WA beat Tasmania to claim epic Shield win Tailender Burt Cockley has completed a remarkable return to first-class cricket, hitting the winning runs for Western Australia in a dramatic two-wicket Sheffield Shield victory over Tasmania. WA returned for the final day at 8-351 needing six runs for victory. Despite young allrounder Ashton Agar standing at the other end on 71, it was Cockley (11no) who scored the last seven runs, with the victorious boundary coming off the bowling of James Faulkner on the eighth ball of the day. It was WA's third-highest run chase in Perth and the first time the home side has made less than 100 in their first innings and won a Shield match at the WACA. Cockley played 10 Shield games and five one-dayers for NSW between 2008 and 2009 before a horror injury run. While on tour with Australia, he injured his back and then on the comeback from that hurt his knee requiring a full reconstruction. That got infected and at one point he looked likely to lose his leg. "I'm still buzzing at the moment and I can't describe the feeling," said the 26-year-old Cockley. This means a bit more to me just because of what I've been through with injuries. I had three and-a-half years out of the game and I didn't expect to get back after my leg so to work hard and get back, and make the move here for a fresh start and have a week like this is very satisfying. To be quite honest, I was thinking being out there was better than being in a hospital. I didn't expect to get back so I just wanted to go and play cricket, and enjoy it. Cockley completed a remarkable turnaround by WA after they were bowled out for a paltry 97 first up, with Tasmania scoring 211 and 242 to set the Warriors 357 to win. That looked near impossible when WA slumped to 3-37, but then fighting knocks from John Rogers (39), Michael Hussey (44) and Mitch Marsh (51) gave them some momentum. The win lifted the Warriors to fourth on the Shield table with 20 points, two ahead of Tasmania with two rounds of home and away matches to play.