Western Australia captain Sam Whiteman made the most of Queensland's butter fingers before Corey Rocchiccioli guided the tail home in a thrilling one-wicket Sheffield Shield victory over Queensland.

Set 272 for victory from 90 overs on Friday at the WACA Ground, WA went from a comfortable 2-155 to a shaky 9-249, as Queensland's attack put the squeeze on.

But Rocchiccioli (24no off 37 balls) and No. 11 Cameron Gannon (10no off 13 balls) showed nerves of steel in an unbeaten 23-run final-wicket stand to guide WA to their first win of the season with 7.3 overs remaining. Loading Twitter content

Whiteman, in his 100th Shield match, was the rock at the top of the order, with his knock of 81 off 170 balls helping set up victory.

But he had some luck along the way.

The 32-year-old was ye

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