Labuschagne, Renshaw miss out earlier than stalemate is named

Queensland 274 for 8 dec (Khawaja 102*, Clayton 53, Richardson 4-36) and 137 for 3 (Burns 62*) drew with Western Australia 330 (Cartwright 132, Green 96, Sandhu 5-77, Steketee 4-50)

Both captains shook fingers at tea on day 4 on the Gabba with Queensland at 137 for 3 of their second innings and holding an general lead of 81.

The lack of two classes on the opening day attributable to rain after which extra time misplaced on Wednesday due to unhealthy mild meant a outcome was by no means seemingly.

Labuschagne was dismissed for a duck within the first innings, and he was out 5 minutes earlier than lunch on Friday when he top-edged Charlie Stobo straight to Sam Fanning with a miscued pull shot.

With the beginning of the three-Test collection in opposition to Pakistan lower than two weeks away, an extended stint within the center dealing with the pink ball would have been an important help to Labuschagne’s preparations.

Although Khawaja additionally didn’t submit a notable rating, he at the least confronted 215 balls for his unbeaten 102 within the first innings.

The draw lifted WA (28.22 factors) again into second spot, behind solely Tasmania (29.77). Queensland (15.12) stay final, with only one win and two attracts to indicate from their opening six matches.

“It was disappointing the first day we got the rain. I think this could have been a really good game if we didn’t have that first-day rain,” Queensland captain Khawaja stated. “We missed out that day, and then we missed out on 20-odd overs the next night because of light. It kind of dulled the game.”

WA captain Sam Whiteman was happy with how his crew fought out the match.

“It was amazing to see Jhye Richardson back in WA colours,” he stated. “He loves playing at the Gabba, and he was super impressive. Disappointing not to get the result this week, but happy with three wins out of six to head into the Big Bash break.”