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Joel Gould

Bulls dismiss Vics for 171 in Marsh Cup

Mark Steketee (l) has taken 3-30 for Queensland as Victoria were all out for 171 in the Marsh Cup. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland's bowlers have put them in a strong position to win their first Marsh Cup game of the summer after dismissing Victoria for 171.

Bulls captain Usman Khawaja won the toss and elected to bowl at Brisbane's Allan Border Field and it proved to be the right decision.

Bulls opening bowlers Michael Neser (3-48) and Mark Steketee (3-30) made early inroads to have the Vics in trouble at 4-40 in the 12th over.

Neser and Steketee had taken 15 wickets between them in the recent Sheffield Shield win over Victoria at the same venue and picked up where they left off.

Steketee claimed the key prize of Peter Handscomb (6) when the former Test batter was caught in the covers.

Some of the visitors' pain was self-inflicted. Marcus Harris (3) was run out looking for a second run that was never there.

Fast bowler Kane Richardson, who joined the Bulls squad after completing his Twenty20 World Cup duties with Australia, played his first game for Queensland.

His impact was immediate in a spell of 1-12 off eight overs that dried up the runs.

Campbell Kellaway (34) and Sam Harper (31) steadied the Victorian innings but were unable to press on and make a big score.

Queensland's fielding was top shelf, with none better than Sam Truloff who was the instigator of the Harris run out and took two catches, including a diving effort in the gully to dismiss allrounder Fergus O'Neill.

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