Usman Khawaja was one of the three batsmen who struck a ton for Queensland in the first innings against Tasmania. Batting first, the Queensland side posted a massive score of 487/6 (D) riding on some fine piece of batting from Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Matt Renshaw after all the three batters scored individual hundreds.
Queensland lost an early wicket after Bryce Street departed for 14 but Burns along with Labuschagne put up 183 runs for the second wicket. Burns eventually departed for 79 while Labuschagne was joined by Khawaja in the middle.
The two batsmen then scored 74 runs for the third wicket before Labuschagne was undone by Bell for 136. But, it was Khawaja and Renshaw who thoroughly dominated the opponents and chipped in with a 155-run stand for the fourth wicket to frustrate the Tasmanian bowling unit. While Khawaja scored 119, Renshaw remained unbeaten at 120.
Tasmania was then rattled by Kuhnemann who scalped a five-wicket haul for his side. Barring Silk who scored 47, no other batsmen really got into the groove and Tasmania lost wickets at regular intervals to get bowled out for 182.
The Queensland batters continued their dominance in the second innings as Burns and Labuschagne helped the side put 132/1 on the board and hand the opposition a target of 438 runs. Labuschagne notched up a half-century during the course.
Later, Tasmania began the chase in a decent manner after openers Tim Ward and Caleb Jewell put 118 for the first wicket. Ward was removed by Bazley for 54 while Jewell remained unbeaten at 65 at the end of the day.