Tasmania 1 for 17 path South Australia 227 (Lehmann 73, Manenti 59, Bird 4-51, Siddle 4-51) by 210 runs
After the Redbacks gained the toss, Bird claimed South Australia’s first 4 wickets within the morning session earlier than Siddle cleaned up after lunch, with each bowlers ending with 4 for 51.
Manenti’s first day within the Sheffield Shield then reached one other excessive simply earlier than stumps, when his a one-handed screamer at second slip allowed Harry Conway to take away Caleb Jewel and depart Tasmania 1 for 17 in reply.
That was a uncommon spotlight for the Redbacks on a troublesome Sunday at Adelaide Oval. Bird particularly had the ball shifting, with the 35-yr-outdated beating openers Henry Hunt and Jake Weatherald off the seam to have them caught behind.
Former Test skipper Tim Paine caught nicely behind the stumps in his second recreation again, diving to his left to take away Weatherald when Bird had squared up the left-hander.
Bird claimed Travis Head’s wicket in his subsequent over for 5 when the left-hander inside-edged a yorker onto his stumps. The former Test fast additionally trapped Jake Carder lbw for 13, leaving SA struggling at 4-59.
About the one man who appeared in towards the seamer was Lehmann. He introduced up 50 simply earlier than tea when he pulled Bird for 4 amid three consecutive boundaries, after additionally taking a liking to Sam Rainbird earlier.
The left-hander ultimately fell sufferer to Siddle, who eliminated Lehmann and Wes Agar in successive balls within the remaining session. Siddle additionally acquired via Alex Carey’s bat and pad to bowl the Test wicketkeeper on 25, earlier than gaining and edge from Conway to take his fourth sufferer.
At that stage, it appeared as if the Redbacks would probably be all out for lower than 200, earlier than Manenti acquired swinging later and hit Siddle for 2 highly effective sixes over midwicket and mid-on.
The son of Australia’s world champion males’s rugby sevens coach John Manenti, Ben helped the Redbacks placed on 35 for the final wicket to present South Australia one thing to bowl at come Monday.