da brwin： An inspired spell of left-arm seam bowling from Allan Wise, who snapped up career-best figures of 6 for 89, led Victoria’s fightback against New South Wales
Cricinfo staff08-Dec-2005
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Allan Wise led Victoria’s fightback with a superb spell © Getty Images
An inspired spell of left-arm seam bowling from Allan Wise, who snapped up career-best figures of 6 for 89, led Victoria’s fightback against New South Wales on the third day of the Pura Cup clash at Junction Oval. Wise was on a hat-trick as NSW’s last four wickets went for three runs in 26 balls and they were dismissed on lunch for 314.Victoria then produced their best first-innings performance of the season – their previous top score was 271 – when Jason Arnberger, the opener, cracked 67 and Lloyd Mash carried on his fine form with 62. Nick Jewell and David Hussey then consolidated Victoria’s position with an unbeaten stand of 106 from 120 balls as Stuart MacGill and his team-mates could not make much of an impact.The Blues were unable to build on a Phil Jaques-engineered platform after he top-scored with 137 and added 166 for the third wicket with Dominic Thornely, who made 68. Victoria need only 25 runs to seal first-innings points against the competition leader.