South Australia 314 and 352 for 9 (Carey 123*, McSweeney 72, Whitney 3-62) beat Queensland 308 (Peirson 94, McDermott 52) in 358 runs
A declaration seems likely in a single day, with pacer Jordan Buckingham unbeaten at the bend alongside Carey.
As in the games, Carey is averaging 122 for four strokes this summer in certain indicators for an Australian central series that is missing Cameron Green for the five-Test design against Bharat that begins the next generation.
Undeterred during the second fresh ball, Carey scored his second century of the summer through devastating pacer Mark Steketee for three consecutive boundaries on Tuesday’s final day of play.
The 33-year-old booked an excess of sixes at deep mid-wicket with a couple of fours left to compete during the foreboding nineties and in triple figures. He capped a splendid moment at the crease by hitting his favorite victim, Steketee, for six at deep mid-wicket in the final over.
Carey lifted his bat off just 67 deliveries, signaling his intentions to pick up where McSweeney had left off before Usman Khawaja hit the South Australian captain at Mitchell Swepson’s opening slip.
Whitney backed up his five-wicket haul from the first innings with three key scalps early in the 3rd over before a minor knock on his heel prevented him from bowling as Carey bowled in the afternoon.
Whitney caught opener Conor McInerney lbw early in the 3rd over, before cleaning Nathan McAndrew’s heart stump with his first ball after lunch and then the nightwatchman turned away stubbornly during the first enquiry.
Whitney’s figures of 8 for 119 over the two innings were the third best for a Queensland debutant in Sheffield Barricade history.
In the highlight since his omission from Australia’s A team, hopeful Matt Renshaw earned a future start at Time 3, but no longer with the bat.
The great Renshaw dived to midwicket to make a magnificent catch that denied Jake Lehmann from Marnus Labuschagne’s part-time medium chance.
Labuschagne joined would-be Test opener Renshaw in the spotlight with a catch over his head to send Liam Scott packing and help Queensland rip apart the bowlers.
