Redbacks storm to victory
Another standout performance from paceman Chadd Sayers helped lift South Australia to a remarkable eight-wicket win against Queensland in their Sheffield Shield match.
Chasing 228 to win, the Redbacks passed their target with just two wickets down some 35 minutes after tea on Monday’s final day at Adelaide Oval.
Mark Cosgrove (78), Callum Ferguson (65 not out) and Tom Cooper (68 not out) led a run chase only made possible by Sayers’ feats with the ball.
Sayers, after taking a first innings hat-trick, destroyed Queensland’s second innings with 6-34, his best first-class figures.
The Bulls resumed on Monday at 2-128 and in command, 203 runs ahead.
But Sayers, with help from legspinner Adam Zampa, triggered a stunning collapse – the Bulls lost their last eight wickets for just 22 runs.
Sayers took six of the initial seven Queensland wickets to fall before Zampa (4-45) cleaned up the tail to also post his best first-class figures.
SA then made light work of the run chase with Ferguson again prominent – he followed his unbeaten 100 in the first dig another polished not out knock.
FULL SCOREBOARD
Queensland 1st Innings
M LABUSCHAGNE lbw Zampa 83 (148)
J BURNS b Sayers 14 (19)
B MCDERMOTT lbw Sayers 0 (1)
P FORREST c Ludeman b Sayers 0 (1)
N STEVENS c Botha b Putland 158 (290)
C HARTLEY not out 142 (246)
J HOPES c Cooper b Botha 4 (15)
J FLOROS c Ludeman b Zampa 2 (6)
R LE LOUX c Botha b Zampa 25 (25)
Sundries (2b 8lb 1w 4nb) 15
Eight wickets (dec) for 443
Fall: 27 (Burns), 27 (B McDermott), 27 (Forrest), 126 (Labuschagne), 382 (Stevens), 402 (Hopes), 405 (Floros), 443 (Le Loux).
Bowling: C Sayers 27-6-48-3, G Putland 23-2-102-1 (1w), A Zampa 24.2-3-103-3, J Botha 31-4-102-1, J Mennie 19-3-78-0 (4nb).
Overs: 124.2.
South Australia 1st Innings
A McDONALD lbw Floros 86 (163)
M COSGROVE b Floros 46 (100)
C FERGUSON not out 100 (214)
T COOPER lbw Floros 75 (131)
T HEAD b Floros 52 (62)
Sundries (8lb 1nb) 9
Four wickets (dec) for 368
Fall: 126 (Cosgrove), 147 (McDonald), 287 (Cooper), 368 (Head).
Bowling: J Hopes 25-8-69-0, L Feldman 18-5-55-0, J Floros 27.3-3-85-4, P George 23-7-56-0 (1nb), R Le Loux 18-1-95-0.
Overs: 111.3.
Queensland 2nd Innings
M LABUSCHAGNE lbw Sayers 0 (6)
J BURNS c Cosgrove b Zampa 98 (192)
B MCDERMOTT c Ferguson b Sayers 2 (27)
P FORREST lbw Sayers 39 (103)
N STEVENS b Sayers 0 (2)
J FLOROS st Ludeman b Sayers 7 (12)
J HOPES lbw Zampa 3 (7)
R LE LOUX lbw Sayers 0 (13)
C HARTLEY c Head b Zampa 0 (2)
L FELDMAN c Ludeman b Zampa 0 (1)
P GEORGE not out 0 (3)
Sundries (3b) 3
Total 152
Fall: 0 (Labuschagne), 32 (B McDermott), 130 (Forrest), 130 (Stevens), 142 (Floros), 145 (Hopes), 148 (Le Loux), 149 (Hartley), 149 (Feldman), 152 (Burns).
Bowling: C Sayers 20-10-34-6, J Mennie 6-1-20-0, A Zampa 20.4-4-45-4, J Botha 5-0-24-0, G Putland 7-2-25-0, M Cosgrove 1.4-1-0-0, T Head 1.2-0-1-0.
Overs: 61.4.
South Australia 2nd Innings
A McDONALD c Hartley b Hopes 8 (13)
M COSGROVE c B McDermott b Le Loux 78 (95)
C FERGUSON not out 65 (124)
T COOPER not out 68 (72)
Sundries (4b 3lb 2nb) 9
Two wickets for 228
Fall: 24 (McDonald), 115 (Cosgrove).
Bowling: J Hopes 12-3-24-1, L Feldman 7-0-35-0, P George 10.2-1-52-0 (2nb), J Floros 17-1-64-0, R Le Loux 4-0-46-1.
Overs: 50.2.
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Umpires: Geoff Joshua, Shawn Craig.
Match Referee: Bob Stratford.
Result: South Australia won by 8 wickets
