South Australia 223 for five (Kelly 81, McSweeney 52) beat Queensland 218 (Labuschagne 74, Buckingham 6-41) by 5 wickets
Alex Carey has taken a world record-equalling eight catches in an innings for South Australia in their Marsh Cup win over Queensland.
It was the 32-year-old Take a look at wicketkeeper’s first 50-over recreation since being dropped from the Australian facet finally 12 months’s World Cup in India and he had a day to recollect. 5 of Carey’s catches have been taken off the bowling of participant of the match Jordan Buckingham, who completed with a career-best 6 for 41 in the Bulls’ complete of 218 at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide on Wednesday.
Carey had earlier equalled the Record A world document when he caught a skier to dismiss final man Matt Kuhnemann. Carey completed the innings equal with two earlier world document holders who achieved the feat in English home cricket. The primary to assert eight catches in an innings was Somerset wicketkeeper Derek Taylor in 1982. The feat was then achieved by Worcestershire gloveman James Pipe in 2001.
Carey’s new mark is an Australian Record A document by itself. Former Australia wicketkeeper Peter Nevill had eight dismissals in an innings for NSW towards a Cricket Australia XI in 2017, however two of them have been stumpings.
Carey made the tough look straightforward along with his greatest catch a surprising diving effort down the leg facet to dismiss Jack Wildermuth first ball off Buckingham.
Wildermuth received piece of a look that appeared sure to be going to the boundary. Carey dived full size and along with his left arm on the bottom someway managed to glove the ball cleanly.
He additionally took a well-judged operating catch in the direction of fantastic leg to eliminate Queensland stand-in skipper Marnus Labuschagne for 74 off 99 deliveries.
Carey’s heroics got here amidst an unbelievable spell of quick bowling by Henry Thornton. Thornton had 2 for 7 off his first six overs, beating Labuschagne not less than six occasions with deliveries that minimize each methods. Thornton dropped a tricky caught and bowled likelihood off Labuschagne when he was but to succeed in double figures.
It took the entire Take a look at No.3’s ability to barter a spell that Glenn McGrath in his pomp would have been happy with.
The win was South Australia’s first in the competitors this season, although they and the Bulls have been already out of competition to play in the ultimate.
