'Sort this out': Aussie cricket fans fume over farcical scenes

Queensland and Victoria have come under fire after farcical scenes in their Sheffield Shield clash at Junction Oval.

Queensland had every fielder around the bat for nearly 20 overs on Monday afternoon as Victoria refused to attempt a victory following the Bulls' late declaration on the final day.

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Queensland had declared during the afternoon session at 7-246 after captain Jimmy Peirson led his side from trouble with 76.

Victoria were set 236 to win off a minimum of 45 overs, however they showed little interest in trying to get the runs despite boasting the big-hitting Nic Maddinson in their lineup.

The home side eventually reached 3-104 off 48 overs as the game petered into a draw, with Maddison (48) and Matt Short (31) the unbeaten pair.

Bulls spinner Mitchell Swepson bowled for nearly 20 overs straight with men all around the bat, while paceman Gurinder Sandhu also resorted to bowling spin in an attempt to extract some life out of the pitch.

Victoria took 18 overs to reach 33 when the third wicket fell, and then scored just 52 runs in the final 20 overs - all of which came from boundaries.

After backlash from fans wanting to see an entertaining finish, Victoria coach Chris Rogers defended his side.

"We had every intention of trying to chase, but just got into a little bit of a hole against the new ball," Rogers said.

"It was always going to be tough against the spin on that kind of wearing wicket with the footmarks.

"With one of our best players out there in Nic Maddinson, he felt that it was going to be too hard to try and chase, and we supported that decision."

Sheffield Shield clash descends into farcical scenes

Maddinson, who is on stand-by for the Pakistan tour, was the top-scorer in the match having also hit an impressive unbeaten 110 in the first innings.

"Day one we didn't score the runs we needed to, and that was where we were behind the eight-ball," Peirson said.

"It (the pitch) was flat, it took spin from one end, but quite good batting conditions (when we batted)."

Victoria were 1-9, and then 2-18, for the loss of Travis Dean (1) and Peter Handscomb (3).

The recent good form for Marcus Harris ahead of Australia's tour of Pakistan came to a halt when he was lbw to the part-time spin of Matt Renshaw for 21.

Harris had posted two Shield half-centuries and a one-day cup century for Victoria over the past week.

There was little joy for the other Australian squad members with leg-spinner Swepson (0-51) unable to breakthrough for the Bulls across 18 overs, while Victoria's Scott Boland earlier returned 0-43 from 13 overs.

with AAP

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