Teenage prodigies Jason Sangha and Jack Edwards score twin maiden Sheffield Shield tons for NSW

Teenage NSW batting prodigies Jason Sangha and Jack Edwards have pushed their case for higher honours with maiden Sheffield Shield centuries against Tasmania at the SCG.

As Test captain and Tasmanian wicketkeeper Tim Paine watched closely from behind the stumps, the gifted pair combined to put on a 180-run stand and defy a bowling attack that includes former Australian paceman Jackson Bird.

Sangha, 19, and Edwards, 18, came together with the Blues teetering at 5–181 yesterday afternoon on day one. Both showed calm temperaments to pass fifty and navigate safely through to the close of play.

MORE:  Australia v South Africa: Ben McDermott to replace injured Shaun Marsh in remaining ODI matches

Edwards was eventually dismissed for 101 in the first session this morning after being caught by Paine, while Sangha departed with 117 runs to his name following the lunch break – falling victim to the medium-pacers of former Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade. 



It's just the third time in Shield history that two teenagers have scored twin hundreds in the same innings.

The performances couldn't have come at a better time for the duo given Australia's well-publicised batting woes.

Edwards earmarked himself as a future star when he peeled off a remarkable ton in the JLT Cup for the Blues last month, making him the youngest-ever Australian domestic one-day centurion.

Sangha, meanwhile, cracked 133 for the Cricket Australia XI versus England in a first-class tour match in 2017 as an 18-year-old – earning him the title of the youngest player to reach three figures against the Poms since Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar.

The Newcastle junior has plenty of top-flight experience around him. He's the club teammate of suspended Aussie star David Warner at Randwick-Petersham and was coached by ex-Test opener Chris Rogers during the off-season.

"He's a great guy to talk to about batting. He really knows what he's on about and anything he says to us youngsters is gold," Sangha said of Rogers to AAP .

Sangha was also the Australian captain at the under-19 World Cup in January, with Edwards opening the batting in that side.

Both players took part in the Prime Minister's XI's win over South Africa last week.

If their current form keeps up, it likely won't be long before we see Sangha and Edwards at international level.