{"id":464199,"date":"2026-02-07T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/464199\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:18:09","slug":"classy-kurtis-puts-blues-in-control-with-sensational-hundred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/464199\/","title":{"rendered":"Classy Kurtis puts Blues in control with sensational hundred"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSW set South Australia an improbable 446 to win after Kurtis Patterson’s 173no<\/p>\n

New South Wales v South Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day 3<\/p>\n

Kurtis Patterson’s unbeaten century has put NSW in a commanding position after the hosts set South Australia a massive victory target in their Sheffield Shield clash at the SCG.<\/p>\n

Patterson notched a career-best first-class score of 173 no in a NSW total of 8-440 (dec) on Saturday, leaving the visitors needing 446 to win.<\/p>\n

In response, SA reached 1-61 by stumps after losing Henry Hunt for 12, out caught off Jack Edwards (1-11). Charlie Stobo did superbly well to react to a fumbled effort from substitute fielder Peter Francis at gully.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fellow opener Mackenzie Harvey (21) and captain Nathan McSweeney (16) are unbeaten and will resume the run chase on the final day on Sunday.<\/p>\n

NSW No.3 Patterson, who was out for just six in the first innings, survived 302 deliveries in the second dig, whacking 14 boundaries and a six in his match-defining innings.<\/p>\n

Patterson perfection as veteran tons up in 100th Shield match<\/p>\n

Edwards (61) and tailenders Tanveer Sangha (53) and Liam Hatcher (36 no) all provided valuable support.<\/p>\n

Patterson put on triple-figure partnerships with Edwards (106) and Sangha (130) for the fifth and eighth wickets respectively.<\/p>\n

Nathan McAndrew (3-68) and Brendan Doggett (3-75) were SA’s best bowlers but were unable to prevent the match being taken away from their side.<\/p>\n

A win for fourth-placed NSW would see them leapfrog SA, and possibly Queensland, in a tight race for a spot in the Shield final.<\/p>\n

Sheffield Shield 2025-26 standings<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n

M<\/p>\n

\n Wins\n <\/p>\n

W<\/p>\n

\n Losses\n <\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

\n Drawn\n <\/p>\n

D<\/p>\n

\n No results\n <\/p>\n

N\/R<\/p>\n

\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n

Ded.<\/p>\n

\n Batting Bonus\n <\/p>\n

Bat<\/p>\n

\n Bowling Bonus\n <\/p>\n

Bowl<\/p>\n

\n Total points\n <\/p>\n

PTS<\/p>\n

1
\n \"Victoria
\n Victoria Men
\n VIC<\/p>\n

6
\n 5
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 5.87
\n 5.3
\n 41.17<\/p>\n

2
\n \"Queensland
\n Queensland Bulls
\n QLD<\/p>\n

6
\n 2
\n 2
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 8.18
\n 4.2
\n 26.38<\/p>\n

3
\n \"South
\n South Australia Men
\n SA<\/p>\n

6
\n 2
\n 2
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4.69
\n 5.6
\n 24.29<\/p>\n

4
\n \"NSW
\n NSW Men
\n NSW<\/p>\n

6
\n 2
\n 3
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4.65
\n 4.9
\n 22.55<\/p>\n

5
\n \"Tasmanian
\n Tasmanian Tigers Men
\n TAS<\/p>\n

6
\n 2
\n 3
\n 1
\n 0
\n 2
\n 3.34
\n 5
\n 19.34<\/p>\n

6
\n \"Western
\n Western Australia Men
\n WA<\/p>\n

6
\n 1
\n 3
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.61
\n 5.5
\n 15.11<\/p>\n

Legend<\/p>\n

M: Matches played<\/p>\n

W: Wins<\/p>\n

L: Losses<\/p>\n

D: Drawn<\/p>\n

N\/R: No results<\/p>\n

Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n

Bat: Batting Bonus<\/p>\n

Bowl: Bowling Bonus<\/p>\n

PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NSW set South Australia an improbable 446 to win after Kurtis Patterson’s 173no New South Wales v South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-464199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}