Result · Finals Round 1 · Sheffield Shield · 2025/26 · Thu 26 Mar 2026 · Junction Oval, ST KILDA
Victoria 261 (91 ov) & 139 (49.5 ov)
South Australia 198 (76.4 ov) & 258 (81.3 ov)
South Australia won by 56 runs
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Match report

South Australia beat Victoria by 56 runs. For the winners, Alex Carey hit a century (103 off 168) and Henry Thornton took 3/12 from 8.5 overs. For Victoria, Fergus O’Neill made a half-century (64* off 136) and William Sutherland took 4/54 from 17.4 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Nathan McAndrew (32)
South Australia · 77 (175) & 6/121 & 2 dismissals

Top performers

Victoria
🏏 Fergus O’Neill (25) 76 (159)
🏏 Marcus Harris (33) 75 (225)
🎯 William Sutherland (26) 6/119 (41.4)
🎯 Fergus O’Neill (25) 5/62 (38.3)
South Australia
🏏 Alex Carey (34) 129 (256)
🏏 Nathan McAndrew (32) 77 (175)
🎯 Henry Thornton (29) 6/70 (25.5)
🎯 Nathan McAndrew (32) 6/121 (36)
South Australia · 1st Innings - South Australia 198 (76.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Mackenzie Harvey (25) c: S Harper b: S Boland 9 17 0 0 52.94
Henry Hunt c: P Handscomb b: F O’Neill 5 35 0 0 14.28
Nathan Mcsweeney (27) c: S Harper b: S Boland 52 127 6 0 40.94
Jason Sangha (26) lbw: W Sutherland 0 9 0 0 0.00
Alex Carey (wk) (34) b: S Elliott 26 88 2 0 29.54
Jake Lehmann (33) c: D Brasher b: W Sutherland 10 15 1 0 66.66
Liam Scott (25) b: W Sutherland 37 88 1 0 42.04
Ben Manenti (29) c: T Murphy b: W Sutherland 28 32 5 1 87.50
Nathan McAndrew (32) b: F O’Neill 17 31 2 0 54.83
Henry Thornton (29) lbw: F O’Neill 4 7 1 0 57.14
Jordan Buckingham (25) not out 0* 11 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 0, pen 0) 10
Total 76.4 Ov (RR 2.58) 198
Did not bat: Lloyd Pope (26), Wesley Agar (29), Jake Fraser-McGurk (23)
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Mackenzie Harvey), 2-20 (Henry Hunt), 3-21 (Jason Sangha), 4-89 (Alex Carey), 5-104 (Jake Lehmann), 6-117 (Nathan Mcsweeney), 7-152 (Ben Manenti), 8-180 (Nathan McAndrew), 9-186 (Henry Thornton), 10-198 (Liam Scott)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Scott Boland (36) 21 4 63 2 3.00 5 0
Fergus O’Neill (25) 23 8 30 3 1.30 0 0
William Sutherland (26) 17.4 3 54 4 3.05 0 0
Todd Murphy (25) 3 0 10 0 3.33 0 0
Samuel Elliott 12 0 36 1 3.00 0 0
Victoria · 1st Innings - Victoria 261 (91 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Campbell Kellaway (23) c: N Mcsweeney b: H Thornton 29 67 4 0 43.28
Sam Harper (wk) (29) c: A Carey b: N McAndrew 20 10 1 2 200.00
Dylan Brasher (25) c: A Carey b: J Buckingham 3 6 0 0 50.00
Peter Handscomb (34) c&b: N McAndrew 8 17 1 0 47.05
Marcus Harris (33) c: A Carey b: L Scott 40 133 3 1 30.07
Oliver Peake (19) b: N McAndrew 28 65 4 0 43.07
Fergus O’Neill (25) not out 64* 136 7 0 47.05
William Sutherland (c) (26) b: H Thornton 34 57 4 1 59.64
Samuel Elliott c: L Scott b: J Buckingham 13 30 1 0 43.33
Todd Murphy (25) c: A Carey b: H Thornton 6 19 1 0 31.57
Scott Boland (36) lbw: L Scott 1 12 0 0 8.33
Extras (b 0, lb 9, w 0, nb 6, pen 0) 15
Total 91 Ov (RR 2.87) 261
Did not bat: Mitch Perry, Blake Macdonald (28)
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Sam Harper), 2-33 (Dylan Brasher), 3-48 (Peter Handscomb), 4-83 (Campbell Kellaway), 5-127 (Oliver Peake), 6-157 (Marcus Harris), 7-212 (William Sutherland), 8-243 (Samuel Elliott), 9-256 (Todd Murphy), 10-261 (Scott Boland)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Jordan Buckingham (25) 24 8 55 2 2.29 0 0
Nathan McAndrew (32) 21 4 71 3 3.38 0 0
Liam Scott (25) 18 4 32 2 1.77 0 3
Ben Manenti (29) 10 1 34 0 3.40 0 0
Henry Thornton (29) 17 1 58 3 3.41 0 3
Nathan Mcsweeney (27) 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0
South Australia · 2nd Innings - South Australia 258 (81.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Mackenzie Harvey (25) c: W Sutherland b: S Boland 4 9 1 0 44.44
Henry Hunt lbw: F O’Neill 1 12 0 0 8.33
Nathan Mcsweeney (27) lbw: M Perry 20 30 3 0 66.66
Jason Sangha (26) c: S Harper b: W Sutherland 34 40 6 0 85.00
Alex Carey (wk) (34) c: P Handscomb b: F O’Neill 103 168 7 1 61.30
Jake Lehmann (33) b: T Murphy 1 3 0 0 33.33
Liam Scott (25) lbw: S Boland 14 50 2 0 28.00
Ben Manenti (29) c: S Harper b: S Boland 0 1 0 0 0.00
Nathan McAndrew (32) b: W Sutherland 60 144 8 1 41.66
Henry Thornton (29) c: S Harper b: T Murphy 0 9 0 0 0.00
Jordan Buckingham (25) not out 10* 23 2 0 43.47
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 6, nb 0, pen 0) 11
Total 81.3 Ov (RR 3.17) 258
Did not bat: Lloyd Pope (26), Wesley Agar (29), Jake Fraser-McGurk (23)
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Henry Hunt), 2-10 (Mackenzie Harvey), 3-35 (Nathan Mcsweeney), 4-78 (Jason Sangha), 5-79 (Jake Lehmann), 6-122 (Liam Scott), 7-122 (Ben Manenti), 8-227 (Nathan McAndrew), 9-236 (Henry Thornton), 10-258 (Alex Carey)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Scott Boland (36) 21 2 78 3 3.71 1 0
Fergus O’Neill (25) 15.3 3 32 2 2.06 0 0
William Sutherland (26) 24 4 65 2 2.70 0 0
Mitch Perry 10 1 46 1 4.60 5 0
Todd Murphy (25) 11 0 32 2 2.90 0 0
Victoria · 2nd Innings - Victoria 139 (49.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Campbell Kellaway (23) lbw: N McAndrew 16 40 1 0 40.00
Sam Harper (wk) (29) b: J Buckingham 12 14 1 0 85.71
Dylan Brasher (25) c&b: N McAndrew 6 11 1 0 54.54
Peter Handscomb (34) c: A Carey b: H Thornton 28 60 4 0 46.66
Marcus Harris (33) c: B Manenti b: L Scott 35 92 5 0 38.04
Mitch Perry lbw: N McAndrew 9 19 1 0 47.36
Todd Murphy (25) c: A Carey b: L Scott 0 13 0 0 0.00
Oliver Peake (19) c: A Carey b: L Scott 4 14 1 0 28.57
Fergus O’Neill (25) b: H Thornton 12 23 0 0 52.17
William Sutherland (c) (26) c: J Sangha b: H Thornton 2 12 0 0 16.66
Scott Boland (36) not out 0* 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 0, lb 14, w 0, nb 1, pen 0) 15
Total 49.5 Ov (RR 2.79) 139
Did not bat: Blake Macdonald (28), Samuel Elliott
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Sam Harper), 2-34 (Dylan Brasher), 3-35 (Campbell Kellaway), 4-102 (Peter Handscomb), 5-102 (Marcus Harris), 6-112 (Todd Murphy), 7-112 (Mitch Perry), 8-120 (Oliver Peake), 9-132 (William Sutherland), 10-139 (Fergus O’Neill)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Jordan Buckingham (25) 8 0 27 1 3.37 0 0
Nathan McAndrew (32) 15 2 50 3 3.33 0 0
Liam Scott (25) 16 9 32 3 2.00 0 0
Henry Thornton (29) 8.5 4 12 3 1.35 0 1
Ben Manenti (29) 2 1 4 0 2.00 0 0

