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RESULT
4th match, Melbourne, October 25 - 28, 2018, Sheffield Shield
159 & 179
445/9d

Victoria won by an innings and 107 runs

Player Of The Match
250*
marcus-harris
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Boland five-for leaves Victoria one wicket away from innings win

Needing 286 in their second innings to make Victoria bat again, New South Wales crumbled under the relentless pressure of Boland

Alex Malcolm
Alex Malcolm
27-Oct-2018
New South Wales 159 & 9 for 178 (Larkin 53, Patterson 50, Boland 5-48) trail Victoria 9 for 445 (Harris 250*, Handscomb 48, Copeland 3-74) by 108 runs
A sublime unbeaten 250 from Marcus Harris and five wickets from Scott Boland have put Victoria on the verge of a crushing innings victory over New South Wales at the MCG. Needing 286 in their second innings to make Victoria bat again, New South Wales crumbled under the relentless pressure of Boland.
He forced a mistake from Daniel Hughes early in the innings before Nick Larkin and Kurtis Patterson put up some resistance. Larkin made a well-compiled 53 before he was bowled leaving a ball from Andrew Fekete that snaked back off the seam from well wide of off stump. Moises Henriques was trapped plumb in front by Boland and Jack Edwards was castled by a devilish inswinger from Tremain.
The Blues slumped from 4 for 167 to 9 for 175 in the space of 12 overs. Patterson reached his second half-century of the match but again fell to a right-arm quick angling in and seaming away from around the wicket. In the first innings it was Chris Tremain who found his outside edge, in the second it was Boland.
Boland also knocked over Daniel Sams and Daniel Fallins for his fourth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket after Fawad Ahmed accounted for Peter Nevill and Jason Sangha.
The Blues' last wicket pair of Mickey Edwards and Trent Copeland survived for 60 balls on the third evening to ensure the game went into a fourth day.
Earlier, Harris pushed on from his overnight total of 210 to make an even 250. He faced 403 balls and struck 22 fours and a six in his remarkable innings to put his name up in lights ahead of the Test series against India.
Harris got incredible support from Fawad, who posted his highest score in first-class cricket. He made 34 from 90 balls with four fours and a six to rub salt into the Blues wounds. Harris and Andrew Fekete also added an unbeaten 54 for the 10th wicket before Peter Handscomb declared.

Alex Malcolm is a freelance writer based in Perth

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TeamMWLDPT
VIC1061357.98
NSW1052346.72
WA1053243.9
QLD1035231.82
TAS1035230.59
SOA1006416.51