{"id":564978,"date":"2026-03-26T05:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564978\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:39:11","slug":"sa-v-victoria-sheffield-shield-final-live-scores-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564978\/","title":{"rendered":"SA v Victoria Sheffield Shield final: Live scores and updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SACA ended a 29-year Shield drought with victory over Queensland in last year\u2019s final but will need to overcome a Victorian side which has dominated the 2025-26 campaign. <\/p>\n

HAVE YOUR SAY: DANIEL CHERNY\u2019S SHEFFIELD SHIELD POWER RANKINGS<\/a><\/p>\n

REVEALED: 19 RISING STARS WHO WILL SHAPE VIC CRICKET\u2019S FUTURE<\/a><\/p>\n

Will Sutherland\u2019s Victorians finished 16 points clear of the second-placed South Australians, who only sealed their spot in the final in the last round of the regular season. <\/p>\n

The Vics have only lost twice this season, going down to Queensland in November and February. <\/p>\n

Sutherland won the toss on Thursday morning at the Junction Oval, opting to bowl first. <\/p>\n

Follow live scores in the match centre above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SACA ended a 29-year Shield drought with victory over Queensland in last year\u2019s final but will need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[278210,64,63,689,2105,5093,647,18779,677,701,89825,278212,85,51041,278211,660,124995],"class_list":["post-564978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-matchidshef2025-260201","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-match-centre","tag-melbourne","tag-nathan-mcsweeney","tag-oceania","tag-queensland","tag-sheffield-shield-final","tag-shield-final-captain","tag-sports","tag-title-decider","tag-v-victoria-sheffield","tag-victoria","tag-victorian-captain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564978","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=564978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}