Sheffield Shield final scoreboard: South Australia ends 29-year drought to win Sheffield Shield  

Sangha, who scored 126, hit the winning runs, before being mobbed by fans celebrating the end of South Australia’s Shield drought.

Fighting centuries from Jack Wildermuth and Jack Clayton gave Queensland renewed hope they could secure a miraculous win in the final, with the 270-run target just enough to put South Australia in strife.

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Then, the Bulls’ bowlers ripped in, reducing South Australia to 3-28.

But Carey and Sangha both scored centuries in an all-time Sheffield Shield final stand, which was worth 202 and put South Australia in sight of the target before Carey was dismissed.

Jake Lehmann and Liam Scott followed in quick succession as the home side went through a mini collapse.

South Australia started its second innings on the first ball of day four needing 270 to win the final and its first Shield title in 29 years after the Bulls were bowled out in the dying stages of day three for 445.

To start day four, South Australia were 2/13 after both openers Conor McInerney, who failed to make a run, and Henry Hunt (6) were dismissed cheaply. Then it got worse losing their third, which was captain Nathan McSweeney (14), with the score on 28 still requiring 242 runs to win that elusive Shield title.

Paceman Mark Steketee was leading the charge for Queensland with two of the first three wickets.

Brendan Doggett kept his state in the fight with another five wickets in the second innings to add to his six in the first. It was the first time he had taken more than 10 wickets in a first class match.

It was a remarkable comeback from the Queenslanders, who were bowled out for just 95 in their first innings.

SA replied with 271 to lead by 176 runs and seemingly be in the box seat to win the decider.

However, the Bulls have staged an extraordinary turnaround with the bat in their second innings.

Starting Friday’s play at 3-177 with a lead of just one run, the visitors weren’t about to go down without a fight

Leading the way on day three were all-rounder Wildermuth (111 off 140 balls) and middle-order batsman Clayton (100 off 249 balls).

“This has been one of the craziest Shield games I’ve ever played in,” Clayton said.

“It’s certainly got some ebbs and flows. We’re pretty proud of the work we’ve done today, but by no means are we satisfied or think that we’ve got the job done.

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Clayton and Wildermuth shared in a crucial 103-run seventh-wicket partnership before Clayton’s innings came to an end when he was trapped leg before wicket by spinner Ben Manenti.

“It was nice to have a good partnership with Jack Wildermuth and get our team into a position where we feel like we can win the Shield final – it’s exciting,” Clayton said.

His dismissal left the Bulls at 7-324, with SA still in a dominant position.

But the Queenslanders weren’t done, with Wildermuth then sharing an eighth-wicket partnership of 112 with Mark Steketee (51 off 110 balls).

Chief first-innings destroyer Brendan Doggett took his match tally to 10 wickets early on day two of the final at Karen Rolton Oval.

The South Australian quick, and former Queensland spearhead, reached the mark by dismissing the experienced Ben McDermott (17) and Jimmy Peirson (5), both lbw, to have the visitors at 5/192 and the lead at just 16.

Doggett took 6/31 in the first innings and dismissed another five in the second, and among his 11 wickets has included Test opener Usman Khawaja twice.

The 30-year-old Doggett, whose match figures of 11-140 rank as the best ever in a Sheffield Shield final, was called into the Test squad this past summer as back-up for Australia’s pace attack, but was not required.