Big finish ... The Blues ended day two with a couple of late wickets. Source: News Limited
Two late wickets in fading light gave NSW the ascendancy in their Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria after day two at the SCG.
SHEF - Sydney Cricket Ground
13 November 2012 - Day 2, Session 3
Victoria 1st Innings
| C. Rogers | 84 | 178 | 12 | 0 | 47.19 |
| C. White | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
In a rain-marred day of cricket, the Blues snared the wickets of Glenn Maxwell (39) and Peter Hanscomb (0) in the five-over period between rain delays in the final session.
The dual blow, delivered in tandem by Stephen O'Keefe and Josh Hazlewood, left the Bushrangers in a vulnerable state at 5-177, still 116 short of NSW's first-innings total of 293 set on Tuesday.
Former Test opener Chris Rogers looked faultless on Wednesday, playing confidently despite the overcast skies contributing to more bowler-friendly conditions than those on offer on day one.
The 35-year-old smashed 12 boundaries, including several sparkling cover drives, to reach an unbeaten 84 before play was finally called off due to bad light.
By putting together a 69-run partnership with fellow opener Ryan Carters (33) and another 81-run effort with Glenn Maxwell (39), Rogers regularly frustrated the much-vaunted NSW pace attack.
Led by Test aspirant Mitchell Starc, and boasting big names Doug Bollinger and Hazlewood (1-45), the Blues were expected to make the most of the helpful conditions.
While Starc (1-50) did little to enhance his chance of earning a recall to the Australia team for Thursday week's Adelaide Test, vastly-improved all-rounder Moises Henriques looked the pick of the bowlers.
The lively medium-pacer finished with the economical figures of 2-13 and snared the valuable scalps of Carters and Aaron Finch (8), both caught behind.
It was O'Keefe (1-31) who broke up the most dangerous partnership of the innings when he enticed Maxwell into a loose drive which hung in the air until mid-off Starc took a fine catch over his head.
Starc's one victim was veteran Bushranger David Hussey, who was cramped for space when the left-armer came around the wicket and played onto his stumps on nine.
Due to the time lost to poor weather on Wednesday, play will start half an hour early, at 10.30am AEDT, on Thursday.
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