- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.5 caught behind! Boland at his unplayable best. Angled in from around the wicket towards off stump, Harvey is forced to defend, half-forward, it hits the seam and nips away to take the edge and Harper takes a simple catch 16/19.5 taken at second slip! Neat catch from Handscomb. O'Neill strikes. Full, fifth stump, tempting the drive, it shapes late away from Hunt as he drives with hard hands and the thick edge flies to Handscomb who pouches it at hip height moving to his right 20/250.3 caught behind! Brilliant catch by Harper. Back of a length, angled in but it straightens a fraction off the seam, McSweeney defends on the back foot, it takes the edge and deflects significantly, Harper dives to his right at full stretch and takes it with two hands 117/612.5 given lbw! Sutherland angles in from wide of the crease, Sangha presses forward to defend, it nips in and beats the inside edge to hit the front pad well below the knee roll. Only question is whether it hit in line with off. It was tight but the umpire was satisfied. 21/341.5 chopped on! Elliott gets the big wicket. Back of a length, wide of off, Carey stands tall on the back foot to flay through the off side with a 45-degree angled bat, he gets a thick inside edge and drags it onto off stump 89/446.3 superb catch in the gully! Short and wide, Lehmann leans back to cut again but slices it in the air to gully and Brasher takes a very sharp chance above his head 104/576.4 Clean bowled! Sutherland has four. Wide of the crease, angled in, he defends for the angle and it just straightens a touch to beat the outside edge and hit the top of off. Wonderful delivery. 198/1060 holes out to deep square! There are three back for the pull shot, Sutherland bangs in hip high, Manenti pulls in the air but flat and straight to Murphy on square, he juggles it but holds on with the second bite 20 metres off the rope 152/769.5 bowled him! Absolute seed. Full, fourth stump line, McAndrew drives with bat well away from pad, it nips in a mile through the gate and hits the top of leg stump 180/871.3 given lbw! Good length, nipping in off the seam, it hits high on the front pad above the knee roll and he is given! Questions on height and whether it was moving down leg but the umpire felt it was hitting leg 186/9Extras10 (b 4, lb 1, w 5)TOTAL198 all out (76.4 Overs, RR: 2.58, 344 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Mackenzie Harvey, 6.5 ov), 2-20 (Henry Hunt, 9.5 ov), 3-21 (Jason Sangha, 12.5 ov), 4-89 (Alex Carey, 41.5 ov), 5-104 (Jake Lehmann, 46.3 ov), 6-117 (Nathan McSweeney, 50.3 ov), 7-152 (Ben Manenti, 59.6 ov), 8-180 (Nathan McAndrew, 69.5 ov), 9-186 (Henry Thornton, 71.3 ov), 10-198 (Liam Scott, 76.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Boland 21 4 63 2 3 1 0 F O'Neill 23 8 30 3 1.3 0 0 W Sutherland 17.4 3 54 4 3.05 0 0 T Murphy 3 0 10 0 3.33 0 0 SM Elliott 12 0 36 1 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR24 leading edge taken by McSweeney diving forward from cover! Back of a length from around the wicket, it kicks a touch more from a length as Kellaway closes the face and tries to work to midwicket off the back foot, it pops up off the leading edge and McSweeney runs in and dives forward from cover to take it millimetres above the turf 83/43.1 caught behind! Harper is set up way outside leg looking to create room, McAndrew goes back of a length over middle and off, it just seams away a touch as Harper pushes at it off the back foot and he gets a thin nick through to Carey 26/14.4 caught down the leg side! Back of a length down leg, not a good delivery, Brasher tries to glance but does not get enough bat on it and Carey takes a simple catch moving to his right 33/29.3 taken at second slip! Good length delivery, full on a fifth stump, he presses forward to defend, gets a thick edge and it flies straight to Manenti at second who pouches it easily 48/356.5 caught behind! Scott had been threatening. Good length, angled across, Harris defended