Guess that’s why they call them the Blues. NSW’s star-studded line-up flops in big loss to Tasmania

New South Wales’ all-star line-up failed to delivery a change of fortune for the Blues as Tasmania wrapped up a clinical six-wicket One-Day Cup win at North Sydney Oval on Wednesday.

Steve Smith leaves the field after being dismissed cheaply by Riley Meredith.

New South Wales’ all-star line-up failed to delivery a change of fortune for the Blues as Tasmania wrapped up a clinical six-wicket One-Day Cup win at North Sydney Oval on Wednesday.

Bottom-placed Tasmania eased to victory passing NSW’s 237 with 4.5 overs to spare, with the result all but ending NSW’s title hopes.

David Warner and Steve Smith were both dismissed cheaply in their first 50-over match of the campaign, while pace spearhead Pat Cummins also failed to make an impact in his opening outing for the summer.

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Josh Hazlewood, who like Cummins was playing his first match since the Ashes tour, was the only NSW bowler to impress, taking 3-47 off his ten overs. Mitchell Starc (0-49) was unable to back up his ten-wicket haul in last weekend’s Shield match despite generating good pace.

Spinner Nathan Lyon rarely threatened despite taking the wicket of the in-form Ben McDermott, with his eight overs costing 48 runs.

McDermott took 12 off Starc’s opening over to help the Tasmanians race to 50 in the eighth over.

Cummins (0-62) seemed to have McDermott out for 29 only for the opener to be called back with the Test paceman having overstepped the mark. McDermott’s dismissal for 58 slowed the run-rate but Jordan Silk (59no) and George Bailey (67) were unruffled in guiding the visitors to 4-239 with a 119-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Batting seemed harder earlier in the day under sunny skies with NSW sent in by Tasmania and their star batters soon back in the pavilion.

Warner looked out of touch in his brief stay before was dismissed for four, having miscued a pull shot to offer Riley Meredith (2-65) an easy caught and bowled.

The Tigers’ paceman soon picked up a handy double with Smith (9) looking confident during his brief stay but flashed a shot off his pads into the hands of Simon Milenko at square leg.

Opener Daniel Hughes continued his strong form only to unluckily be given out caught behind for 44, while reliable wicketkeeper Peter Nevill added 56 down the order.

Tasmania rookie medium-pacer Nathan Ellis starred with 5-38.

NSW squad: Peter Nevill (capt), Sean Abbott, Patrick Cummins, Jack Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.

Tasmania squad: Jordan Silk (c), George Bailey, Nathan Ellis, James Faulkner, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Simon Milenko, Tom Rogers, Clive Rose, Gurinder Sandhu, Beau Webster, Mac Wright

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Originally published as Guess that’s why they call them the Blues. NSW’s star-studded line-up flops in big loss to Tasmania