Tasmania183 and 174 for 2 (Jewell 98*, Wakim 72) lead West Australia 271 (Goodwin 85, Webster 3-30, Meredith 3-59) by 86 runs
After being routed for 183 on the opening day, Tasmania took six wickets on Saturday to bowl WA out for 271 and reached 174 for 2 by stumps.
The outlook was not so good when opener Tim Ward was dismissed with out scoring in the primary over of Tasmania’s second innings, edging Joel Paris into the slips. Ward’s four-ball duck added to his private woes after he was out on the primary ball of the match in the primary innings.
Jewell was but to attain when he was dropped by Hilton Cartwright off Cameron Inexperienced’s bowling and cashed in on the prospect. He struck 14 fours and a pair of sixes from 101 balls, placing him on the verge of a sixth first-class century and first of the season.
However Wakim was needlessly out a couple of minutes earlier than stumps when he was caught off Charlie Stobo.
Tasmania added 150 in the final session and lead by 86 with eight wickets in hand heading into day three, with Jordan Silk on the crease alongside Jewell.
Earlier on Saturday, Paris hit an unbeaten 40 because the WA tail wagged to offer the guests a primary innings lead of 88. Beau Webster and Riley Meredith did many of the harm with the ball for Tasmania.
