Tasmania 236 & 43 for 1 (Weatherald 26*, Ward 13*) lead Victoria 258 (Dixon 66, Ok. Elliott 4-55) by 21 runs
Dixon was the star with the bat on day two in Hobart, belting 66 from 73 deliveries in a formidable knock that included seven fours.
The 19-year-old arrived on the crease with Victoria in some hassle at 80 for 4, however placed on 88 for the fifth wicket with Tom Rogers (33).
Victoria seamer Sam Elliott (30 not out) stepped as much as elevate Victoria previous the hosts’ first innings tally as they had been bowled out for 258, with a lead of twenty-two runs.
In reply, Tasmania erased the deficit for the lack of only one wicket as they reached 43 for 1 by stumps, with a lead of 21.
Jake Weatherald (26 not out) and Tim Ward (13 not out) will resume on the crease on day three at Bellerive Oval.
Peter Siddle struck an early blow for Victoria when he trapped Nivethan Radhakrishnan lbw for one. It accomplished a disappointing match with the bat for the inexperienced opener, who was brilliantly run out by Campbell Kellaway for 14 in Tasmania’s first innings.
Dixon was the second debutant to submit a half-century within the match after fellow teenager Aidan O’Connor top-scored with 53 in Tasmania’s first dig.
The match is essential to Victoria’s probabilities of reaching subsequent month’s Protect closing and essential to Tasmania’s probabilities of retaining their season alive.
Victoria sit second on the desk with 28.06 factors, behind leaders South Australia (36.93), whereas Tasmania (18.65) are final with only one win from six matches.
