Tigers survive Lyon’s roar
TASMANIA V NEW SOUTH WALES
DAY FOUR, SCG HUGHES not out ......................... 21 LARKIN run out (Doran) ............... 1 PATTERSON not out ......................0 18 (Larkin). J Bird 2-0-6-0, G Bell 24. 0-16-0. SILK c Larkin b Abbott ............... 23 DOOLAN c Lyon b O’Keefe ..........90 WEBSTER not out ....................... 80 DORAN c & b Lyon ..................... 33 BAILEY b Lyon .............................. 6 WADE lbw Abbott ....................... 16 PAINE b Lyon ................................ 1 ROGERS c Copeland b Lyon .......... 0 BIRD not out .................................6
(Silk), 145 (Doolan), 199 (Doran), 209 (Bailey), 239 (Wade), 248 (Paine), 250 (Rogers).
T Copeland 12-3-29-0, S Abbott 28-7-51-2 (1w), N Lyon 34.4-6-88-4, S O’Keefe 21-3-56-1, M Henriques 3-0-13-0 (1w), J Edwards 4-0-18-0 (1nb), J Sangha 3-1-3-0. 105.4.
Draw Jason Sangha NSW 2.43 Tas 1.50 TASMANIA survived a Nathan Lyon masterclass to secure a draw on the final day of their Sheffield Shield match against NSW.
Australia’s most prolific Test offspinner finished with figures of 4-88, having grabbed 4-30 and bamboozled Test skipper Tim Paine while igniting a late collapse.
Tasmania, set a target of 350 after sporting declarations from George Bailey and Peter Nevill, recovered from losing 5-51 to finish 7-264.
Beau Webster and Jackson Bird batted out 11.1 overs to ensure the points were split, surviving a tense finish in which Nevill stationed every fielder around the bat while Lyon and Steve O’Keefe were bowling.
NSW’s push for victory met stubborn resistance in Alex Doolan, who extended his bright start to the season with a knock of 90, and Webster, who finished on 80 not out.
The hosts claimed a single wicket in each of the first two sessions before Lyon, bowling on a slow pitch that offered little assistance, busted the game open with a trademark diving caught-and-bowled effort to dismiss Jake Doran. Lyon then removed Bailey and Paine with pinpoint deliveries that kissed the top of off stump before Tom Rogers was out edging for a duck.