Sheffield Shield clash: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Australia-c844
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Edmondson-c1134 claimed his first five-wicket haul for South Australia, but Victoria Bushrangers continued their stronger position in the Sheffield Shield clash after two days at the Adelaide Oval.
By the stumps on day two, the Redbacks were 98 for 3 in their second innings, still 40 runs behind Victoria's first innings total of 306 as the visitors took a handy first-innings lead of 138 runs. At the end of the day, Callum Ferguson
was not out at 15 and the night-watchman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cooper-c51561.
The right-handed opener was guiding Western Australian steadily until he was caught by Cameron White at slip off Damien Wright’s beautiful delivery. Cooper cleared the boundary for as many as ten times to complete his second half-century
of the match. Both the innings saw him scoring 53 runs though the number of balls played differs. Tom Moffat once again failed to cross 20 and was caught behind by Wade off Hastings for just 15. The third wicket lost by the home side was of their captain Michael
Klinger who failed to get past the single digit score and was caught by Victorian captain Cameron White off Holland.
Earlier, the Victorians had set up a 300 plus total in their first innings through steady efforts right down the batting order. Three half-centuries played a key role in their 306. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881 at No. 3 top scored with 62 followed by
skipper Cameron White’s 85-ball 60 and wicketkeeper batsman Matthew Wade’s painstaking 54 from 103 balls. But all the efforts from the middle-order were built upon a solid platform by the openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Hill-c1955 with an opening stand of 77 runs.
Injured David Hussey failed to spark with the bat and scored a golden duck besides http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-McDonald-c1042.
The 32-year-old fast bowler Edmondson, who joined the new state South Australia during the off season after leaving http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Western-Australia-c865, returned with 5 for 93. Edmondson’s five-for was well complimented by the left-arm spinner Aaron O’Brien with his 3 for
50.
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