Joe Burns ... saw the Kookaburra like a watermelon at the Gabba. Source: David Kapernick / News Limited
Three wickets in four balls by ex-Test seamer Ben Hilfenhaus was always going to be a hard act to follow at the Gabba on Friday.
SHEF - Gabba
7 March 2013 - Day 2, Session 3
Queensland 1st Innings
| J. Burns | 104 | 273 | 8 | 1 | 38.1 |
| A. McDermott | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
But Joe Burns stole the show by surviving a hat-trick delivery then capping a remarkable Queensland fightback with an unbeaten 104 in the Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania.
At stumps on day two, Burns had helped guide defending champion Bulls to 9-262, an unlikely 17-run first-innings lead, after able support from captain James Hopes (72).
Burns lit up the gloomy Gabba conditions in a 138-run seventh-wicket stand with Hopes that turned the match.
Ex-Test seamer Hilfenhaus (3-72) earlier had Burns in his sights after his remarkable four-ball burst reduced the Bulls to 3-18.
Burns held his nerve to survive the hat-trick ball delivery but was again feeling the pressure as Queensland slumped to 4-30 then 5-90 and finally 6-112.
But by stumps it was Tasmania hoping to reverse their fortunes after a Burns-inspired counter-attack landed the third-placed Bulls precious first-innings points as they looked to stay in the final mix with one more match to play.
In his first game for Queensland since returning from Australia A duty, Burns struck his fifth Shield ton in an epic 273-ball knock that featured eight fours and a six.
"That was the best innings I have played for Queensland considering the context of the game and the difficult conditions,'' Burns said.
"When you come out in that situation you can't panic.''
But that must have been a tempting option after Burns was caught off guard by Hilfenhaus's memorable over.
"I had switched off after fielding and it seemed like three minutes later I was facing Hilfy for the hat-trick ball - I was a bit shocked,'' he said.
Burns tried to steady the ship in a 60-run fifth wicket stand with Nathan Reardon (39) before allrounder Evan Gulbis (2-50) struck, ensuring Hopes joined Burns at the crease with Queensland still trailing by 133 runs.
After James Faulkner bowled Hopes to finally end their three-hour stand, Luke Butterworth (2-50) was on a hat-trick as he tried to mop up the tail late on Friday but Burns remained defiant.
Earlier, Cameron Gannon (2-38) needed just nine balls to end the Tigers' first innings after they resumed at 8-236.
Tasmania had recovered from 5-90 after a Ryan Harris-inspired collapse of 3-2 on Thursday to post a competitive first innings total of 245.
Jon Wells (82) - dropped on seven - and ex-Test keeper Tim Paine (42) dug the Tigers out of trouble on Thursday with a 97-run sixth wicket stand.
Injury plagued ex-Test paceman Harris finished with 3-85 off 26 overs in his first first-class match since Australia's tour of the West Indies last April.
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