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October 13, 2011
Tasmania 206 and 2 for 63 (Johnson 2 for 16) trail Western Australia 176 and 4 for 437 declared (Davis 135, Voges 150*) by 344 runs
Western Australia batted Tasmania to the fringes of the contest before Mitchell Johnson struck twice in the final session to set the Warriors on the path towards outright points on day three of the Sheffield Shield match at the WACA ground.
The Tigers were 2 for 63 at stumps in pursuit of a distant 408 to win, though Ricky Ponting had shown a confident array of strokes in his unbeaten 36.
Adam Voges, the owner of a modest record of beating on his home ground, unbeaten 150 guided constantly by the time the captain Marcus North WA said, when Liam Davis was added 35 to his overnight 100
Warriors do not BAT anything too hasty, tigers prefer to sweat on the field, then take advantage of heavy feet on the top-order batsmen when they left the field in the last hours. Former Tiger Travis Birt demonstrated with the utmost caution in its 44
Johnson, who had fought with the times and also fought a rolled ankle in the first innings, said Nick biting Tasmania opens Kruger and Ed Cowan before stumps. Kruger closed on a ball off stump and was caught in the stands before Cowan was late on a hard and annoying.
Ponting pulled a series of intelligent, hook shots, including consecutive sixes from the bowling of Michael Hogan, when he reached 36 from just 32 balls before closing. Tasmania hope to avoid a draw or an improbable victory cover virtually around him, Captain George Bailey and the next man, Mark Cosgrove.
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