MatchesMen's First-classSheffield Shield 2025/26

Western Australia v Victoria

match 16 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 4 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2025

Victoria won by 6 wickets

Western Australia 1st innings19475.2 overs

Victoria 1st innings25595.1 overs

Western Australia 2nd innings255104.4 overs

Victoria 2nd innings195/438.5 overs

Western Australia 1st innings 194 (75.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	lbw b M Perry	39	76	3	0	51.3
SM Whiteman	c SB Harper b M Perry	5	19	0	0	26.3
MR Marsh	c SB Harper b M Perry	9	16	2	0	56.3
J Goodwin	c MW Short b SM Elliott	23	110	1	0	20.9
HWR Cartwright	c PSP Handscomb b CL McClure	13	31	1	0	41.9
AM Hardie	c SB Harper b SM Elliott	53	73	3	0	72.6
JL Curtis	lbw b SM Elliott	17	45	1	0	37.8
CJ Rocchiccioli	c SB Harper b DJM Moody	5	9	0	0	55.6
CJ Gannon	not out	23	53	3	0	43.4
BL Couch	c HT Dixon b SM Elliott	3	11	0	0	27.3
L Haskett	c SB Harper b SM Elliott	0	9	0	0	0.0
Extras		4
Total	all out, 75.2 overs	194

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (SM Whiteman, 4.5 ov), 25-2 (MR Marsh, 8.6 ov), 67-3 (CT Bancroft, 28.4 ov), 88-4 (HWR Cartwright, 39.6 ov), 94-5 (J Goodwin, 42.3 ov), 152-6 (JL Curtis, 58.3 ov), 158-7 (CJ Rocchiccioli, 60.3 ov), 178-8 (AM Hardie, 67.1 ov), 192-9 (BL Couch, 71.3 ov), 194-10 (L Haskett, 75.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
M Perry	17	5	45	3	2.65	80	1
CL McClure	17	5	45	1	2.65	80	0
SM Elliott	19.2	6	33	5	1.71	98	0
MW Short	7	1	26	0	3.71	25	0
DJM Moody	14	1	39	1	2.79	59	0
HT Dixon	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	11	29	CT Bancroft 4, SM Whiteman 5
2	14	25	CT Bancroft 5, MR Marsh 9
3	42	118	CT Bancroft 30, J Goodwin 10
4	21	68	J Goodwin 8, HWR Cartwright 13
5	6	15	J Goodwin 5, AM Hardie 1
6	58	96	AM Hardie 41, JL Curtis 17
7	6	12	AM Hardie 1, CJ Rocchiccioli 5
8	20	40	AM Hardie 10, CJ Gannon 10
9	14	26	CJ Gannon 11, BL Couch 3
10	2	23	CJ Gannon 2, L Haskett 0

Victoria 1st innings 255 (95.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BD Macdonald	c L Haskett b BL Couch	79	145	6	3	54.5
HT Dixon	c JL Curtis b CJ Gannon	24	48	3	0	50.0
MS Harris	c CT Bancroft b CJ Rocchiccioli	11	66	1	0	16.7
PSP Handscomb	c JL Curtis b AM Hardie	28	70	1	0	40.0
MW Short	c SM Whiteman b CJ Gannon	62	111	6	0	55.9
OJ Peake	c JL Curtis b L Haskett	8	33	0	0	24.2
SB Harper	c JL Curtis b CJ Gannon	22	35	1	0	62.9
M Perry	b CJ Gannon	6	21	0	0	28.6
SM Elliott	b CJ Gannon	0	1	0	0	0.0
DJM Moody	c J Goodwin b CJ Rocchiccioli	2	15	0	0	13.3
CL McClure	not out	4	27	0	0	14.8
Extras		9
Total	all out, 95.1 overs	255

Fall of wickets: 55-1 (HT Dixon, 16.1 ov), 93-2 (MS Harris, 37.3 ov), 133-3 (BD Macdonald, 49.5 ov), 166-4 (PSP Handscomb, 59.4 ov), 194-5 (OJ Peake, 70.2 ov), 226-6 (SB Harper, 80.1 ov), 244-7 (M Perry, 86.5 ov), 244-8 (SM Elliott, 86.6 ov), 249-9 (MW Short, 88.2 ov), 255-10 (DJM Moody, 95.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
CJ Gannon	23	5	47	5	2.04	114	1	1
AM Hardie	13	4	26	1	2.00	64	0	0
BL Couch	17	1	47	1	2.76	74	0	0
L Haskett	18	1	57	1	3.17	78	1	0
CJ Rocchiccioli	20.1	2	61	2	3.02	86	0	0
J Goodwin	2	0	5	0	2.50	7	0	0
HWR Cartwright	2	0	6	0	3.00	8	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	55	97	BD Macdonald 27, HT Dixon 24
2	38	128	BD Macdonald 26, MS Harris 11
3	40	74	BD Macdonald 26, PSP Handscomb 12
4	33	59	PSP Handscomb 16, MW Short 17
5	28	64	MW Short 18, OJ Peake 8
6	32	59	MW Short 10, SB Harper 22
7	18	40	MW Short 12, M Perry 6
8	0	1	MW Short 0, SM Elliott 0
9	5	8	MW Short 5, DJM Moody 0
10	6	41	DJM Moody 2, CL McClure 4

