HOBART: Victoria have endured a nightmare day four of the Sheffield Shield final, losing James Pattinson to an injury which clouds expectations of his winter return to the Test team and allowing Western Australia to surge back into contention to win the shield title. The Bushrangers' position at the start of day four, at 3-288 and needing only to occupy the crease, was unrecognisable to what they confronted at the end of it: a 280-run deficit against a team driven to complete the perfect record of West Australia teams this summer, after the Matador Cup and Big Bash League. The equation for the final day is clear. If the Warriors snare the...
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