{"id":439056,"date":"2026-02-22T04:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439056\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T04:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:34:16","slug":"kurtis-patterson-century-leads-rapid-nsw-chase-in-one-day-cup-win-vs-tasmania-to-qualify-for-final-mitch-swepson-7-28-marnus-labuschagne-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/439056\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurtis Patterson century leads rapid NSW chase in One-Day Cup win vs Tasmania to qualify for final, Mitch Swepson 7-28, Marnus Labuschagne century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A century for Kurtis Patterson powered New South Wales into the One-Day Cup final, repelling a brilliant Queensland performance which included a Marnus Labuschagne ton and Mitch Swepson 7-fa.<\/p>\n<p>NSW began their chase of Tasmania\u2019s 274 at Bellerive Oval knowing they needed to reach the target inside 40 overs to book a rematch against the Tigers in March 11\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Australia Women\u2019s team take on India LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX CRICKET, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After Josh Philippe\u2019s blistering 58 (29), which included six fours and three sixes, Patterson finished 125* (89) including a 68-ball century.<\/p>\n<p>It saw his state reach the target in just 31 overs, posting his fifth domestic century of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania had been led by Mitch Owen\u2019s 35 off just 12 deliveries along with Charlie Wakim\u2019s 76 (73) in the middle order, as Ryan Hadley took 5-69.<\/p>\n<p>Kurtis Patterson of the Blues celebrates scoring a century during the One Day Cup match between Tasmania Tigers and New South Wales Blues at Ninja Stadium, on February 21, 2026, in Hobart, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Queensland had given themselves a shot at the final by demolishing South Australia thanks to a pair of Aussie Test players.<\/p>\n<p>Labuschagne made 126 (137), his record-equalling fourth century of the One-Day Cup season, to power the Bulls to 260.<\/p>\n<p>That was more than enough thanks to Swepson who took a brilliant 7-28, the third-best figures in One-Day Cup history behind Sam Elliott\u2019s 7-12 (2024-25) and Shaun Tait\u2019s 8-43 (2003-04).<\/p>\n<p>It was especially remarkable given South Australia was sitting 1-82, eventually being bowled out for 135.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my first over, I felt like (the ball) landed nicely and spun, so I felt it was a little bit to work with,\u201d Swepson said post-match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yeah, the rest is all a bit of a blur, to be honest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a nice groove out there, had a nice rhythm, and there was a little bit of assistance in the surface. But yeah, it was just one of those days where everything clicks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swepson took seven of the nine wickets available as Campbell Thompson did not bat.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie Harvey (72 off 66) and Alex Carey (36 off 40) were the only South Aussies to reach double digits, with five batters dismissed for 2 or less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A century for Kurtis Patterson powered New South Wales into the One-Day Cup final, repelling a brilliant Queensland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-439056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}