Victoria 307 (Harris 100, Chandrasinghe 67, Neser 4-71) and 217 (Perry 75, Short 58, Bartlett 4-32) beat Queensland 175 (Sutherland 4-35) and 185 (Clayton 66, Holland 3-24) by 164 runs
Victoria romped to an enormous 164-run win over Queensland on the MCG on Sunday to kick-begin a flagging Sheffield Shield marketing campaign and displace their opponents in second spot on the standings.
Requiring 350 to win, Queensland hardly ever threatened and after reaching 2 for 94 crumbled to be all out for 185 simply previous to tea on day 4.
“To get a win in my first game as captain, I couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Sutherland mentioned. “I have certainly loved the captaincy side of things, loved being involved in things all the time, trying to lead the boys and set the example, and they came along with me beautifully.”
Having resumed at 2 for 65, Queensland retained their hopes till opener Bryce Street’s dismissal for 21 – carving an out-of-character drive to backward level off Matt Short – noticed the guests lose 4 for 30 earlier than the lunch break.
The one-sided profitable margin was all of the extra noteworthy given Victoria’s many absentees.
Regular skipper Peter Handscomb, in addition to Scott Boland and Todd Murphy, are in India on Test duties, whereas Victoria had been additionally and not using a host of first-alternative batters together with Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell and Will Pucovski.
“So many young boys are chipping in for us and making contributions,” mentioned Sutherland. “This is going to be the team that will be carrying us forward for the next two or three years. Hopefully we can now snowball a bit, build some momentum and win a couple more.”
It was a modest show with ball, and particularly bat, from a Queensland facet who might have put edged nearer to a Shield ultimate berth with a win.
“There are a couple of things we need to work on coming out of Big Bash to get our season back on track,” Kuhnemann mentioned.