Cricket: Jones reported for dissent
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Your support makes all the difference.ANDREW JONES, the New Zealand batsman, was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council match referee after being found guilty of dissent on the fourth day of the first Test against Australia in Perth yesterday.
Jones, was reported by the umpires after an appeal for a close catch against the Australian vice-captain, Mark Taylor, was rejected.
Taylor finished the day on 94 after a 198-run partnership with Michael Slater (99), a record for an Australian opening pair against New Zealand. Australia's lead is 197 runs.
(New Zealand won toss)
AUSTRALIA - First Innings 398 (I A Healy 113no, M A Taylor 64, P R Reiffel 51, S R Waugh 44; Cairns 4-113).
NEW ZEALAND - First Innings
(Overnight: 390 for 6)
C L Cairns b Warne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ] T E Blain lbw McDermott . . . . . . . . . . .36 M L Su'a not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 D K Morrison lbw McGrath . . . . . . . . . . . .0 W Watson not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 10) . . . . . . . . . . .17 Total (for 9 dec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Fall (cont): 7-394 8-413 9-418.
Bowling: McDermott 40-10-127-3; McGrath 39- 12-92-2; Reiffel 24-2-75-2; Warne 37.1-6-90-1; M Waugh 13-4-18-1; S Waugh 4-0-10-0; Border 2-2- 0-0.
AUSTRALIA - Second Innings
M J Slater c Blain b Patel . . . . . . . . . . 99 M A Taylor not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 D C Boon not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Extras (lb 2,nb 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Total (for 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Fall: 1-198
To bat: M E Waugh, *A R Border, S R Waugh, I A Healy, P R Reiffel, S K Warne, C J McDermott, G D McGrath.
Bowling: Morrison 18-5-38-0 (1nb); Patel 29-4- 104-1; Cairns 1-0-12-0; Su'a 16-0-52-0 (7nb); Pocock 2-0-10-0.
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