Western Australia have made short work of Victoria’s tail on day two of the Sheffield Shield final, bowling the visitors out for 195 in their first innings.

Young opener Ash Chandrasinghe carried his bat in one of the slowest Shield knocks in recent memory, scoring just 46 from 280 balls in more than six hours at the crease at the WACA Ground.

Lance Morris (3-53) greeted Todd Murphy with a vicious bouncer in the third over of play on Friday, then had him caught behind for a duck off a wild slash at the next ball.

Matt Kelly (2-50) wrapped up the innings when he had Scott Boland caught behind soon after.

Morris, who is eyeing a county stint as he looks to secure selection for the Ashes series, troubled Victoria’s batters throughout with his speed and bounce.

But he also struggled with his run-up, sending down six front-foot no balls and having two potential wickets struck out.

Fellow pacemen Joel Paris and Aaron Hardie claimed two wickets apiece.

Matt Short (36) and Mitch Perry (33) both made counter-attacking runs before falling to Paris on a pitch likely to offer plenty to Test paceman Boland, who snared eight wickets in Victoria’s win over WA at the same venue last week.

Ashes hopefuls Peter Handscomb (11) and Marcus Harris (19) both fell cheaply after the visitors were sent in to bat in a rematch of last year’s decider.

Chandrasinghe added just five runs to his score in Thursday’s middle session in a knock reminiscent of Indian stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara.

The 21-year-old, who scored an unbeaten century on debut against Tasmania earlier in the season, survived being caught behind off a front-foot no ball from Morris while on 25 after being a late-call up to replace the injured Travis Dean.

The team with the most bonus points will be awarded the title in the event of a draw.

WA have secured one bonus point by bowling Victoria out within the first 100 overs as they chase an unpreced ented ‘six-peat’ of consecutive Shield, one-day cup a nd Big Bash titles.

Teams score 0.01 of a bonus point for every run more than 200 they score during the first 100 overs of their first innings, while 0.1 of a bonus point is earned for every wicket the bowling side claims during the same period.

In the event of a draw and equal bonus points, WA would prevail as the higher-ranked team on the ladder.

Victoria’s slow run rate left them without any bonus points on the batting front.

The Marsh Sheffield Shield final will be broadcast live on Fox Cricket and Kayo Sports, as well as live streamed free on cricket.com.au and the CA Live app.