Quiney hits twin tons for Vics against SA

4 Feb 2012, 8:11 pm   -   Source: AAP
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Chasing 445 to defeat Victoria, South Australia were 3-113 at stumps on day three of the Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide.

Run glutton Rob Quiney plundered his second century for the game as Victoria set course for a Sheffield Shield thumping of South Australia in Adelaide.

Set an imposing 445 runs to win, the Redbacks crashed to 3-31 before Callum Ferguson (49 not out) and Tom Cooper (48 not out) rallied.

The pair took SA to 3-113 when rain forced an end to Saturday's third day with 10 scheduled overs remaining.

Quiney confirmed his status as the form batsman outside of the Australian set-up, blasting 119 on Saturday to complement his first-innings 114.

The powerful left-hander's third Shield ton this season lifted him to the top of the competition's run-scorers list with 686 runs at an average of 52.77.

Quiney also is the third-highest scorer in the one-day tournament and was sixth-highest in the recently completed Big Bash League.

The brilliant form has surely placed Quiney, at age 29, as the next batsman in line for a national call-up.

After the Bushrangers took a first innings lead of 213 runs by bowling out the Redbacks for 224, Quiney smacked a ton from just 98 balls.

Mixing effortless drives with brute strength hook shots, Quiney struck 12 fours and three sixes and demoralised SA, who are headed for a third consecutive wooden spoon in the long format.

The Redbacks have banked just two Shield points - from their season-opener against Western Australia.

The confidence-sapped South Australians were set 445 runs for an unlikely victory when Bushrangers captain Cameron White declared his side's second innings at 4-231 at tea.

The Redbacks were rapidly red-faced when within eight overs their chase was in tatters at 3-31.

Ferguson and Cooper then put on an unbroken 82-run stand but face the daunting task of surviving much of the final day for SA to avoid defeat.

Quiney said it was the first time he had posted two centuries in the same Shield game.

"To do back-to-back hundreds, I felt pretty proud to do it," he said.

But Quiney said rather than try and fulfill his dream of an Australian call-up, he was trying to focus solely on performing for the Bushrangers.

"I want to be able stand up and be a senior member of the side and be reliable and consistent," he said.

"That is all I'm worried about.

"If higher honours happen - happy days, a dream come true.

"But if not, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, I'm just going to try and keep churning out runs."

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