Tigers, One-Day Kings
On a cold and miserable Hobart summers day the home side came off the Victors. The game was close and at times, a very tense contest when it was not interrupted by the fickle weather.
The game was won by the bowlers. Hilfenhaus (3 wicket for 32 runs off 9 overs), Geeves (3 wickets for 28 off 8 overs) and Doherty (4 wickets for 18 runs off 6.3 overs) kept Victoria to only 158 which was later to be revised to 131 under the Lewis-Duckworth system.
A great inning by Travis Birt of 37 not out off 37 balls held the Tasmanian innings together and it was fitting that Birt glided a ball through the slips for three runs to bring up victory by one 1 wicket.
Articles on the victory can be found at Cricket.com.au and The Mercury.
