Victoria names unchanged Sheffield Shield squad

Leading into the final round, Victoria and Queensland are battling it out for a place in the Sheffield Shield Final with Western Australia confirmed to host.

Queensland is currently sitting in second place, with a 0.36-point lead over Victoria in third. QLD will face Tasmania in Hobart in their final round.

Victoria has now won four matches in a row under stand-in captain Will Sutherland’s leadership since the resumption of the competition after the BBL break.

“The way that Will has led the young group has been outstanding, it’s been a full squad effort over the last few matches and we’ve seen various players step up,” Cricket Victoria’s Head of Male Cricket, David Hussey said.

“We couldn’t have asked much more from the bowling group, Mitch Perry has returned to the side and taken 19 wickets in the last three matches and led from the front.

“From a batting perspective, the way that Matt Short has been able to adapt to different conditions has been really pleasing. The conditions we faced in Albury were completely different to those the week before at the CitiPower Centre, so to score back-to-back centuries was very rewarding.”

Squad:
Will Sutherland (c) (Prahran)
Ashley Chandrasinghe (Casey-South Melbourne)
Travis Dean (Footscray)
Sam Elliott (Fitzroy Doncaster)
Sam Harper (Melbourne)
Marcus Harris (St Kilda)
Jon Holland (Frankston Peninsula)
Campbell Kellaway (Melbourne)
Cam McClure (Essendon)
Fergus O’Neill (Melbourne)
Mitch Perry (Richmond)
James Seymour (Essendon)
Matt Short (Northcote)

Marsh Sheffield Shield
Western Australia vs Victoria
March 14-17, 1.30pm AEDT
WACA Ground, Perth
Live on Kayo Sport & cricket.com.au

Sheffield Shield Points System
Teams get six points for an outright win, one point for a draw, plus 0.01 of a bonus point for every run over 200 they score during the first 100 overs of their first innings (ie: 350 after 100 overs nets you 1.5 bonus points) and 0.1 of a bonus point for every wicket a team takes during the first 100 overs of their opponent’s first innings (ie: 10 wickets before 100 first-innings overs elapses nets you 1 point).