Tasmania holds off Fraser-McGurk’s record century to take victory

South Australia 435 for 9 (Silk 116, Jewell 90, Wright 51) beat Tasmania 398 (Fraser-McGurk 125, McSweeney 62, Drew 52, Chase 51) by 37 runs

South Australia’s Jake Fraser-McGurk set another worldwide best for the quickest century in a one-day match yet it was sufficient not to stop Tasmania winning by 37 runs in the Marsh Cup.

In the wake of being sent in to bat at Karen Rolton Oval on Sunday, Tasmania broke the opposition record for biggest aggregate, with chief Jordan Silk contributing 116 runs of their 435 for 9.

Tasmania’s work was 15 runs more noteworthy than the 420 South Australia oversaw against the Cricket Australia XI in 2016.

However, a hot beginning from Fraser-McGurk set South Australia ready to leave a mark on the actual world. Regardless of never having scored 100 years in any structure before Sunday, he really wanted just 29 balls to arrive at triple figures, two less than South African extraordinary Stomach muscle de Villiers in an ODI in 2015.

The following quickest ton by an Australian in a homegrown one-day match, scored by Luke Ronchi, was 22 conveyances more slow.

Altogether, the 21-year-old smacked 23 limits, 13 of which were sixes. Before Sunday, he had just hit 18 sixes in the 49 rounds of his expert vocation.

Without him, South Australia was always unable to completely exploit the level Adelaide deck.

Allrounder Mitchell Owen was the pick of the bowlers for Tasmania, taking 3 for 46 including Daniel Drew and Jake Lehmann before they could really kick on.

South Australia were all out for 398 in the 47th over, which was as yet the fifth-most elevated absolute in Bog Cup history and the biggest one not to win.

Prior, Silk helped Tasmania’s boat after the deficiency of openers Caleb Jewell and Jake Weatherald in about two overs.

On the day of the massacre, the 31-year-old showed his development by moving gradually through the anxious 90s prior to sending off into party mode subsequent to passing significantly increased figures.

His innings stopped in the 45th over when he endeavored to trudge McAndrew for a fifteenth limit yet was gotten by Ben Manenti at profound midwicket. Silk’s century was his most memorable in 57 Rundown A matches.

The outcome comes after Tasmania dropped their initial two games sat lower part of the stepping stool and left South Australia pursuing their initial 50-over win of the late spring.