Sheffield Shield Grand Final Victoria v South Australia in Alice Springs 2017

given what happened today, i am tipping an upset is on the cards & the Redbacks' will get the job done

Toss Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
Umpires Fry, S D, Wilson, P
TV Umpires Nogajski, S J
Match Referee Stratford, R W
Venue Traeger Park, Alice Springs,
Date 26 - 30 March 2017

VIC: Travis Dean, Marcus Harris, Aaron Finch, Rob Quiney, Cameron White (c), Daniel Christian, Seb Gotch (wk), Chris Tremain, James Pattinson, Jon Holland, Fawad Ahmed,

SA: Jake Weatherald, Jonathan Dalton, Callum Ferguson, Travis Head (c), Jake Lehmann, Tom Cooper, Alex Carey (wk), Joe Mennie, Adam Zampa, Chadd Sayers, Daniel Worrall


EARLY DAY 1

Victoria 0/69

Lunch day 1

Victoria 0/86

T. Dean 28

M. Harris 50

Dean dropped in the gully by Ferguson....as far as gully catches go it was a sitter....the very next ball was a glorious off drive for 4 that brought up the 100 run partnership, a short time ago Victoria were 0/103

Tea day 1

Victoria 0/210

Dean 92

Harris 108

obviously a shield victory is more than slipping away for the Redbacks'

STUMPS DAY 1

Victoria 3/322

Dean 94

Harris 120

Finch 38

Quiney 44 not out

White 7 not out

wicket takers

Sayers 2/50
Zampa 1/127

very good scoring rate & the Vics hold one hand on the shield already

Obviously everyone given up on the grand final including me

stumps on day 2

Vic 487

S.A. 1/19

Only 3 days or 19 wickets to go before the Vics are crowned champions yet again

from memory the Vics were 2/38 at stumps last night, nearing stumps today & they are 6/232 with an overall lead of 432 runs with a day & a bit to go.................i know they are just making sure they win the shield but does batting time, right now Gotch is 25 off 91 & Christian is 39 off 154 the right way to play this out ?

It has always been a problem, Bayman. As they basically just have to "not lose" the home team usually bats for a draw. But it does seem that Victoria is taking it to extremes.

A short time ago SA 5/176 with Carey 21 off 22 & Head 106 off 133....at least we're going down swinging