Hero ... Mark Cosgrove picked up two key wickets for Tasmania. Source: Kim Eiszele / News Limited
Tasmania grabbed the upper hand by reducing Victoria to a first innings 7-264 as bad light caused stumps to be called early on day two of the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive.
The Bushrangers lost 7-127 after they were 0-137 to still be 105 behind the home side's 6(dec)-369.
The Tigers might be closing in on first-innings points, but they will be of little use without an outright victory and other results going their way as they attempt to sneak into next week's final.
SHEF - Blundstone Arena
14 March 2013 - Day 2, Session 3
Victoria 1st Innings
| D. Hussey | 46 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 55.42 |
| J. Herrick | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Both sides desperately need the full six points on offer but showers forecast for Hobart over the weekend are likely to come into play.
Victoria assistant coach said no matter what the weather, the Bushrangers wanted all six points.
"We've come into this game knowing full well that there's 21 different scenarios,'' Wright said.
"We need six points and that's the way we want to play our cricket.''
Burly part-timer Mark Cosgrove (2-34) proved an unlikely bowling hero for Tasmania, his medium pacers occasionally keeping low as he grabbed the breakthrough wickets of Marcus Stoinis (36) and Victorian skipper Cameron White (36).
James Faulkner (2-55) and Evan Gulbis (2-77) chipped in with two scalps each.
Victorian openers Chris Rogers (73) and Rob Quiney (60) put on a seemingly effortless century partnership to have the Vics flying before both were out with the score on 137.
It was 3-157 when Michael Hill (4) was trapped in front by Faulkner and 4-189 when Stoinis was also out lbw to one that kept low from Cosgrove.
White and David Hussey (46no) steadied the innings with a partnership of 51 before the skipper was caught at mid-on and it was 5-240.
Peter Handscomb managed just three and John Hastings made a duck, both bowled by the unheralded Gulbis.
Bellerive's lights were turned on late on Friday afternoon but the players left the ground around 5.40pm with 14 overs remaining for the day.
Tigers captain George Bailey wasn't impressed by the bad light call.
"I'm pretty sure both teams wanted to be out there,'' he said.
"There's a lot on the line in this game and we were certainly still keen to play.
"It sets a bit of a precedent for the next couple of days and with a bit of weather about it's not ideal.''
Pushing for an outright win, Tasmania declared on their overnight score before play on day two after Ricky Ponting had top-scored with 104.
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