f59751 ss2197	Victoria v Western Australia
	Sheffield Shield 2019/20
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 7th December 2019 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Victoria 4.64 (Bowling 0.3, sub-standard pitch 3.34); Western Australia 4.64 (sub-standard pitch 3.64)
Umpires	PJ Gillespie, GC Joshua
Referee	RL Parry

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Western Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CT Bancroft	c Short b Siddle	10	39	41	1	-	34
JM Carder	c Handscomb b Siddle	44	103	127	5	-	83
*SE Marsh	c Handscomb b Siddle	14	57	95	1	-	50
MP Stoinis	not out	2	27	40	-	-	25
CD Green	not out	7	13	30	1	-	9
+JP Inglis	did not bat
AC Agar	did not bat
JS Paris	did not bat
ML Kelly	did not bat
DJM Moody	did not bat
SP Mackin	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, 168 minutes, 39.4 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Bancroft, 10.4 ov), 2-80 (Carder, 32.1 ov), 3-81 (Marsh, 34.2 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Siddle	14	3	21	3	-	-	71	2	-
Tremain	7	2	18	0	-	-	34	3	-
Fekete	4.4	2	12	0	-	-	24	2	-
Sutherland	9	4	14	0	-	1	50	1	-
Short	5	0	13	0	-	-	21	-	-

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MS Harris	did not bat
NJ Maddinson	did not bat
WJ Pucovski	did not bat
*PSP Handscomb	did not bat
AJ Finch	did not bat
MW Short	did not bat
+SB Harper	did not bat
WJ Sutherland	did not bat
CP Tremain	did not bat
PM Siddle	did not bat
AL Fekete	did not bat

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in one.
--> Western Australia first innings: 50 in 19.2 overs, 82 minutes
--> AJ Finch made his last appearance in Sheffield Shield matches
--> AJ Finch made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JM Carder (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Sheffield Shield matches
--> JM Carder (30) and SE Marsh (14) added 50 in 129 balls for the Western Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings

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The match was suspended by the umpires after 39.4 overs on day one after several deliveries struck the batsmen; the match was abandoned as a draw on the morning of day two with no further play due to the dangerous pitch. As per the competition rules, each side were awarded 4.64 points, the average bonus points of the two other concurrent matches.