Marnus Labuschagne was the stationary object again while Mitchell Starc secured his first long form hitout since January as Queensland-NSW Sheffield The shield match seemed well placed at tea on first day
Test star Labuschagne (43 not out) dug deep with Jimmy Peirson (24 no) as the Bulls progressed to 4-143 at Karen Rolton Oval
The Blues won the toss and opted to go bowling but only made one breakthrough in the opening session when Harry Conway (1-16) sidelined Bryce Street (22), caught up by Nick Larkin in the third brief
Things picked up in the middle of the session as Sean Abbott (2-40) caught up with first tryout Joe Burns for 29 years before cutting Usman Khawaja’s stump (4) with a nice bullet that cut the seam
Starc knocked out another former Test batsman Matthew Renshaw (8) when he failed to move his feet and was caught by Peter Nevill
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World News – AU – Starc tilts in NSW shield against Qld
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