Teenager Fergus O’Neill guided South Australia to victory with a calm, unbeaten 78 in a pressure-filled Sheffield Shield chase, just hours after Jordan Buckingham missed a hat-trick.
Facing defeat at 171 for 9, New South Wales staged a stunning comeback as Jack Hatcher and Ben Hadley added an unbeaten 34-run stand to win the match.
On his Sheffield Shield debut, Nikhil Chaudhary starred with bat and ball to help Tasmania secure a draw against Queensland, backed by Jake Weatherald’s consistent fifties.
Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc are set to return to Sheffield Shield cricket at the SCG later this month as part of their red-ball preparation ahead of the 2025–26 Ashes series against England.
New South Wales allrounder Chris Green was given out caught behind twice—only for umpire Gerard Abood to reverse his own call in a stunning Sheffield Shield incident.
Beau Salzmann’s fighting 76 and Nathan Lyon’s quickfire 42 have given New South Wales renewed hope in their Sheffield Shield clash against Western Australia, despite another low score from Nick Konstas and a five-wicket haul by Matt Kelly.