Henry Hunt sustains a severe injury while Victoria advances but loses the bonus point

The home team will play New South Wales on Sunday, and Western Australia will also be competing. Victoria defeated South Australia 231 for 9 (Nielsen 61, Conway 43*, O'Neill 3-38) by three wickets with a score of 234 for 7 (Rogers 67, Maddinson 54, Buckingham 3-36).
With a three-wicket victory over South Australia at Junction Oval, Victoria shot to the top of the One-Day Cup standings, sending Jake Fraser-McGurk packing early.
On Thursday, Victoria was chasing 232 for victory. Thanks to strong innings from Tom Rogers (67), Nic Maddinson (54), and Marcus Harris (43), Victoria reached the target with 35 balls remaining.

Victoria's victory shot them to the top of the table going into the season's last round, but they lost the opportunity to score what could have been a huge bonus by going 5 for 41 in the chase before crossing the finish line.
In their last game, Victoria plays NSW, which is in second place, with the goal of both teams securing a spot in the decider on February 25. The only other team that has a chance to make it to the final is the defending champions Western Australia, who are four points behind Victoria and one point behind NSW.
After six games, five losses, and no wins, South Australia is still at the bottom.
Their troubles were exacerbated by Henry Hunt, the opener, who appeared to have broken his nose after mishandling a catch while fielding at mid-off.

 
When Hunt attempted to catch a hard shot from Rogers in mid-off, blood was pouring out of his nose. The ball got through Hunt's hands as he fell to the ground, giving him a flushed nose, and blood spurted out of it instantly.
Hunt's teammates hurried to his aid, and Rogers expressed his concern as well. Hunt left the field after getting some treatment there, covering his nose with a towel to keep the blood contained, and proceeded to the hospital for scans.

After being put in to bat, South Australia rallied from 132 for 7 to a respectable 231 for 9. Hunt tried a hook, but Peter Siddle got the first wicket of the day when Hunt edged through to the keeper.
X-factor Fraser-McGurk went for six after dancing down the wicket and hitting the brilliant Fergus O'Neill straight to cover five balls later. It happened just two days after Fraser-McGurk shocked the West Indies by hitting 41 off just 18 balls for Australia.
Jake Winter, making his debut, and Nathan McSweeney helped the Redbacks go from 19 for 2 to 81 for 2. But South Australia was in trouble again at 85 for 4, after both were quickly caught behind.

Before Harry Nielsen and Harry Conway helped the visitors reach a respectable total, wickets kept falling.
Conway also produced one of the game's highlights when he dismissed Peter Handscomb for 17 with a juggling catch on the boundary.