Wade fails again as Tasmania crumble

Matthew Wade has failed to fire with the bat as Queensland assumed a dominant position at the end of day two of their Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.

Matthew Wade of Tasmania bats

Matthew Wade made just 17 as Tasmania crumbled to 9-150 in their second innings against Queensland. (AAP)

Matthew Wade's Ashes prospects took another hit while Tasmania suffered a post-tea collapse of 8-30 in their Sheffield Shield clash against Queensland.

The Tigers limped to 9-150 at stumps on day two at Bellerive Oval, an overall lead of just 155.

Under pressure to keep his wicketkeeping spot in Australia's Test side, Wade fell for 17 as Tasmania's second innings disintegrated in the final session on Sunday.

Wade found the rope with a well-timed cut shot to get off the mark but his 44-ball stay ended to a sharp low catch by Michael Neser at fine leg off Mark Steketee.

The 29-year-old has scored just 33 runs from four Shield innings this season, amid criticism of his batting and calls for Peter Nevill or bolter Alex Carey to be behind the stumps in this month's first Ashes Test.

Veteran Luke Feldman finished with 4-31, while Neser picked up 2-19 to go with career-best figures of 6-57 in the first innings.

"Both of them work really well together," Bulls skipper Usman Khawaja said of his frontline quicks.

"Feldman has been spearheading our attack for a while, especially now - he's the senior bowler of the side.

"I felt we were going to get rewards at the end of the day but I wasn't expecting to have them nearly all out."

After bowling out Queensland for 181 on the stroke of lunch, Alex Doolan (58) and Jordan Silk (44) grafted the Tigers to a strong position at tea.

But it all went pear-shaped afterwards.

Captain George Bailey was one of five players dismissed for a duck in the Tigers' innings as they crumbled from 1-92 to 9-122.

Earlier, young bats Jack Wildermuth and Jimmy Peirson added 40 runs to Queensland's overnight score of 5-79 but were undone by left-arm quick Sam Rainbird.

Fringe Test quick Jackson Bird (3-41) was the pick of the Tigers' bowlers, adding Neser to his Saturday scalps of openers Matthew Renshaw and Joe Burns.

Tasmania were dismissed for 186 after tea on day one after opting to bat on a green-tinged pitch.


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