{"id":950881,"date":"2026-11-03T09:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950881\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:02:41","slug":"tantalising-shield-finish-ends-in-damp-squib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950881\/","title":{"rendered":"Tantalising Shield finish ends in damp squib"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honours finish even as wet weather proves decisive, while both sides are left to deal with possible injury issues<\/p>\n

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

Queensland and Victoria have played out a frustrating rain-ruined draw at the Gabba, with both sides denied the chance to press for victory on day four due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n

The biggest talking points to emerge from a disappointing final day were a possible injury to Victoria’s Fergus O’Neill, who appeared to be dealing with some neck tightness, and a potential side strain for young Queensland gun Jem Ryan, who is awaiting scan results.<\/p>\n

Victorian spirit. Can’t teach it \ud83d\udcaa\ud83d\udc99 https:\/\/t.co\/7twlXvZwKX<\/p>\n

\u2014 Victorian Cricket Team (@VicStateCricket) November 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

After Victoria began the day with a lead of 163 at 6-136, not out pair Liam Blackford (36) and Will Sutherland (24) proved the only stumbling blocks for the Bulls, who took the final four wickets for a cost of just 15 runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ryan (3-38) and Mitch Swepson (3-52) claimed the bowling honours for the innings, though it was Hayden Kerr’s two wickets in an over that proved the morning highlight for the hosts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ryan meanwhile did not bowl at all on the final day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You’d think Jem has been playing for seasons,” Swepson said. “He just locks in. It’s unfortunate he has done a little injury this game.<\/p>\n

“We will see how long that puts him out for but hopefully he gets back soon because he is in a lovely rhythm at the moment and is a great bowler who adds a lot to our attack.”<\/p>\n

Bowled out for 173, Victoria were left to defend a lead of 200, and the stage appeared to be set for a thrilling last two sessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mitch Perry struck first for the visitors with the wicket of Hugh Weibgen (9), and rain interrupted proceedings intermittently thereafter, with Perry striking twice more \u2013 removing Angus Lovell (27) and Hugo Burdon (16) \u2013 before play was stopped, this time for good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Queensland finished the match at 3-75, with first-innings centurion Jack Clayton not out 10 and Lachie Hearne not out four.<\/p>\n

The home side collected 2.73 points to sit in third spot on the ladder, while Victoria picked up 2.87 points to remain winless and bottom after three rounds of the Shield.<\/p>\n

\u2014 With Joel Gould, AAP<\/p>\n

Jack delivers Queensland a special Clay-ton<\/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 \"Queensland
\n Queensland Bulls
\n QLD<\/p>\n

3
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n -1
\n 2.18
\n 3
\n 11.18<\/p>\n

4
\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

5
\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

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

3
\n 0
\n 2
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.58
\n 2.4
\n 4.98<\/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":"Honours finish even as wet weather proves decisive, while both sides are left to deal with possible injury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-950881","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\/950881","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=950881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}