Warner, Smith lead way for NSW

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Contrasting half-centuries by Test batsmen David Warner and Steven Smith helped NSW move to 8-368 at stumps on day one of their Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland in Brisbane on Wednesday despite a late stumble.

Cruising at 2-247 at tea, the Blues lost 5-41 at one stage as part of six wickets tumbling in the final session late at Allan Border Field before bad light stopped play.

In an ominous sign ahead of next week's Ashes opener, Warner (52 off 62 balls) came out swinging after the Blues won the toss, bringing up his whirlwind half-century by hitting leg-spinner Cameron Boyce out of the ground.

But next ball Warner tried to repeat the feat, only to send it down the throat of Usman Khawaja on the white picket fence boundary at deep mid-wicket.

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In all, Warner thrashed six fours and a six before chancing his arm once too often on the small suburban ground before lunch.

Smith (69) opted for a more patient approach in his two-and-a-half hour knock - a stay 60 minutes longer than Warner. However, he still crunched nine fours and two sixes in a classy innings before top-edging Ben Cutting (2-66) to fine leg to spark the final-session collapse.

Earlier, opener Nic Maddinson (87) tried to pick up where Warner left off, hitting 11 fours and a six but he fell short of a Shield century.

Left-hander Scott Henry (60) also looked set before being bowled by James Hopes, as the disciplined Bulls' attack tried to apply pressure on the flat deck.

Boyce (2-96) took his Shield season tally to 12 wickets - five more than Victoria's Fawad Ahmed, who threatened Test spinner Nathan Lyon's position - to become the competition's leading leg-spinner.

Young quick Alister McDermott (2-89) also impressed with the ball.

New South Wales 1st Innings

Nic Maddinson c Hartley b Neser 87 (108)

David Warner c Khawaja b Boyce 52 (62)

Scott Henry b Hopes 60 (162)

Steve Smith c Neser b Cutting 69 (111)

Moises Henriques c Burns b Cutting 18 (31)

Brad Haddin c Hartley b McDermott 18 (25)

Trent Copeland c Forrest b McDermott 10 (15)

Sean Abbott c Hartley b Boyce 4 (4)

Steve O'Keefe not out 21 (28)

Nathan Lyon not out 11 (26)

Sundries: (2b, 9lb, 1w, 6nb) 18

Total: Eight wickets for 368

Fall: 95 (Warner), 171 (Maddinson), 255 (Henry), 292 (Smith), 304 (Henriques), 322 (Copeland), 329 (Haddin), 333 (Abbott).

Bowling: Ben Cutting 16-1-66-2 (2nb), Michael Neser 19-4-67-1 (1w), Alister McDermott 23-5-89-2 (4nb), James Hopes 15-2-39-1, Cameron Boyce 21-2-96-2.

Overs: 94.

Umpires: Paul Wilson, Geoff Joshua.

Match Referee: Bob Stratford.

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