Sheffield ShieldFinal · First-class
South Australia beat Victoria by 56 runs in the final - Match Info
Junction Oval, Melbourne, . Victoria won the toss and chose to bowl.
South Australia198 & 25881.3 ov
Victoria261 & 13949.5 ov
South Australia won by 56 runs
South Australia won the title
Match details
- Match
- Final, First-class · Sheffield Shield 2025/26
- Date
- (Thu 26 Mar, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Junction Oval, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Victoria, chose to bowl
- Result
- South Australia won by 56 runs
- Player of the match
- Nathan McAndrew
- Umpires
- Sam Nogajski (Australia), Shawn Craig (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Donovan Koch (South Africa)
- Reserve umpire
- Phillip Gillespie (Australia)
- Match referee
- Kepler Wessels (Australia)
Head to head (First-class)
Played 17 · SA won 4 · VIC won 6 · Drawn 7
Last 5 meetings
- Match 29 · Sheffield Shield · SA 305 & 204/3d v VIC 308Match drawn
- Match 2 · Sheffield Shield · SA 350/9d & 223 v VIC 343/9d & 231/6Victoria won by 4 wickets
- Match 25 · Sheffield Shield · VIC 285 & 297 v SA 283 & 300/6South Australia won by 4 wickets
- Match 9 · Sheffield Shield · SA 307 & 270/8d v VIC 232 & 207South Australia won by 138 runs
- Match 19 · Sheffield Shield · SA 173 & 271 v VIC 288 & 157/7Victoria won by 3 wickets
Recent results (First-class)
- D vs VIC · SA 305 & 204/3d v VIC 308Match drawn
- W vs NSW · NSW 269 & 198 v SA 373 & 96/1South Australia won by 9 wickets
- W vs QUE · QUE 185 & 119 v SA 214 & 91/3South Australia won by 7 wickets
- D vs NSW · NSW 202 & 440/8d v SA 197 & 118/2Match drawn
- W vs TAS · TAS 195 & 260 v SA 426 & 30/0South Australia won by 10 wickets
- D vs SA · SA 305 & 204/3d v VIC 308Match drawn
- W vs TAS · VIC 222 & 193 v TAS 91 & 254Victoria won by 70 runs
- W vs WA · VIC 431/9d & 274/4d v WA 238 & 114Victoria won by 353 runs
- L vs QUE · QUE 149 & 236 v VIC 144 & 205Queensland won by 36 runs
- W vs WA · WA 194 & 255 v VIC 255 & 195/4Victoria won by 6 wickets
Top players in this fixture
SA v VIC First-classs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Harris VIC | 14 | 1079 | 239 | 44.96 | 51.41 |
| Henry Hunt SA | 13 | 1054 | 127 | 43.92 | 40.52 |
| Travis Head SA | 8 | 748 | 151 | 53.43 | 51.91 |
| Sam Harper VIC | 12 | 739 | 151 | 41.06 | 67.49 |
| Peter Handscomb VIC | 12 | 667 | 148 | 35.11 | 55.96 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Boland VIC | 10 | 45 | 2.57 |
| Fergus O'Neill VIC | 6 | 34 | 2.16 |
| Mitchell Perry VIC | 10 | 33 | 3.25 |
| Wes Agar SA | 7 | 30 | 3.48 |
| Will Sutherland VIC | 9 | 26 | 2.98 |
First-classs at Junction Oval
- Matches
- 17
- Average 1st-innings score
- 323
- Won batting first
- 5
- Won chasing
- 5
- Highest total
- 671/6 by South Australia ()