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Marsh Sheffield Shield Match

Western Australia vs  NSW Men

3-6th February 2024

The WACA Ground .WHADJUK Country.Perth.WA.

               New South Wales made their way over the Nullabor to take on the Western Australia men in the Marsh Sheffield Shield match here at the WACA ,after beating the WA men in the one dayer WA will be wanting to turn the tables .The 2 skippers NSW Moises Henriques and WA Sam Whiteman made their out the centre for the toss and it was NSW that called it again and put WA into bat ,Coming out to open for WA is Cameron Bancroft and Sam Whiteman while the NSW opening bowlers are Jackson Bird and Chris Tremain .This opening partnership over the next 38 over’s added 107 runs to the total before Cameron Bancroft was out caught of the bowling of Jackson Bird for 42 runs off 110 balls ,WA are now 1/107 .Jayden Goodwin is the new batter to the crease ,unfortunately this partnership only added 6 runs to the total before Jayden Goodwin was out caught off the bowling of Jackson Bird for a Duck ,WA are now 2/113 .The next batter to the crease is Hilton Cartwright and this partnership over the next 13 over’s added 51 runs to the total before Hilton Cartwright was caught out of the bowling of Jack Edwards for 13 runs off 40 balls ,Western Australia are now 3/164 .Sam Fanning is the new batter to the crease ,this partnership only added 8 runs to the total before there was a misunderstanding and Sam Whiteman was run out for a well made 107 runs off 188 balls ,WA are now 4/172 .Teague Wyllie is the incoming batter to the crease and faced up to the next ball and was out lbw to Jack Edwards for a Duck, WA are now 5/172.Josh Philippe is the next batter and 5 balls later it was Sam Fanning that was heading back to the pavilion after being caught off the bowling of Jack Edwards for 4 runs off 21 balls ,WA are now 6/172 .Charlie Stobo is the next batter to the crease ,this partnership added 30 runs to the total before Charlie Stobo was out caught off the bowling of Liam Hatcher for 10 runs of 24 balls ,Western Australia are now 7/202 in the 70^th over. Joel Paris is the next batter to the crease ,this partnership added 28 runs to the total before Joel Paris was out caught off the bowling of Chris Green for 6 runs off 24 balls ,WA are now 8/230 .Matthew Kelly is the new batter to the crease ,together with Josh Philippe this partnership added 26 runs to the total before Matthew Kelly was out caught off the bowling of Chris Green for 14 runs off 32 balls ,Western Australia are now 9/256 .Corey Rocchicioli is the new batter to the crease ,unfortunately he faced up to his first ball and was caught out off the bowling of Chris Green for a Duck, Western Australia are all out for 256 runs in over 88 .The best of the WA batters was the skipper Sam Whiteman who made 107 runs followed by Cam Bancroft ,the best of the NSW bowlers was Jackson Bird and Chris Green picking up 3 wickets a piece ,with Jack Edwards (2) and Liam Hatcher (1).

              Coming out to open the batting for New South Wales in the first innings are Blake Nikitaras and Ryan Hackney  ,while the new ball was thrown to Joel Paris and Matthew Kelly ,NSW started slowly adding runs until in the 4^th over Ryan Hackney was out caught off the bowling of Joel Paris for 2 runs off 9 balls ,NSW are now 1/9 ,the next batter to the crease is Daniel Hughes ,this partnership added 4 runs until Daniel Hughes was out caught off the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli for 2 runs off 13 balls ,the Blues are 2/13.The next batter to the crease is Matthew Gilkes this partnership added 17 runs before Matthew Gilkes was out caught behind off the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli for 4 runs off 15 balls,the Blues are now 3/30 in the 22^nd over .The Blues skipper Moises Henriques  is the new batter to the crease ,this partnership added 43 runs to the total before Blake Nikitaras went Lbw  off the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli  for 34 runs off 108 balls, the Blues are now 4/73 in the 35^th over .The new batter to the crease is Ollie Davies who with the skipper added 33 runs to the total before Ollie Davies was caught off the bowling of Joel Paris for 21 runs of 18 balls ,the NSW Blues are now 5/106 .Jack Edwards is the batter to the crease and over the next 31 over’s these batters added  83 runs to the total before Jack Edwards was out caught off the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli for 34 runs of 88 balls ,the Blues are now 6/189 .Chris Green is the next batter to the crease and in this partnership added 41 runs to the total before the skipper Moises Henriques was out caught off the bowling of Charlie Stobo  for a well made 95 runs off 210 balls faced  ,NSW are now 7/230  in the 90^th over . Jackson Bird is the next batter to the crease ,this partnership added 14 runs before Jackson Bird was out caught off the bowling of Charlie Stobo for 11 runs off 26 balls ,the Blues are now 8/244 .The new batter to the crease is Chris Tremain  and together with Chris Green added 3 runs to the total before Chris Green is out caught off the bowling of Charlie Stobo for 19 runs off 75 balls ,NSW are now 9/247.Liam Hatcher is the last batter to the crease for the Blues ,this partnership lasted for 4 runs until Chris Tremain was out caught off the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli for 5 runs off 9 runs ,the Blues are all out for 251 runs.

