A double-century partnership between Travis Dean and Peter Handscomb and an astonishing regression among Queensland's batsmen combined to give Victoria the ascendancy in the Sheffield Shield opener which seemed out of their grasp. The MCG pitch which produced 763 runs in the first two and a half days, for the loss of only 13 wickets, then hosted the Bulls crumbling in their second innings for only 103, seemingly with little cause to blame the pink ball. It was a rich endorsement of captain Matthew Wade's decision to declare with seven overs remaining to gain bonus points and destructive Glenn Maxwell new to the crease. James Pattinson claimed three new-ball wickets, including those of...
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