A flurry of early wickets on day four helped Queensland dismiss South Australia for 271 and secure a 191-run victory in their Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba.
Luke Feldman (4 for 50) and Ben Cutting (3 for 51) inspired a collapse that saw five wickets fall in as many overs for 18 runs.
Prior to this, Phil Hughes (83) and Callum Ferguson (44) looked untroubled at the crease putting on 90 for the third wicket, 37 of which came on Thursday morning, before the latter reached for the ball outside off stump and presented a catch to Cameron Boyce in the gully off Cutting.
Hughes nicked Feldman to Andrew Robinson at second slip for a disappointing end to a second impressive knock on his Redbacks debut.
With the class of South Australia's batting line-up having departed, the rest of the top order folded, as Sam Miller departed for a duck after being bowled by Feldman in the same over.
Then Travis Head prodded Cutting to Wade Townsend at short leg for 17.
The following over, Tim Ludeman shouldered arms to his first ball only to hear the death rattle as Feldman's delivery crashed into his stumps.
Nathan Lyon and Joe Mennie put up stubborn resistance adding 56 runs before the off-spinner fell LBW to Alister McDermott (1 for 75).
Chadd Sayers (1) soon followed via the same dismissal to Boyce (1 for 70).
There was time for Mennie to complete his first half-century from as many balls with a second six off Boyce over long on and he went on to hold his bat with 79 not out when Gary Putland was caught by Joe Burns off Feldman.
Mennie's cameo was no doubt of little solace to Redbacks coach Darren Berry who would have expected his team to be much more competitive, especially after winning the toss and sending Queensland into bat in the worst conditions of the match.
Usman Khawaja made a cultured 88 to guide the Bulls to 5 for 202 at the end of the first day and man-of-the-match Cutting's explosive 109 from 78 balls then took the total up to 398 all out.
In reply, Hughes played superbly before losing his wicket on the second ball of the third day for 95, but received no support from his team-mates - only two of them reached double figures in South Australia's 184.
The Bulls briefly looked in trouble when reduced to 5 for 64 in their second innings, but another lower-order hundred, this time from Chris Hartley (103 not out) set up a target of 463 that South Australia never looked likely to chase.
AAP
Tags: sport, cricket, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, adelaide-5000, sa First posted October 04, 2012 13:55:05
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