misc8285	Queensland Country v Western Australia Country
	National Country Cricket Championships 2002/03
Venue	No 2 Oval, Sports Reserve, Bundaberg on 15th, 16th January 2003 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Queensland Country won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Queensland Country 4.77 (Batting 3.27, Bowling 1.5); Western Australia Country 12.3 (Batting 3.3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HR Chilcott, GA Stewart
Scorers	KA Karan, ME Skau
Close of play day 1	Western Australia Country (1) 12/0 (Sounness 6*, Elliot 6*)

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Queensland Country first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Murree	c Dehring b Ellis	136	232	263	16	2
*DR Else	c Arthur b Ellis	30	56	61	4	-
BKD May	c King b Arthur	51	83	104	6	-
GJ Paulsen	c and b Dehring	56	87	85	6	-
DB Frakes	c Ellis b Dehring	11	11	15	2	-
JS Bryen	c King b Ellis	3	12	15	-	-
PJ Reimers	c Bee b Dehring	2	9	14	-	-
+SA Baker	c Warren b Ellis	15	35	37	1	-
TP Maher	c and b Dehring	1	2	5	-	-
CR Glass	b Ellis	0	22	17	-	-
PJ Toohey	not out	5	9	11	1	-
KE Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 318 minutes, 92.4 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Else), 2-158 (May), 3-283 (Paulsen), 4-293 (Murree), 5-300 (Frakes), 6-304 (Bryen), 7-306 (Reimers), 8-311 (Maher), 9-318 (Glass), 10-327 (Baker)

Western Australia Country bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ellis	24.4	3	76	5	1	-
Tonkin	12	3	28	0	-	2
Arthur	14	2	48	1	-	-
Burns	11	0	45	0	-	-
Bee	9	1	39	0	-	-
Head	8	0	26	0	-	-
Dehring	14	2	51	4	-	-

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Western Australia Country first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LM Sounness	c Else b Toohey	83	120	128	13	2
KN Elliot	b Glass	16	59	62	3	-
DA Burns	lbw b Glass	0	2	4	-	-
AJ Warren	not out	107	178	248	13	-
*GJ Dehring	c Baker b Toohey	74	100	115	11	-
MD Head	c Baker b Maher	11	32	29	2	-
CGR Tonkin	not out	27	32	41	5	-
CJ Bee	did not bat
C D'Mello	did not bat
DA Ellis	did not bat
+BP King	did not bat
ZA Arthur	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 316 minutes, 86.1 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Elliot), 2-46 (Burns), 3-133 (Sounness), 4-260 (Dehring), 5-279 (Head)

Queensland Country bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Glass	30	5	108	2	-	5
Johnson	7	1	30	0	1	-
Toohey	36.1	7	113	2	-	-
May	4	1	26	0	-	-
Reimers	4	0	30	0	-	-
Maher	5	0	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs

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Match notes
In this virtual final Queensland gained the first advantage by winning the toss and batting first. A good opening was made and during the day the total passed 250 with only two wickets down and a total of around four hundred seemed a distinct possibility. At 283 Geoff Paulsen left, he and Murree having added 125, the second century partnership of the innings. From that point the innings folded the lower order not being able to hold out for the full one hundred overs. The bowling had been led by Doug Ellis and well backed by skipper Glen Dehring who in previous Championships had bowled little but now followed on from a five wicket haul in the previous round with another four. By stumps Western Australia had batted seven overs for 12 runs and most importantly without losing a wicket.
The first wicket came a little over half an hour into the second day and was quickly followed by that of Dale Burns, always a good man to have back in the pavilion. In came Tony Warren who had yet to make one of his customary big scores in this series. Runs came steadily and there were a few fielding blunders by the Queenslanders. Skipper Dehring played another fine innings and with the patient Warren added 127 for the fourth wicket. The game was slipping away from Queensland. Head did not last and there was a faint hope that the bowlers could quickly dispose of the lower order. But it was not to be as Tonkin batted firmly and saw Warren to his century and then sent the first ball of Toohey's thirty-seventh over to the fence for a Western Australian victory.
Though he managed only two wickets for the innings Toohey went to the top of the wicket takers for the series.

 

 

 

 

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