Cameron Green fell in bizarre fashion for 17 as the Sheffield Shield clash between Western Australia and Queensland ended with a thrilling one-wicket victory to the hosts
on the final day at the WACA Ground in Perth.
After tearing through Queensland with the ball on the third evening with four wickets in ten balls, Corey Rocchiccioli was once again the hero, but this time with the bat in the nail-biting finish.
The No.9 made 24 not out as he and No.11 Cameron Gannon (10*) combined for an unbeaten 23-run final wicket partnership to reach the target of 272.
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Skipper Sam Whiteman top scored for WA with 81 at the top of the order, no other batter made more than 36 as the match hung in the balance for the entire last day.
Queensland looked the likely victors when they nabbed 4/32 after skipper Marnus Labuschagne got the key breakthrough of Aaron Hardie (12) when the hosts needed 55 to win with five wickets in hand and Hardie joined at the crease by Ashes squad member Josh Inglis (28).
The fightback was not to be, however, as Rocchiccioli and Gannon saw WA home.
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 14: Corey Rocchiccioli and Cameron Gannon of Western Australia walk from the field after winning the match on day four of the Sheffield Shield match between Western Australia and Queensland at WACA, on November 14, 2025, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
Earlier, Green was caught by four-Test leg spinner Mitchell Swepson (2/64) at short fine leg off the bowling of Australian white-ball international Xavier Bartlett (3/25).
Green’s dismissal caught everyone by surprise with a pull shot that typically would have been helped around the corner, picking out Swepson.
In the end, it was a shrewd piece of captaincy by Labuschagne, and it helped wrestle back some momentum the visitors’ way.
Western Australia were 3/155 when Green departed, and he is likely to have done enough in this contest to show selectors he will be ready to go for the first Ashes Test, starting one week from today.
Green falls short of century for WA | 00:41
The all-rounder bowled eight overs in each innings, finishing with figures of 1/13 and 0/17.
With the bat, in the first innings he fell just short of a century, being trapped lbw by two-Test seamer Michael Neser for 94.
In concerning news for Queensland, opening batter Matt Renshaw has been off the field with a knee issue that is said to be pre-existing.
Renshaw, who was endorsed by Usman Khawaja to open the batting in the Test team, scored a first innings century and followed it up with a half-century in the second innings despite being in obvious discomfort.