half-forward and there is a huge appeal for caught behind. The umpire initially wasn't going to give it but eventually raises his finger. Harris was disappointed as he left 157/643.2 clean bowled! Sensational delivery. Around the wicket, angled in, perfect length, Peake is caught on the crease trying to defend, it nips away a fraction past the edge as he is squared up and clips the top of off 127/573.5 dragged on! Short ball tactic has worked. Short and climbing outside off, Sutherland tries to pull and gets a bottom edge onto the stumps 212/782.4 given out caught in the gully! Elliott thinks he missed this. Nipping in from a good length, it looks to have missed the inside edge, hit the pad and lobbed to gully where Scott takes the catch diving forward. But the umpire thinks there was an inside edge. It was not given lbw as it was too high 243/887.2 caught behind! Brilliant delivery. Good length, pitching on leg and nipping away, Murphy pokes at it, gets a thick edge and Carey takes the catch moving to his left 256/991 given lbw! Boland looks bemused. Good length, nipping in and it bounces a lot to hit Boland high on the front pad. The umpire raises his finger quickly. That looked very high and likely to be going over 261/10Extras15 (lb 9, nb 6)TOTAL261 all out (91 Overs, RR: 2.86, 391 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Sam Harper, 3.1 ov), 2-33 (Dylan Brasher, 4.4 ov), 3-48 (Peter Handscomb, 9.3 ov), 4-83 (Campbell Kellaway, 23.6 ov), 5-127 (Oliver Peake, 43.2 ov), 6-157 (Marcus Harris, 56.5 ov), 7-212 (Will Sutherland, 73.5 ov), 8-243 (Sam Elliott, 82.4 ov), 9-256 (Todd Murphy, 87.2 ov), 10-261 (Scott Boland, 90.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JS Buckingham 24 8 55 2 2.29 0 0 N McAndrew 21 4 71 3 3.38 0 0 L Scott 18 4 32 2 1.77 0 3 BAD Manenti 10 1 34 0 3.4 0 0 HTRJY Thornton 17 1 58 3 3.41 0 3 NA McSweeney 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 taken at slip! Boland too good. Harvey out to him four times in four innings. Around the wicket again, angled in, seaming away, Harvey pokes at it and gets a thick edge that Sutherland pouches low to his right at first slip 10/23.1 plumb lbw! O'Neill strikes. Very full, almost a half-volley, Hunt drives but it seams in significantly and hits Hunt plumb on the front shin infront of middle and off 2/111.1 given lbw not offering! The sub strikes first ball. Good length, fifth stump line, McSweeney shoulders arms and it nips back sharply off the seam to hit high on the pad in line with off and the umpire gives him out! Height the only question but it looked out 35/318.3 caught behind! Beautifully bowled. Good length, some late outswing, Sangha tries to drive on the up and gets a thin edge through to Harper. Huge wicket 78/481.3 caught at slip attempting a roll scoop! Carey tries to get inventive, moving low outside off to scoop it fine, it comes off the glove as he's unbalanced and floats to Handscomb at slip 258/1019.1 dragged on! A rank long hop gets a wicket. Murphy's first ball is a short drag down, it spins and holds in the surface a touch, Lehmann is off balance as he tries to pull and he drags it off the bottom edge onto the stumps 79/532.5 given lbw! Scott is displeased. Full length, nipping in and bouncing a touch, it beats the inside edge as he defends half forward, hits him on the knee roll and the umpire raises the finger 122/633 caught behind! A brute of a delivery. Good length, angled in, it hits the seam and climbs away from Manenti who can do nothing but fend at it and get a thin edge through to Harper. Unplayable from Boland 122/767.1 clean bowled! This kept a touch low. Good length, angled back in, McAndrew plays back trying to defend and it stays down a touch and goes through the gate to clatter middle and off 227/870.5 caught behind! Good length, outside off, Thornton tries to force against the turn off the back foot through the offside and gets a thin edge through to Harper 236/9Extras11 (b 1, lb 4, w 6)TOTAL258 all out (81.3 Overs, RR: 3.16, 375 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Henry Hunt, 3.1 ov), 2-10 (Mackenzie Harvey, 4.2 ov), 3-35 (Nathan McSweeney, 11.1 ov), 4-78 (Jason Sangha, 18.3 ov), 5-79 (Jake Lehmann, 19.1 ov), 6-122 (Liam Scott, 32.5 ov), 7-122 (Ben Manenti, 32.6 ov), 8-227 (Nathan McAndrew, 67.1 ov), 9-236 (Henry Thornton, 70.5 ov), 10-258 (Alex Carey, 81.