Tasmania 166 for six (Owen 70*, Bird 3-46) path New South Wales 224 (Davies 81*, Henriques 54, Neil-Smith 7-58) by 58 runs
The Tasmanians made mild work of the Blues from there and when he bowled Chris Tremain for a duck, Neil-Smith had career-best bowling figures with the hosts bowled out for 224.
In a bitter observe for NSW, and doubtlessly additionally the BBL’s Sydney Thunder, batter Davies suffered a hairline fracture in his left little finger whereas fielding on day two however may seem additional down the order within the second. The 23-year-old got here off after struggling his harm and didn’t return to discipline.
“I don’t think he’ll take any part in fielding for the rest of the game,” NSW captain Moises Henriques instructed AAP. “I don’t think he can come in before seven, but from there he’s going to be OK to bat. I don’t know how long after this game [he might be sidelined].”
Neil-Smith’s figures had been the sixth-best in a first-class match for Tasmania because the flip of the century and the very best since fellow paceman Sam Rainbird took 8 for 21 two summers in the past.
But simply as their NSW counterparts did on day one, the Tasmanian batting order misfired early. Bird took the primary three wickets towards his former team-mates because the guests fell to 30 for 3 on a difficult deck, having survived a dropped catch and enchantment on their technique to 29 with out loss.
Things threatened to spiral additional uncontrolled when Moises Henriques, having fun with a fantastic summer season with the ball, had rival captain Jordan Silk caught behind within the over earlier than lunch.
When the covers got here on, 22-year-old Owen was 4 runs shy of equaling his greatest first-class rating.
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