Adcock carries Redbacks to rare victory

South Australia 7 for 201 (Cosgrove 53, D Harris 51) beat Western Australia 7 for 200 (Bandy 47*, Adcock 3-54) by three wickets
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Nathan Adcock and Matthew Elliott celebrate Adam Voges' wicket © Getty Images

Nathan Adcock shone with bat and ball as he carried South Australia to a rare victory with five balls to spare against Western Australia. A 95-run stand for the second wicket between Daniel Harris and Mark Cosgrove put the Redbacks on top but a familiar middle-order slump left the game in the balance.

After a late rally from the Warriors' lower order boosted them to 7 for 200, Harris and Cosgrove carried South Australia to 1 for 101 in the 22nd over. But Marcus North removed Cosgrove, after his first FR Cup fifty of the season, and Adam Voges shifted Harris with a return catch, starting a slide which left the Redbacks on 7 for 169. Steve Magoffin's ten-over spell cost just 19 runs and brought two wickets.

Adcock was joined by Ryan Harris with 32 needed from 27 balls and with the side so low on confidence Western Australia were favourites. But Adcock swung the balance with a six off Ben Edmondson before 13 runs off the 49th over settled the result.

South Australia had started in positive fashion with Jason Gillespie and Mark Cleary reducing the Warriors to 4 for 62 before Adcock's chipped in with his offspin. However, from 6 for 98 David Bandy and Brad Hogg added 61 and Brett Dorey supplied a valuable 22 to give them something to defend.