A couple of rain interruptions has made Queensland's run chase tougher in its Ford Ranger Cup game against Western Australia at the Gabba.
The Bulls, who are currently 1-21 off seven overs, are now chasing a winning target of 197 off 37 overs at just under a run per ball. There will be 14 powerplay overs (11 for the fielding team and three for the batsmen) and the bowlers can bowl a maximum of eight overs each.
Chris Hartley and Lee Carseldine are the men at the crease after Ryan Broad was dismissed cheaply before the first rain break.
Earlier in the day, Western Australia was bowled out for 224 with Nathan Rimmington taking a hat-trick to wrap up the innings. Theo Doropoulos top scored with 65 runs off 65 balls.
Earlier in the day, Western Australia was bowled out for 224 with Nathan Rimmington taking a hat-trick to wrap up the innings. Theo Doropoulos top scored with 65 runs off 65 balls.
The Warriors reached 200 in the 43rd over and with Theo Doropoulos striking the ball well, were powering towards a score beyond 250.
But the Bulls bowled tightly with Rimmington's rush of wickets at the end restricting the visitors' progress.
Rimmington bowled former Queensland player Ashley Noffke and then in his 10th over trapped Brett Dorey leg before wicket. Chris Hartley then took a sharp catch to get rid of No.11 Michael Hogan for a golden duck.
It was the sixth FRC hat-trick and gave Rimmington figures of 3-40 off 9.2 overs. Captain Chris Simpson did the early damage and finished with 3-39.
The Bulls will need to score at 4.5 to record their second limited overs victory of the week.
The Warriors won the toss, elected to bat and were in solid position when Wes Robinson and Marcus North scored half centuries and shared in a 99-run partnership.
But the duo were then dismissed by Simpson in quick succession and when youngster Jake Fawcett was stumped for a duck the visitors were struggling at 4-113.
It was then left to Doropoulos to steady the ship. The right hander was timing the ball beautifully but struggled to find the boundary in the final 10 overs and finished with 63 off 63 balls.
Despite the rush of wickets Theo Doropoulos showed no signs of changing his natural game. With the game delicately balanced he cracked a straight six early in his innings off Simpson to get the opposition thinking.
His lively 65-run partnership with Daniel Bandy, included a 42-run powerplay from overs 35 to 39, helped his side accelerate the run-rate.
Bandy was the perfect foil but just as the Warriors were gaining momentum he was sent packing for 23 runs after Simpson took a classic diving catch at short cover.
The innings lost momentum from that point before Rimmington struck.
Western Australia first innings
Towers lbw Cutting 6 (12)
Robinson st Hartley b Simpson 52 (92)
North c & b Simpson 50 (54)
Bandy c Simpson b McDermott 23 (33)
Fawcett st Hartley b Simpson 0 (4)
Doropoulos c Philipson, b McDermott 63 (63)
Ronchi c Hartley b Walter 12 (16)
Noffke b Rimmington 8 (12)
Coetzee not out 2 (3)
Dorey lbw Rimmington 0 (1)
Hogan c Hartley 0 (1)
Extras: 8 (w8)
Total: 224 (10 wickets; 48.2 overs)
FoW: 1-9, 2-108, 3-112, 4-113, 5-178, 6-200, 7-218, 8-222, 9-224, 10-224
Bowling:Cutting 10 - 0 - 54 - 1
Rimmington 9.2 - 0 - 40 - 3
Walter 9 - 0 - 38 - 1
McDermott 9 - 0 - 40 - 2
Simpson 8 - 0 - 39 - 3
Philipson 3 - 0 - 13 - 0