Western Australia will be hunting a rare Marsh Cup three-peat when it faces New South Wales at Silverwater’s Cricket Central for Sunday’s final.
The tourists won the toss and chose to bowl first, with the match, which will be broadcast on Channel 505, getting underway at 10.05am AEDT.
MATCH CENTRE: Marsh Cup final live scorecard
The West Australian cricketers were forced to travel from Perth to Sydney via Canberra and Melbourne because Taylor Swift fans had booked out the direct flights,
“It’s no different than a trip to Hobart when we fly through Melbourne,” West Australian bowler AJ Tye said.
“It would’ve been nice if Taylor Swift had sent a private jet over for us, seeing as she’s cost us a direct flight, but that’s OK.
“We’ll just get on with it and get there and do our job.”
The Marsh Cup is taking place down the road from Swift’s third Sydney show at Accor Stadium.
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Western Australia will be without two of its biggest talents for the Marsh Cup final against New South Wales in Sydney, with all-rounders Aaron Hardie and Cameron Green ruled out of the contest.
On Friday, Western Australia confirmed that Hardie failed to recover from a calf injury he sustained during last week’s Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania, while Green will miss the clash as he prepares to join Australia’s Test squad in Wellington.
Having won the previous two titles in 2022 and 2023, Western Australia is hoping to become the first state to complete a three-peat in the tournament since New South Wales achieved the feat 21 years ago.
The Blues won hosting rights for the Marsh Cup final after finishing top of the ladder, while Western Australia snuck into the knockout match after defeating Tasmania by 52 runs in Hobart last week.
New South Wales XI
Daniel Hughes, Jack Edwards, Blake Macdonald, Moises Henriques (c), Oliver Davies, Matthew Gilkes (wk), Chris Green, Ben Dwarshuis, Will Salzmann, Jackson Bird, Tanveer Sangha
Western Australia XI
Josh Philippe (wk), D’Arcy Short, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Whiteman (c), Hilton Cartwright, Cooper Connolly, Nick Hobson, Ashton Agar, Joel Paris, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff
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