Victoria 331 (Short 104, Harris 53, Kellaway 51, Hatcher 4-95) 3 for 0 (Dean 3*) New South Wales 203 (Green 52, Perry 4-24) & 130 (Green 39*, Perry 4-30) by 10 wickets
Short added 23 to his in a single day rating of 81 to publish his second century in as many outings, having not scored one in his earlier 64 Shield innings, to assist Victoria publish a sizeable first-innings lead of 128.
Short proved an impediment for Copeland and his fellow NSW bowlers on the third morning as he cruised to his century. Having misplaced Sam Harper, he received nice help from Fergus O’Neill who made 24 not out. Short fell to Chris Green, caught at brief leg for 104, however Victoria added 67 helpful runs to their in a single day whole for the ultimate 4 wickets to carry the lead past three figures.
NSW’s second innings began disastrously as they slumped to 16 for 3, dropping all three in simply two overs as Perry and Cameron McClure did the harm with seam motion and a few additional bounce. NSW misplaced wickets at common intervals after that, with Sutherland and Perry tearing by means of the center order earlier than Short was on a hat-trick to provide Victoria an opportunity at an innings victory.
Victoria stay third on the Shield desk and nonetheless have an opportunity of enjoying in back-to-back finals however they head to Western Australia to face the ladder leaders within the ultimate spherical. NSW stay winless with one sport to go in opposition to South Australia.
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