From 64 all out to victors: Blues pull off miracle Shield win

What started off as Trent Bridge all over again finished in one of the more unlikely Sheffield Shield victories in recent memory.

New South Wales, featuring three players who played in the all-out-for-60 humiliation to England during the 2015 Ashes, sealed an incredible come-from-behind win over Tasmania on Wednesday at Gladys Elphick Park.

On Sunday, the reigning Marsh Sheffield Shield champions were sent in to bat and bowled out for just 64 – their third-lowest total ever – and gave up a 175-run first-innings advantage. But centuries to Nick Larkin (161), Moises Henriques (113) and Sean Abbott (102 not out) and a second innings score of 6(dec)-522 put the Blues side back in the box seat.

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon, one of the three Trent Bridge victims playing for the Blues along with Peter Nevill and Mitchell Starc, then snared 3-60 on the final day as Tasmania lost their final seven wickets for just 49 runs to hand the Blues victory in the final session on day four.

"I actually said that to Starcy (on day one), Trent Bridge 2015, it just had the feel about it," said Lyon after his side's remarkable 145-run win.

"The spikes went in (to the pitch) quite easily. As a bowler it's always quite nice when that happens and you just want to get the ball in your hand, and not the bat.

"But cricket's a funny game and it's a pretty proud win … It's a pretty special moment, to be honest.

"It's up there with one of the best Shield wins I've ever had, that's for sure."

Tasmania captain Matthew Wade felt his side made crucial errors on day one with the bat when they lost four wickets before stumps.

"The first innings is where it sits for me," Wade said when asked to explain the defeat. "We bowled terrifically on day one and cashed in. To bowl a team out for mid-sixties is exceptional and we've got the bowlers that we know can do that on wickets like that.

"But later on in the afternoon session of day one, that was probably the game for us. (Jake) Doran got out close to the end of play and that snowballs on to the next day.

"Instead of getting a 260-lead, it was only (around) a 160-led. That's the game in a nutshell for me."

Starc had appeared none too pleased when his skipper Nevill declared with him 14 runs away from a maiden first-class century late on day three, but the timing proved spot on as Trent Copeland (2-13 off 15 overs) grabbed a brace of late wickets to set up the win.

No team has scored fewer in their first innings and won a Sheffield Shield game since South Australia came back from being bowled out for 55 against Tasmania in 2010.

Test incumbent Wade and nightwatchman Peter Siddle had earlier wrenched the game back in the Tigers' favour as they batted the entire morning session.

A Tigers win appeared far from impossible at 2-101 chasing 348, yet Lyon's dismissal of Wade proved decisive.

After Larkin took a fantastic reflex catch at short leg to remove Siddle for 46, Lyon struck again against Wade, who admonished himself after turning one to leg-slip.

The 32-year-old missed Tasmania's first two games of the season to be with his family as a handful of Australian hopefuls piled on runs in his absence, but the left-hander has dismissed any doubts over his Test spot with scores of 83, 57 not out, 10 and then 59 in four innings.

Ben McDermott scored an even 50 for his fourth half-century of the season, though the right-hander's frustrating inability to reach a second first-class ton continued as he edged behind off Starc before tea.

Tim Paine was then given out lbw to Starc to cap off the match. The Test skipper became the second batter in as many days to hurl his playing equipment in front of the changing room tents, throwing a glove in frustration following the post-match fist bumps, after Starc did similar with his bat when the Blues declared the previous evening.