If the host team wants to keep their chances of making it to the final
alive, they must win.
South Australia 287 is behind New South Wales 465 for 8 (Hughes 114, Gilkes 54,
and Davies 116) by 178 runs.
Oliver Davies and Daniel Hughes both scored fighting hundreds to offer New
South Wales a chance to defeat South Australia in Sydney during their Sheffield
Shield match.
On day three, NSW had an overall lead of 178 as they went to stumps. The two
players that played the best on Sunday were Hughes (114 off 180 balls) and
Davies (116 off 166 balls).
Considering that NSW started the penultimate round in fourth
place, they will have to work extremely hard to win on Monday to
maintain their aspirations of making it to the Shield final.
"I think we'll look to bat on a little bit in the morning, and try to get
that lead upwards of 220ish," Davies stated. "I think it's a 104-over
day tomorrow, so [we will try to] give ourselves 90 to 96 overs to try to rock
and roll them."
Starting Sunday at 71, Hughes reached his sixth first-class century in the
morning session when Jake Lehmann's diving catch undid his momentum.
The Redbacks had an opportunity to tie the game after NSW fell
behind 213 for 4. However, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, and Davies all dug
in and slammed the door hard.
Having reached stumps, Chris Green and Ryan Hadley will attempt to add on some
fast runs on Monday.
The best bowler for the Redbacks was Nathan McAndrew, who finished with 3 for
63 to increase his season total to 40 wickets. Ben Manenti took 2 for 114.
"The day was difficult," Manenti remarked. "I
felt like we worked really hard all day. Huge props to Hughesy and Ollie for
their solid batting, great hundreds, and lack of luck. I believe that tomorrow
will be a fantastic day to bat on this wicket because it flattened out."
It was Davies' second summer Shield century at the age of 23.
"To not be picked at the start of the season to scoring my second century, it's a very good feeling," Davies stated. "Hopefully I can keep carrying this on."It was great to be outside. I believed I batted really effectively and waited for terrible balls. Compared to most previous innings, I felt like I had a lot more patience."
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