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Oliver Caffrey and Roger Vaughan

Bulls rip through SA top order in Shield

Queensland's Xavier Bartlett grabbed 3-11 in the first session against South Australia. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland have ripped through South Australia's top order with the Redbacks crashing to 5-33 at lunch on day one of their Sheffield Shield match.

It was all the Bulls at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday as Xavier Bartlett and James Bazley had the hosts under pressure for the entire session.

Barlett went to the long break with figures of 3-11 from 10 overs, while Bazley had 2-13.

Opener Jake Weatherald (12) was the only South Australian batter to reach double figures, with Daniel Drew and Nathan McSweeney both out for ducks.

Queensland made the perfect start to opener Joe Burns' 100th Sheffield Shield match.

Queensland opener Joe Burns is playing in his 100th Sheffield Shield match. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The former Test player is eighth on the Shield runs list for Queensland, with 6646 at an average of 40.52, just 133 behind Allan Border.

Queensland are second on the Shield ladder with two wins, a loss and a draw, while SA are bottom after two losses.and two draws.

The Bulls made several changes, with Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Michael Neser and captain Usman Khawaja all unavailable because of national commitments.

Wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson was captaining Queensland, while Bryce Street, Sam Heazlett and Max Bryant returned.

Henry Hunt was out of the SA line-up because of his selection in the Prime Minister's XI squad and Jake Lehmann was skipper captain in his place.

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