                   Coming out in their 2 nd innings Western Australia are 5 runs ahead of the NSW Blues, Coming out to open the batting is Skipper Sam Whiteman and Cameron Bancroft ,while the NSW opening bowlers Jackson Bird and Chris Tremain took the new ball The WA openers over the next 18 over’s took the total to 51 before Sam Whiteman was cleaned bowled 27 runs off 68 balls ,WA are now 1/51.The next batter to the crease is Jayden Goodwin ,this partnership only added 5 runs before Jayden Goodwin was out caught off the bowling of Chris Green for 4 runs off 7 balls ,WA are now 2/56 .The new batter to the crease is Hilton Cartwright who with Cameron Bancroft took the total to 88 before Hilton Cartwright holed out to a ball from Chris Green  for 17 runs hit off 55 balls ,WA are now 3/88 .Sam Fanning is the next batter to the crease ,3 over’s later it was Cameron Bancroft that holed out and was out off the bowling of Chris Tremain for a well made 36 runs off a 108 balls ,WA are now 4/90 in the 40^th over . Teague Wyllie is the next batter to take centre , unfortunately 7 balls later Teague Wyllie was out caught off the bowling of Chris Green for 4 runs off 3 balls, Western Australian are in trouble to be 5/99.The next batter to the crease is keeper Josh Philippe ,this partnership added just 9 runs before Sam Fanning was out caught off the bowling of Chris Green for 10 runs off 23 balls ,WA are now 6/108.Chalie Stobo is the next batter to the crease ,this partnership added 28 runs to take the total to 136 runs before Josh Philippe went Lbw off the bowling of Liam Hatcher for 15 runs of 32 balls, Western Australia are now  7/136 .Joel Paris the incoming batter ,4 runs later it was Charlie Stobo that was heading back to the pavilion after being caught off the bowling of Chris Green for 13 runs off 24 balls ,WA are now 8/140 in the 53^rd over .The new batter to the crease is Corey Rocchicioli ,this partnership put on 36 runs before Corey Rocchicioli was out caught off the bowling of Chris Green for a well made 28 runs smashed off 11 balls ,WA are now 9/176 .Matthew Kelly is the last batter ,8 balls later it was Joel Paris that was out after being caught of the bowling of Liam Hatcher for 8 runs off 9 balls ,Western Australia are all out for 176 runs off 56.5 over’s ,Matthew Kelly remained not out. The best of the WA batters were the openers Sam Whiteman (27), Cameron Bancroft (36) and Corey Rocchicioli getting 28 runs .Chris Green was the best bowler for NSW in this 2^nd innings picking up 6/86.

              The NSW blues openers came out onto the ground needing to get 181 runs to win ,Blake Nikitaras and Ryan Hackney head out to the crease to face up to WA opening bowlers Joel Paris and Charlie Stobo .The 2 Blues openers slowly added to the total till in the 7^th over when Ryan Hackney played a ball and was out caught off the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli for 2 runs off 16 balls ,NSW are 1/18 .The Next batter is Daniel Hughes and over the next 35 over’s this partnership added 99 runs ,unfortunately Blake Nikitaras was out caught off the bowling of Charlie Stobo for a well made 56 runs hit off 133 balls faced ,NSW are now 2/117 . Matthew Gilkes is the incoming batter ,this partnership only lasted for 7 runs before Matthew Gilkes was out caught of the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli for 4 runs off 15 balls ,the Blues are now 3/124 . The Blues skipper Moises Henriques is the new batter to the crease ,3 over’s later it was the skipper Moises Henriques heading back to the pavilion after being caught behind off the bowling of Joel Paris for 5 runs off 7 balls ,the Blues are now 4/124 .The new batter to the crease is Jack Edwards ,this partnership added just 10 runs before Jack Edwards went Lbw to Joel Paris for 5 runs off 15 balls ,NSW are now 5/144 .Ollie Davies is the next batter to take centre ,this partnership ended with Daniel Hughes holing out of the bowling of Corey Rocchicioli for a well made 59 runs facing off 137 balls, the Blues are 6/153  Needing just 47 runs to take the points Chris Green made his way to the crease ,this partnership took the NSW Blues over the line with Chris Green belting a six to take the points, the best of the NSW Batters  was Dan Hughes getting 59 runs ,with opener Blake Nickitaras getting 56 runs ,the better of the WA bowlers was Corey Rocchicoili  picking up 3 while Joel Paris got 2 wickets and Charlie Stobo (1) .

                                                                                                       New South Wales won by 4 wickets .

                                                                                                        Chris Green is the player of the match.