Vics need one more wicket in Shield clash
Victoria need one more wicket and NSW need one of cricket's great miracles.
NSW are 9-178 when their second innings resumes on the last day of their Sheffield Shield match at the MCG on Sunday, still 108 runs behind the home side.
Injured tailenders Trent Copeland and Mickey Edwards survived for 10 overs late on Saturday to take the game into the fourth day.
Play was extended by half an hour, but Victoria were unable to budge them.
Copeland ducked into a Chris Tremain bouncer in the last over of the day and the ball hit him on the shoulder.
The blow left him with a dead arm and he had an ice pack on his shoulder after play.
Edwards suffered a side strain while bowling in Friday's first session.
Despite their dire situation, Copeland was defiant.
"It could rain (on Sunday), you never know," he said.
"It may be the first hour, we get through and then it becomes easier after that and it's miracle that we bat all day.
"Cricket's a funny game ... I'm an optimist."
NSW have paid dearly for a 7-56 collapse that ended their first innings and another slump after tea on Saturday where they lost four wickets for no runs.
Paceman Scott Boland has led the Victorian attack with 5-48.
Victoria have enjoyed a near-perfect start to the summer, winning the domestic one-day series and then opening their Shield campaign last week with an innings win over WA.
Their only major setback has been the loss of rising star Will Pucovski, who is out of action indefinitely because of a mental health issue.
