Bartlett Lifts Bulls In Shield

The Australian white ball, limited overs specialist continued his impressive transition to red ball and long-form cricket as Queensland overpowered the defending two-time Shield champions at the Adelaide Oval today.

The Bulls completed their six wicket win over South Australia part-way through day three, with Bartlett completing his second five-wicket haul in as many games to dismiss the home side cheaply in their second innings.

Experienced wicket-keeper Jimmy Peirson (48no) and the in-form Jack Clayton (37no) weathered the loss of early wickets as Queensland set off to chase down the requried runs for an outright result.

Bartlett has claimed 16 wickets at an average of 11.8 in his opening two Shield games this season for the Bulls.

Experienced Bulls paceman Cameron Gannon claimed 5-42 in the first innings in just his second game since returning home after a lengthy stint in Western Australia.

With SA dismissed for 203. Clayton (66) produced the lions share of the chase from the top half of the Queensland innings before important contributions from Peirson (27), Hayden Kerr (26), captain Mitch Swepson (19) and Gannon (17) took the visitors to 238 and a small lead.

Bartlett (5-52) was on fire in the second dig as SA were reduced to 7-90 before the tail wagged to get to 145. Young paceman Jem Ryan (3-24) was also impressive.

The Bulls will now turn their focus to their opening Shield game at home from next weekend when they host Victoria at the Gabba.