da bwin： New South Wales restricted Queensland to 306 in the first innings and finished the third day in Sydney with a lead of 202 runs with nine wickets in hand in the second innings
ESPNcricinfo staff24-Nov-2013
ScorecardFile photo – Steve O’Keefe took three crucial wickets to keep Queensland to 306•Getty Images
New South Wales restricted Queensland to 306 in the first innings and finished the third day in Sydney with a lead of 202 runs with nine wickets in hand in the second innings. While Peter Forrest fell short of a hundred by three runs, left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe took three of the six Queensland wickets, including Forrest’s, as NSW took a first-innings lead of 91.Chris Lynn and Forrest started the day at 3 for 53 and Lynn added only 10 more to his overnight score of 18 before being dismissed by Trent Copeland. Forrest built two stable partnerships from there – 50 runs with Chris Hartley for the fifth wicket and 87 for the sixth wicket with James Hopes, who registered his 26th first-class fifty. Queensland were looking comfortable at 5 for 206 but Hopes, Michael Neser and Forrest were all sent back by O’Keefe to bring them down to 8 for 284. Useful contributions from the tail took Queensland past 300 and an injured Matthew Gale meant their innings was over at 306.NSW built on their lead further with a strong opening stand of 110 between Nic Maddinson and Ryan Carters, before Maddinson was run-out for a brisk 67 in the penultimate over of the day.