Tasmania cruise home on Paine's unbeaten ton

An unbeaten century by Tasmania's captain Tim Paine led the Tigers to a storming victory over the Cricket Australia XI in the Matador Cup match at Allan Border Filed in Brisbane.

Tasmania's win served as payback for the state's loss to the youth collective in their corresponding fixture last season, the CA XI's only win of their first year in the tournament.

The Tigers had sent the CA XI in to bat on Wednesday morning, and were able to limit the scoring largely through the efforts of the former Australian ODI spin bowler Xavier Doherty.

His three wickets came at miserly cost, and it took a ninth-wicket stand of 56 between Liam Hatcher and Tom O'Donnell, son of the former Australia allrounder Simon O'Donnell, to carry the CA XI past 200.

Paine and Ben Dunk got the Tigers off to the most rapid of starts, 42 runs on the board in the fifth over by the time Dunk was run out. That early acceleration removed any sense of scoreboard or run-rate pressure, leaving Paine, Dom Michael and Alex Doolan to cruise home to Tasmania's first win of the tournament.