A Victorian crew bolstered by the return of Glenn Maxwell for his first Sheffield Shield match in additional than three years have endured a difficult begin to day certainly one of their match towards South Australia.
On an especially inexperienced wicket at Melbourne’s Junction Oval, Victoria labored their strategy to 3-75 at lunch after profitable the toss.
The Vics misplaced Travis Dean on the final ball of the session, with Wes Agar (2-27) bowling the opener for 34.
Campbell Kellaway went to lunch on 8 not out.
Marcus Harris was unable to observe up his century in Victoria’s final outing and was caught within the slips for 15, whereas Ashley Chandrasinghe went in the identical trend for 11.
It proved to be a chaotic begin for South Australia, with long-serving wicketkeeper Harry Nielsen dominated out with sickness on the morning of the match.
Replacement wicketkeeper Harry Mattias made the morning sprint throughout from Adelaide however wasn’t prepared till the primary drinks break, leaving twelfth man Thomas Kelly to don the gloves in the course of the first hour.
There was additionally a Redbacks’ debut for quick bowler Spencer Johnson after a protracted apprenticeship in native grade cricket.
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