New South Wales 316 (Davies 131) and 133 for five (Hughes 54, Vidler 3-38) beat Queensland 144 (Bartlett 70, Tremain 6-20) and 301 (Bartlett 69, Peirson 64, Sangha 4-116) by 5 wickets
Beau Webster (914), Cameron Bancroft (778) and Nathan McSweeney (762) completed above him, however all of them performed 10 matches in comparison with Davies’s seven.
NSW captain Moises Henriques is tipping a shiny future for Davies.
“I have been enjoying cricket professionally for 19, 20 years, and I have been fortunate sufficient to see so much of younger, particular batters come by the NSW ranks,” Henriques stated. “Ollie appears to be one other one of these guys. He is very onerous to cease. He is all the time transferring the scoreboard ahead.
“He jogs my memory so much of a mixture between Steve Smith, David Warner and even Phil Hughes – they’re all the time seeking to rating runs. They’re capable of rating runs in areas that different batters perhaps cannot.
“For him to return out and rating three lots of in seven video games this season in bowler-friendly circumstances – it simply exhibits that mindset of all the time scoring runs and placing the bowlers beneath strain.”
NSW began their season with two losses and a draw – extending their winless run within the red-ball format to fifteen matches. However a 10-wicket win over Western Australia in November sparked a cost up the desk, with NSW ending the season in third spot with 4 wins, three attracts and three losses.
For Queensland, it is a case of again to the drafting board after ending final on the ladder with simply two wins and two attracts from 10 matches.
NSW needed to make gentle work of the run chase, and Hughes went into T20 mode as he cracked six fours and two sixes on the best way to a 29-ball half-century.
His departure a short while later left NSW at 75 for 3, and there have been some nerves at 91 for 4 after Matthew Gilkes was dismissed for six. However regular knocks from Henriques and Davies eased NSW to victory. Kurtis Patterson had batted at No. 3 after being referred to as in as a concussion sub for Sam Konstas who was injured on the third day.
“It is not the consequence you need on debut, nevertheless it was cool to be on the market,” Vidler stated.
