Boland luggage 4 to position Victoria on most sensible

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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

4 wickets from Scott Boland has helped put Victoria in a commanding place on the midway mark of an soaking up Sheffield Defend conflict with New South Wales on a bowler-friendly floor at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney.

New South Wales had been bundled out for 151 on day two. Victoria opener Marcus Harris then persevered to push his Ashes case through attaining 41 now not out at stumps as Victoria constructed a lead of 123 with 9 second-innings wickets intact and two days to play.

The Blues began the day neatly with skipper Kurtis Patterson and nightwatchman Harry Conway irritating the guests in a 46-run stand earlier than Conway sooner or later fell having confronted 87 balls for his 20. However the Blues’ innings stalled as Jason Sangha fell for a 15-ball duck, brilliantly stuck within the gully through Jono Merlo off Will Sutherland.

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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