From the Vault: Hookes blasts fastest first-class ton Andrew Sincock's defining memory of that mythologised Monday afternoon 40 years ago today remains as vivid as it is edifying. Fatigued from more than eight hours in the field and aching after bowling 18 overs of his right-arm seamers on a mercilessly flat final-day Adelaide Oval pitch, Sincock was relieved at the prospect of shedding his bowling boots and resting his feet through an inconsequential final session. The fact Victoria captain Graham Yallop – Sincock's sole wicket in Victoria's soporific 9-420, to which Yallop contributed 151 in almost six hours – had effectively killed the game by setting South Australia 272 to win from 31 overs surely meant stumps would be drawn prematurely.

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