South Australia have crashed to 4-61 in their first innings at tea on day one of the Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania at Bellerive.
Two wickets to left-arm quick James Faulkner and one apiece to Ben Hilfenhaus and Luke Butterworth have the Redbacks in trouble after being sent in by the Tigers.
Dan Christian is unbeaten on six with Callum Ferguson on two.
Conditions didn’t help the visitors, with the morning session lost to persistent drizzle and the temperature in Hobart hovering below 10 degrees.
South Australia started solidly, despite losing opener Michael Klinger for seven when he played on to Butterworth (1-6) at 1-19.
But they went from 1-51 to 4-51 in the space of two overs.
Hilfenhaus (1-22) removed debutant Sam Raphael for 22 when the opener slashed a ball to gully.
Faulkner (2-7) struck twice in the 26th over, trapping Kane Richardson (15) lbw and then having Travis Head (0) caught behind when the batsman flashed recklessly at a wide delivery, just the second he had faced.
Playing his first long-form cricket since April, Test paceman Hilfenhaus bowled 10 overs but struggled for consistency.
Fellow Australian squad members Ricky Ponting, Ed Cowan and Nathan Lyon will also use the match as a final hitout before the Test series opener against South Africa at the Gabba next week.