Bruce Reid grabs hat-trick as N.Z. plunges to defeat
Bruce Reid snatched a remarkable hat-trick as New Zealand crashed to a 99-run defeat against Australia in the Benson and Hedges one-day cricket match in Sydney last evening.
After all the euphoria of its win against the same team two days earlier New Zealand gave a most disappointing performance with the bat. New Zealand could put together only 140 runs, losing its last four wickets for only 18. The team was chasing a scoring rate of 4.80 per over to win the match and this seemed attainable, but in face of some very tight bowling the contest gradually slipped away from the New Zealand batsmen. Six of them were bowled, many most inelegant shots. The experiment of using John Bracewell as an opening batsmen failed again, as he lost his leg stump to the fast bowler, Craig McDermott, off only three balls. That meant he has a nil return as an opening batsman, having lasted a mere five balls in total.
Martin Crowe went the same way to McDermott after scoring nine runs and New Zealand was in deep trouble at 14 for two in the fifth over. The usual opening pair, Bruce Edgar and John Wright, then came together, but were unable to recover the initiative.
None of the Australian bowlers gave much away, Simon Davis conceding only 15 runs off his first seven overs, while Reid, getting straight on a nagging length with his angled left-armers, went for only 11 runs in his first five overs.
Even Greg Matthews, with his damaged shoulder was never dominated and his off-spinners cost only 27 runs in his fuil 10over spell. The scoring rate required became five, six, then seven an over, and with 20 overs to go and New Zealand in a precarious position at 92 for five the cause already looked lost. Only Richard Hadlee showed fight in the dying stages, scoring 30 runs from 37 balls and lofting Reid 10 rows up in the stand over long on. Reid, bowling magnificently, then captured three consecutive wickets, getting Bruce Blair with the last ball of his eighth over and then Ervin McSweeney and Stuart Gillespie with the first two balls of his ninth. Ewen Chatfield then did his best to make it four wickets in four balls, but was unable to get an edge. McSweeney went on to a magnificent diving catch by Allan Border. At first neither the cricketers out on the field nor any of the 26,283 spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground seemed aware that a hat-trick — only the second in international limited-over cricket — had been achieved. Earlier, New Zealand would have been reasonably happy to restrict Australia to 239 off its 50 overs on a very flat, grassless wicket which was ideal for batting. At
one stage a total of over 260 looked possible. Australia approached the last 10 overs with seven wickets in hand and must have been looking to add more than the 65 it managed. The Australians had a great start with the opening pair of David Boon and Geoff Marsh following their 152 stand against India on the same ground last week with one of 98 in even time. Boon was in pugnacious mood, being especially strong on the leg side, but he was extremely lucky to survive a leg-before-wicket appeal in the third over. The ball from Hadlee kept low with Boon on his crease, but the controvesial umpire, Mr Ray Isherwood, turned the fast bowler down. At that stage Boon had collected only six runs and it was 28 overs later before he finally fell to Stuart Gillespie, for 64 runs in 95 balls. He was later named man of the match. Marsh, slow at first,, gradually picked up a head of steam with some lovely shots through the covers. After 15 overs Australia’s total was a fairly moderate one of 47, but the next six produced another 42 runs after some short or wide deliveries by Martin Crowe and Jeremy Coney. The partnership featured some well-judged chip shots and excellent running between the
wickets. The match between India and Australia in Melbourne tomorrow evening now holds little significance and all will depend on the contest between New Zealand and the Indians in Launceston on Sunday. AUSTRALIA D. Boon b Gillespie ... 64 G. Marsh b Bracewell. . 37 A. Border run out ... . 29 D. Jones lbw b Hadlee . 53 S. Waugh run out ... . 17 G. Matthews c Wright b Chatfield 10 W. Phillips b Hadlee . . 3 C. McDermott not out. . 6 D. Gilbert not out ... . 6 Extras (bl, lbB, w5) . 14 Total (for 7 wkts) 239 Fall: 98, 124, 147, 185, 217, 224 225. Bowling.— R. Hadlee 10, 1, 36 2 (wl); E. Chatfield 10, 1, 48 1 (w2); S. Gillespie 10, 0, 48, 1; J. Bracewell 10, 1, 43, 1 (wl); M. Crowe 1,0, 11, 0; J. Coney 9,0, 44, 0 (wl). NEW ZEALAND J. Bracewell b McDermott 0 B. Edgar c Phillips b Davis 18 M. Crowe b McDermott 9 J. Wright c Waugh b Matthews 24 J. Coney b Gilbert.... 25 J. Crowe b Davis 19 R. Hadlee not out ... . 30 B. Blair c Marsh b Reid 3 E. McSweeney c Border b Reid 1 S. Gillespie b Reid. ... 0 E. Chatfield b Davis. . . 0 Extras (lb 7, nb2, w2) 11 Total 140 Fall: 0, 14, 38, 91, 122, 133, 137, 137, 140. Bowling.— C. McDermott 7, 1, 28, 2 (wl); S. Davis 9.4, 2, 25, 3; B. Reid 9,2, 29, 3 (nbl); G. Matthews 10, 0, 27, 1 (wl); D. Gilbert 7,0, 24, 1 (nbl).
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