With 16 minutes remaining, Lloyd Pope took six wickets to lead South Australia to their first Sheffield Shield victory against Victoria in nine years.
Pope got 6 for 74 to have Victoria all out for 207 in chase of an improbable total of 346 in an exciting and somewhat contentious end at Adelaide Oval.
With 30 minutes remaining before stumps, Victoria were certain to clinch a draw, but Pope grabbed four wickets in 13 minutes to win the match.

With 18 games played between the two sides since 2015–16, the victory was South Australia’s first over Victoria.
Replays indicate that the ball could have come flat off the pad and missed his bat on its way to the defender, leaving Kellaway looking perplexed by the ruling.
After that, it seemed like that Pope would lead South Australia to victory. However, he ended the game by trapping Cameron McClure leg before wicket when he was trying to leave the ball.
After becoming a cult hero in the 2017 Under-19 World Cup, Pope’s stats marked just his third five-wicket haul in his Sheffield Shield career and his first in four years.
Pope had always appeared to be the most dangerous bowler for South Australia on a day-four wicket that was becoming worse. Ashley Chandrasinghe and Kellaway were well established in the first session, and the legspinner was the only bowler to pose a threat to Victoria’s hitters.
The breakthrough came in the middle session when Henry Thornton used a fast-rising ball to catch Chandrasinghe at slip. Pope always seemed the most likely to seize control of the game, even if Thornton also got rid of Tom Rogers soon after.
He pulled Sam Harper’s back foot out of his crease to have him stumped for five after having player-of-the-match Ben Manenti brilliantly catch Peter Handscomb at first slip for eight.
Pope took the vital wicket in the last hour after Mitchell Perry and Kellaway ate up 80 balls in a 25-over stand.
As the No. 8 returned to cut, the 24-year-old bowled Perry for 9 after spinning a ball back from outside the left-hander’s off stump.
And with a rare victory against their longtime rivals, Pope had guaranteed that South Australia would remain second on the ladder when No. 11 McClure failed to provide a shot on a ball that went straight on.
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