Kurtis Patterson

Jhye Richardson bagged his second five-wicket haul in as many matches as he ran through the New South Wales line-up

After further collapses in the UAE the spotlight is once again on Australia's mis-firing top order with places up for grabs over the next six weeks

He sustained a broken thumb while batting in the WACA Ground nets ahead of their opening match against Western Australia on Tuesday

The opener has looked Australia A's best batsman in India, but hasn't pushed onto make substantial contributions

More importantly, how does he see? Unlocking one of the great secrets of run-scoring

Victoria were denied their first win of the season as Ed Cowan, Kurtis Patterson and Sean Abbott helped NSW battle to a draw

The Australia quick underlined his destructive capability with a hat-trick composed of three screeching yorkers, while captain Steven Smith coupled his first-innings 76 with an unbeaten 74

ESPNcricinfo's wrap of the second day of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia in Sydney

Moises Henriques, Kurtis Patterson and Nick Larkin made runs on the first day of New South Wales' Sheffield Shield tie against Queensland at the SCG

New South Wales reached 3 for 288 on the first day against Tasmania in Hobart

New South Wales finished the third day in Sydney needing 352 more runs for an unlikely win against Victoria, with eight wickets in hand

Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns survived a tense period late in the evening after Steven Smith earlier struck a century in the Sheffield Shield clash between Queensland and New South Wales at the Gabba

With the Australia team for the Perth Test against South Africa set to be announced within a week, Nathan Lyon reasserted his place as the side's most accomplished spinner with a miserly 4 for 10 against Queensland

He was the youngest man ever to score a Sheffield Shield century, but Kurtis Patterson took a few years to prove he was no one-hit wonder

Most of them had a productive Sheffield Shield last summer. Series against India A and South Africa A will be their next challenge

Fast bowler Pat Cummins is expected to use an Australia A series in August to make his return from a long lay-off due to a stress fracture of the back

Chris Tremain's four wickets helped Victoria restrict New South Wales to 8 for 262 after day one of the Sheffield Shield match at Traeger Park in Alice Springs

A sturdy hundred by Kurtis Patterson helped New South Wales secure a first-innings lead over Tasmania before Trent Copeland and Doug Bollinger put the hosts under pressure in Hobart

Kurtis Patterson's second century against Western Australia took New South Wales to the safety of a draw in the day/night Sheffield Shield match at the WACA Ground.