first-class century. Even so, Sussex needed a no-ball from Brookes off what should have been the final ball of the 110th to glean the third batting bonus-point.The efforts of Wessels and Wells were consigned to history shortly before lunch, but the stand ended within four balls of the resumption, Pujara hitting a full toss from Nathan Fernandes straight into the hands of Stoneman at mid-wicket.If we were expecting a full-on push towards a declaration it didn’t materialise in an afternoon which meandered along with a distinct lack of tempo.Fynn Hudson-Prentice tried to press the go button only to get too far leg-side of a long-hop from Luke Hollman and feather it through to Jack Davies.As Middlesex adopted a defensive pose in the field, daring Sussex to force the pace, Simpson, who survived playing a Hollman delivery into his helmet, continued his steady accumulation to pass 150.He fell to almost his first attempt at something unorthodox, Bamber pegging back his leg stump after he missed an attempted scoop.Danny Lamb tried nothing as extravagant in a painstaking 49 before chipping one back to the persevering Hollman an act which finally provoked a declaration.Middlesex dragged tired bodies and minds off the field and the suspicion was that England seamer Ollie Robinson – who’d made a sprightly unbeaten 22 – and Division Two’s leading wicket taker at the start of the round, Jayden Seales, would prove to be a tricky prospect in the 19 overs that remained. Robinson, under pressure for his Test place against West Indies in July, didn’t wait long to make his case.The seamer, bowling from the Pavilion End beat the outside edge of Stoneman’s bat four times in one over before getting the nick in his next to send the former England opener packing for four.

Shardul Thakur undergoes successful foot surgery

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He is expected to be out of competitive cricket for at least three months

PTI12-Jun-2024India fast-bowling allrounder Shardul Thakur has undergone a successful foot surgery, but is expected to be out of competitive cricket for at least three months.Thakur shared a post-surgery photo on his Instagram account on Wednesday, captioned “operated successfully”. It was his second foot surgery; the first one was five years ago in 2019.

The problem recurred during India’s South Africa tour in December-January.He last played for India in the first Test in Centurion in that series. Although he managed to make a return in the Ranji Trophy last season, helping Mumbai win their 42nd title, it is understood he had requested the BCCI for longer breaks between matches to ensure adequate recovery and preparation time.In IPL 2024, playing for Chennai Super Kings, he managed to pick up only five wickets in nine outings at an economy of 9.75.Since Thakur is a Grade C annual contract holder of the BCCI, the board paid the expenses for his treatment. There are chances he could be back before or right on time for the upcoming domestic season.

'All yours now champion' – Warner endorses Fraser-McGurk for top-order jobs

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The young opener appears set to be given the first chance at being Warner’s long-term white-ball replacement

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Jun-20241:23

Clarke: Some Australia players might walk away from T20Is

David Warner has passed the opening baton over to Jake Fraser-McGurk, believing the 22-year-old can fill his role in both of Australia’s white-ball sides and potentially has a future in the Test team as well.Warner has become a mentor to Fraser-McGurk with the pair spending a lot of time together in the IPL, where they played for Delhi Capitals, and recently at the T20 World Cup when Fraser-McGurk joined as a travelling reserve.Related

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Warner’s international career came to an end with Australia’s Super Eight exit, meaning a new era at the top of the order looms in both limited-overs formats.”All yours now champion,” Warner captioned an Instagram Stories post on Wednesday of himself and Fraser-McGurk sharing a drink.Speaking to Australian reporters after the team’s exit was confirmed, Warner endorsed Fraser-McGurk’s credentials as an opener in T20s and ODIs.”Every time I put something out there I become a selector [but] I think he’s definitely got the ability to definitely do that,” Warner told and .”He can lock it in. And a bit like myself, you [have to learn] how to play…50-over cricket. That’s one thing that I learnt from Twenty20. I got dropped after seven games because I didn’t really understand how to play the game of one-day cricket.”So from a one-day perspective if he learns that and understands that he’ll have a fantastic career, especially batting in Australia. Best wickets in the world.”Fraser-McGurk, who played two ODIs against West Indies in February, hitting 51 runs off 23 balls across a pair of innings, and earlier in the season hammered a world-record 29-ball one-day century in the Marsh Cup, will likely be included for September’s tours of Scotland and England as Australia start to look to the future.Jake Fraser-McGurk won’t have to wait long for his next chance with Australia•Associated Press

