BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Dean	c †Nevill b O'Keefe	6	40	-	1	0	15.00
Marcus Harris	c †Nevill b Conway	109	161	-	14	2	67.70
Glenn Maxwell	c Patterson b O'Keefe	8	4	-	1	0	200.00
Will Pucovski	c Abbott b O'Keefe	2	28	-	0	0	7.14
Aaron Finch (c)	c Henriques b O'Keefe	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Cameron White	lbw b O'Keefe	23	41	-	3	0	56.09
Seb Gotch †	c †Nevill b Abbott	28	100	-	2	0	28.00
Chris Tremain	c Conway b O'Keefe	7	28	-	0	0	25.00
Peter Siddle	c Uppal b O'Keefe	4	7	-	0	0	57.14
Scott Boland	c †Nevill b O'Keefe	4	39	-	0	0	10.25
Fawad Ahmed	not out	1	5	-	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, w 1)	7
TOTAL	75.4 Ov (RR: 2.62)	199
Did not bat: Dan Christian
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Travis Dean, 13.5 ov), 2-53 (Glenn Maxwell, 15.1 ov), 3-71 (Will Pucovski, 23.6 ov), 4-75 (Aaron Finch, 25.1 ov), 5-125 (Cameron White, 39.6 ov), 6-161 (Marcus Harris, 52.1 ov), 7-176 (Chris Tremain, 59.6 ov), 8-184 (Peter Siddle, 63.4 ov), 9-197 (Seb Gotch, 74.2 ov), 10-199 (Scott Boland, 75.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Trent Copeland	11	4	18	0	1.63	56	2	0	0	0
Harry Conway	10	2	28	1	2.80	47	3	0	0	0
52.1 to MS Harris, . 161/6
Steve O'Keefe	32.4	7	77	8	2.35	153	5	2	0	0
13.5 to TJ Dean, . 37/1 15.1 to GJ Maxwell, . 53/2 23.6 to WJ Pucovski, . 71/3 25.1 to AJ Finch, . 75/4 39.6 to CL White, . 125/5 59.6 to CP Tremain, . 176/7 63.4 to PM Siddle, . 184/8 75.4 to SM Boland, . 199/10
Param Uppal	14	4	40	0	2.85	68	8	0	0	0
Sean Abbott	8	1	30	1	3.75	32	3	0	1	0
74.2 to SE Gotch, . 197/9

New South Wales 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Larkin	lbw b Siddle	2	7	-	0	0	28.57
Daniel Hughes	b Tremain	30	55	-	5	0	54.54
Ed Cowan	c White b Maxwell	5	16	-	0	0	31.25
Kurtis Patterson	c Maxwell b Tremain	43	73	-	6	0	58.90
Sean Abbott	c Harris b Fawad Ahmed	0	8	-	0	0	0.00
Moises Henriques	lbw b Boland	24	34	-	4	0	70.58
Param Uppal	lbw b Siddle	24	76	-	3	1	31.57
Peter Nevill (c)†	c Dean b Fawad Ahmed	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Trent Copeland	lbw b Boland	29	47	-	6	0	61.70
Steve O'Keefe	c Maxwell b Fawad Ahmed	8	12	-	1	0	66.66
Harry Conway	not out	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
TOTAL	55.1 Ov (RR: 3.09)	171
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Nick Larkin, 2.6 ov), 2-29 (Ed Cowan, 9.1 ov), 3-51 (Daniel Hughes, 16.4 ov), 4-54 (Sean Abbott, 19.6 ov), 5-85 (Moises Henriques, 28.3 ov), 6-111 (Kurtis Patterson, 33.6 ov), 7-112 (Peter Nevill, 34.4 ov), 8-154 (Trent Copeland, 50.4 ov), 9-171 (Param Uppal, 54.4 ov), 10-171 (Steve O'Keefe, 55.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Siddle	11	3	39	2	3.54	48	6	0	0	0
2.6 to NCR Larkin, . 8/1 54.4 to P Uppal, . 171/9
Chris Tremain	10	3	37	2	3.70	46	7	0	0	0
16.4 to DP Hughes, . 51/3 33.6 to KR Patterson, . 111/6
Glenn Maxwell	11	1	39	1	3.54	47	5	1	0	0
9.1 to EJM Cowan, . 29/2
Fawad Ahmed	13.1	4	32	3	2.43	62	5	0	0	0
19.6 to SA Abbott, . 54/4 34.4 to PM Nevill, . 112/7 55.1 to SNJ O'Keefe, . 171/10
Scott Boland	10	4	18	2	1.80	51	2	0	0	0
28.3 to MC Henriques, . 85/5 50.4 to TA Copeland, . 154/8

