Western Australia 219 for 4 (Inglis 72*, Cartwright 52 no longer out, Elliott 3-31) route Tasmania 277 (Owen 69, Doran 66, Rocchiccioli 4-70) in 58 runs
All-rounder Aaron Hardie fell for the first over at after tea as Tasmania advanced before Inglis got into form, as he did with a century in the season opener against Queensland.
Inglis made it look simple in the shadows as he raced towards a half-century off 57 balls. He found perfect help from Connolly as they mixed together to form an unbroken 119-run partnership to prove WA is setting its sights on an available first innings.
Tasmania were later eliminated on the stroke of lunch, and the highlight shined firmly for Bancroft on the restart. With the outside looking like it was collapsing and as Perth’s famous sun emerged after a rain-interrupted first, Bancroft was hoping for a high score to ignite his Test bid and then pair up against Queensland.
Bancroft used to be checked straight away by the quick Riley Meredith and could not get off the mark in his first nine deliveries. Momentum built before Secure scored his first runs of the season in spell fashion when he clipped Meredith at third slip.
He hit a more controlled boundary through point on the then supply but was unable to follow up later shuffling across his stumps to beat the back of a box supply from Elliott, who soon left Whiteman trapped behind of 13.
Marsh came on strong after a formidable 94 in the second innings against Queensland. For the second he fits right in, he plays as a professional hitter in Incorrect. 4. Marsh had publicly said he would do a lot on this adjustment before the first Test last but his return to bowling is being reserved for now.
Marsh started brightly before playing an attractive straight press towards the boundary off seamer Mitch Owen. But Marsh had a torrent of blood on the supply then when he misjudged a cutting supply immediately at deep square leg. He immediately started to drive away and then realized he had knocked out his window.
Owen had previously led a fix for Tasmania and then smashed 69 off 60 balls at Incorrect. 8. Tasmania were in big trouble at 190 for 8 before Owen combined with Matt Kuhnemann for a ninth 87-wicket partnership.
Using Brody Sofa was the pick of the quicks with 3 for 33 in 17 overs in a peppy performance where he reached speeds of 143 km/h.
Hardie was not involved in the attack in the morning consultation having bowled six overs in the opening spell as he has long worked his way back from a quadruple knock that ruled him out of the game against Queensland.
