{"id":254410,"date":"2025-11-01T01:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/254410\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T01:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:19:09","slug":"webster-misses-out-as-oneills-four-keeps-undefeated-vics-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/254410\/","title":{"rendered":"Webster misses out as O’Neill’s four keeps undefeated Vics on top"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia’s Test allrounder Beau Webster was dismissed for six as Tasmania fell to ladder-leaders Victoria in Melbourne<\/p>\n

Victoria v Tasmania | Sheffield Shield | Day 4<\/p>\n

Test allrounder Beau Webster missed out again with the bat in Tasmania’s 144-run loss to Victoria in round three of the Sheffield Shield.<\/p>\n

Webster made just six as Tasmania, chasing 335 runs to win, were bowled out for 210 late on day four at Melbourne’s Junction Oval on Friday.<\/p>\n

Victoria remain unbeaten with three wins from as many games, and paceman Fergus O’Neill enhanced his prospects of a national call-up with a haul of 4-54.<\/p>\n

O’Neill’s sensational four wickets lifts Victoria to final day triumph<\/p>\n

Webster entered the game with heat on his Australian place ahead of national selectors naming their squad for the first Test against England.<\/p>\n

His limited returns with the bat followed taking 1-26 from 12 overs in Victoria’s first innings, and 0-28 from 11 overs in their second dig, which included several overs of off-spin due to workload restrictions on his seamers in his comeback from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Before Friday’s play, both teams observed a minute’s silence for Victorian teen cricketer Ben Austin, who died after being struck by a ball while batting in the nets this week.<\/p>\n

Tasmania resumed on 1-28 after losing another Ashes hopeful, Jake Weatherald, for 12 late on Thursday.<\/p>\n

And his opening partner Caleb Jewell was the first batter dismissed on Friday, bowled by a big seaming delivery from O’Neill for 21.<\/p>\n

Tim Ward and Brad Hope put on 48 for the third wicket, but their union ended with the score on 107.<\/p>\n

Ward, who made a polished 52, was run out in a horrible mix-up he advanced for a single as non-striker while Hope stood still after fending a short ball.<\/p>\n

Ward was almost three-quarters down the pitch when he slipped while trying to turn after played was earlier suspended due to rain, and was still on his haunches when run out.<\/p>\n

The Victorians struck again just four runs later when veteran Jordan Silk was bowled for a duck when shouldering arms to a Will Sutherland (1-40) inswinger.<\/p>\n

And Webster departed just 14 runs later when caught from the bowling of Mitchell Perry (2-38), slashing at a wide ball and being caught at deep backward point.<\/p>\n

Jake Doran (23) and Nikhil Chaudhary (25) offered some resistance, before Victoria secured victory inside the final hour when Perry claimed the final wicket of Riley Meredith.<\/p>\n

Victoria have opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the standings as the only team to win all three of their matches.<\/p>\n

Sheffield Shield 2025-26 standings<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n

M<\/p>\n

\n Wins\n <\/p>\n

W<\/p>\n

\n Losses\n <\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

\n Drawn\n <\/p>\n

D<\/p>\n

\n No results\n <\/p>\n

N\/R<\/p>\n

\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n

Ded.<\/p>\n

\n Batting Bonus\n <\/p>\n

Bat<\/p>\n

\n Bowling Bonus\n <\/p>\n

Bowl<\/p>\n

\n Total points\n <\/p>\n

PTS<\/p>\n

1
\n \"Victoria
\n Victoria Men
\n VIC<\/p>\n

3
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2.39
\n 2.6
\n 22.99<\/p>\n

2
\n \"Queensland
\n Queensland Bulls
\n QLD<\/p>\n

3
\n 1
\n 0
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4.9
\n 2.3
\n 15.2<\/p>\n

3
\n \"NSW
\n NSW Men
\n NSW<\/p>\n

3
\n 1
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.55
\n 2.8
\n 11.35<\/p>\n

4
\n \"Tasmanian
\n Tasmanian Tigers Men
\n TAS<\/p>\n

3
\n 1
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 2
\n 1.63
\n 2.2
\n 8.83<\/p>\n

5
\n \"South
\n South Australia Men
\n SA<\/p>\n

3
\n 0
\n 2
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.3
\n 2.6
\n 4.9<\/p>\n

6
\n \"Western
\n Western Australia Men
\n WA<\/p>\n

3
\n 0
\n 2
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.66
\n 3
\n 4.66<\/p>\n

Legend<\/p>\n

M: Matches played<\/p>\n

W: Wins<\/p>\n

L: Losses<\/p>\n

D: Drawn<\/p>\n

N\/R: No results<\/p>\n

Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n

Bat: Batting Bonus<\/p>\n

Bowl: Bowling Bonus<\/p>\n

PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia’s Test allrounder Beau Webster was dismissed for six as Tasmania fell to ladder-leaders Victoria in Melbourne Victoria…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-254410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}