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Boland 21 2 78 3 3.71 1 0 F O'Neill 15.3 3 32 2 2.06 0 0 W Sutherland 24 4 65 2 2.7 0 0 M Perry 10 1 46 1 4.6 1 0 T Murphy 11 0 32 2 2.9 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.3 given lbw! McAndrew on fire. Angled in full from around the wicket, Kellaway creeps a long way across his stumps exposing middle and leg behind him, he's hit on the pad in line with off stump trying to work square and the umpire gives him out lbw! He thought it was hitting leg stump 35/36.3 clean bowled! Cracking delivery but Harper was set up in an odd spot. He had been taking guard well outside leg, exposing all three stumps, Buckingham delivers a good length on off, Harper presses forward to defend and it nips through the gate to hit the top of leg 25/19.3 leading edge caught and bowled! McAndrew delivers back of a length from around the wicket, Brasher closes the bat face to work leg side and some extra bounce causes a leading edge that pops straight up to McAndrew in his follow through 34/235.2 caught behind! Huge moment. Back of a length wide of off, he tries to cut but some extra bounce catches the edge and Carey takes a simple catch 102/436.5 caught at second slip! Very full and wide from around the wicket, there to drive, Harris tries to steer it square and gets a thick edge and Manenti takes an excellent catch at second slip 102/541.5 given lbw! McAndrew around the wicket, delivers full, angling in, Perry caught defending on the crease is hit below the knee roll in line with middle and off and is not far forward. The umpire can see leg behind him and he gives him! 112/740.4 caught behind! Angled in from around the wicket, good length, fourth stump line, he's forced to defend, it nips away and scratches the edge through to Carey 112/644.4 caught behind! Great catch by Carey! Over the wicket, good length angled across, Peake shuffles out to negate the length but prods at it as it nips across, he gets a thick edge and Carey takes a beauty diving full length with two hands low infront of first slip. The third umpire checks for a no-ball. It's tight but the non striker's bat is blocking the view! It remains out 120/849.5 bowled him! South Australia pull off a stunning win! Full length, angled in, nipping further through the gate as he tries to drive and it crashes into off stump! 139/1048 taken at first slip! Good length, wide of off, Sutherland drives with hard hands on the up, it nips away a touch and he gets a thick edge that floats to Sangha at first slip 132/9Extras15 (lb 14, nb 1)TOTAL139 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 2.78, 324 minutes)Did not bat: SM ElliottFall of wickets: 1-25 (Sam Harper, 6.3 ov), 2-34 (Dylan Brasher, 9.3 ov), 3-35 (Campbell Kellaway, 11.3 ov), 4-102 (Peter Handscomb, 35.2 ov), 5-102 (Marcus Harris, 36.5 ov), 6-112 (Todd Murphy, 40.4 ov), 7-112 (Mitchell Perry, 41.5 ov), 8-120 (Oliver Peake, 44.4 ov), 9-132 (Will Sutherland, 47.6 ov), 10-139 (Fergus O'Neill, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JS Buckingham 8 0 27 1 3.37 0 0 N McAndrew 15 2 50 3 3.33 0 0 L Scott 16 9 32 3 2 0 0 HTRJY Thornton 8.5 4 12 3 1.35 0 1 BAD Manenti 2 1 4 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Victoria , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
South Australia won the 2025/26 Sheffield Shield
Season
Match days
26,27,28,29,30 March 2026 (5-day match)
Victoria replacement
M Perry for SM Elliott (Victoria 1st innings, 91.0 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 26 Mar - day 1 - South Australia 1st innings 55/3 (NA McSweeney 25*, AT Carey 11*, 28 ov)
- Fri, 27 Mar - day 2 - Victoria 1st innings 110/4 (MS Harris 26*, OJ Peake 16*, 35.3 ov)
