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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2634269, member: 8272"] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Friday 31 October 2014[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Clear-eyed rookies and the steel of a gritty young veteran have delivered a exceptional fightback today for the my FootDr Queensland Bulls on the opening day of their Bupa Sheffield Shield campaign.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]The Bulls clawed back from a horrendous hat-trick inspired 3-27 against the South Australian Redbacks to finish the day unbowed at 4-314 at stumps at the Adelaide Oval.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Debutant Marnus Labuschagne and fourth-gamer Nick Stevens combined with the ever-reliable Chris Hartley to turn the Bulls fortunes around in emphatic fashion, securing the team’s first points along the way under the new Shield points-scoring system that delivers bonus points for certain batting targets.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Stevens scored his maiden first class century to be 134 not out.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Labuschagne, 20, was unruffled as what had been a relatively stress-free opening gambit this morning suddenly went haywire as Redbacks quick Chadd Sayers became just the 10th South Australian to take a first-class hat-trick and the first since 1977.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]The Redbacks’ swing bowler dismissed Joe Burns, debutant Ben McDermott and Peter Forrest in consecutive deliveries in the first session.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Sayers (3-40 from 21 overs) bowled Burns (14) with a superb inswinger.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]He trapped first-class debutant McDermott, the youngest son of ex-Test great Craig McDermott, lbw with another in-dipper.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Sayers then produced a fine hat-trick delivery which swung in slightly before moving away off the pitch and Forrest, playing defensively, edged to wicketkeeper Tim Ludemann[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]But South African-born Labuschagne and fellow 20-year-old Stevens steadied the visitors.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]They put on 99 for the fourth wicket, before Labuschagne fell for a composed 83.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Stevens, whose first class debut saw him injured on the first day while fielding and unable to bat ast year, had previously scored just 27 runs in his three games for the Bulls.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]He trashed that record with style, batting with equal parts composure and skill, as he and Hartley piled on an unbeaten fifth wicket stand of 188.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]Hartley is 80 not out and with news that Brad Haddin has injured himself in the Second Test against Pakistan, will have every reason to push on tomorrow.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666][FONT=Open Sans]The Bulls unveiled three debutants today – McDermott,Labuschagne and ex-Redbacks quick Peter George as well as recalling Ryan Le Loux to play his first game in a decade.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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