Bailey: Partnership key to win

South Australia v Tasmania, Ryobi Cup, Adelaide

Tasmania 6 for 274 (Cowan 75, Cosgrove 61, Bailey 50) beat South Australia 183 (Cooper 56, Doherty 3-20) by 91 runs

Tasmania won by 91 runs

Player of the match GJ Bailey (Tasmania)

Half-centuries to Ed Cowan, Mark Cosgrove and George Bailey set up Tasmania's convincing 91-run victory over South Australia in Adelaide. The Tigers batted first and Cosgrove's 61 was followed by Cowan's strong 75 before Bailey provided a surge of 50 from 32 balls to push them to 6 for 274

Bailey chipped in for Tasmania as well with an aggressive 50 off 32 balls, also belting seven boundaries and a six.

"I think the partnership from Cosgrove and Cowan allowed us to do that," Bailey said.

"It's nice to have someone like that at the top of the order for us. That's how he bats, really well. I think he's smart now, he builds an innings now. He doesn't blaze away, if a bloke's bowling well he's happy to respect that. He rotates his strikes really well."

"Our one day cricket has been pretty good. It's nice to start this competition well," he said.

"With 15 overs to go we were still on 80 or 90 runs ahead. (The) early wickets were really important for us - to get Harris and Klinger out so cheaply... it was one of those games."

Watson's ton of experience saves the day

Shane Watson stands in way of fighting India

Day 1 Australia 224 for 5 (Watson 101*, Ponting 71, Zaheer 3-45) v India

MOHALI: Shane Watson last night credited his stint in the inaugural Indian Premier League tournament for his ease with Indian conditions, having stroked his second Test century

Ponting won the toss and batted, making 71 runs for himself

Watson's unbeaten 101 anchored the tourists.Watson has spent some gut-wrenching periods in the nineties during his 21 Tests.

Watson, who hit successive centuries in the practice match, played a cautious innings, watching carefully after lunch and grinding out his runs after some early lifelines, including two dropped catches and two missed run-out chances before he'd reached 50. At one stage it took him 10 overs to score one run, and he brought up his ton from 258 balls in 5½ hours.

Watson and Tim Paine (one not out) will resume today desperate to forge a second meaningful partnership after the opener and his captain put on 141 runs for the second wicket.