Tasmania have battled trying conditions to reach 8-192 from their 50 overs in the one-day match against Western Australia in Burnie.
Inconsistent bounce and strong winds played havoc early in the rare day match at West Park, which sits alongside Bass Strait in the northern Tasmanian port town.
Bowlers aborted their run-ups and batsmen pulled away as winds which ripped the roofs off marquees around the ground made for tough conditions in the middle.
The Tigers were in strife at 6-51 before in-form James Faulkner (66) and Evan Gulbis (57no) produced Tasmania’s best ever seventh-wicket partnership in one-dayers, 114 off 148 deliveries.
The Warriors’ pacemen, though, were the main beneficiaries of the conditions, Michael Hogan finishing with 4-37 from 13 overs and Nathan Coulter-Nile, who was taken to late, 3-65 (13).
The trouble started early for Tasmania, who were 1-9 when opener Ben Dunk (2) was caught at first slip by Adam Voges off Coulter-Nile in the fourth over after the home side had won the toss and batted.
The Tigers were 2-14 when Tim Paine (8) chopped Coulter-Nile onto his stumps and 3-31 when George Bailey (7) was lbw to Jason Behrendorff in the 11th.
Alex Doolan (14) was clean bowled by Hogan at 4-36 in the 14th and debutant Jordan Silk (1) caught in the slips at 5-42 in the 18th.
It was 6-51 when Jon Wells (14) was bowled by a ball that skidded low from Hogan before Faulkner and Gulbis combined superbly to give the Tigers something to bowl at.
Faulkner’s 66 came off 88 balls with three fours and a six, while Gulbis took 78 deliveries for his unbeaten 57 with five boundaries and a six, their partnership bettering a record that went back to 1978.
Both sides are desperate for a bonus-point win to have any chance of staying in touch with runaway ladder leaders Victoria and South Australia.