NSW captain Simon Katich continued his summer of plunder, but Victoria remained well-placed at stumps on day two of their Pura Cup clash at the SCG today.
Replying to Victoria’s first innings of 394 in the top-of-the-table contest, the Blues were 4-211 at stumps, with Dominic Thornely (23) and night watchman Beau Casson (3) to resume tomorrow.
Victorian first-innings century-maker Brad Hodge struck a significant blow late in the day when he had Katich (71) well caught at first slip by Andrew McDonald.
Until Katich’s dismissal it had been a pretty good day for the home team after paceman Mark Cameron (6-101) prevented Victoria from building an even more substantial total.
In 11 first-class innings this season, Katich has scored four hundreds and six fifties, with one score of 10 against Victoria in Melbourne, the only blot on an otherwise splendid copybook.
He swelled his first-class season aggregate to 1138 runs at an average of 113.8.
Katich faced just 89 balls and struck nine fours before McDonald’s low catch terminated a stand of 53 with Thornely.
Resuming today at 6-340, Victoria batted for just over an hour, with Cameron taking the first three wickets to fall.
He whipped out Clint McKay (12), McDonald (40), and Darren Pattinson (5) to return his career-best first-class figures, while wrist-spinner Beau Casson (2-98) ended the innings by dismissing Peter Siddle (14).
It was 27-year-old Cameron’s third haul of five or more wickets in only five first-class appearances.
When NSW batted, Bushrangers paceman Siddle (1-49) collected the coveted scalp of Test opener Phil Jaques (2), caught behind in the second over with just three on the board.
Greg Mail (68) added 74 with Peter Forrest (36) and 77 with Katich.
Victorian leg-spinner Bryce McGain (2-67 off 24 overs) extracted turn from the wicket and enhanced his Test claims by dismissing both Mail and Forrest.
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