However, Fraser-McGurk himself has played down the prospect of following Warner as a red-ball opener after finding an experiment at the top of the order for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield didn’t suit him. He made 19 runs in four innings opening having earlier in the season scored a maiden first-class hundred at No. 6.”Last year when I was put up to open the batting in Shield cricket, that’s not me. Had Xavier Bartlett bowling huge outswingers on a green top at Adelaide Oval…it was torture. Hopefully won’t do that again, that’s one thing I won’t be able to do,” he told the .Warner acknowledged the competing demands that will come Fraser-McGurk’s way from the franchise scene but was encouraged by his desire to pursue first-class cricket.”Will he play Test cricket? I think he’ll have to have a breakout year in the next 12-18 months to prove himself,” Warner said. “I think we’ve all had to score hundreds to get your name up there [to] warrant that.”Hopefully when it comes to Shield cricket this year, he sticks at that. There’s going to be a lot of money thrown around to him for these Twenty20 leagues and it’s upon him and his management to keep him focused and aligned with what he wants to do. But I hope he does – I know he’s thinking like that. He wants to play red-ball cricket.”

Dravid unveiled as Rajasthan Royals head coach

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Former India coach has signed a multi-year contract with the franchise

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Sep-20247:30

Will coach Dravid’s India experience make a difference at Royals?

Rahul Dravid has been formally announced as Rajasthan Royals’ new head coach for a multi-year term, and he said it was the “ideal time” to “take on another challenge” after guiding India to the T20 World Cup title in June this year.”I am pleased to be returning to the franchise I have called ‘home’ for a number of years in the past,” Dravid said in a statement, having captained RR in IPL 2012 and 2013, and been their team mentor in 2014 and 2015. “After the World Cup, I feel it’s the ideal time for me to take on another challenge, and the Royals is the perfect place to do that … It’s an exciting opportunity for us to take this team to the next level given the kind of talent and resources we have at our disposal and I’m looking forward to getting started.”ESPNcricinfo had reported two days ago that Dravid and RR had signed a deal and also had initial conversations on player retentions ahead of the upcoming mega auction. He has a long-standing working relationship with the RR captain Sanju Samson, who came through the under-19 ranks on Dravid’s watch.Dravid’s appointment marks his return to the IPL for the first time since 2019, when he became the head of the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. In 2021, he was appointed head coach of the India men’s team and ended his three-year stint with their first ICC title in 11 years.RR said in a statement that Dravid will “commence with the team immediately, working with Royals’ director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara to implement the franchise’s overall cricketing strategy.”RR have not won the IPL title since the inaugural season in 2008; their next best finish was in 2022 when they came runners-up to Gujarat Titans. They failed to make the playoffs in 2023, finishing fifth in the league despite a terrific start to the season, but did so in 2024 and were knocked out in Qualifier 2.”We are delighted to be bringing Rahul back to the franchise,” RR CEO Jake Lush McCrum said. “His exceptional coaching capabilities are evident with the transformation he’s driven in Indian cricket. He also has a deep connection to the franchise, and we’ve seen that passion come through in all our conversations. Rahul has already got to work with Kumar (Sangakkara) and the rest of the team, as we prepare for this exciting new period for the franchise starting with IPL retention and the auction just around the corner.”

CWI sanctioned Global Super League set to launch in Guyana on November 26

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The tournament will feature teams from five different countries with a prize money of US$1 million

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Oct-2024A new five-team T20 tournament called the Global Super League is set to launch in Guyana and will be played from November 26 to December 7. The league will feature teams from five different countries and is sanctioned by Cricket West Indies (CWI) and “fully supported” by the government of Guyana, a “key stakeholder” in the competition, which has a prize money of US$1 million.This is slated to be South America’s first standalone cricket event and will feature Guyana Amazon Warriors from the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and four other “established” T20 teams from around the world. ESPNcricinfo has learnt Hampshire, the three-time champions of England’s T20 Blast, are among the invited teams.There will be a total of 11 matches in the Global Super League T20 with each team playing four matches in the group stage. The top two teams will then progress to the final. All the matches will be played at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence. A media release also said that the event is set to take place annually featuring different teams from around the world being invited to take part each season.”The passion for cricket in Guyana rivals that of fans anywhere, and we look forward to celebrating our love of the game and our rich and vibrant country with both those visiting in person and watching from around the world,” Clive Lloyd, the Global Super League chairman was quote via a release.Amazon Warriors, the 2023 CPL winners, are the home team from Guyana. They have also been runners-up six times: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2024.”The Global Super League has the full support of the Government of Guyana as we build a world class sports tourism product,” Mohammed Irfaan Ali, president of the co-operative Republic of Guyana said. “Cricket is part of our cultural history, it is that unifying force, part of our heritage and an integral part of our strategic objective in economic diversification with a strong emphasis on tourism.”The Global Super League will clash with the Abu Dhabi T10, slated to be held from November 21 to December 2, and with Bangladesh’s tour of the Caribbean although that will start with the Tests from November 22 to December 4, followed by three ODIs from December 8 to 12 and three T20Is from December 16 to 20.