Victoria 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Dean	c Larkin b Abbott	106	270	-	7	0	39.25
Marcus Harris	c Larkin b Copeland	4	11	-	0	0	36.36
Glenn Maxwell	lbw b Abbott	33	43	-	5	0	76.74
Will Pucovski	retired not out	4	7	-	1	0	57.14
Aaron Finch (c)	lbw b Copeland	14	22	-	1	0	63.63
Cameron White	b Copeland	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Seb Gotch †	b Copeland	25	99	-	2	0	25.25
Peter Siddle	b O'Keefe	28	80	-	2	0	35.00
Dan Christian	b Henriques	22	35	-	5	0	62.85
Chris Tremain	c O'Keefe b Copeland	9	16	-	1	0	56.25
Scott Boland	b O'Keefe	13	33	-	3	0	39.39
Fawad Ahmed	not out	2	2	-	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 16, nb 2, w 2)	20
TOTAL	103.1 Ov (RR: 2.71)	280
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Marcus Harris, 3.4 ov), 2-58 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.5 ov), 2-68* (Will Pucovski, retired not out), 3-93 (Aaron Finch, 26.6 ov), 4-97 (Cameron White, 28.2 ov), 5-156 (Seb Gotch, 57.5 ov), 6-211 (Peter Siddle, 84.2 ov), 7-252 (Dan Christian, 93.6 ov), 8-256 (Travis Dean, 94.4 ov), 9-278 (Scott Boland, 102.4 ov), 10-280 (Chris Tremain, 103.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve O'Keefe	32	4	75	2	2.34	145	5	0	0	0
84.2 to PM Siddle, . 211/6 102.4 to SM Boland, . 278/9
Trent Copeland	24.1	9	59	5	2.44	120	9	0	0	0
3.4 to MS Harris, . 4/1 26.6 to AJ Finch, . 93/3 28.2 to CL White, . 97/4 57.5 to SE Gotch, . 156/5 103.1 to CP Tremain, . 280/10
Sean Abbott	20	3	59	2	2.95	94	8	0	2	2
16.5 to GJ Maxwell, . 58/2 94.4 to TJ Dean, . 256/8
Harry Conway	11	1	32	0	2.90	48	2	0	0	0
Moises Henriques	11	2	26	1	2.36	48	2	0	0	0
93.6 to DT Christian, . 252/7
Param Uppal	5	0	13	0	2.60	20	1	0	0	0

