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October 11, 2011
Queensland 6 for 306 (Robinson 78, Reardon 49) v Victoria
Andrew Robinson helped Queensland achieve a steady start to their Sheffield Shield campaign as they batted through the opening day at the Gabba despite having been sent in. At stumps, the Bulls were 6 for 306, which was a fine effort after they lost their captain James Hopes to a knee injury, the star batsman Chris Lynn to a shoulder problem, and the fast man Chris Swan to a shoulder injury in the lead-up to the match.
At the end of the game, was the acting captain Chris Hartley on 41 and Ben was cut to 38, with their 65 run partnership frustrating the Victorians. Gabba early season locations is often a fashion paradise, but after the Victoria captain Andrew McDonald won the toss took his bowlers to 27 to make their first breakthrough.
It 'came when McDonald, Ryan Broad trapped LBW 32, and although Darren Pattinson (2 57) chipped in a pair of middle-order wickets, open Robinson had enough support to build a strong foundation for the Bulls. At 30, Robinson is a late starter first-class cricket, but his fifth game, he showed a calm nature that earned him the off-season.
Robinson said his second first-class half-century cover-drive before Peter Siddle was eventually caught behind for 78, when cutting into the back off Clint McKay. Nathan Reardon seemed ready for a half-century, when loft offspin Glenn Maxwell is the man in the long term 49, but the intervention, and Hartley had the Bulls on track.
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