Victory 258 and 55 for 2 need 215 more races to win Tasmania 236 and 291 (Weatherald 155, O’Neill 3-63)
The hosts began their second tickets 22 races behind Victoria, but the former first game in southern Australia changed the tables with a burning 155 of 212 balls on Monday when Tasmania made 291.
Victoria, second on the staircase of the shield with three remaining rounds, were 55 for 2 in stumps that need another 215 to deny the last location of Tasmania only her second victory in the seventh game of the season.
Weatherald found a little support from Jake Doran and the debutant No. 9 RAF Macmillan, whose bright entries reached an unfortunate end when a juicy launch of Harry Dixon was mixed.
Weatherald stroked 20 limits in their entries, rises through the point and cover, and clung to anything short with cruelly extraction shots that sounded like cannons that echoed around Bellerive’s supports.
It was the last man, his shit after 185 against Queensland in November to put him at the top of the shield score list this season.
The opener Marcus Harris was an early victim in persecution, trapped in front of Gabe Bell. Bell then fired Campbell Kellaway similarly, Jon Merlo and Sam Elliott, the undefeated torque in Stumps.
