da 888casino： HOBART – Shane Warne recaptured some of his old magic today, even if itcame too late to stop Tasmania beating Victoria in an ING Cup cricketmatch at Bellerive Oval today.
Don Woolford19-Jan-2003HOBART – Shane Warne recaptured some of his old magic today, even if itcame too late to stop Tasmania beating Victoria in an ING Cup cricketmatch at Bellerive Oval today.Warne, after being loose early, finished with 2-41 from 10 overs in hissecond match since injuring his bowling shoulder more than a month ago.He said he was very happy with the way he bowled but was still unsurewhen he would return to the Australian team.His performance was enough to have Tasmania staggering nervously pastVictoria’s 9-179 with three wickets and four overs to spare.The win keeps Tasmania’s finals hopes alive while virtually ending theVictorian one-day season.The stage was set for Warne, who was playing his second comeback match.The match was was on the wicket used for the Pura Cup match whichfinished the previous day and as a fifth day wicket, was slow and takingspin and all batsmen struggled with their timing.In Victoria’s innings, part-time left-arm spinner Dan Marsh showed whatcould be done on it with 3-33 from 10 overs.Marsh, with Adam Griffith (3-28) and Damien Wright (1-28), was mainlyresponsible for restricting the Bushrangers to a barely competitivetotal.Only Matthew Elliott (42), Nick Jewell (37) and Ian Harvey (36) gotruns, none of them speedily.By the time Warne brought himself on in the 26th over of the Tasmanianinnings, the Tigers were 3-97 and progressing comfortably thanks to a64-run second wicket partnership between Michael Di Venuto (35) andScott Kremerskothen, who anchored the innings with 64 before Warne endedhis stay.Warne took a little while to find his old control.”In the first over or two I was still a bit rusty, but after that I wasexcited with the way they came out,” he said.”The ball I got Kremerskothen with was a very good delivery.”Every time I have pushed myself more and today I was trying to rip themas far as I could.”Warne said he would see how he pulled up in the morning and consult withphysiotherapist Errol Alcott before making further decisions.With Warne starting to weave his magic at one end and Ian Harvey puttingin a tight 10 overs for 1-22 at the other, Tasmania’s progress faltered.But Kremerskothen got them within reach before Damien Wright and BenOliver got them home after Warne and Harvey finished their stints.