Tasmania vs Victoria, 4th Match: 12 key moments, ball by ball

Tasmania beat Victoria by 4 runs in 4th Match of Sheffield Shield. Here is how the match turned, ball by ball: the overs that changed it, the wickets that mattered and the numbers behind the result.

Key moments, ball by ball

1. TT Over 14.2 — Tasmania collapse: 4 wickets for 18 runs (0/0 to 18/4)
2. TT Over 18.6 — Harry Hoekstra completes a 5-wicket haul
3. TT Over 27 — 10 runs came off the over, bowled by David Moody: 4 0 0 6 0 0
4. TT Over 33 — 10 runs came off the over, bowled by David Moody: 4 wd wd 1 0 0 1 2
5. TT Over 55.2 — Ben McDermott brings up a fifty off 100 balls
6. TT Over 79.5 — Ben McDermott brings up a hundred off 176 balls
7. VIC Over 20 — 12 runs came off the over, bowled by Riley Meredith: 0 0 0 4 4 4
8. VIC Over 52 — 10 runs came off the over, bowled by Marcus Bean: 2 4 0 4 0 W
9. TT Over 16.2 — Tasmania collapse: 4 wickets for 14 runs (0/0 to 14/4)
10. TT Over 42 — 15 runs came off the over, bowled by David Moody: 0 1 4 2 4 4
11. TT Over 75 — 12 runs came off the over, bowled by David Moody: 4 4 4 0 0 0
12. VIC Over 82.4 — Gabe Bell completes a 5-wicket haul

How the runs came

Tasmania were 104 after 45 overs and finished on 241/10. Victoria were 107 after 31 overs and finished on 207/10.

Tasmania innings: over by over

Tasmania faced 391 dot balls (73%), hit 23 fours and 2 sixes, and got 5 extras. The best stand was 166 off 337 balls between Ben McDermott & Jake Doran. Between overs 1.3 and 14.2 they slipped from 0/0 to 18/4.

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Jordan Silk, 1.3), 8-2 (Teague Wyllie, 6.2), 8-3 (Caleb Jewell, 9.4), 18-4 (Nivethan Radhakrishnan, 14.2), 31-5 (Nikhil Chaudhary, 18.4), 35-6 (Mitchell Owen, 18.6), 45-7 (Riley Meredith, 25.1), 211-8 (Jake Doran, 81.2), 239-9 (Ben McDermott, 86.4), 241-10 (Gabe Bell, 89.2)

Victoria innings: over by over

Victoria faced 266 dot balls (72%), hit 29 fours and 0 sixes, and got 15 extras. The best stand was 107 off 179 balls between Marcus Harris & Ollie Peake.

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Campbell Kellaway, 5.1), 116-2 (Marcus Harris, 34.6), 116-3 (Ollie Peake, 37.1), 143-4 (Matthew Short, 46.6), 155-5 (Peter Handscomb, 50.3), 165-6 (Liam Blackford, 51.6), 179-7 (Fergus O'Neill, 54.3), 199-8 (Harry Hoekstra, 58.6), 206-9 (Todd Murphy, 59.4), 207-10 (Will Sutherland, 61.1)

Tasmania innings: over by over

Tasmania faced 365 dot balls (71%), hit 23 fours and 0 sixes, and got 1 extras. The best stand was 73 off 116 balls between Nikhil Chaudhary & Gabe Bell. Between overs 0.6 and 16.2 they slipped from 0/0 to 14/4.

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Caleb Jewell, 0.6), 1-2 (Jordan Silk, 1.5), 11-3 (Nivethan Radhakrishnan, 10.2), 14-4 (Teague Wyllie, 16.2), 75-5 (Ben McDermott, 38.4), 125-6 (Jake Doran, 53.5), 131-7 (Mitchell Owen, 57.6), 155-8 (Riley Meredith, 63.5), 228-9 (Nikhil Chaudhary, 83.1), 236-10 (Marcus Bean, 85.3)

Victoria innings: over by over

Victoria faced 348 dot balls (68%), hit 25 fours and 0 sixes, and got 7 extras. The best stand was 81 off 121 balls between Liam Blackford & Fergus O'Neill.

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Campbell Kellaway, 0.6), 6-2 (Ollie Peake, 2.2), 72-3 (Peter Handscomb, 21.1), 98-4 (Matthew Short, 31.2), 98-5 (Todd Murphy, 33.3), 149-6 (Marcus Harris, 53.6), 171-7 (Will Sutherland, 58.3), 252-8 (Liam Blackford, 78.4), 263-9 (Fergus O'Neill, 82.4), 266-10 (Harry Hoekstra, 84.6)

Our view

Tasmania's batting struggled badly in the first innings, losing four wickets for just 18 runs. Harry Hoekstra took five wickets and kept Victoria in control, but Ben McDermott changed the direction of the innings with a brilliant 128 off 197 balls. His 166-run partnership with Jake Doran helped Tasmania recover from a difficult position and reach 241. Victoria responded with 207, as Marcus Harris and Ollie Peake built a 107-run partnership, but Tasmania's bowlers kept taking wickets at important moments and prevented the visitors from gaining a first-innings lead.

The second innings followed a similar pattern, with Tasmania again reduced to 14/4. Nikhil Chaudhary and Gabe Bell then added 73 runs to give their team a more competitive total of 236. Victoria needed 271 runs to win and looked well placed at 252/8, with Liam Blackford and Fergus O'Neill putting together an important partnership. However, Gabe Bell's five-wicket haul proved decisive as Tasmania took the final three wickets and bowled Victoria out for 266. The four-run margin reflected how closely contested the match was, with Tasmania's ability to recover from early batting collapses and take crucial wickets at the end making the difference.

Top performers

• Ben McDermott — 128 (197 balls)
• Nikhil Chaudhary — 81 (123 balls)
• Liam Blackford — 80 (139 balls)
• Gabe Bell — 6/72 (25 ov)
• Harry Hoekstra — 5/46 (20 ov)
• Harry Hoekstra — 4/52 (18.3 ov)

Full scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary: Tasmania vs Victoria