Henriques’ 95 holds NSW collectively as WA lose Kelly to damage

New South Wales 244 for 7 (Henriques 95, Paris 3-45, Rocchiccioli 3-96) path Western Australia 256 (Whiteman 107, Philippe 52*, Green 3-33, Bird 3-37) by 12 runs

In reply to WA’s first innings of 256, NSW had been in main bother on a green-tinged WACA floor at 106 for five however Henriques led from the entrance with a decided 95 off 210 balls. NSW trailed by simply 12 runs at stumps with three wickets in hand.

Henriques regarded set for his first century of the Shield season, however in a late twist he was adjudged caught behind off seamer Charlie Stobo though replays instructed the ball hit his pad.

Kelly is unlikely to bowl once more within the match leaving WA restricted of their bowling choices having gone into the match with out allrounders Cameron Green and Aaron Hardie, who’re taking part in within the West Indies ODI collection.

“He [Green] basically just defended himself in terms of getting the bat down,” Henriques stated. “I’m not sure what else he is meant to do. They [WA] are well in their rights to ask the question. I think the right decision was made.”

After his excellent century on day one, captain Sam Whiteman believed WA had been ready of energy as he predicted batting situations would solely get tougher because the match progressed.

His prognostication appeared on the cash when Paris and Kelly bowled miserly lengths exterior the off-stump with the brand new ball. There had been a lot pleasure over the long-awaited return of Kelly, who had missed all the home season resulting from a calf damage.

Often overshadowed by Lance Morris and Jhye Richardson, Kelly has been a dependable performer in latest seasons and starred with six wickets in final yr’s Shield remaining towards Victoria.

Kelly virtually made the proper begin when his first supply swung wildly off a size and near the gloves of Ryan Hackney as wicketkeeper Josh Philippe accomplished a surprising diving take down the leg-side.

But Kelly was left upset when his loud shout for caught behind was turned down earlier than Paris took over with the wickets of Hackney and Dan Hughes to depart NSW in disarray at 13 for two.

Paris was relentless from the Lillee-Marsh stand finish and regularly hit a difficult size in an virtually unplayable opening spell of two for 4 from six overs.

There was no respite for NSW with Stobo bowling 4 consecutive maidens because the first-change bowler. NSW crawled to 29 runs off the primary 21 overs with opener Blake Nikitaras anchored to the crease and struggling to rotate the strike.

As he typically does, Rocchiccioli entered the assault throughout the first hour and he instantly challenged left-handed batters Nikitaras and Matthew Gilkes with bounce and switch. It was solely a matter of time earlier than Rocchiccioli broke by means of and he dismissed Gilkes and Nikitaras both facet of lunch.

Henriques began nervously and survived a few half probabilities earlier than he settled alongside an attacking Ollie Davies, who hit three attractive drives off one over from Rocchiccioli. Davies raced to 21 earlier than succumbing to Paris’ accuracy as he edged to first slip to depart NSW dealing with an enormous deficit on the primary innings.

But Henriques discovered help from allrounder Jack Edwards forcing Whiteman to revert to Hilton Cartwright, who performed two Tests for Australia in 2017 as an allrounder however hardly ever bowls nowadays.

He discovered zip off the floor and had assured lbw shouts on Henriques and Edwards, who finally settled and regarded untroubled after tea. They mixed for a partnership of 83 earlier than Rocchiccioli deceived Edwards with flight as he edged to slide.

There had been a flurry of wickets late on day one, however Henriques held agency till simply earlier than the shut as this see-saw of a match stays evenly poised.