A thrilling finish in the Queensland-New South Wales contest

 New South Wales 186 (Hughes 86*, Steketee 5-46) and 8 for 137 beat Queensland 193 (Khawaja 63) and 129 by two wickets

Chris Tremain held his nerve to direct an unpracticed New South Wales side to a holding two-wicket triumph over Queensland at the Gabba.

Toward the end, he had Harry Conway for organization who first and foremost endure eight conveyances and afterward hit the triumphant run off Mark Steketee.

Minutes sooner, with seven runs actually required, Tremain endure a run out bid when he returned briefly to third man. Jimmy Peirson did amazingly to flick the ball back onto the stumps and replays showed Tremain was short by a couple inches however TV umpires are not piece of the Sheffield Shield.

Tremain then, at that point, evened out the scores with a pounding straight drive off Michael Neser who had coordinated Steketee with three wickets in the innings incorporating eliminating Baxter Holt with eight runs required.

Neser and Steketee were eminent all through the match as they shared 14 wickets and routinely worked on New South Wales' run pursue.

The objective of 137 - after Queensland had lost 7 for 28 in their subsequent innings - quickly looked considerably more monumental when Steketee helped one through Ryan Hackney in the second finished and Daniel Hughes edged a breathtaking conveyance from Neser in the third.

Jason Sangha was lbw to Jack Wildermuth and after Jack Edwards had been gotten at sneak off a no-ball from Steketee he tumbled to a similar bowler when he cut a catch to square leg to leave New South Wales 4 for 49.

Lachlan Hearne and Hayden Kerr momentarily settled things yet Neser got back to caught Kerr lbw and Hearne's diligent effort was scattered as the left hander chipped a catch to mid-on where Marnus Labuschagne made great ground.

At the point when Trent Copeland was likewise given lbw - a more marginal choice - New South Wales required 17 with three wickets close by at tea. Holt, playing simply his third top notch match, confronted 75 balls for his 20 to move the objective toward single figures just for his flight to tighten up the pressure once more.

Only two half-hundreds of years were scored in the match and Queensland could add one more 24 pursues continuing on 5 for 105. Copeland and Tremain caused the harm while James Bazley was pursued out being given minimal possibility when Neser called him through for a solitary to midwicket.