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He played four Tests for Australia and was within 11 runs of a century on debut in 2014

A round-up from the opening day of the latest Sheffield Shield round as teams push to play NSW in the final

Doolan joins a group of Tasmania greats with scores 170* and 116 as Tasmania hold off South Australia on a thrilling final day

South Australia's lead has crossed 300 and they might look to stretch it a bit more before attacking Tasmania

Tasmania trail by 379 runs with eight wickets in hand

In a season dominated by the pace bowlers, who makes our Sheffield Shield team of the tournament?

A vital final day awaits for New South Wales after they managed to break through Tasmania's promising start

The duo made promising inroads in reply after the NSW tail frustrated Tasmania bowlers earlier in the day

Tasmania's top three and Ben McDermott put up a solid display of attritional batting in the face of a 476-run target

A 170-run opening stand between Alex Doolan and Jordan Silk has given the Tigers a fighting chance after all but erasing an enormous first-innings deficit against Victoria

The 19-year-old medium-pacer registered his best bowling figures as Alex Doolan scored 76 and Matthew Wade his third straight half-century

Peter George picked up three wickets as Tasmania slumped from 1 for 188 to 4 for 195 before ending the day at 5 for 257

The centurion was assisted by Jake Weatherald's 65, as together they added 171 for the first wicket, the second-highest partnership in the tournament's seven-season history

Ashes hopeful Glenn Maxwell (with a remarkably sedate strike rate of 39) and Victoria captain Peter Handscomb were at the crease on 20 and 5 respectively

Victoria lost their last six wickets for a mere 10 runs on the second day, before Tasmania's top order bolstered their first-innings advantage at the MCG

An unbeaten 202 from Alex Doolan put Tasmania in a very strong position at stumps on the second day against Western Australia at the WACA

Tasmania fast bowler Cameron Stevenson picked up five wickets on debut at Hurstville Oval to prevent South Australia from reaching the Matador Cup finals

Western Australia beat Tasmania by four wickets to pip New South Wales and move to third place in the Matador Cup standings

A career-best 192 from captain Travis Head and a 10-wicket match from Chadd Sayers set up a massive win for South Australia over Tasmania inside two days at Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg

Ben Dunk, Alex Doolan and George Bailey all peeled off centuries as Tasmania maintained their domination of the Sheffield Shield frontrunners Victoria on day two in Hobart