NSW down Qld by 150 runs

A defiant Chris Hartley has not been able to stop NSW defeating Queensland by 150 runs before lunch on the final day of their Sheffield Shield clash in Brisbane.

The Bulls wicketkeeper (78 not out) put on 59 runs with Alister McDermott (41) for the final wicket before Queensland were finally bowled out for 284 – well short of their victory target of 435.

The lunch break was extended half an hour with the Blues on the verge of victory but Hartley and McDermott looked set to delay the inevitable with their stubborn stand.

However, their resistance was finally broken with two minutes left in the extended session when McDermott missed a Steven Smith full toss and was bowled.

Former Test bowler Trent Copeland was named man of the match after his hauls of 5-49 and 2-50.

Resuming at 5-113, Hartley looked on hopelessly as Chris Lynn (38) and Ben Cutting (17) fell before he put on 60 runs for the eighth wicket with Michael Neser (25).

Cameron Boyce (six) fell to fellow spinner Steven O’Keefe (3-60) before Hartley and McDermott dug in.

NSW’s Test batsmen David Warner, Steven Smith and Brad Haddin all blew off rust with the bat in the Shield clash ahead of next week’s Ashes opener at the Gabba.

Warner (52) and Smith (69) helped the Blues blast 386 in their first dig before Haddin got stuck in with a 46-ball unbeaten 50 on Friday and declared the second innings at 8-270, setting up the mammoth target.

NSW’s Test spinner Nathan Lyon took hauls of 2-15 (nine overs) and 1-52 (23) for the match on the flat deck ahead of the Gabba Test.

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