Henriques flays Tigers

Career-best batting performances from Moises Henriques and Trent Copeland lifted NSW to a healthy first innings score of 442 in the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Tasmania.

Resuming on day two at 7-302 at Bankstown Oval, Henriques (161 not out) and Copeland (55) batted through the entire morning session on Thursday.

They added 124 – a NSW Sheffield Shield eighth wicket record against Tasmania – before Copeland was dismissed just after lunch.

Henriques, who had made nine first-class fifties, almost doubled his previous best first-class score of 82, made for Australia A against Pakistan A in Townsville in 2009.

The Australian one-day and T20 representative smashed 16 fours and four sixes in his impressive 229-ball innings.

Copeland notched his second first-class half century, eclipsing his previous best of 53 against Queensland at Blacktown in the 2010-11 season.

The Blues did well to recover from 3-7, with Brad Haddin leading the way on Wednesday with 114.

Six bowlers claimed wickets for Tasmania, but only former Bankstown and NSW second XI paceman Jackson Bird (3-75) took more than one.

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