Queensland overcome Victoria by an innings and 3 runs in Sheffield Shield
Queensland crushed Victoria by an innings and three runs in their Sheffield Shield match at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 on Saturday. Queensland’s first innings lead of 309 proved to be too much for the visitors, and they were bowled out for
306 runs in their second innings.
The wicket had moisture beneath it, which forced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834 captain James Hopes to field first after winning the toss. His decision proved to be a good one, as the visitors were bowled out for just 119 in their first innings.
In reply, the hosts amassed 428 runs in their first innings, courtesy a brilliant knock of 172 by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Victoria-c859 fell three runs short of
surviving an innings defeat.
Tom Stray didn’t get going in the second innings as well and he got out after adding just six runs to the total. He was followed by his captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881, who only managed five runs in his innings.
Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Rogers-c1249 then paired with Robert Quiney and put together a 49-run partnership for the third wicket. However, this effort wasn’t enough for the team, as Quiney gave his wicket away after scoring 34 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Wade-c1933 played sensible cricket and gave some hope to his team.
Both Wade and Rogers constructed a 90-run stand for the fifth wicket and took their team’s total to 167, but Rogers failed to carry onto the start he got, as he got out after scoring 73 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glenn-Maxwell-c1493 then walked out to the middle and played aggressively. He scored 61 runs from 79 balls in a 96-run partnership with Wade, but his wicket saw the rest of the team collapse.
The wicketkeeper batsman remained unbeaten on a terrific 113 runs, but he kept running out of partners at the other end, as the visitors were cleaned up for 306.
James Hopes played a crucial part in his team’s victory, as he took six wickets in Victoria’s second innings. He got some good support from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Feldman-c1854, who grabbed two wickets each for their team.
Chris Lynn was named as the player-of-the-match following his magnificent innings of 142 runs in Queensland’s only innings, which helped his team win the match convincingly.
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