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Seventh heaven as Sam Elliott's 7-12 rattles Tasmania

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Sam Elliott (left) decimated Tasmania's batting line-up, taking 7-12 at Junction Oval.  (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
Camera IconSam Elliott (left) decimated Tasmania's batting line-up, taking 7-12 at Junction Oval. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

Sam Elliott has snared a remarkable 7-12 with the ball before producing a handy cameo with the bat to lead Victoria to a four-wicket victory over Tasmania in their One-Day Cup clash at the Junction Oval.

Elliott, the son of former Australian Test opener Matthew Elliott, entered Monday's match with just 15 wickets to his name from 10 List A matches and a best return of 4-26.

But he blew that out of the water by producing the best-ever one-day domestic bowling display by a Victorian, with his devastating seven-wicket haul skittling Tasmania for 126 in 30.1 overs.

Shaun Tait, who took 8-43 for South Australia against Tasmania at Adelaide Oval in 2004, still holds the record for Australian domestic one-day cricket

But Elliott's haul ranks second, and will be remembered for years to come.

In reply, Victoria stumbled to 6-72 as Tasmania threatened to pull off a boilover.

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But captain Will Sutherland (36 not out off 48 balls) and Elliott (19no off 28 balls) stepped up with an unbeaten 56-run stand to guide their side to victory in 26.5 overs, handing them the bonus point.

Elliott's solid knock, which included hitting the winning runs, was just the icing on the cake of what was a breakout match for the 24-year-old.

Tasmania had been looking solid at 2-54 after 10 overs before Elliott sparked a collapse of 7-38.

Elliott struck with his first ball, catching the edge of Jordan Silk (7) to gift wicketkeeper Sam Harper an easy catch.

Five balls later he had Jake Weatherald (31) caught behind, with Harper forced to dive this time to complete the dismissal.

Matthew Wade (8) was Elliott's third victim when he was caught at point.

Jake Doran (1), Beau Webster (14), Tom Rogers (1) and Bradley Hope (14) also succumbed to Elliott as Tasmania crashed to 9-92 in the 23rd over.

Elliott had the remarkable figures of 7-8 off 6.2 overs at that stage.

One more scalp would have given Elliott the overall record for Australian one-day domestic cricket, but he wasn't able to dislodge tail-enders Gabe Bell (17) or Matt Kuhnemann (17no) with his next 10 deliveries.

Elliott was surprisingly pulled from the attack following his eighth over.

Bell and Kuhnemann put on 34 runs for the final wicket before evergreen veteran Peter Siddle (2-26) found the edge of Bell's bat to end Tasmania's innings.

That marked Harper's sixth catch of the match, but the day was all about Elliott, who was clapped off the field.

Another memorable moment from Monday's match was a heart-in-the-mouth juggling catch from Sutherland at slip to remove Mitchell Owen in the first over.

Sutherland juggled the catch three times before holding on.

BEST FIGURES IN AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC ONE-DAY COMPETITION

* 8-43 - Shaun Tait for South Australia v Tasmania in 2004

* 7-12 - Sam Elliott for Victoria v Tasmania in 2024

* 7-34 - Carl Rackemann for Queensland v South Australia in 1989

* 7-36 - Josh Hazlewood for NSW v South Australia in 2014

* 7-56 - Gurinder Sandhu for Tasmania v Victoria in 2018

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