EVERY BOUNDARY from Bancroft’s innings | 08:47
Tim Miller from Fox Sports activitiesOctober 29th, 2026 9:15 pm
Western Australia and South Australia have played out essentially the most action-packed day of the Sheffield Defend season thus far, with 18 wickets falling throughout three innings in chaotic scenes at the Adelaide Oval.
After Cameron Bancroft’s Day 1 century noticed the Warriors attain stumps at 3/304, they completed the second day 6/79 in their second innings, after Jhye Richardson led the best way with the ball to arrange a 352-run first innings lead.
WA declared at 5/406 just 5 balls after Bancroft fell to a superb catch from Brendan Doggett on the deep mid-wicket boundary, with the seamer flicking the ball back to himself to end the former Check opener’s knock on 186.
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Second-gamer Corey Wasley provided the early fireworks with a 57-ball 60 that includes three sixes as the visitors hunted fast runs.
The declaration name bore speedy fruit, with Richardson taking three wickets in his first 21 balls on both aspect of lunch to depart the Redbacks reeling at 3/24.
It may have been worse, with Richardson following nicking off Nathan McSweeney and Jason Sangha with an unlimited LBW shout against Jake Lehmann, trying to turn into just the third Warrior to take a Defend hat-trick.
However, the umpire was unmoved despite an unlimited attraction from the bowler and the WA slips cordon – although former Redback Tom Cooper believed the star fast had been unfairly denied.
“It pitches in line, and I think that could possibly be hitting off stump! It solely has to touch it,” Cooper said.
“I think he’s robbed of a hat-trick,” commentator Lawrie Colliver added.
Jake Weatherald briefly counterattacked as he raced to a 30-ball 40 that includes eight boundaries, however he was bowled by Ashton Agar after skipping down the monitor and missing the ball to proceed the rout.
The reigning Sheffield Defend champions had been 8/90 earlier than a late flurry from Ben Manenti (38 not out) and Wes Agar (25) took the overall to 154, however still with a hefty deficit.
However Sam Whiteman adopted his first innings 1 with a duck when he was bowled second ball by Doggett to start one other flurry of wickets.
The former Aussie seamer took 3/19 in eight overs to guide the cost as WA scrambled to stumps at 6/79 after 29 dramatic overs.
Bancroft suffered the ignominy of being dismissed twice on the identical day when he edged behind off Liam Scott, while Wasley was bowled for 10 by the identical bowler not long after.
Nonetheless, the opener’s first innings heroics go away the Warriors effectively in entrance of the game, with a 331-run lead and four second innings wickets remaining when play resumes on Day 3.
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