Paceman Luke Butterworth set Tasmania on course for victory against strugglers South Australia on Thursday's third day of the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.
Forced to follow-on, the Redbacks were 6 for 103 in their second innings at stumps, still 76 runs behind the Tigers.
The Redbacks' batting mainstays Phil Hughes (37), Callum Ferguson (22) and Tom Cooper (14) were all dismissed, the latter two falling caught behind to rash slashes outside off stump.
Tigers paceman Jackson Bird (2 for 29) did the early damage while Butterworth (2 for 18), who took six first innings wickets, claimed the prized scalp of Hughes in the Redbacks' second dig.
Butterworth later added Redbacks captain Johan Botha to his collection of eight victims for the match.
The Redbacks' winless Shield streak appears certain to extend to 18 matches, as the Tigers eye their first outright triumph this season following a draw against New South Wales last week.
Earlier, the Tigers enacted the follow on after bowling the Redbacks out for 224 in their first innings.
Butterworth's career best first-class figures of 6 for 49 were supported by two wickets each to James Faulkner and spinner Jason Krejza.
Career-high scores from wicketkeeper Tim Ludeman (85) and tailender Chadd Sayers (38 not out) could not save the Redbacks from the follow-on.
Ludeman and Sayers put on 107 for the ninth wicket, a Shield record for the Redbacks against the Tigers, and the highest partnership of the innings.
But the Redbacks were bowled out some 179 runs behind the Tigers' first innings total of 3 for 403 (declared).
AAP
Tags: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, hobart-7000 First posted October 11, 2012 19:56:40
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