Persistent showers have pressured the ultimate day’s play within the Sheffield Shield conflict between NSW and Tasmania to be deserted, with the bottom-placed Blues’ hopes of scraping into the ultimate all however evaporating.
Tasmania have been 0-6 in a single day and required an additional 281 for victory after NSW gambled on an early declaration late on day three, simply 287 runs in entrance.
But ongoing rain on the SCG on Tuesday pressured the umpires to name the match shortly after tea, ending what was anticipated to be an thrilling end.
NSW managed the competition from the outset with Daniel Hughes’s career-best 178 establishing the house aspect to say a 181-run first innings lead.
The winless Blues have been chasing a victory to kick-start their marketing campaign, whereas Tasmania stay fifth with two wins from six outings.
With seven rounds performed, Western Australia sit comfortably clear on the summit with 4 victories.
Four groups stay locked with two wins apiece.
NSW might want to win their three remaining matches and hope for an unlikely sequence of outcomes to fall their approach if they’re to function in subsequent month’s last.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
