A teenage debutant and a veteran playing his final match for Western Australia combined on Tuesday to deliver a massive blow to Queensland's hopes of making the Sheffield Shield final.
Warriors pacemen Jhye Richardson, 19, and Michael Hogan, 34, took seven wickets between them as the Bulls crumbled to be all out for 147 in their must-win clash at the Gabba.
In reply the Warriors went to stumps on day one at 2-66, trailing by just 81 runs, with young Bulls quick Jack Wildermuth sending openers Cameron Bancroft (18) and Marcus Harris (13) back to the pavilion.
The Bulls have the tough job of dismissing Test batsmen Shaun Marsh (16no) and Adam Voges (16no) when play resumes on Wednesday.
Queensland, who are second on the Shield ladder behind Victoria, must defeat WA to guarantee a spot in the final starting on Saturday week.
Bulls captain Chris Hartley was optimistic his side could pull off an astonishing victory, despite a diabolical day for the hosts.
"If we can take early wickets and keep them below 200 we are well and truly in the game," he said.
"We've made it hard on ourselves but there is a lot of cricket left to be played.
"The pitch we batted on today was quite soft with a lot of grass and our batsmen weren't committed enough in the first session to combat that."
Richardson showed no signs of nerves in his Shield debut, ripping through Queensland's top-order during the opening session to leave the home side reeling at 6-43 at lunch.
At one stage the Australian Under-19 representative, who played one Big Bash League match for Perth Scorchers this year, had figures of 3-3 from a devastating six-over spell before finishing with 3-25.
Hogan, playing his final match for WA before his retirement from Australian first-class cricket, claimed 4-29 in his swan song, including the key scalps of Test opener Joe Burns and Sam Heazlett.
Wicketkeeper Sam Whiteman benefited from his bowlers' immaculate line and length, collecting six catches, after WA won the toss and elected to bowl.
The Warriors were superb elsewhere in the field, including sharp catches from Marsh in the slips and Richardson at mid-off at Queensland's Gabba fortress, where the Bulls have not lost since 2013.
Veterans Hartley (26) and James Hopes (29) steadied the ship somewhat after lunch with a 54-run partnership before quick Josh Nicholas captured their wickets.
Tailender Mark Steketee blasted 32 off just 45 balls to top-score for the Bulls, who have a chance of hosting the Shield decider if they can somehow dig themselves out of a huge hole and win this last-round clash.
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