Bulls 10 wickets away from Shield victory

Ten wickets separate Queensland captain Chris Hartley and celebrations, 13 summers in the making, with Tasmania going to stumps at 0-10, chasing 352 runs to win their Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba.

In a milestone Friday in Brisbane, wicketkeeper Hartley surpassed Victorian Darren Berry, claiming a record 547th dismissal to help roll Tasmania for just 200.

And after Sam Truloff and Marnus Labuschagne hit quickfire scores of 44 and 31 respectively in the Bulls' second innings, Hartley declared at 6-146 to leave the Tigers a tricky 15-minute period before stumps on day three.

They survived through openers Jordan Silk (0) and Jake Hancock (5), but the story of the day was Hartley.

He went to the top of the charts when he caught a driving Simon Milenko off Michael Neser's bowling to surpass Berry's previous mark of 546 dismissals by a Shield keeper.

It was one of three wickets for Neser (3-39), after he had ripped through the Tigers' top order on Thursday.

Fellow quick Mark Steketee (3-66) also claimed three, including the key wicket of George Bailey for a patient 55 when he had a ball nip back at him to take his off stump.

Resuming at 4-113 in response to Queensland's 9(dec)-405, Bailey had earlier forged a 71-run fifth-wicket partnership with Dom Michael, before he chopped on pushing at a Jack Wildermuth (1-43) ball for 36.

Burns also notched up an honour when he claimed his maiden first-class wicket on the final ball before lunch, having Jake Doran caught at short leg via his part-time offspin.

It helped break the visitors' backs, as only Milenko (42) fired late while the rest of the Tigers' tail failed to wag.

Hartley then returned to play a key role late in the Bulls' innings.

After Debutant Andrew Perrin (2-18) again starred for the Tigers early, Hartley struck a run-a-ball 15 not out to allow the late declaration.

It marked the second time in the match he had gone to the sheds unbeaten, after also striking 102 not out in the first innings.