Smith hits another 50 as Vics give NSW the blues

Steve Smith warmed up for the Ashes with another half-century for NSW against Victoria. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Steve Smith will enter the Ashes averaging more than 100 for the summer, after his half-century couldn't save NSW from a 300-run Sheffield Shield defeat to Victoria.

On a dramatic third day at the SCG where both Josh Hazlewood and Sean Abbott left the ground for hamstring scans, NSW were all out for 125 chasing 425 for victory.