{"id":827054,"date":"2026-03-15T08:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/827054\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T08:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:52:14","slug":"sheffield-shield-scores-and-results-cameron-green-scores-century-for-western-australia-usman-khawaja-first-class-career-over-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/827054\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Shield scores and results, Cameron Green scores century for Western Australia, Usman Khawaja first-class career over, stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cameron Green has sent a statement to Australia\u2019s Test selectors with a century for Western Australia in their Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at Sydney\u2019s Cricket Central.<\/p>\n<p>In his first red ball outing since the Sydney Test against England, Green reached stumps on day two unbeaten on 130.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch Live &amp; Free coverage of the 2026 Marsh Sheffield Shield with Kayo Freebies | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/sports\/sport!cricket\/series-sheffield-shield!27?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Register free now<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Batting at No.4, the 26-year-old needed 167 deliveries to reach his hundred, cracking six fours and five sixes so far. <\/p>\n<p>Green raced through the 90s courtesy of smashing a big six off the bowling of left arm spinner Joel Davies before eventually bringing up his milestone with a cut shot for a single to bring up his 15th first class ton shortly after tea.<\/p>\n<p>WA are 7\/302 in reply to NSW\u2019s first innings total of 232 with spinner Corey Rocchiccioli (21*) at the crease with Green.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Green celebrates his century against NSW.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>Green\u2019s spot in Australia\u2019s Test side has been a point of conjecture after an underwhelming Ashes series in which he tallied 171 runs at 24.42, while fellow all-rounder Beau Webster scored a half-century at the SCG.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s next long form assignment is a two-Test series against Bangladesh in Darwin and Mackay in August.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the first class career of Usman Khawaja is over after Queensland fell out of Sheffield Shield title contention.<\/p>\n<p>Queensland, after dismissing Tasmania for 198, were all out for 178 at Bellerive Hobart on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>While it was not far shy of the Tigers\u2019 first-innings score, it was short of what the Bulls needed to surge ahead of South Australia on bonus points.<\/p>\n<p>Khawaja was absent for the last game of the regular season but would have been available for the final against Victoria later this month had the Bulls qualified.<\/p>\n<p>Usman Khawaja has batted for the last time in first class cricket. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The veteran run-scorer missed this match for the birth of his child but had vowed to finish the season with Queensland after his Test retirement in January.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Khawaja will miss out on a similar send-off after the Bulls failed to manufacture a must-win scenario for South Australia at Junction Oval.<\/p>\n<p>The result pours further pressure on Queensland coach Johan Botha, who has not delivered the expected success during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania reached 5\/133 in their second innings at stumps with Test opener Jake Weatherald making 62 from 57 balls.<\/p>\n<p>South Australia set Victoria 305 early on day two and captured the important early wicket of Sam Harper (5).<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Buckingham celebrates the big scalp of Peter Handscomb during the second session on Sunday. (Photo by Josh Chadwick\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But the Vics fought back through Campbell Kellaway (66) and Peter Handscomb (48), only for them both to be undone by sharp wicketkeeping from Alex Carey.<\/p>\n<p>When Victoria was two down, Queensland needed to reach 203 to force the result, but SA took another and the Bulls lost their 10th wicket in a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The Vics are 5-266 at stumps, with rising star Oliver Peake (44*) and captain Will Sutherland (42*) at the crease.<\/p>\n<p>Much remains at stake for the Vics, particularly Sam Elliott and Mitch Perry, who are locked in a bowl-off for a spot in the final XI.<\/p>\n<p>The Vics are also chasing a record eight-win Shield season which has only been achieved once before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Green has sent a statement to Australia\u2019s Test selectors with a century for Western Australia in their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8817],"tags":[180657,237570,186,22631,36269,748,17892,237575,393,299,4884,237571,237573,205811,2048,17670,22617,191760,1620,237574,16,15,237572],"class_list":["post-827054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sheffield","tag-arm-spinner","tag-aussie-star-issues","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-beau-webster","tag-britain","tag-cameron-green","tag-class-ton","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-great-britain","tag-greg-shipperd","tag-issues-reminder","tag-joel-davies","tag-new-south-wales","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-scores-century","tag-sheffield","tag-star-issues-reminder","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-watch-live-ampamp-free"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116232345884274384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}