{"id":147295,"date":"2025-09-16T11:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/147295\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:33:38","slug":"kuhnemann-hope-stun-nsw-with-record-ninth-wicket-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/147295\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuhnemann, Hope stun NSW with record ninth wicket stand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasmanian pair put on unbeaten 101 runs to snatch victory from Blues in one-day season opener<\/p>\n

NSW v Tasmania | One-Day Cup<\/p>\n

Unlikely Tasmanian batting pair Matt Kuhnemann and Brad Hope have produced a record ninth wicket stand to snatch victory from NSW in the final over of the opening match of the men’s domestic season.<\/p>\n

It came after experienced New South Welshman Kurtis Patterson started his Ashes audition with a sterling century, but his Blues slipped to a two-wicket One-Day Cup loss to the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Patterson, watched by Australia’s men’s selection chair George Bailey, struck 110 from 125 balls in the Blues’ 224 all out on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Patterson opens domestic summer with second List A ton<\/p>\n

Tasmania, with another Ashes hopeful Jake Weatherald making 28, were reeling at 8-124 in the 26th over at Cricket Central in Sydney.<\/p>\n

But Matt Kuhnemann (56no from 71 balls) and Brad Hope (49no from 91) produced a stunning unbroken 101-run stand for the ninth wicket to win with four balls to spare.<\/p>\n

Tassie tail’s record stand steals victory from jaws of defeat<\/p>\n

It was the highest ninth wicket partnership in the competition’s 56-year history, eclipsing the previous best of 96 scored by Tasmanians Tom Triffitt and Xavier Doherty, and NSW pair Scott Thompson and Shawn Bradstreet.<\/p>\n

Patterson played two Tests for Australia in 2019 and boasts an average of 144 \u2013 he made 30 and 114no in his two knocks against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The left-hander was discarded when Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft had served their ball-tampering suspensions.<\/p>\n

But Patterson returned to Test discussions with prolific run-scoring in the Sheffield Shield last season, compiling 743 runs at 57.15.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the 32-year-old dominated the Blues’ innings \u2013 after his century the next-best was Moises Henriques whose 41 from 51 balls featured two sixes.<\/p>\n

Tanveer Sangha (26 from 35) was the only other NSW batter to reach double-figures.<\/p>\n

Patterson reached his second career one-day century from 113 deliveries as the Blues were bowled out in 49.4 overs.<\/p>\n

Test allrounder Beau Webster took 3-41, white-ball specialist Nathan Ellis (3-37) and spinner Nikhil Chaudary (2-39) also enjoyed multiple wickets.<\/p>\n

Tasmania’s run chase faltered early with Mitch Owen out for nine and Webster bowled for a golden duck \u2013 both dismissed by debutant paceman Ryan Hadley (2-44) in the second over.<\/p>\n

Stand-in Blues skipper Sean Abbott (2-48) then snared two quick wickets to leave the Tasmanians 4-42 after seven overs.<\/p>\n

Weatherald, who was recently put on the Test radar by selection chief Bailey, put on 54 runs with veteran Matthew Wade.<\/p>\n

But Weatherald’s 51-ball innings ended when he smacked a rank short ball from tweaker Ollie Davies (1-11) straight to Hadley on the deep midwicket boundary.<\/p>\n

Tasmania’s hopes appeared over when Wade (40 from 41 balls) was caught and bowled by Sangha (2-34), with Ellis (1) dismissed shortly after to leave the visitors 8-124 in the 26th over.<\/p>\n

But Kuhnemann and Hope produced their defining partnership, with the former edging through a vacant slips area off Liam Hatcher for the winning boundary with four balls to spare.<\/p>\n

One-Day Cup 2025-26 standings<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n

M<\/p>\n

\n Wins\n <\/p>\n

W<\/p>\n

\n Losses\n <\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

\n Ties\n <\/p>\n

T<\/p>\n

\n No results\n <\/p>\n

N\/R<\/p>\n

\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n

NRR<\/p>\n

\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n

Ded.<\/p>\n

\n Batting Bonus\n <\/p>\n

Bat<\/p>\n

\n Total points\n <\/p>\n

PTS<\/p>\n

1
\n \"Tasmanian
\n Tasmanian Tigers Men
\n TAS<\/p>\n

1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.081
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n

2
\n \"Queensland
\n Queensland Bulls
\n QLD<\/p>\n

0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n

3
\n \"South
\n South Australia Men
\n SA<\/p>\n

0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n

4
\n \"Victoria
\n Victoria Men
\n VIC<\/p>\n

0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n

5
\n \"Western
\n Western Australia Men
\n WA<\/p>\n

0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n

6
\n \"NSW
\n NSW Men
\n NSW<\/p>\n

1
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.081
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n

Legend<\/p>\n

M: Matches played<\/p>\n

W: Wins<\/p>\n

L: Losses<\/p>\n

T: Ties<\/p>\n

N\/R: No results<\/p>\n

NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n

Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n

Bat: Batting Bonus<\/p>\n

PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmanian pair put on unbeaten 101 runs to snatch victory from Blues in one-day season opener NSW v…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-147295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}