Western Australia defeat Victoria to claim back-to-back Marsh Sheffield Shield titles

Cameron Bancroft Western Australia © CA

Western Australia have secured back-to-back Marsh Sheffield Shield crowns following a 9-wicket win over Victoria at the WACA Ground in Perth.

The win seals a second consecutive domestic double for the WA men’s team who have won the past two Marsh Sheffield Shield and Marsh One-Day Cup titles.

Ashton Turner was voted player of the match for his game-changing 128 (from 227 balls), the only triple-figure score of the final having gone to the wicket with his team at 4-53 on day two.

Joel Paris claimed five wickets for the match and made a valuable first-innings 31 in partnership with Turner, while Lance Morris produced figures of 3-53 and 1-69 in his first red-ball game in almost four months.

 Will Sutherland was the stand-out performer for Victoria with an impressive half-century to add to the 5-75 he claimed in WA's first innings.

Western Australia is the first team since Victoria (2014-18) to lift the Shield in successive seasons, and the first WA outfit to claim consecutive crowns since the summers of 1997-98 and 1998-99.

Western Australia vs Victoria, Final, Sheffield Shield

Western Australia 315/10 (119 ov) & 93/1 (24.4 ov)

Victoria 195/10 (95.5 ov) & 210/10 (60.2 ov)

Western Australia won by 9 wickets

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