The Bulls required 198 runs from 39 overs at the start of the chase before the second rain delay of the match saw the assignment revised to 159 runs from 29 overs, which left the hosts needing a further 66 from 65 deliveries.

Veteran quick Jason Gillespie was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors returning figures of 2-30 from six overs, including the wickets of Jimmy Maher and Andrew Symonds from consecutive deliveries.

Queensland
Watson c&b Cullen 70 (86)
Hayden c Deitz b Tait 7 (10)
Maher c Adcock b Gillespie 12 (21)
Symonds lbw Gillespie 0 (1)
Hopes not out 60 (49)
Extras: 8 (lb 1, w 7)
Total: 159 (4 wickets: 28.0 overs)
FoW: 1-20, 2-42, 3-42, 4-153,

Bowling:
Tait 6.0 - 0 - 31 - 1 (w 2)
Gillespie 6 - 0 -30 -2
Harris 6 - 0 - 24 - 0
Christian 4 - 0 - 34 - 0 (w1)
Cullen 3 - 0 - 17 - 1
Cosgrove 2 - 0 - 14 - 0
Adcock 1 - 0 - 6 - 0

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Queensland reeled in South Australia’s revised target of 156 with an over to spare in their rain-marred domestic one-day match at the Gabba in Brisbane on Wednesday evening.

The Redbacks won the toss and batted first, and fought the conditions to record 7 for 203 from 39 overs with consistent rain cutting short their innings.

Jason Gillespie was the pick of the Redbacks’ bowlers, collecting figures of 2 for 30 from six overs, as the South Australians struggled to subdue the Bulls’ attacking intent.

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South Australia has taken the honours on the opening day of the four-day domestic match against Western Australia at the Adelaide Oval, dismissing the Warriors for 236.Former Test bowler Jason Gillespie was the star for the Redbacks, carving his way through the WA line-up with figures of 7 for 58.

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Former Test captain Allan Border, Michael Hussey and Jason Gillespie will be seen sharing the screen with Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, set to make his Bollywood debut with film ‘Victory’.

The Aussie stars will play themselves in the movie slated to be shot in Australia in January during the India-Australia Test series.

“I am excited to be making my Bollywood debut in Victory and I’m hopeful that playing the role of a cricketer will come naturally to me,” Lee said was quoted as saying by the ‘Herald Sun’.

Anupam Sharma, producer of he film, said as many as 25 well-known local and international cricketers would play themselves in the movie.

“They are all playing themselves,” he said.

“With Australia as the backdrop and our cricketers as stars, Sharma expects Victory to find a big audience here when it is released at the end of next year,” Lee said.

The 31-year-old had earlier this year released ‘You’re The One For Me’, a duet with star singer Asha Bhosle.

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