Blues clinch a comprehensive innings win

New South Wales 9 for 522 dec (Phelps 133, Thornely 123, Griffith 4-124) beat Tasmania 294 (Clingeleffer 83, Birt 62) and 138 ( Birt 50*) by an innings and 90 runs
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Grant Lambert and Stuart Clark grabbed three wickets apiece as New South Wales bundled out Tasmania for 138 in their second innings to cruise to victory by an innings and 90 runs in the Pura Cup match at Sydney. Asked to follow-on after being bowled out for 294 in their first innings, Tasmania crumbled in the second with only Travis Birt offering some resistance.

Stuart Clark, the fast bowler, repeated his first-innings act of taking two wickets in three balls to leave Tasmania struggling at 4 for 27 after Nathan Bracken had got rid Jamie Cox, the opener, and Matthew Nicholson had trapped David Dawson in front. Grant Lambert then struck twice in successive deliveries to remove Shannon Tubb and Sean Clingeleffer - the first-innings hero - to leave Tasmania in tatters at 6 for 64. Travis Birt (50 not out) continued from where he had left off in the first innings, and stayed till the end even as wickets tumbled at the other end. Clarke and Nicholson grabbed one more wicket apiece and in the 48th over Steve O'Keefe bowled Ben Hilfenhaus to end the misery for Tasmania.

Earlier, Tasmania, starting the day at 6 for 189, lost Clingeleffer when he was dismissed by Bracken without adding a run to his overnight score of 83. Clark struck twice in three balls, bowling Adam Polkinghorne for 29 then trapping Adam Griffith for a duck but Xavier Doherty (49 not out) added a valuable 64 with the last man Hifenhaus, who hung around for nearly an hour and a half for his 18, to lift Tasmania to 294.