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The Sheffield Shield 2013-14 final continues on its fourth day at the Manuka Oval in Canberra with New South Wales hoping to perform the last rites against Western Australia and bring home the title.
Josh Hazlewood continued where he had left off on the second day, adding two wickets to take his tally to six, in bowling Western Australia out for 180.
Only the Marsh brothers resisted, but once the stand was broken the visitors’ struggles were ended. The two added 98, with Mitchell running out of partners on 92.
The pair played a total of 372 deliveries out of a team total of 509, bearing testimony to how easily the others fell away, while the pair’s 132 runs also showed how slowly they batted, draining the interest out of the game.
Having conceded a lead of 267 in the first innings, Western Australia’s only chance of coming back was through early wickets then maintaining that momentum.
Jason Behrendorff and Ryan Duffield did send back both New South Wales openers for a duck, but Steven Smith and Ben Rohrer partially pulled their side out of trouble. Both were unbeaten at the close, having taken NSW from 2 for 4 on to 2 for 46.
The lead had moved up to 313, and another hundred runs should be more than enough. What Smith and company would want, however, is to bat out most of the day and get 500 runs in front. A draw would be enough for the title.
The way they batted in the first innings, the Warriors can only take a cue from their previous match against New South Wales, where they improved dramatically in the second dig and almost made a match out of it.
Join me for this Sheffield Shield final on Monday and you can follow the live score of this game from 10.30am AEDT and post your comments below.
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