Victoria 169 and eight for 285 (Short 119, Johnson 5-72) lead South Australia 114 (O’Neill 4-28) by 340 runs
A low-scoring contest was turned on its head as Short mastered the difficult Junction Oval pitch to attain 119 – a tally almost 3 times higher than another batter within the match.
The century continues a wealthy vein of type for Short, who broke by for his first 50-over century final week, greater than seven years after his senior debut.
Victoria ended the day at 8 for 285 for a large 340-run lead that appeared extremely unbelievable simply 24 hours earlier.
South Australia’s decrease order capitulated earlier within the day. Having resumed at 5 for 75, they had been dismissed for 114 to concede a 55-run first-innings deficit.
Short performed a significant position in constructing that benefit, along with his 70 off 69 balls on day yet one more than double the following greatest for both aspect within the first innings.
In the second innings, he punched 15 boundaries and a six in his 135-ball knock of 119, and it took some fancy footwork to dismiss him, with Jordan Buckingham taking a juggling catch on the boundary rope.
At the time of his dismissal, Short had, extremely, scored some 36 % of the runs within the match throughout the three innings.
Maxwell made simply 5 within the first innings, although his dismissal got here by way of a contentious lbw resolution.
Earlier, in his first sport again after struggling a damaged leg, Maxwell left the sphere throughout SA’s innings after being struck on a wrist by a ball when fielding at slip.
