{"id":948909,"date":"2026-11-01T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948909\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:18:35","slug":"ton-beckons-for-clayton-as-shield-game-in-balance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948909\/","title":{"rendered":"Ton beckons for Clayton as Shield game in balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Clayton will be on the cusp of a Shield century when play resumes on day three<\/p>\n

Queensland v Victoria | Sheffield Shield | Day Two<\/p>\n

ack Clayton was stranded on 99 and loomed as key for Queensland after day two of their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria.<\/p>\n

Clayton only managed four runs off the last over of the day from part-time spinner Ollie Peake, before stumps were called on Sunday at the Gabba.<\/p>\n

The game is in the balance, with the home side 5-202 in reply to Victoria’s 307.<\/p>\n

While Clayton probably faced a restless night’s sleep, he continued his strong form this season with a fourth half-century across the Shield and one-day competitions.<\/p>\n

The No.4 had faced 191 balls and struck eight fours to anchor the Queensland innings. Hayden Kerr was unbeaten on 14.<\/p>\n

Victorian captain Will Sutherland brought himself into the attack and had immediate effect, bowling Hugh Weibgen with his first delivery.<\/p>\n

He then had No.3 Hugo Burdon caught by Marcus Harris at third slip at the end of the same over and Queensland were in strife at 2-33.<\/p>\n

But Clayton and opener Angus Lovell put on 85 for the third wicket to put the pressure back on Victoria.<\/p>\n

Matt Hennig was brought back into the attack and, like Sutherland, struck with the first delivery of his spell. He trapped Lovell lbw for 36 – his first Shield wicket.<\/p>\n

Two overs later, Liam Blackford snared a sharp chance at bat-pad off Hennig and Lachlan Hearne was out for two.<\/p>\n

When Jimmy Peirson skied spinner Todd Murphy to Sutherland at mid-wicket, suddenly Queensland were back in trouble at 5-174.<\/p>\n

Clayton and Kerr navigated through to stumps and the Monday morning session will be crucial to the result.<\/p>\n

Victoria resumed on 9-282 and Mitch Swepson took his second wicket when he dismissed Hennig for four, leaving Sutherland unbeaten on 43. Cameron Gannon snared 5-66 and Jem Ryan took three wickets.<\/p>\n

2026-27 Sheffield Shield standings<\/p>\n

Round 1<\/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 Ties\n <\/p>\n

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

3
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2.31
\n 2.9
\n 18.21<\/p>\n

2
\n \"Western
\n Western Australia Men
\n WA<\/p>\n

3
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2.53
\n 2.5
\n 18.03<\/p>\n

3
\n \"South
\n South Australia Men
\n SA<\/p>\n

3
\n 1
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.42
\n 2.4
\n 9.82<\/p>\n

4
\n \"NSW
\n NSW Men
\n NSW<\/p>\n

3
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4.77
\n 2.4
\n 9.17<\/p>\n

5
\n \"Queensland
\n Queensland Bulls
\n QLD<\/p>\n

2
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n -1
\n 1.45
\n 2
\n 8.45<\/p>\n

6
\n \"Victoria
\n Victoria Men
\n VIC<\/p>\n

2
\n 0
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.51
\n 1.6
\n 2.11<\/p>\n

Legend<\/p>\n

M: Matches played<\/p>\n

W: Wins<\/p>\n

L: Losses<\/p>\n

T: Ties<\/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":"Jack Clayton will be on the cusp of a Shield century when play resumes on day three Queensland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-948909","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\/948909","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=948909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}