Peter Handscomb hits career-best 281*

Victoria versus Western Australia In what ended up being a draw on a level surface, the last day was overwhelmed by a magnificent execution from Peter Handscomb. The Victoria skipper, who was batting for the time being on 174, scored a profession best 281* and added 316 for the fifth wicket with Sam Harper (132*) as Victoria mounted a score of 616/4 dec. WA needed to bat out 66 overs with a deficiency of 150 and it looked troublesome when Murphy, the youthful off-spinner, decreased them to 13/2 yet Hilton Cartwright (76*) and D'Arcy Short (39*) saw their side to a draw. Brief Scores: Western Australia 466 & 185/5 (Cartwright 76*; Murphy 3-42) drew with Victoria (Handscomb 281*, Harper 132*; Hardie 2-88)