{"id":146170,"date":"2024-12-10T11:31:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=146170"},"modified":"2024-12-10T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:31:39","slug":"a-thrilling-last-over-victory-for-south-australia-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-thrilling-last-over-victory-for-south-australia-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thrilling Last Over Victory for South Australia – By Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Thrilling Last Over Victory for South Australia – By Michael Roberts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Andrew McGlashan,\u00a0in ESPNcricinfo, 10 December 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

After Agar\u2019s yorker on the last ball was jammed out by Meredith, he thought he hadn\u2019t seized the moment and that it would be a draw.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt went from how have we managed to lose this to how have we won this?\u201d Approaching 24 hours on from one of the most dramatic\u00a0Sheffield Shield finishes of all time<\/a>, South Australia quick bowler\u00a0Wes Agar<\/a>\u00a0was still trying to make sense of\u00a0the scenes that unfolded in Hobart on Monday evening when No. 11 Riley Meredith was run out off the last ball.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cI just remember seeing the ball getting thrown in and I see Riley running out of the corner of my eye,\u201d Agar told ESPNcricinfo. \u201cI stopped for a minute and thought, \u2018what\u2019s happened?\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
To recap<\/a>, Tasmania had been set 429 to win and\u00a0Tim Ward<\/a>\u2018s century gave them a terrific platform. Then a freewheeling stand of 72 in 10 overs between Bradley Hope and Mitchell Owen put the home side within touching distance of replicating their famous chase\u00a0against Queensland last season<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
Agar, who had removed Ward for 142, claimed Hope with 29 needed, but Owen and Lawrence Neil-Smith got it down to seven needed off nine balls with four wickets in hand<\/strong>. Then Nathan McAndrew removed Owen and Matt Kuhnemann in consecutive deliveries leaving seven required off the last over which would be bowled by Agar who takes up the story.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cYou always feel like you can have control in four-day cricket because you can have as many on the fence as you want and dry the runs up,\u201d Agar said. \u201cBut it felt like no matter what we tried, runs weren\u2019t drying up. It got a little bit scary at the back end.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cEven with guys on the boundary, you\u2019ve got to bring one or two up at some stage to sneak a dot. My mindset went to T20 cricket which is a great practice for the months to come [in the BBL].\u00a0In T20 cricket when you are defending a total you talk a lot about stealing two balls in the over, how can you steal two dots.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cAt that stage I didn\u2019t think we were a chance to win the game. I thought, \u2018if I do my job here we can get away with a draw and they can\u2019t win it.\u2019 It was all around stealing two dots and thought my best bet of that and not going for a boundary was going to be my yorker. But I wanted to stay around the wicket to keep in their heads that I might go short and they can\u2019t move as freely into the full ball.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cI snuck one dot ball out then was lucky enough to get Gabe Bell out with three balls to go. It was when I saw the stump go back that I thought we could win this. Riley Meredith is coming out to bat, and no disrespect to him, I\u2019d fancy my chances in that situation.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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