Queensland 310 for 9 (Hearne 107, Wildermuth 83, Nisbet 4-49) beat New South Wales 256 (Konstas 116, Guthrie 3-45) by 54 runs
Regardless of Konstas’s spectacular 116, NSW had been dismissed for 256 chasing Queensland’s 310 for 9 on Thursday at Allan Border Subject.
Konstas was despatched house early from the Sri Lanka tour with out taking part in in both Check and solely made 3 and 22 within the Sheffield Protect match earlier this week towards Queensland. However the 19-year-old, whose Boxing Day Check debut was one of many highlights of the summer time, reminded everybody of his huge potential as he anchored the NSW innings in his second home one dayer.
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 remedy he was in a position to maintain batting.
His 98-ball knock featured 13 fours and three sixes. He introduced up the century with an excellent sq. minimize for six.
After the beginning of play was delayed by rain and the match shortened to 45 overs per facet, the bowler-friendly situations meant it was an excellent toss for NSW to win. They decreased the house facet to 54 for 4, earlier than Hearne and Max Bryant steadied the innings with their 100-run stand from 78 balls.
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.
NSW made a stable begin, reaching 113 for 1 within the 18th over, earlier than they crucially misplaced 3 for five. 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 118 for 4 on the finish of the nineteenth over they usually 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 had been 233 for 8 firstly of the thirty eighth over. Sandhu claimed Konstas’ wicket within the fortieth over to verify Queensland would win and the one curiosity remained whether or not the house facet may declare the bonus level, by dismissing NSW for lower than 247. However the guests handed that concentrate on and their final wicket fell at 42.2 overs.
