Victoria 160 for 4 (Brief 81*) beat Tasmania 156 (Webster 47, Elliott 5-26, O’Neill 3-33) by six wickets
Victoria jumped to high of the home one-day desk after securing a convincing six-wicket win over Tasmania in a low-scoring contest in Launceston.
In simply his eighth 50-over sport for his state, Elliott, the son of former Take a look at opener Matthew, skittled the lower-order to complete with career-best figures.
Elliott additionally claimed the essential wicket of Beau Webster, with the dangerman dismissed for an innings-best of 47.
They had been left reeling at 42 for 4 following these breakthroughs and the hosts had been by no means in a position to get better to submit a defendable whole.
That they had briefly wobbled on 105 for 4 when Peter Handscomb and Sam Harper fell in fast succession, the latter bowled by a magnificence from left-arm spinner Paddy Dooley who had taken an excellent catch at effective leg to take away Handscomb.
However Brief made batting look straightforward as he introduced up the victory with a 4 down the bottom, ending unbeaten on 81 off 88 balls. Within the 28-year-old’s final one-day match, he pounded 134 towards Queensland in Mackay.
Brief will quickly be part of the Australian squad for the five-match T20 sequence towards India after the completion of the ODI World Cup.
Victoria leapfrogged defending champions Western Australia into high spot, whereas Tasmania stay fourth with a 2-3 file.
Victoria shall be again in motion on Thursday after they host Queensland in an necessary Sheffield Defend match on the MCG.
Tasmania will keep put at dwelling to host the resurgent NSW subsequent Saturday in a four-day sport.
