f47120 ss1675	Tasmania v Western Australia
	Pura Cup 2002/03
Venue	Bellerive Oval, Hobart on 5th, 6th February 2003 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Tasmania won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Tasmania 0; Western Australia 6 (awarded win points because match halted due to dangerous pitch 6)
Umpires	KJ McGinniss, JH Smeaton
Scorers	HM Bradshaw, GW Hamley
Close of play day 1	Tasmania (1) 115/5 (Dighton 17*, Kremerskothen 4*; 42.4 overs)
Player of the Match	No award made

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Tasmania first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Di Venuto	lbw b Angel	31	80	113	3	-
*J Cox	c Rogers b Angel	34	83	106	3	-
SR Mason	c Langer b Clark	5	13	13	1	-
MG Dighton	c Campbell b Williams	23	55	80	3	-
BC Oliver	lbw b Williams	11	33	41	2	-
DJ Marsh	b Williams	0	4	7	-	-
SP Kremerskothen	c Thorp b Clark	21	37	48	2	-
+SG Clingeleffer	b Williams	12	26	42	1	-
DG Wright	c Marsh b Clark	8	6	9	2	-
AR Griffith	not out	5	8	16	-	-
AG Downton	b Williams	0	6	8	-	-
Extras	(16 b, 13 lb)	29
Total	(all out, 246 minutes, 58.3 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-73 (Cox, 26.3 ov), 2-74 (Di Venuto, 28.2 ov), 3-82 (Mason, 29.5 ov), 4-107 (Oliver, 40.5 ov), 5-111 (Marsh, 42.3 ov), 6-130 (Dighton, 48.2 ov), 7-154 (Kremerskothen, 53.2 ov), 8-162 (Wright, 55.2 ov), 9-173 (Clingeleffer, 56.4 ov), 10-179 (Downton, 58.3 ov)

Western Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	18.3	5	48	5	-	-
Clark	15	4	43	3	-	-
Thorp	10	1	32	0	-	-
Angel	15	5	27	2	-	-

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JL Langer	lbw b Wright	3	9	13	-	-
CJL Rogers	c Clingeleffer b Griffith	20	34	51	2	-
MW Goodwin	c sub (XJ Doherty) b Griffith	23	29	46	5	-
MEK Hussey	not out	5	14	15	-	-
SE Marsh	not out	0	4	5	-	-
MJ North	did not bat
+RJ Campbell	did not bat
CD Thorp	did not bat
J Angel	did not bat
BA Williams	did not bat
MW Clark	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 68 minutes, 15 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Langer, 2.6 ov), 2-46 (Rogers, 11.3 ov), 3-47 (Goodwin, 13.2 ov)

Tasmania bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	6	1	27	1	-	-
Griffith	7	1	18	2	-	-
Downton	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
--> Tasmania first innings: 50 in 97 balls, 68 minutes
--> Tasmania first innings: 100 in 227 balls, 150 minutes
--> Tasmania first innings: 150 in 314 balls, 215 minutes
--> Western Australia first innings: 50 in 90 balls, 67 minutes
--> BC Oliver made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BC Oliver made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> MW Goodwin (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> DG Wright reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JL Langer, his 1st wicket in the Western Australia first innings

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Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
12th Men: XJ Doherty (Tasmania) and B Casson (Western Australia)
Rain delayed play until 2.30pm (Tea scheduled for 4:10pm, finish at 7:00pm)
Bad light stopped plat at 5.43pm. Stumps called early following the break for bad light, play to start early tomorrow at 10:30 AEDT
Play resumed at 10:30
Match abandoned at lunch on day two because both umpires and the opposing captains believed the state of the pitch made it dangerous for the match to continue.
The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has announced that Western Australia have been awarded six points for the abandoned match as proper precautions had not been taken to ensure the pitch was properly prepared.