Renshaw misses once more as Bell six-for skittles Queensland

Queensland 282 and 114 for 8 (Clayton 66*, Bell 6-31) lead Tasmania 219 (Steketee 4-58) by 177 runs

Test aspirant Matt Renshaw failed for the second time in as many days as batters continued to battle on a spicy pitch on the Gabba with Tasmania fast Gabe Bell claiming career-best figures and his first Sheffield Shield 10-wicket haul.

Queensland went to stumps on day two at 114 for 8, main the ladder-leading Tasmania by 177 after they have been dismissed for 219 on Sunday with Mark Steketee claiming figures of 4 for 58 to assist in giving the Bulls a primary innings lead earlier within the day.

Renshaw, who was the spare batter in Australia’s squad through the latest Test sequence towards the West Indies, was out for two after hitting the identical rating in Queensland’s first innings.

After enjoying the final of his 14 Tests in India final 12 months, Renshaw is taken into account the subsequent in line after being added to Australia’s squad forward of Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft following David Warner’s red-ball retirement.

Just like Saturday, Queensland’s top-order was rocked earlier than Ben McDermott walked to the crease. Unlike the primary innings, when McDermott smashed a superb unbeaten 146 to take Queensland to 282, Tasmania’s bowlers charged on with the demolition job of the middle-order.

McDermott was out for 16, whereas Joe Burns, Michael Neser and Jimmy Peirson all fell for geese.

Bell backed up his excellent spell of 4 for 40 on Saturday by destroying the Queensland second-innings with figures of 6 for 31 from 13 overs. It was Bell’s maiden 10-wicket haul in first-class cricket, topping his earlier greatest match figures of seven for 73.

But Jack Clayton, who made a helpful 26 within the first innings, gave Queensland an opportunity of posting a defendable whole. Like McDermott on Saturday, Clayton seemed to be batting on a unique pitch as he smashed his approach to an unbeaten 66 from 85 balls.

Tailender Liam Guthrie hung round with Clayton on the finish, surviving 30 balls and his solely scoring shot was an edge by slips.

Guthrie earlier claimed two wickets alongside Steketee’s 4 as Queensland’s assault by no means allowed Tasmania to get settled of their first innings. No Tasmania batter reached 40 as they have been bowled out inside 60 overs.

Queensland are looking for simply their second win of the season as they sit final out of the six states. Meanwhile, Tasmania try to take care of their place on high of the ladder after shedding simply certainly one of their six matches earlier than the break for the BBL.

Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com

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