Matt Short scored his maiden Sheffield Shield century in gorgeous trend to place Victoria in a robust place on the halfway level of their match in opposition to South Australia in Melbourne.
A low-scoring contest was turned on its head as Short mastered the difficult Junction Oval pitch to attain 119 – a tally practically thrice higher than every other batter within the match.
The century continues a wealthy vein of type for Short, who broke by way of for his first 50-over century final week, greater than seven years after his senior debut.
The Vics ended the day at 8-285 for a large 340-run lead that appeared extremely inconceivable simply 24 hours earlier.
South Australia’s decrease order capitulated earlier within the day. Having resumed at 5-75, they had been dismissed for 114 to concede a 55-run first-innings deficit.
Short performed a serious function in constructing that benefit, along with his 70 off 69 balls on day another than double the following finest for both facet within the first innings.
In the second innings, he punched 15 boundaries and a six in his 135-ball knock of 119, and it took some fancy footwork to dismiss the Vics’ No.5, with Jordan Buckingham taking a juggling catch on the boundary rope.
Short’s wicket earned Spencer Johnson a five-wicket haul, with the debutant paceman returning figures of 5-72.
At the time of his dismissal, Short had, extremely, scored some 36 per cent of the runs within the match throughout the three innings.
Batting appeared a lot easier throughout the latter two classes of the day, highlighted by an 82-run stand – simply the most important within the match – for the seventh wicket between Short and Will Sutherland (43).
The news wasn’t so good for returning short-form star Glenn Maxwell, who was clear bowled second ball after enjoying an expansive drive off Wes Agar.
Maxwell made simply 5 within the first innings, although his dismissal got here through a contentious lbw choice.
Earlier, in his first recreation again after struggling a damaged leg, Maxwell left the sphere throughout SA’s innings after being struck on a wrist by a ball when fielding at slip.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
