- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 good short ball rushes the batsan into a hook shot, big top edge flies to Hodge at point, falling backwards he takes the catch, hitting his head on the ground in the process 7/110.1 well flighted, pitching on middle and straightening, Paine tries to work it through the leg side but misses it altogether, a big breakthrough for Dutchy Holland 98/37.1 backs away and advances down the track, doesn't quite get to the pitch of it and he skies the drive to mid off, easy catch 65/211.5 full and punched with nice timing in the air down to long on, who takes an easy catch 108/413.1 advances and smashes a length ball straight up in the air 122/516.5 after a string of dot balls for Rogers, he finally loses his cool and swings at a fullish ball that swung back in and hit middle 134/619.2 full and wide of off, reaches to swing at it and lofts it high in the air and the bowler runs round to short mid wicket to catch 158/720 it is full and outside off, Geeves swings hard but can't get it past the bowler, who fields and tuns around for a simple run out 160/7Extras4 (lb 2, w 2)TOTAL160/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Rhett Lockyear, 0.5 ov), 2-65 (Ed Cowan, 7.1 ov), 3-98 (Tim Paine, 10.1 ov), 4-108 (George Bailey, 11.5 ov), 5-122 (Travis Birt, 13.1 ov), 6-134 (John Rogers, 16.5 ov), 7-158 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 19.2 ov), 8-160 (Brett Geeves, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DP Nannes 4 0 26 2 6.5 1 0 CJ McKay 4 0 24 2 6 1 0 DJ Bravo 4 0 29 1 7.25 0 0 JM Holland 2 0 16 1 8 0 0 JW Hastings 4 0 38 1 9.5 0 0 AB McDonald 1 0 12 0 12 0 0 DJ Hussey 1 0 13 0 13 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.1 what a pity, a brilliant innings comes to an end as Hodge skies out to long off going for another six. The crowd give him a standing ovation as he walks off 147/1Extras4 (nb 1, w 3)TOTAL161/1 (16.5 Overs, RR: 9.56)Fall of wickets: 1-147 (Brad Hodge, 15.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB XJ Doherty 4 0 30 1 7.5 0 0 B Geeves 3 0 39 0 13 0 0 JP Faulkner 2.5 0 31 0 10.94 3 1 Naved-ul-Hasan 4 0 38 0 9.5 0 0 JJ Krejza 3 0 23 0 7.66 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Tasmania , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.45 start, First Session 18.45-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.15, Second Session 20.15-21.30
Match days
15 January 2010 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Victoria 2, Tasmania 0
Match Notes
- 12th Men: GJ Maxwell (Victoria) and BG Drew (Tasmania)
- TD Paine: 50 off 26 balls
- BJ Hodge: 50 off 29 balls
- AJ Finch: 50 off 32 balls
- Attendance: 43,125 (Australian Domestic Twenty20 record)
Match Coverage
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A Brad Hodge-inspired Victoria have booked a place in the Big Bash preliminary final with a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Tasmania


