Day three in the Sheffield Shield matches and unfortunately for the Vics, they have already gone down. South Australia continued their charge for an outright win, while the match is still in the balance between the Warriors and the Tigers.
Queensland v South Australia
The Redbacks resumed on day three at 0/22, leading by 290.
Queensland picked up regular wickets during the morning and afternoon sessions, South Australia did still have control however finishing on 6/202 declared with Callum Ferguson 70*.
Chasing a massive 471 to win the contest, the Bulls started well with Joe Burns and Luke Pomersbach putting on 118 for the first wicket. Pomersbach then departed (47) and was shortly followed by his opening partner Burns (72), as Queensland again had to dig deep to keep themselves at least alive for day four.
Usman Khawaja and Nick Stevens held out for the rest of the day as both teams still have plenty of work to do tomorrow.
Queensland require 301 to win, while the top team in the competition need another eight wickets.
New South Wales v Victoria
Victoria resumed on day three with not much hope. After incredibly falling to 3/0 yesterday, Victoria again fell to 6/9 when Matthew Wade was out.
Cameron White and Glenn Maxwell put on 23 for the seventh wicket before White also lost his wicket and by now it was 7/32.
Maxwell and Dan Christian then remarkably put on 92 before Christian fell to O’Keefe. Maxwell however went onto to make a memorable 127 off just 102 balls as Victoria lost by an innings and 48 runs.
Glenn Maxwell was notably the only Victorian to show any real resilience for the Bushrangers in a disastrous match for the visitors.
Peter Nevill was granted man of the match for his first innings knock, however Maxwell deserves a lot of praise for his 223 runs out for Victoria’s 404 as a team.
Western Australia v Tasmania
Ed Cowan (59) and George Bailey (83) both made crucial half centuries keeping Tasmania in the game. Contributions from Ben Hilfenhaus (29) and Sam Rainbird (32) kept the momentum going for the Tigers, as they were eventually dismissed for 286.
Mitchell Marsh was important for the Warriors this time with the ball, taking 4/35 as the game was now evenly poised going into the final innings and now the final day.
Western Australia were solid in the start of the final innings, before big wickets of Marcus North and the night watchman Michael Beer have given Tasmania the advantage, Andrew Fekete taking both wickets in consecutive overs.
Western Australia 2/27, still needing 228 for victory.
A win for WA keeps them in the mix for a final, in a massive day of cricket for Justin Langer’s charges.
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