Lunch has been taken early after a rain disrupted first session on day two of the Sheffield Shield match between Tasmania and NSW at Bellerive.
With the players forced from the ground twice by showers, the Tigers progressed to 0-63 in reply to the Blues’ 7(dec)-341.
Test opener Ed Cowan is unbeaten on 30 and Steven Cazzulino 27.
The pair could only add 39 runs after Tasmania had closed at 0-24 on Monday evening.
Desperate for outright points, NSW declared their first innings late on day one of the twilight match, which get underway each day at 12pm.
Injured former skipper Simon Katich did not take his place in the field on Tuesday after suffering severe bruising when he was struck on day one.