CRICSTARS THE STARS OF CRICKET

New South Wales Blues steamrollered South Africa’s Diamond Eagles by 53 runs.

Diamond Eagels failed to chase a decent target of 142 and succumbed to a accurate bowling of Brett Leeand  Clark

Batting first NSW scored 144 with Katich scoring a half a century.

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The scores: NSW Blues: P. Hughes b Mpitsang 1, D. Warner b Bailey 23, S. Katich c Rossouw b van Schalkwyk 53, M. Henriques a McLaren b van Schalkwyk 27, B. Rohrer (not out) 22, S. Smith b du Preez 10, B. Lee (run out) 0, D. Smith (not out) 0; Extras (lb-6, w-2): 8. Total (for six wkts in 20 overs): 144.

Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-82, 3-84, 4-126, 5-138, 6-138.

Diamond Eagles bowling: du Preez 4-0-32-1, Mpitsang 3-0-11-1, McLaren 3-0-30-0, van Schalkwyk 3-0-22-2, Tshabalala 4-0-33-0, Bailey 3-0-10-1.

Diamond Eagles: A. McLaren (run out) 11, R. Rossouw lbw b Lee 1, MN van Wyk c Hughes b Clark 0, B. Dippenaar c Katich b Clark 7, R. Bailey (run out) 8, R. McLaren, SC van Schalkwyk b Henriques 3, D. du Preez b Clark 7, T. Tshabalala (not out) 8, P. Mpitsang (not out) 0; Extras (lb 4): 4. Total (for nine wkts in 20 overs): 91.

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-13, 3-14, 4-22, 5-24, 6-36, 7-62, 8-71, 9-90.

NSW Blues bowling: Lee 4-1-14-1, Bollinger 4-0-21-0, Clark 4-0-12-3, Henriques 3-0-13-2, Hauritz 4-0-13-1, Smith 1-0-14-0.