New South Wales opened up an eight-point lead at the top of the Sheffield Shield cricket ladder after taking first innings points from its draw with Tasmania at Bankstown Oval.
Set 343 to win from a potential 88 overs, the Tigers finished on 7 for 262 with 11 overs remaining when the two teams agreed to end the match.
The Tigers' chase never really moved into serious overdrive though a number of their batsmen made a start.
A 111-run fifth wicket stand between Aiden Blizzard (88) and captain Tim Paine (40) briefly raised hopes of a late charge.
However, they perished in successive overs and James Faulkner (0) also went as the Tigers lost 3 for 6.
In-form Blues all-rounder Moises Henriques was named man-of-the-match.
He followed up his unbeaten first innings 161 not out with a breezy unbeaten 50 off 51 balls and 3 for 41 in the Tigers' second innings.
For the Tigers, opener Mark Cosgrove followed up his first innings 84 with 44.
Test batsmen Ricky Ponting and Ed Cowan scored 34 and eight respectively.
Ponting struck just two boundaries in his 66-ball innings and seemed content to steadily accumulate.
His innings ended when he edged an attempted pull shot to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin off paceman Doug Bollinger (1 for 45).
Haddin, who scored a classy first innings century, was dismissed for seven in his second dig, but also executed a slick legside last day stumping of Alex Doolan (21).
Trent Copeland (2 for 51) passed 100 first-class wickets for the Blues.
Earlier, Blues captain Michael Clarke declared at 6 for 198, with Nick Maddinson (86) top scoring, as the home side added 121 from 22 overs in the morning.
Paceman Jackson Bird (3 for 46) was the Tigers' most successful bowler and finished with six scalps on his old home ground.
The Blues are the only team to have played two Shield matches this season, but they will not have one in October due to Sydney Sixers' participation in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in South Africa.
The Tigers' next Shield engagement will be against South Australia in Adelaide starting on October 9.
AAP
Tags: cricket, sport, bankstown-2200, hobart-7000 First posted September 29, 2012 19:42:17
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