Western Australia 312 (Fanning 95, Whiteman 67, Neser 4-34) beat Queensland 147 (Rocchiccioli 7-52) and 153 (Morris 3-35) by an innings and 12 runs
Reigning champions Western Australia trounced Queensland by an innings and 12 runs to climb from final to 3rd on the Sheffield Protect ladder.
Morris tore via Queensland’s tail and was on a hat-trick after dismissing Xavier Bartlett and bowling Mark Steketee for a golden duck. He sprayed his hat-trick try, sending a supply to Mitch Swepson wildly down the legside to overlook the milestone.
Queensland’s batters struggled once more of their second innings with Ben McDermott and Lachlan Hearne top-scoring – each made 33. Angus Lovell, his opening associate Matt Renshaw and Michael Neser have been the one different batsmen to succeed in double-figures.
WA’s Morris collected 3 for 35 from 13 overs – he additionally eliminated McDermott with a brute of a brief ball which reared on the batter, who edged to wicketkeeper Joel Curtis.
Rocchiccioli completed along with his greatest first-class match figures of 9 for 79 whereas paceman Joel Paris and Cameron Gannon additionally took a number of second-innings wickets.
WA, the winners of the previous three shields, entered the fixture on the foot of the ladder. However they rose to 3rd with NSW (32.87) taking second spot after defeating Victoria, whereas Queensland (28.45) slid from third to fifth.
After this spherical, all states have two video games remaining earlier than the ultimate. WA host NSW from March 6 and Victoria from March 15 on the WACA Floor in Perth.
Queensland shall be on the street for his or her remaining fixtures, towards Tasmania at Bellerive Oval and South Australia at Karen Rolton Oval on the identical dates.
