Victoria vs South Australia, 1st Match
Victoria vs South Australia, 1st Match: match overview
Victoria take on South Australia in the 1st Match of Sheffield Shield 2026-27 at Junction Oval, Melbourne. The first ball is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 05:00 AM local time (23:30 GMT). Toss details and the confirmed playing XIs are added about half an hour before play.
A Test match is played over up to five days with two innings a side, so the scorecard here tracks both innings for each team, the follow-on and declarations, and the session-by-session state of play.
Follow every ball on this page: live commentary, the full scorecard with batting and bowling figures, both squads, over-by-over summaries, partnerships, run-rate and win-probability charts. Crickpal updates the score from official feeds in real time, and the latest news around Sheffield Shield 2026-27 appears alongside the match.
Match facts
- Match
- 1st Match, Sheffield Shield 2026-27
- Teams
- Victoria vs South Australia
- Format
- Test match
- Venue
- Junction Oval, Melbourne
- Date
- Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- Start time
- 05:00 AM local (23:30 GMT)
- Status
- Match starts at Oct 07, 23:30 GMT