Western Australia have survived a scare to successfully chase down 169 to beat NSW by four wickets late on day three of the Sheffield Shield clash at the WACA Ground.
It was a game dominated by the swinging Dukes ball with the highest score being WA's first innings of 215, where Hilton Cartwright top-scored with 78.
NSW set WA 169 to win having made 179 in the second innings, with Ed Cowan making 55, while Simon Mackin took 6-43 for the home side and Matt Kelly 4-25.
It was always going to have its challenges for the Warriors, particularly with Trent Copeland bowling with an injured arm after being struck when batting by Jhye Richardson.
But WA just did enough, reaching the target with six wickets down.
Shaun Marsh top-scored with 39 while Cartwright (32), Will Bosisto (22) and Ashton Turner (22) made good contributions.
NSW kept fighting to make things interesting but WA's attacking approach meant they reached 6-172 in the 35th over.
Gurinder Sandhu took 2-22 for the Blues while Copeland, Charlie Stobo, Mickey Edwards and Nathan Lyon took a wicket each.
The win is WA's second of the Shield season and puts them in the hunt for the final with four games to go.
NSW are likely to concede top spot on Sunday if Queensland finishes the job against Tasmania.
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