Australia’s summer time, home and worldwide, is at the moment in progress and a number of cricket is being performed down below. While the Australian crew is gearing up for the T20I collection in opposition to the West Indies, the different cricketers in the nation are that includes in the ongoing Marsh One-Day Cup. South Australia confronted Victoria in the seventeenth match of the event at the Junction Oval in Melbourne.
Victoria ended up chasing down the goal of 232 runs with three wickets and greater than 5 overs in hand. But the match hogged the headlines for another motive and it was South Australia’s participant Henry Hunt getting hit flush on the nostril whereas fielding. The incident occurred in the twenty fifth over of the innings when batter Thomas Rogers slammed a supply from Lloyd Pope down the throat of a fielder at mid-on the place Hunt was stationed.
He received into the place to take the catch however the ball burst from his fingers to hit him flush on his nostril. Rogers had hit the ball very laborious and as quickly because it him Hunt, he was harm badly with blood popping out of his nostril. Players from each groups on the field had been fast to attend him at the same time as the physio additionally had a glance him earlier than the cricketer walked off the field unassisted.
As far as the match is worried, Henry Hunt did not have an awesome day with the bat both as he might solely muster 5 runs off 9 balls earlier than getting out to veteran Peter Siddle. After being invited to bat first, the South Australia aspect had been reeling at 132/7 at one stage earlier than Harry Nielsen and and Harry Conway added 81 runs for eighth wicket. Thanks to their partnership, they managed to put up 231 runs of their 50 overs.
In response, the Victoria openers added 103 runs in 20 overs however then they collapsed to lose fast wickets in the second half of the innings. At one stage, that they had solely three wickets in hand and nonetheless wanted 14 extra runs to win however the duo of Jonathan Merlo and Samuel Elliott took the crew over the line.
