South Australia lose despite Lehmann's 92

Victoria 5 for 228 (Elliott 62, Hodge 52) beat South Australia 6 for 227 (Lehmann 92) by 5 wickets
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Victoria clinched their third straight victory in the ING Cup, notching up a comfortable five-wicket win against South Australia at Melbourne. Darren Lehmann, back in the state side after being left out of the Australian Test team, did his best to prop up the South Australians with a 96-ball 92, but Victoria easily reached their target with 28 balls to spare.

The stars for them were Matthew Elliott and Brad Hodge, who put together 110 for the second wicket after the early loss of Jonathon Moss for a duck (1 for 4). Both fell within 11 runs of each other, though, and at 3 for 125 SA sniffed a comeback. However, David Hussey and Cameron White then added 64 for the fifth wicket to ensure that Victoria eased to victory. White remained unbeaten on 46.

Earlier, Lehmann made the most of a rare opportunity to play for his state, leading from the front with 92. Lehmann's innings, his first for South Australia this season, lifted his team to 227. Lehmann was comfortable against Victoria's bowling attack, and struck ten boundaries in his innings, before being caught behind off a top edge in the 48th over off Michael Lewis. Lehmann shared in a 99-run partnership for the third wicket with Callum Ferguson after South Australia were in some trouble at 3 for 95.