- Sat, 28 Mar - day 3 - South Australia 2nd innings 94/5 (AT Carey 24*, L Scott 2*, 29 ov)
- Sun, 29 Mar - day 4 - Victoria 2nd innings 102/5 (M Perry 0*, T Murphy 0*, 39 ov)
- Mon, 30 Mar - day 5 - Victoria 2nd innings 139 (49.5 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- South Australia: 100 runs in 30.1 overs (181 balls), Extras 8
- AT Carey: 50 off 72 balls (4 x 4)
- South Australia: 150 runs in 44.1 overs (265 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: South Australia - 161/7 in 46.0 overs (AT Carey 54, N McAndrew 24)
- N McAndrew: 50 off 116 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Australia: 200 runs in 59.0 overs (354 balls), Extras 9
- Lunch: South Australia - 204/7 in 61.0 overs (AT Carey 69, N McAndrew 52)
- Drinks: South Australia - 241/9 in 74.0 overs (AT Carey 97, JS Buckingham 0)
- AT Carey: 100 off 147 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Australia: 250 runs in 78.4 overs (472 balls), Extras 10
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Innings Break: South Australia - 258/10 in 81.3 overs (JS Buckingham 10)
- Tea: South Australia - 258/10 in 81.3 overs (JS Buckingham 10)
- Victoria 2nd innings
- Drinks: Victoria - 37/3 in 13.0 overs (PSP Handscomb 1, MS Harris 1)
- Victoria: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Victoria - 81/3 in 27.0 overs (PSP Handscomb 18, MS Harris 24)
- Victoria: 100 runs in 33.0 overs (198 balls), Extras 5
- End Of Day: Victoria - 102/5 in 39.0 overs (M Perry 0, T Murphy 0)
- Victoria: 150 runs in 51.4 overs (315 balls), Extras 11
- Lunch: Victoria - 150/5 in 52.0 overs (MS Harris 40, F O'Neill 11)
- Drinks: Victoria - 194/6 in 70.0 overs (F O'Neill 11, W Sutherland 21)
- Victoria: 200 runs in 70.2 overs (428 balls), Extras 13
- F O'Neill: 50 off 106 balls (6 x 4)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Victoria: 250 runs in 85.3 overs (519 balls), Extras 14
- Innings Break: Victoria - 261/10 in 91.0 overs (F O'Neill 64)
- Tea: Victoria - 261/10 in 91.0 overs (F O'Neill 64)
- South Australia 2nd innings
- South Australia: 50 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: South Australia - 57/3 in 15.0 overs (JJS Sangha 22, AT Carey 7)
- End Of Day: South Australia - 94/5 in 29.0 overs (AT Carey 24, L Scott 2)
- South Australia: 100 runs in 44.4 overs (268 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: South Australia - 104/4 in 46.0 overs (NA McSweeney 44, JS Lehmann 10)
- NA McSweeney: 50 off 118 balls (6 x 4)
- South Australia: 150 runs in 59.4 overs (358 balls), Extras 10
- Lunch: South Australia - 154/7 in 61.0 overs (L Scott 14, N McAndrew 0)
- Rain: South Australia - 190/9 in 73.4 overs (L Scott 29, JS Buckingham 0)
- Rain: South Australia - 195/9 in 75.3 overs (L Scott 34, JS Buckingham 0)
- Tea: South Australia - 195/9 in 75.3 overs (L Scott 34, JS Buckingham 0)
- Rain: South Australia - 195/9 in 75.3 overs (L Scott 34, JS Buckingham 0)
- Innings Break: South Australia - 198/10 in 76.4 overs (JS Buckingham 0)
- Victoria 1st innings
- Victoria: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Victoria - 53/3 in 14.0 overs (C Kellaway 18, MS Harris 0)
- Drinks: Victoria - 92/4 in 28.5 overs (MS Harris 19, OJ Peake 5)
- Victoria: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 8
- End Of Day: Victoria - 110/4 in 35.3 overs (MS Harris 26, OJ Peake 16)
- South Australia 1st innings
- South Australia: 50 runs in 24.2 overs (146 balls), Extras 4
- Lunch: South Australia - 55/3 in 28.0 overs (NA McSweeney 25, AT Carey 11)
- Rain: South Australia - 55/3 in 28.0 overs (NA McSweeney 25, AT Carey 11)
- Tea: South Australia - 55/3 in 28.0 overs (NA McSweeney 25, AT Carey 11)
- End Of Day: South Australia - 55/3 in 28.0 overs (NA McSweeney 25, AT Carey 11)
Match Coverage
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Carey, McAndrew heroics give South Australia hope of stealing Shield title
Carey made 103, and McAndrew made 60 and took two wickets as Victoria wobbled to 102 for 5 chasing 196 for the title


