Tasmania beat Victoria by 4 runs in a Sheffield Shield first-class match at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, on 19 Oct 2026. Tasmania made 241 and 236, while Victoria replied with 207 and 266.
Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat first. Their first innings of 241 was built around Ben McDermott's 128 off 197 balls, with 13 fours and 2 sixes, and JR Doran's 73 off 208 balls. Harry Hoekstra took 5 for 46 from 20 overs for Victoria, and Fergus O'Neill finished with 3 for 41.
Victoria were bowled out for 207 in 61.1 overs. MS Harris made 54 and OJ Peake 50, but Mitchell Owen took 4 for 58 and Marcus Bean 3 for 32 for Tasmania.
Tasmania's second innings ended on 236 in 85.3 overs. Nikhil Chaudhary top-scored with 81 off 123 balls before he was caught by O'Neill off Hoekstra with the score on 228/9, and Doran added 47. GT Bell finished 35 not out. Hoekstra took 4 for 52, giving him nine wickets in the match.
Victoria's chase began badly as Bell removed Campbell Kellaway and Peake for ducks, leaving them on 6/2. They slipped to 98/5 before Harris (63) and Liam Blackford (80) took them deeper. Blackford was out at 252/8 and O'Neill, who made 53, at 263/9. Bell then had Hoekstra caught by Doran to end the innings on 266 in 85 overs.
Bell finished with 6 for 72 from 25 overs, with five of his wickets caught by Doran. McDermott was named player of the match.