New South Wales 2nd INNINGS (Target: 309 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Larkin	c White b Fawad Ahmed	45	53	-	5	0	84.90
Daniel Hughes	hit wicket b Siddle	59	162	-	7	0	36.41
Ed Cowan	st †Gotch b Fawad Ahmed	6	6	-	1	0	100.00
Kurtis Patterson	run out (Maxwell)	53	143	-	3	0	37.06
Moises Henriques	lbw b Siddle	49	95	-	5	0	51.57
Param Uppal	b Tremain	5	15	-	1	0	33.33
Peter Nevill (c)†	st †Gotch b Fawad Ahmed	26	90	-	1	0	28.88
Steve O'Keefe	c Siddle b Tremain	23	33	-	2	0	69.69
Trent Copeland	c †Gotch b Fawad Ahmed	3	7	-	0	0	42.85
Sean Abbott	b Fawad Ahmed	4	4	-	1	0	100.00
Harry Conway	not out	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 8)	12
TOTAL	101.5 Ov (RR: 2.79)	285
Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Nick Larkin, 21.3 ov), 2-89 (Ed Cowan, 23.1 ov), 3-157 (Daniel Hughes, 54.5 ov), 4-180 (Kurtis Patterson, 65.6 ov), 5-199 (Param Uppal, 72.2 ov), 6-241 (Moises Henriques, 85.6 ov), 7-274 (Steve O'Keefe, 96.2 ov), 8-280 (Trent Copeland, 99.2 ov), 9-284 (Sean Abbott, 99.6 ov), 10-285 (Peter Nevill, 101.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Siddle	21	3	56	2	2.66	93	3	0	0	0
54.5 to DP Hughes, . 157/3 85.6 to MC Henriques, . 241/6
Chris Tremain	21	3	54	2	2.57	98	6	0	0	0
72.2 to P Uppal, . 199/5 96.2 to SNJ O'Keefe, . 274/7
Glenn Maxwell	10	1	32	0	3.20	43	5	0	0	0
Scott Boland	24	6	34	0	1.41	119	1	0	0	0
Fawad Ahmed	24.5	0	94	5	3.78	95	11	0	0	0
21.3 to NCR Larkin, . 83/1 23.1 to EJM Cowan, . 89/2 99.2 to TA Copeland, . 280/8 99.6 to SA Abbott, . 284/9 101.5 to PM Nevill, . 285/10
Cameron White	1	0	3	0	3.00	4	0	0	0	0

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MATCH DETAILS

Junction Oval, Melbourne
Toss	Victoria, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	2017/18
Player Of The Match	Steve O'Keefe
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm
Match days	03,04,05,06 March 2018 - day (4-day match)
Player Replacement	Dan Christian for Will Pucovski (Victoria 2nd innings, 18.5 ov)
FC debut	Param Uppal
Umpires	Gerard Abood Simon Lightbody
Match Referee	David Talalla
Points	Victoria 7, New South Wales 1

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 03 Mar - day 1 - NSW 1st innings 65/4 (Kurtis Patterson 22*, Moises Henriques 5*, 22 ov)

Sun, 04 Mar - day 2 - Victoria 2nd innings 156/5 (Travis Dean 64*, Peter Siddle 0*, 60 ov)

Mon, 05 Mar - day 3 - NSW 2nd innings 150/2 (Daniel Hughes 59*, Kurtis Patterson 34*, 50 ov)

Tue, 06 Mar - day 4 - NSW 2nd innings 285 (101.5 ov) - end of match

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WJ Pucovski (2) retired hurt at 68/2 (4. 18.5 overs)

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NSW Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
NCR Larkin	caught	45	53
DP Hughes	hit wicket	59	162
EJM Cowan	stumped	6	6
KR Patterson	run out	53	143
MC Henriques	lbw	49	95
P Uppal	bowled	5	15
PM Nevill	stumped	26	90
SNJ O'Keefe	caught	23	33
TA Copeland	caught	3	7
SA Abbott	bowled	4	4
HNA Conway	not out	0	3
Extras	(b 4, lb 8)
Total	285(10 wkts; 101.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
PM Siddle	21	3	56	2	2.66
CP Tremain	21	3	54	2	2.57
GJ Maxwell	10	1	32	0	3.2
SM Boland	24	6	34	0	1.41
Fawad Ahmed	24.5	0	94	5	3.78
CL White	1	0	3	0	3

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	83	Nick Larkin	Daniel Hughes
2nd	6	Ed Cowan	Daniel Hughes
3rd	68	Kurtis Patterson	Daniel Hughes
4th	25	Moises Henriques	Kurtis Patterson
5th	17	Moises Henriques	Param Uppal
6th	42	Peter Nevill	Moises Henriques
7th	33	Steve O'Keefe	Peter Nevill
8th	6	Peter Nevill	Trent Copeland
9th	4	Peter Nevill	Sean Abbott
10th	1	Peter Nevill	Harry Conway

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Sheffield Shield

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
QLD	10	6	1	3	55
TAS	10	5	3	2	47.55
VIC	10	3	2	5	39.91
WA	10	3	5	2	37.09
NSW	10	3	5	2	34.37
SOA	10	2	6	2	29.04

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