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Toss Winner - South Australia won the toss and choose to bowl first
South Australia beat Tasmania by 3 wickets
It's a mid-table clash in Hobart as Tasmania host South Australia.
We are backing Tasmania to win!
| Tournament: | Sheffield Shield, 2025-26 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 28.3°C|Clear |
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| Bookie | TasmaniaTSC | South AustraliaSAC |
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This looks like being an excellent contest in Tasmania for round four of the Sheffield Shield as both sides look to move up from the mid-table positions and contest the top sides.
That is easier said than done, particularly for South Australia who have lost two and drawn one so far - therefore are yet to pick up a victory in this campaign.
As for Tasmania, they were unbeaten ahead of the last game and then went down by 144 runs.
It seems that both teams need to step up performance levels in this match!
TSC
252/6 in 37.5 6.66
248/9 in 44.0 5.64
SAC
122/1 in 17.1 7.11
128/10 in 23.5 5.37
307/10 in 63.4
SSD
Tasmania beat South Australia by 7 wickets
84/3 in 19.5
227/10 in 76.1
SSD
Tasmania beat South Australia by 7 wickets
235/3 in 73.3
A lack of top order runs in both innings cost Tasmania as they were well beaten by the current pace-setters Viictoria in the last round of Sheffield Shield fixtures.
Yes, there were lower order runs in both innings which made their totals of 232 and 210 slightly more competitive but overall the likes of Caleb Jewell, Jake Weatherald and Gabe Bell need to step up in this match.
Captain Jordan Silk and Beau Webster are fine players in the middle-order and the team should find their opponents in this game to be not quite on a roll as much as Victoria.
With the ball, Gabe Bell and Riley Meredith will both be looking to take 3+ wickets in an innings for the second match in a row.
Caleb Jewell, Jake Weatherald, Gabe Bell, Tim Ward, Bradley Hope, Jordan Silk (c), Beau Webster, Jake Doran (wk), Nikhil Chaudhary, Kieran Elliott, Riley Meredith
Caleb Jewell, Jake Weatherald, Jordan Silk, Tim Ward, Beau Webster, Bradley Hope, Jake Doran, Gabe T Bell, Jackson Bird, Kieran Elliott, Matthew Kuhnemann
Although South Australia are still yet to win a match in this format this season, there were some good signs in the last match where they were only four wickets from victory when stumps were called against West Australia.
Brendan Doggett is a player in excellent form for South Australia and he took 6/48 in the first innings with the ball in the last fixture before returning with another in the final innings.
Nathan McSweeney had a game to remember as well, taking 3/15 before hitting a century and he along with Henry Hunt bring plenty of runs to the top of the order.
South Australia have plenty of talent and a win can not be too far away.
Conor McInerney, Henry Hunt, Nathan McSweeney (c), Jason Sangha, Jake Lehmann, Liam Scott, Harry Nielsen (wk), Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Henry Thornton, Brendan Doggett
Henry Hunt, Jake Lehmann, Jason Sangha, Benjamin Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Nathan McSweeney, Brendan Doggett, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Liam Scott, Henry Thornton
It will not be overly warm in Tasmania for this fixture with the temperature likely to be in the teens at best during this match. Rain is also in the forecast for days three and four.
Pitch Condition
BattingBatting Conditions
High ScoringPace Bowling
Pace BounceSpin Bowling
Average Turn
Tasmania is always an island where the overhead conditions offer bowlers a bit more assistance and the pitch is likely to do something as well. Therefore, we expect both teams to be content with a par score of around 300 in the first innings of the match.
Although there is often a temptation to bowl first in Hobart, the best two days for batting look like being the first two days of this match. Therefore, we back both skippers to choose to bat first.