{"id":148880,"date":"2026-03-29T22:43:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=148880"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:13:44","slug":"south-australia-clinches-back-to-back-sheffield-shields-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=148880","title":{"rendered":"South Australia clinches back-to-back Sheffield Shields for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70801665\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">South Australia took Victoria\u2019s last seven wickets \u200bfor 37 runs on Monday to \u200csecure a 56-run victory and \u200bclinch back-to-back Sheffield Shield \u2060titles for the first time in the 133-year history of the domestic \u200cFirst-Class competition.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria, heavy favourite to win the final, \u200cresumed on day five at \u200cJunction \u2060Oval on 102-5 chasing \u2060a victory target of 196 to take the inter-state title for the 33rd \u200btime.<\/p>\n<p>South Australia\u2019s bowling \u200cattack needed less than an hour to dismiss it for 139 with quick Nathan \u200cMcAndrew named Player of the \u200bMatch for his figures of 6-121 over both \u2060innings and a key knock with the bat.<\/p>\n<p>McAndrew made 60 in \u200ca pivotal second-innings partnership of 105 with Test wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey, who contributed 103 to South Australia\u2019s tally on a pace-friendly pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability for us \u200cto stay in the game is \u200bincredible, and to win two in a row with \u2060this group is super special, and \u2060it makes it even better when we\u2019re all such \u200cgood mates off the field,\u201d said South Australia skipper Nathan \u200bMcSweeney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Mar 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/sheffield-shield-2026-final-south-australia-beat-victoria-consecutive-title-record\/article70801665.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Australia took Victoria\u2019s last seven wickets \u200bfor 37 runs on Monday to \u200csecure a 56-run victory and \u200bclinch back-to-back Sheffield Shield \u2060titles for the first time in the 133-year history of the domestic \u200cFirst-Class competition. Victoria, heavy favourite to win the final, \u200cresumed on day five at \u200cJunction \u2060Oval on 102-5 chasing \u2060a victory&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AFP_A66239E.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-CJi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}