Overview
- Tasmania declared at 8-623 at Sydney’s Cricket Central, taking a 232-run lead over New South Wales late on day three.
- New South Wales reached 0-9 at stumps after five testing overs, leaving the hosts battling to save the match.
- Chaudhary’s 184-ball knock featured five sixes, with four in the final hour as he repeatedly attacked legspinner Tanveer Sangha.
- Caleb Jewell (102) and Tim Ward (119) also made centuries as the Tigers compiled their second-highest Sheffield Shield total.
- The Delhi-born allrounder moved to Australia in 2020, worked odd jobs during COVID-19, was spotted in Queensland club cricket by assistant coach James Hopes, earned a Hobart Hurricanes deal, and took five wickets on his Shield debut last month.