Warne stars as Victoria romp home

Victoria 494 and 2 for 194 dec (Elliott 102*,Moss 79*) beat Tasmania 7 for 249 decl (Dighton 50,Warne 2-49) and 221 (Dighton 54, Warne 4-51) by 218 runs
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Victoria beat Tasmania by 218 runs in their Pura Cup match at the MCG today. Victoria needed only three overs after tea to take the last three wickets and dismiss Tasmania for 221. Shane Warne had Xavier Doherty stumped for 2 to end the game and he finished the second innings with figures of 4 for 51.

Warne took six wickets in the match and is expected to be named tomorrow for the Tests against Sri Lanka. Michael Dighton top-scored for Tasmania with a breezy 54 from 41 balls before he was stumped off Warne. Tasmania were set a near impossible victory target of 440 from 75 overs and were never in the hunt throughout the last innings. Daniel Marsh was the only other batsman who passed 30 and enlivened the innings with an energetic 48. His innings included eight fours and a six.

Victoria declared their second innings before lunch at 2 for 194, with Matthew Elliott and Jon Moss unbeaten on 102 and 79 respectively. Elliott top scored in the first innings with 166 and became the first Victorian batsman to score six Pura Cup centuries in a season. Elliott is also only 235 runs away for the most runs scored by a Victorian in a season.