Unadkat four-for, Hughes fifty ensure Sussex take strong grip

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Division Two leaders in charge at Hove after Glamorgan dismissed for 186

ECB Reporters Network09-Sep-2024Sussex, aiming to virtually clinch promotion to the first division of the Vitality County Championship with their seventh victory of the season, made a good start when they bowled out Glamorgan for 186 in 57.3 overs, with left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat returning figures of 4 for 52.Glamorgan, looking for just their second win and their first Championship victory at Hove since 1975, were then made to suffer in the field as Tom Haines (48) and Daniel Hughes (57 not out) put on 110 for the first wicket. They missed their rested opening bowler Timm van der Gugten as Sussex ended the first day just 65 runs behind with nine wickets in hand.Sussex, unchanged from their recent victory over Derbyshire, chose to bowl on an overcast, autumnal morning and their decision was soon rewarded.With the third delivery of his opening over, Unadkat had Asa Tribe caught by Hughes at short leg. Tribe, playing only his second first-class game, had faced just five deliveries. Unadkat made another breakthrough in his third over when he knocked back Sam Northeast’s middle stump via the inside edge . This put a dent in Northeast’s away batting average of over hundred runs per innings for the season.Glamorgan, who welcomed back James Harris and Ben Kellaway, lost their third wicket at 70 in the 20th over when Colin Ingram, having survived Ollie Robinson’s impressive opening burst with a combination of skill and good fortune, played forward defensively and lost his middle stump to a sharp delivery from Henry Crocombe. And in his next over Crocombe had Billy Root caught at second slip by Tom Clark. Glamorgan went to lunch on 91 for 4, with the battling Kiran Carlson unbeaten on 48. But Robinson’s heroic nine-over opening spell was wicketless.Both Robinson and Unadkat showed a preference for bowling downhill from the Cromwell Road End. But when they were replaced by part-time bowler Clark the medium-pacer struck twice in three balls after the interval. Kellaway gloved one down the leg side and then Carlson was also caught behind. He had faced 81 deliveries and struck eight fours in his 56.Glamorgan lost their seventh wicket at 135, with Chris Cooke bowled by a Robinson delivery that trimmed his off bail, and looked likely to fold quickly. But then Dan Douthwaite and James Harris featured in an obdurate 16-over stand that yielded 49 runs.When Douthwaite removed his sweater and looked around the field he looked ready to adopt the long handle. But he was immediately caught behind and Unadkat struck again four balls later to dismiss Andy Gorvin, who was also caught behind to give wicketkeeper John Simpson his fourth catch of the innings. Harris was bowled by the offspinner Jack Carson and Glamorgan had lost their last three wickets for two runs.When Sussex batted Haines almost played on early in his innings and Hughes was badly dropped by Root at deep-backward square leg off the bowling of Ned Leonard when he had made just 8. But both batters went on to punish the Glamorgan attack before Haines fell just before the close. At the lunch interval Sussex awarded county caps to James Coles and Hughes.

Whitney puts himself in record books as Peirson leads Queensland fightback

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The 21-year-old quick became the 12th Queenslander to take a five-wicket haul on debut and first since 1986-87

AAP21-Oct-2024Young quick Tom Whitney wrote himself in Queensland’s Sheffield Shield record books, before helping bat the Bulls back into their match against South Australia.Whitney created history on Monday, becoming the first Queenslander in 38 years to claim a five-wicket haul on debut with his 5 for 60.Related

