Test opener Chris Rogers produced a double failure in the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive, his final warm-up for the Ashes series beginning next week.

Rogers was out for 11 in Victoria’s second innings after making just three in the first against Tasmania.

The 36-year-old had come into the match in superb form after making 117 and 88 in his previous match against NSW.

But he played on and was bowled by a delivery from Tigers paceman Adam Maher late on day three to leave the visitors 1-33, a lead of 166.

Rob Quiney will resume on 19 with Peter Handscomb two.

Ashes squad members George Bailey and James Faulkner also got limited batting practice ahead of the series opener against England at the Gabba, which starts on Thursday.

Tigers captain Bailey, who will make his Test debut, made 37 and allrounder Faulkner just 14.

The Vics claimed first innings points but Tasmania narrowly avoided the follow-on when they were bowled out for a first innings 250.

The Tigers were 7-165 but Tim Paine’s unbeaten 66 helped shepherd the tail past the 233 they needed to avoid being sent back in.

Vics spinner Fawad Ahmed finished with 3-76 while Dan Christian (2-22) and Clint McKay (2-36) claimed two scalps each.

Paine, who has been steady in his long return from a painful finger injury, returned to some of the form that earned him four Tests for Australia.

The 28-year-old put on 44 with No.10 Andrew Fekete and 19 with No.11 Maher to give the unbeaten Shield champs a chance of avoiding an outright defeat.

Australian Twenty20 skipper Bailey, who forced his way into the Test squad with a massive one-day series in India, would have been hoping for more after being involved in a disastrous run-out with Alex Doolan.

Bailey left his teammate stranded after calling a quick single on the final ball before lunch, the in-form Doolan sent on his way by a Glenn Maxwell direct hit for 41.

Making matter worse, it was widely considered Bailey had pipped Doolan to make the Ashes squad earlier this week.