Western Australia 2nd innings 255 (104.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	c PSP Handscomb b M Perry	2	11	0	0	18.2
SM Whiteman	c PSP Handscomb b MW Short	103	252	7	0	40.9
CJ Rocchiccioli	lbw b SM Elliott	3	16	0	0	18.8
MR Marsh	c DJM Moody b SM Elliott	4	6	0	0	66.7
J Goodwin	c SB Harper b CL McClure	13	35	2	0	37.1
HWR Cartwright	c PSP Handscomb b MW Short	43	145	2	0	29.7
AM Hardie	c PSP Handscomb b MW Short	33	83	3	0	39.8
JL Curtis	c SM Elliott b MW Short	28	50	4	0	56.0
CJ Gannon	c SB Harper b DJM Moody	2	15	0	0	13.3
BL Couch	c SB Harper b DJM Moody	5	9	1	0	55.6
L Haskett	not out	2	8	0	0	25.0
Extras		17
Total	all out, 104.4 overs	255

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (CT Bancroft, 2.6 ov), 9-2 (CJ Rocchiccioli, 9.3 ov), 17-3 (MR Marsh, 11.5 ov), 52-4 (J Goodwin, 25.4 ov), 181-5 (SM Whiteman, 75.3 ov), 190-6 (HWR Cartwright, 79.5 ov), 246-7 (JL Curtis, 99.1 ov), 247-8 (AM Hardie, 99.5 ov), 252-9 (BL Couch, 102.2 ov), 255-10 (CJ Gannon, 104.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
M Perry	22	7	44	1	2.00	107	0	0
CL McClure	21	3	58	1	2.76	96	1	0
SM Elliott	24	6	51	2	2.13	115	0	2
DJM Moody	17.4	2	31	2	1.75	81	0	0
MW Short	20	1	57	4	2.85	85	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	18	CT Bancroft 2, SM Whiteman 2
2	5	39	SM Whiteman 2, CJ Rocchiccioli 3
3	8	14	SM Whiteman 4, MR Marsh 4
4	35	83	SM Whiteman 16, J Goodwin 13
5	129	299	SM Whiteman 79, HWR Cartwright 43
6	9	26	HWR Cartwright 0, AM Hardie 8
7	56	116	AM Hardie 25, JL Curtis 28
8	1	4	AM Hardie 0, CJ Gannon 1
9	5	15	CJ Gannon 0, BL Couch 5
10	3	14	CJ Gannon 1, L Haskett 2

Victoria 2nd innings 195/4 (38.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HT Dixon	c J Goodwin b BL Couch	10	30	0	0	33.3
BD Macdonald	not out	109	116	14	1	94.0
SB Harper	lbw b BL Couch	1	2	0	0	50.0
PSP Handscomb	c HWR Cartwright b BL Couch	0	2	0	0	0.0
MW Short	lbw b CJ Rocchiccioli	62	82	4	2	75.6
OJ Peake	not out	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		13
Total	4 wickets, 38.5 overs	195

Did not bat: SM Elliott, M Perry, MS Harris, CL McClure, DJM Moody

Fall of wickets: 36-1 (HT Dixon, 9.3 ov), 38-2 (SB Harper, 9.6 ov), 46-3 (PSP Handscomb, 11.5 ov), 183-4 (MW Short, 37.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
CJ Gannon	10.5	1	58	0	5.35	43	0	1
AM Hardie	7	0	32	0	4.57	25	0	0
BL Couch	8	0	34	3	4.25	30	0	0
L Haskett	5	0	32	0	6.40	14	5	0
CJ Rocchiccioli	8	1	32	1	4.00	25	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	36	57	HT Dixon 10, BD Macdonald 24
2	2	3	BD Macdonald 1, SB Harper 1
3	8	11	BD Macdonald 8, PSP Handscomb 0
4	137	154	BD Macdonald 67, MW Short 62
Unbroken	12	8	BD Macdonald 9, OJ Peake 0

Match details

Toss: Victoria, chose to field
Player of the match: BD Macdonald
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: D Brigham, MW Graham-Smith
Match referee: Kent Hannam
Source: Cricsheet match 1495294