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Reigning Sheffield Shield player of the season Scott took 5\/37 from 18 overs with his medium pace to try will Australia A over the line, but India A\u2019s middle to lower order resisted for almost 50 overs after being 5\/185.<\/p>\n
No.6 Yash Rathod top-scored for the hosts with 80 off 138 balls, while No.9 Shams Mulani made a stubborn 29 off 131 before falling lbw to South Australian all-rounder Scott with three overs left in the day.<\/p>\n
Final pair Nachiket Bhute (20*) and Praful Hinge (0*) survived the last 18 deliveries to clinch the draw.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was great game and both teams played their hearts out,\u201d India A captain Devdutt Padikkal said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll of them showed up and played well, it was all up to Shams and Rathod. They knew what they were doing, they have played a lot of cricket and lot of experience behind them. <\/p>\n
\u201cLot of positives with the bat and ball. It was not the easiest condition for the spinners, but they did well.\u201d<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 16: Liam Scott of South Australia appeals for a wicket during day three of the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and South Australia at CitiPower Centre, on March 16, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Australia A skipper Peter Handscomb added: \u201cA great game, great spectacle, red ball cricket is the pinnacle. <\/p>\n
\u201cSpinners adapting to the conditions. We tried everything, tried different plans, Indian players played well. It was great experiencing the Indian conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
After taking three scalps in India A\u2019s first innings, Jhye Richardson sent down 17 wicketless overs in the second dig.<\/p>\n
While off spin duo Todd Murphy and Corey Rocchiccioli bowled 23 overs each but only took one wicket a piece in the final innings of the game.<\/p>\n
The three-match one-day series begins on October 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Harper\u2019s first innings century and Liam Scott\u2019s five-wicket haul were in vain as Australia A agonisingly fell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-913493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913493","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=913493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}