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'Shoddy' article motivates Vics to win

Bushrangers return serve at journalist

The CommBank Bushrangers have an Adelaide cricket journalist to thank for providing extra motivation for their crushing win over the West End Redbacks today.

Victoria steamrolled South Australia on the final day of their Bupa Sheffield Shield match at the Adelaide Oval, dismissing them for 130 to secure victory by an innings and 46 runs.

And shortly after the match, the Bushrangers made a point of reminding News Corp journalist Richard Earle of the article he had written at the end of day three.

The Bushrangers had finished the penultimate day on 5-521, a performance that Earle labelled "mind-numbing" and one that had "reinforced why the traditional format (of the game) is fading from relevance in the modern age".

He claimed that Victoria's tactics meant that "all hope for a result (had) evaporated".

But the Vics had other ideas.

Having declared their innings closed at 7-607 on the final day, Victoria's bowlers then ripped through South Australia's batting line-up in just 40.3 overs to secure victory with a session to spare.

Peter Siddle did his chances of retaining his place in Australia's Test side no harm with figures of 5-31, while legspinner Fawad Ahmed took 3-12.

And some tweets from assistant coach Trent Woodhill shows that Earle's article had been stuck on the wall inside the visitors' dressing-room to act as extra motivation for Victoria's bowlers on the final day.