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And after the visitors were all out for 314 early on day two in Brisbane, Whitney produced a late cameo with the bat to help Queensland to 308 in reply.South Australia then lost first-innings century maker Henry Hunt caught behind first ball of their second innings to Michael Neser.But it was a day for Whitney, as Queensland also benefitted from Jimmy Peirson’s counter-punching 94 with the bat at Allan Border Oval.Arriving at the crease at 271 for 9 late in the day, Whitney blasted five boundaries on his way to an unbeaten 24 from 11 balls to help Queensland reach close to parity.After taking three wickets on Sunday, Whitney had both Nathan McAndrew and Wes Agar caught early on Monday morning.The wickets made the 21-year-old just the 12th Queenslander in history to take a five-wicket haul on debut, and the first since former police officer Mick Polzin in 1986-87.Jimmy Peirson led Queensland’s fightback•Getty Images

Neser also finished with 3 for 61, getting the key wicket of Hunt on 136 as the opener fell just short of carrying his bat.In reply, Queensland’s big names struggled. Test opener Usman Khawaja was lbw to McAndrew for a duck, as Queensland fell to 16 for 3 early with the ball swinging around.Matt Renshaw was also lbw to Jordan Buckingham for 2, denting his slim chances of joining Khawaja at the top of the order for the first Test in Perth.Marnus Labuschagne also failed to make any real impact, caught at forward square-leg flicking a ball off his toes.But from 80 for 5, Queensland were able to launch something of a counteract. Ben McDermott hit 52, while Neser and Peirson combined for a 97-run seventh-wicket partnership.Still Peirson pushed through, hitting 14 boundaries in his knock and driving with ease whenever South Australia’s quicks went too full.The wicketkeeper-batter looked set for his century, before he hesitated in coming back for a second with Mitchell Swepson and being run out by Jake Lehmann.

Webster's late strikes secure Tasmania's first win of the season

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Time was running out when the allrounder struck twice in an over to end NSW’s resistance

AAP27-Nov-2024Test dark horse Beau Webster has iced Tasmania’s tense 55-run Sheffield Shield defeat of New South Wales on an emotional day when the SCG commemorated the 10th anniversary of Phillip Hughes’ death.A stubborn ninth-wicket partnership from Adam Zampa and Chris Green and a lightning-enforced delay combined to frustrate Tasmania in the final hour after they looked on top declaring 294 runs ahead.But Webster, a chance to come into Australia’s XI this summer if allrounder Mitch Marsh needs a break, produced two crucial late wickets to dash any hopes of NSW holding on for a draw.The towering 30-year-old enticed Australian white-ball mainstay Zampa into nicking off to Jake Doran in the first ball of his new spell. Jackson Bird to Tim Ward in the slips without scoring later that over, with NSW all out only 13 minutes before play was due to close on day four.The bowling heroics from reigning Sheffield Shield player of the series Webster came after handy contributions of 61 and 49 with the bat and sealed a first win of the season for Tasmania.”He’s a special player at the moment,” Tasmania captain Jordan Silk said of Webster. “Any time I feel like we’re in trouble, I feel like I can throw him the ball and he just seems to be able to create something.”I know there’s a bit of talk around him potentially as a back-up [Test] allrounder and I’m very supportive of that move if they are to go that way.”The day began on a sombre note as tributes to Hughes brought the SCG to a standstill. The former Test batter died 10 years ago on Wednesday after a bouncer struck his neck while batting in a Shield match at the famous ground.The teams line up at the SCG to remember Phillip Hughes•Getty Images

The man who bowled that delivery, Sean Abbott, was consoled by NSW team-mates as he wept during the pre-match minute’s silence.Abbott went on to inspire a Tasmanian collapse of 4 for 10 early in the day, dispatching of Webster as the most crucial of his three wickets.After Tasmania declared, Matthew Kuhnemann made his mark by breaking a 61-run partnership between Oliver Davies and Kurtis Patterson that had NSW on track.Doran stumped Davies from a Kuhnemann delivery that bounced fiendishly outside off stump, before the spinner made headway on a deep NSW batting order later in the day.As pressure mounts on the Australian top order, former Test player Patterson missed a chance to further reassert his international credentials. The in-form left-hander skied Tasmania’s Kieran Elliott to wicketkeeper Jake Doran, who took a catch on the run at backward square leg.It was the first time in five knocks since his first-class recall that Patterson failed to make a half-century.When Matthew Gilkes was also caught behind by Doran the next over off Kuhnemann, NSW were wobbling at 120 for 5 with 175 more runs required for victory.Josh Philippe provided some resistance before Mitch Owen bowled him on return to the attack, with Webster doing the rest in the final half hour.

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