Century to Steven Smith on Day 2

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Steven Smith made his 42nd First Class century on day two of the Marsh Sheffield Shield match between the NSW Blues and Western Australia at the SCG.

Across the first two days, Smith scored 103 from 295 deliveries before he was the fourth wicket to fall with the score at 314 not long before lunch on Tuesday. The Blues declared at tea 8/444 after resuming the day at 2/221.

Smith shared a 141-run third-wicket partnership with Moises Henriques who fell nine short of a 10th First Class century.

Smith hit nine fours and two sixes during his patient knock, while Henriques reached the rope 12 times and cleared it twice during his 116 balls at the crease.

The top four batsmen for NSW have all passed fifty with openers Daniel Solway (65) and Daniel Hughes (53) providing the foundation for the big total that continues to build.

Smith shared a 141-run third-wicket partnership with Henriques.

Smith hit nine fours and two sixes during his patient knock, on a slow pitch, while Henriques reached the rope 12 times and cleared it twice during his 116 balls at the crease.

“After playing the T20s (for Australia), it was about coming back into red ball cricket and finding the right way to go about it,” said Smith at tea on Tuesday.

“It was a bit slower than I would have liked, it wasn’t easy.”

Three Western Australian bowlers took two wickets in the first innings including left-arm wrist spinner Short with 2-39 from 11 overs.

Allrounder Marcus Stoinis (2-59) and leg-spinner Liam O’Connor (2-77) were the other multiple wicket takers.