Boland and Sutherland assist Victoria seal dramatic win over Queensland

Victoria 300 for 7 dec (Harris 73, Handscomb 66, Wildermuth 3-49) and 190 for 9 dec (Sutherland 66, Guthrie 6-60) beat Queensland 219 (Wildermuth 40, Boland 4-47) and 158 (Street 46, Sutherland 4-32, Boland 4-49) by 113 runs

Chasing 272 for victory in 87 overs, Queensland have been dismissed for 158 in 81.5 overs late on the ultimate day, with Sutherland (4-32 off 19 overs) and Boland (4-49) proving essential.

Victoria’s second win of the season lifted them into fourth spot, with Queensland now final.

“It was a really good team performance, probably one of the best wins I’ve played in,” Sutherland mentioned. “Unbelievable effort from the boys.”

Victoria began the day at 156 for six of their second innings, they usually added 34 in seven overs earlier than declaring at 190 for 9.

Matt Renshaw was the primary Queenslander to fall when he edged Boland to Sutherland at first slip. Joe Burns ought to have been dismissed subsequent ball, however Sutherland dropped a troublesome probability at slip.

The dropped catch proved pricey – not for what number of runs Burns scored, however by how a lot time he was capable of chew up. Burns scored 9 off 55 balls earlier than edging Boland behind, 22 overs after he was first dropped.

Sutherland made up for that earlier miss by snaring the scalps of Bryce Street (46 off 134 balls) and Jack Clayton to cut back Queensland to 86 for 4.

He wasn’t carried out but. The 24-year-old took a catch low and to his left at slip off the bowling of Boland to take away the damaging Usman Khawaja.

Sutherland, who scored an important 66 with the bat in Victoria’s second innings, then trapped Jimmy Peirson lbw for 16. He had his fourth wicket when James Bazley edged one behind – with Peter Handscomb’s fumble at second slip snapped up by Will Pucovski.

At 146 for 8 with 12.4 overs remaining, it was all about survival for Queensland. They nonetheless had two wickets in hand with 33 balls remaining within the match.

But their hopes of salvaging a draw have been dashed within the blink of a watch when Fergus O’Neill eliminated Gurinder Sandhu and Mitchell Swepson in consecutive balls, sparking wild celebrations.

“It’s never nice to lose a game,” Queensland captain Khawaja mentioned. “We were probably never in the contest to win the game. But credit to Victoria, they played the game really well. I thought they declared at really good times, they allowed the game to move forward. They deserved the win.”