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Bancroft fails as WA skittled for lowest total in 20 years

Bancroft fails as WA skittled for lowest total in 20 years

Western Australia lost eight wickets for one run as Tasmania bowled them out for 53 at the WACA on Friday, skittling the defending champions for the second-lowest total in domestic one-day cup history.

Cameron Bancroft failed to enhance his case for an Australian Test recall in the horrific collapse, losing his wicket for 14 when paceman Beau Webster, who finished with figures of 6-17, trapped him lbw.

Opener D’Arcy Short (22) and first drop Bancroft were the only WA batters who reached double figures.

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The last seven WA batters to fall were dismissed for a duck, including Josh Inglis, Ashton Turner, Hilton Cartwright and Ashton Agar.

WA were rolled for the lowest domestic one-day cup total since the 2002-03 summer, in which Tasmania tore through South Australia for 51.

Cameron Bancroft. Getty

At the WACA on Friday, Tasmania picked off the 54 runs required for victory within nine overs.

Elsewhere in Friday’s one-day competition, South Australia’s Nathan McSweeney bolstered his hopes of making a Test debut against India this summer by plundering 137 runs from 131 balls, including 16 fours and three sixes, against Queensland.

South Australia’s captain scored a century at No.4 — he bats at No.3 in the Sheffield Shield — but told SEN radio this week he’d be happy to bat anywhere in the Test order if called upon for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

Nathan McSweeney.

Nathan McSweeney. Getty

Queensland No.3 Matthew Renshaw, another man hoping to become David Warner’s long-time replacement at the top of the Test order, made an unbeaten 72 from 52.

Opening the batting for Queensland, Test opener Usman Khawaja was caught behind for 42.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Peirson whacked an unbeaten 100 from 98 at the top of the order for Queensland, but the wicketkeeper-batter is likely not in the Test selection conversation.

Former Test skipper Steve Smith, who’s set to move back down to No.4 after a brief stint as an opener, peeled off 56 from 53 in NSW’s clash with Victoria, before ex-Test paceman Peter Siddle, who finished with 5-49, trapped him lbw.

Victoria’s Marcus Harris then hurt his hopes of winning back a spot in the Test side, falling for 20 when he was stumped off the bowling of off-spinner Chris Green.

Australia will face India in a five-match Test series, beginning with a clash at Perth’s Optus Stadium late next month.