Victory 197 and 335 for 8 (Kellaway 151*, Macdonald 60, Rocchiccioli 3-85, Paris 2-63) Western Australia 186 (Connolly 56, Goodwin 36, Moody 4-41, Siddle 3-10, Sutherland 3-32) for 346 races
Kellaway ended up undefeated in 151 of 310 balls when Victoria reached stumps in 335 by 8 in her second tickets with an advantage of 346 races.
An exciting final day could be in process with WA that needs victory to jump to Queensland in second place, which is almost certain that it covers its clash with southern Australia. The possibilities of New South Wales of playing in southern Australia in the final on March 26 seem exaggerated, since they face an almost impossible persecution on the last day against Tasmania.
“We have nothing to lose tomorrow, that is the attitude we will take,” said WA coach Adam Voges.
The chances of victory of progressing to the final are almost more. However, they will be aimed at ending WA’s commitment to become the first state to win four titles in a row since the competition of six teams began in 1977-78.
Kellaway, 22, continued his strong form of late at the end of the season at the back of doing 79 and 77 last week on a difficult surface against southern Australia. He became the first visiting batter to score a century in the Waca season on this shield. The surface, however, has been flattened considerably after the bowling players dominated in the first two days.
“We are definitely looking to go out with a victory. I definitely think there is enough in this wickt [to get ten wickets]”Kellaway said after his second century first.
Kellaway hit during the play all day after Victoria resumed with an advantage of 43 races and ten wickts in her hand. Wa expected to regroup he had been nervous with several strict decisions that did not go on his way, including a great appeal of LBW of the rapid left arm Joel Paris in Kellaway in the first ball of the entries.
The surface had begun to be easier to break the two of day and flattened even more under the sun. Victoria had few problems until Marcus Harris exceeded Brody’s fast couch to the second slip, where Cameron Bancroft took an excellent capture with a single hand to her left to the left to the floor.
Bancroft, one of the best flyfilizers in the country, was ecstatic and its brilliant wa energized capture when Couch began to threaten with a strong back of a length bowling alley.
Couch was more frustrated when a safe appeal of LBW in Kellaway was rejected in a narrow call with height, perhaps the only problem. After those fireworks, the batters took control in a rarity in the midst of a particularly friendly period for bowling players in Waca in recent matches.
Macdonald pounced in unusually irregular bowling of Corey Rocchcioli, who faced an area that gave him very little compared to when he took five wickts the opening day.
Macdonald reached its half century with 67 balls, including ten limits, with its driving on the ground a feature. But the nerves got just before lunch and almost hid with the practical Cartwright sailors before falling down the leg in the last ball of the session.
All eyes in the resumption were at the debutant Oliver Peake after his impressive 52 was the highest score in the first victory entries. Having had limited punctuation opportunities on the first day, the 18 -year -old faced easier conditions, although his first limit was scratched through the slippery.
Peake could not find fluidity and Cameron Gannon was well caught in the ravine after blinking in Paris. After being a development tourist with the Australian test team in Sri Lanka last month, Peake confirmed his state as a long -term test leaflet after facing 222 balls throughout the game.
His wickt caused a collapse from nothing with Rocchiccioli, which has a special ability to make things happen, claiming the Wickets of Peter Handscomb and Harry Dixon in it.
However, Kellaway proved to be a thorn and reached his century with a limit on the side outside the side, but modestly celebrated that there was still a lot of work to do.
Tristan Lavalette is a journalist based in Perth
