A gallant final-day century from Caleb Jewell wasn’t sufficient to cease Australia A falling to defeat towards New Zealand A of their four-day match in Mackay.
The guests struggled to take care of Jewell (131) however had loads of success along with his teammates, grabbing a 68-run win with 30 overs to spare on Thursday night time to seal a 2-0 sequence triumph.
Tasmanian opener Jewell was in imperious contact, sticking sturdy as wickets tumbled round him to punch out 17 fours and two sixes with none of his teammates scoring greater than 19 runs.
It’s the second spectacular knock of the sequence for Jewell, having made a classy 78 within the opening encounter in Brisbane final month.
But it was a missed alternative for fellow opener Cameron Bancroft, falling to Sean Solia’s bowling for simply 16 as he did not promote his credentials to exchange retirement-headed Test opener David Warner.
The four-day portion of the tour hasn’t been sensible for former 10-Test opener Bancroft, averaging 21 runs throughout 4 innings.
For New Zealand, Scott Kuggeleijn and William O’Rourke every grabbed three wickets, whereas Solia bought the prized scalps of Bancroft and Josh Phillippe.
With NZ keeper Mitchell Hay absent damage, Australia solely wanted three balls to wrap up their innings to begin the day with Liam Hatcher choosing up the ultimate scalp.
The sides now transfer on to a three-game 50-over sequence, the primary to be performed in Mackay on Sunday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
