Boland luggage 4 to position Victoria on most sensible
Marcus Harris completed 41 now not out at stumps on day two to push his Ashes case as Victoria received a lead of 123 with 9 wickets in hand
Victoria 199 & 1 for 75 (Harris 41*) lead New South Wales 151 (Patterson 48, Boland 4-34) through 123 runs
Boland then bagged the prized scalp of Patterson on 48, as he has accomplished in earlier encounters, angling in from across the wicket and nipping away to scratch the out of doors edge. The Blues’ tail presented little or no resistance with Jack Edwards left stranded on 29 now not out because the closing 5 wickets fell for simply 19 runs. Mitchell Perry and Jon Holland picked up two apiece whilst Boland claimed the closing two to complete with 4 for 34.
Victoria suffered a loss early of their moment innings with James Seymour fantastically stuck down the leg aspect through Peter Nevill of Trent Copeland. However Harris and Peter Handscomb then noticed Victoria to stumps with an unbeaten 53-run stand. Harris was once affected person in his 41 now not out and did have a slice of success, nicking a ball between first and moment slip off Nathan Lyon. However he additionally performed some fluent drives on a floor that have been tricky to attain on. Handscomb completed on 26 now not out giving Victoria a possibility to construct a match-winning lead on day 3.
Alex Malcolm is an Affiliate Editor at ESPNcricinfo
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