Victoria take two points despite Phelps' home help

Victoria 5 for 519 dec and 0 for 10 lead New South Wales 437 (Phelps 133, Jaques 109, O'Brien 61, White 4-73) by 92 runs
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Lismore's Matthew Phelps made a century in front of his home crowd but he could not prevent Victoria from claiming first-innings points on the third day of a high-scoring match. Cameron White stormed through the lower-order with 4 for 73 as New South Wales, who are hosting the game in the north of the state, lost 5 for 35 and were dismissed for 437.

Phil Jaques failed to add to his overnight 109 before being trapped by Mick Lewis for 109, but Phelps, who was born in Lismore, took over the heavy-scoring role with 19 fours in his 133, which was scored in front of his mother Beverley and father Warren. However, the Blues started to stall in their chase of Victoria's 5 for 519 declared when Phelps departed and their hopes of extending their lead at the top of the table were extinguished by White.

Daniel Smith, the wicketkeeper who replaced Brad Haddin after he was called up for the Australia one-day team, was White's first victim and he was followed by Aaron O'Brien, who collected a steady 61, Matthew Nicholson, the stand-in captain, and Grant Lambert. Victoria, who are two points behind New South Wales, finished the day with a 92-run advantage when bad light intervened with eight overs to bowl.