SA on top after day three at MCG

In form ... Putland (C) grabbed three wickets to put the Redbacks right on top. Source: News Limited

South Australia are poised for their first Sheffield Shield win at the MCG since 1998 after a 10-wicket performance from swing bowler Gary Putland.

SHEF - Melbourne Cricket Ground

23 November 2012 - Day 3, Session 3

Victoria 2nd Innings

P. Handscomb	32	80	5	0	40
J. Hastings	10	40	1	0	25

Victoria will resume on Monday's final day on 6-86, requiring another 11 runs to make the Redbacks bat again.

South Australia had reduced the Bushrangers to 6-41 before a stubborn seventh-wicket stand of 45 between John Hastings (10 not out) and Peter Handscomb (32 not out) in 68 minutes.

Putland - who took 7-64 off 36 overs in Victoria's first innings - claimed the key scalps of Glenn Maxwell (0), David Hussey (six) and Cameron White (0).

The left-armer has proved almost impossible to score from, with figures of 3-14 from 15 overs.

Victoria's 6-41 was their third-worst start in a Shield match at the MCG. Paceman Chadd Sayers (3-25) dismissed Victoria's top order of Chris Rogers (two), Ryan Carters (three) and Aaron Finch (16).

Earlier, former Test opener Phil Hughes hit a superb 158 in South Australia's 443.

Callum Ferguson (73) and 18-year-old Travis Head (66) both made half-centuries for the Redbacks who had resumed on 2-244 in reply to Victoria's 346.

Hastings claimed 5-66 including 3-0 in five deliveries.

The 17-Test batsman Hughes has raced to the top of the Shield run-scoring table with 510 runs at 56.66 to keep his name in the minds of Test selectors.

Off-spinner Maxwell picked up the last four wickets to finish with a career-best 4-42.

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