The stage is set for Cam Green to win a confidence boost ahead of the Ashes and Western Australia to win their first Sheffield Shield victory of the season on the final day against South Australia at the WACA Ground.

It comes as SA skipper Nathan McSweeney followed in the footsteps of Cameron Bancroft with a timely statement ton to keep his name in Ashes discussions.

McSweeney (103) was in early on day three as WA sported black armbands in tribute to 17-year-old Melbourne cricketer Ben Austin, who died after being struck in the neck by a cricket ball this week.

McSweeney, 26, has slipped from the radar after making his Test debut as an opener against India in Perth last summer, but will keep his name in consideration after turning a sub-30 per cent strike rate into 61.31 across the day,

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