Few young cricketers have created as much buzz as Oliver Peake – and the young Victorian showed why on Tuesday.

Peake shrugged off being dropped on a hat-trick ball to guide the Vics over reigning Sheffield Shield champions South Australia.

Victoria was wobbling in its chase when Jordan Buckingham dismissed Marcus Harris and Peter Handscomb in successive deliveries.

Peake too was just inches from being gone first ball as Henry Hunt fumbled a tough chance at short leg.

But the 19-year-old left-hander kept his cool with an unbeaten 70 from 147 balls to reach Victoria’s 230 target at Adelaide Oval.

Peake lost two partners for the addition of one run but formed a matchwinning 84-run stand with Fergus O’Neill (33no) to secure victory.

Victoria was set 230 after unlikely hero Doug Warren c

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