New South Wales looks to have one hand on the Sheffield Shield after Western Australia's nightmare first innings, despite the Warriors' late fightback with the ball on day three of the final at Manuka Oval.
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Dismissed for 180 - 267 runs behind - the Warriors gave themselves just the tiniest glimmer of hope with two wickets early in the NSW second innings.
There was a sense of deja vu when Ryan Carters fell for a first-ball duck to Jason Behrendorff, trapped lbw.
But unlike Josh Hazlewood on Saturday, he couldn't follow it up with two from two, but Nic Maddinson fell in the next over.
Ben Rohrer and Steven Smith then got the Blues going and they finished the day 313 runs ahead on 2-46 and needing only a draw to win the shield.
A 98-run partnership from the Marsh brothers had earlier helped rescue WA's hopes, but when Shaun was dismissed for 40, the wickets fell steadily, eventually leaving younger brother Mitch stranded on 92.
For NSW, paceman Hazlewood grabbed his first six-wicket haul of 6-50.
Four of those were caught behind by Peter Nevill, who finished with five catches.
''That's more a reflection of the bowling, credit has to go to Josh Hazlewood,'' Nevill said. ''[He] was brilliant with the new ball and the old ball, got conventional swing early, reverse swing late.''
