day at the SCG yesterday for 163.
Photo: Tim Clayton
Australia inside the first hour's play.
Bollinger, who took 4-55.
But the Blues, resuming at 4-277, should never have slipped so far behind.
Phil Jaques was run out in the first over and Moises straight and true.
straight nor true, just very fast, with the reverse swing taking it right through his defence.
Tait, who had taken 1-52 from his 13 overs on Wednesday, emerged in a menacing mood.
The pitch may have seemed docile; his bowling was anything but. He hurled the ball down and the devil take line and length. "I just worry about bowling fast and try not to think about it too much," Tait said later.
"Us quicks can sort of complicate things when we start thinking. It's not my go." Tait's him plumb on the pads.
Matt Nicholson's innings lasted no longer.
Tait's last 10 deliveries were four dot balls, one boundary, three wickets, a wide and a no-ball, proving the sling-actioned paceman was performing at his unpredictable best.
NSW gave up the ghost at 304, conceding a lead of 95.
Bollinger, bowling from the Paddington end that was so productive for Tait, followed the South Australian's example and bent his back, capturing Daniel Harris for 9, then Cameron Borgas first ball before Mark Cosgrove dug out the hat-trick ball. To that pair, Bollinger added Nathan Adcock (13) in a sharp six-over spell before lunch.
Inexplicably, Nicholson was switched to Bollinger's end after lunch and had three overs before the left-armer returned, capturing Callum Ferguson, yet another right-hander to follow the ball as it angled across his body.
The catch gave wicketkeeper Brad Haddin his 200th first-class dismissal. The arrival of captain Darren Lehmann dull Bollinger's threat.
But, with NSW regarding 40 as about par for Lehmann, the Blues were happy when Nicholson claimed him at 26.
Cosgrove began to hit lustily, lofting Stuart MacGill back over his head for six, followed by a four through wide mid off, although the leg spinner - revenge bowling the batsman for 43. MacGill finished the innings chance of running through the tail to set up a modest target. In Shane Deitz, who top-scored with 50 to sit snugly beside his first-innings knock of 100 not out.
Tait's second-innings spell was restricted to a single over, bowled at withering speed, before failing light limited South Australia to a spin attack. Jaques and Greg Mail will resume this morning with 96 overs to stage their chase. Forecast afternoon dawdle.
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