Prodigy breaks 30-year Sheffield Shield record

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Western Australian batting prodigy Teague Wyllie has go the youngest subordinate to people a Sheffield Shield period since Ricky Ponting.

Wyllie, 18-years-old and playing his 3rd Shield match, became the youngest to ace a period since Ponting successful 1992-93, scoring 104 against New South Wales.

Wyllie cracked 15 boundaries disconnected 204 balls.

The right-hander is 18 years and 163 days old, and is the youngest subordinate to scope triple figures successful Shield cricket since Ponting, who was 18 years and 40 days erstwhile helium scored his maiden ton successful the competition.

Last summer, Wyllie became the 2nd youngest subordinate to triumph a Shield final, down lone Test skipper Pat Cummins.

Wyllie was the lone Australian named successful the ICC's astir invaluable squad of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup aboriginal this year, starring the mode with 278 runs crossed the tournament.

Fellow debutant Sam Fanning besides impressed.

The 21-year-old scored 32 disconnected 161 balls astatine a painstaking onslaught complaint of 19.88 to assistance quell the NSW onslaught connected a bowler-friendly wicket.

Tail-ender Matt Kelly past posted an unbeaten 47 disconnected 86 balls to ram location WA's advantage.

Wyllie led the hosts to a full of 258, and a 78-run pb astatine stumps connected time 2 of their clash with New South Wales. The Blues were dismissed for 180 connected time one.

Only NSW skipper Kurtis Patterson (72 not out) and WA's Matthew Kelly (47 not out) were capable to articulation the 18-year-old successful scoring implicit 32 runs.

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