South Australia 4 for 168 (Harris 54) trail New South Wales 9 for 550 dec (Nevill 105, Khawaja 102, Smith 100, O'Keefe 91, Forrest 78, Cleary 4-82) by 382 runs
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New South Wales' bowlers delivered four wickets to maintain the upper hand after their batsmen posted a massive 9 for 550 declared at the SCG. Daniel Harris started with 54 in the reply but South Australia were 4 for 104 before an unbeaten stand between Cameron Borgas (30) and Aaron O'Brien (36) took them to 168.

Steven Smith completed an even century at the start of the day in an excellent warm-up for the Test tour of New Zealand. Smith brought up his fourth hundred with a pull for four but was caught behind trying to hit Peter George (3 for 132).

The wicketkeeper Peter Nevill and Steve O'Keefe kept building in a stand of 132 that took the game further away from South Australia. Nevill's maiden century ended on 105 when he gave Tim Ludeman his sixth catch of the innings.

O'Keefe, who went on to collect 2 for 42, almost made it to three figures but fell to a leading edge on 91. The wicket was Mark Cleary's fourth and forced the declaration.