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Terrific Wade leads strong Tassie effort

Matthew Wade made his 10th first-class ton as the Tigers reached 5-327 at stumps against WA

A dogged Matthew Wade century has lifted Tasmania into a strong position at stumps on day one of their JLT Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia in Hobart.

The former Test wicketkeeper was 138 not out at Friday's close of play, with a third-session flurry pushing the Tigers to 5-327.

Wade shared an unbeaten 168-run stand with allrounder Simon Milenko (66no) to drag Tasmania out of trouble.

He brought up his tenth first-class ton with a tuck off his hip.

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"To be honest, it's one of the better ones I've played - I know that's cliched," Wade told reporters.

"It's rewarding; I've worked hard on my game."

Western Australia's inexperienced bowling attack had the upper hand across the opening two sessions, reducing the home side to a crawl and 5-159 early in the third session.

After being sent in at a cool and windy Bellerive Oval, openers Beau Webster (8) and Alex Doolan (12) were dismissed early by Andrew Holder (2-55).

Captain George Bailey (10) soon followed.

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Wade was 36 from 124 deliveries at tea but teed off late in the day. In the final session, he hit 102 from 107 balls.

"The wicket was difficult for a long period of time," Wade said, who was dropped from Australia's Test side at the start of the summer.

"It was never going to be easy for the first couple of hours. The weather didn't help. It rained on and off ... so it (the pitch) probably didn't dry off until after tea."

The Warriors, missing eight players to Australian T20 or Test duty, bowled a loose 42 extras.

Third-placed WA twice bowled out NSW cheaply last weekend for an impressive win that knocked the Blues off top spot on the Shield standings.

Tasmania: Alex Doolan, Beau Webster, George Bailey (c), Jake Doran, Matthew Wade (wk), Ben McDermott, Simon Milenko, Tom Rogers, Sam Rainbird, Andrew Fekete, Riley Meredith

Western Australia: William Bosisto, Josh Philippe, Hilton Cartwright, Ashton Turner (c), Jonathan Wells, Clint Hinchliffe, Josh Inglis (wk), Andrew Holder, Alex Bevilaqua, Liam Guthrie, Simon Mackin