Victoria

South Australia

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
South Australia 198 (76.4 ov) 2.58 18 1 10 Nathan Mcsweeney 52
Victoria 261 (91 ov) 2.87 26 4 15 Fergus O’Neill 64*
South Australia 258 (81.3 ov) 3.17 29 2 11 Alex Carey 103
Victoria 139 (49.5 ov) 2.79 14 0 15 Marcus Harris 35

Partnerships · South Australia

  • 1st wkt 16
  • 2nd wkt 4
  • 3rd wkt 1
  • 4th wkt 68
  • 5th wkt 15
  • 6th wkt 13
  • 7th wkt 35
  • 8th wkt 28
  • 9th wkt 6
  • 10th wkt 12

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Victoria

  • 1st wkt 26
  • 2nd wkt 7
  • 3rd wkt 15
  • 4th wkt 35
  • 5th wkt 44
  • 6th wkt 30
  • 7th wkt 55
  • 8th wkt 31
  • 9th wkt 13
  • 10th wkt 5

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · South Australia

  • 1st wkt 2
  • 2nd wkt 8
  • 3rd wkt 25
  • 4th wkt 43
  • 5th wkt 1
  • 6th wkt 43
  • 7th wkt 0
  • 8th wkt 105
  • 9th wkt 9
  • 10th wkt 22

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Victoria

  • 1st wkt 25
  • 2nd wkt 9
  • 3rd wkt 1
  • 4th wkt 67
  • 5th wkt 0
  • 6th wkt 10
  • 7th wkt 0
  • 8th wkt 8
  • 9th wkt 12
  • 10th wkt 7

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.