Sports Desk. Sheffield Shield match is Australia’s domestic first class cricket tournament. At present it is also being organized in Australia. Some 6 teams participate in it. Recently a very exciting incident happened in a Sheffield Shield match. This match was played between South Australia vs Tasmania in Hobart, in which Australia won by 2 runs on the last ball.
Actually, while chasing the target of 429 runs, Tasmania needed four runs on the last ball. Riley Meredith played a powerful shot on the last ball and was out for two runs on it. The result was that his team had to face defeat. This win equaled the record for the lowest number of wins in Sheffield Shield match history.
For a moment, the entire match seemed to be in Tasmania’s bag, but after the fall of one wicket, their situation deteriorated. They lost four wickets for just four runs in the last 9 balls. Actually, an exciting match was played between South Australia and Tasmania, the result of which came on the last ball. In this match, Tasmania needed 4 runs on the last ball to win, but taking two runs on the last ball changed the course of the match.
Let us tell you that South Australia had given a big target of 429 runs to the Tasmania team on the basis of 195 runs in the first innings. For Tasmania, Tin Ward played a century inning of 142 runs and almost ensured the team’s victory in this match. Apart from this, 65-65 runs were scored from the bat of Jack Weatherald and Jordan Silk. Whereas Bradley Hoppe played an inning of 69 runs and Mitchell Owen played an inning of 53 runs. Tasmania’s batsmen took the match to the last ball, but the team’s luck did not favor them and they had to lose the match.
