Tasmania have wrapped up a dominant Sheffield Shield victory with their Jackson Bird-led pace battery bowling out NSW twice inside five sessions at Bellerive Oval.
The ladder-leading Blues were dismissed for 184 in their second innings after lunch on day four as the Tigers claimed an upset ten-wicket win.
Fringe Test quick Bird took seven wickets for the match to keep his name in the minds of national selectors.
Resuming at 2-50 on Wednesday morning, NSW lost six wickets in an extended opening session.
Bird (4-34) found edges from Nic Maddinson and Ed Cowan to start the collapse.
He was ably assisted by young quicks Tom Rogers (3-32) and Sam Rainbird (2-30) as NSW crumbled to 8-124 at lunch.
Former Test wicketkeeper Peter Nevill (70) offered the only resistance in a 90-minute stand with tailender Doug Bollinger as the pair soaked up time with rain approaching.
Nevill's biggest knock for the Shield season ended when part-time medium-pacer Jordan Silk snapped up a sharp caught-and-bowled catch.
NSW managed to level the overall score, forcing Tasmania into a second innings pursuit of one run.
Silk then crunched a boundary to give the Tigers their second win of the season.
Silk earlier put the Tigers in the box seat with a ton in their first innings of 4(dec)-392 after wild rain wiped out day one on Sunday.
NSW mustered 208 in reply before being sent back in.
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