Live - Sheffield Shield, day two

I'm going to close things down for today. Henry Hunt has felt the full range of batting emotions: he started the day unbeaten on 130 and has ended up being dismissed twice.

Meanwhile, here's Alex's report from the MCG where plenty happened.

Tristan will have a full wrap from the WACA later on this evening.

It's been a tricky day for batting...

News just in from the WACA: Hilton Cartwright will not be returning to the field for the rest of the day as he is attending the birth of his new child.

We wish everyone well.

It's obviously Josh Inglis, who is a superb player with bat and gloves, but it's always worth remembering how good of a player Jimmy Peirson is. He has rescued Queensland today and is closing in on a century. He will play one of the Australia A matches while Josh Philippe will take the gloves in the other. It's a tough gig as a wicketkeeper: there's only ever one person with the gloves in an XI. Peirson will likely go down as one of the unlucky ones.

UPDATE: He's been run out for 94. Sorry, Jimmy.

Cameron Bancroft's bid for a Test recall has taken a hit after a third consecutive failure to start the Sheffield Shield season.

All eyes were on Bancroft after lunch, as the sun emerged and the pitch appeared to be flattening, but he made just 8 before nicking off to seamer Kieran Elliott in the sixth over of WA's first innings.

Bancroft shuffled across his stumps but could only edge a back of a length delivery from Elliott, who later picked up skipper Sam Whiteman. It's a blow for the Test candidacy of Bancroft, who made a pair against Queensland in the Shield's opening round.

The disappointment was shared by several glum looking team-mates in the terraces as some fans decided to call it a day as they left the ground following the dismissal.

And to add to this, Marcus Harris is now out as well. A third for Starc. For the second time in the game, Harris fended a short ball down the leg side. A fantastic catch by Josh Philippe.

A lively day continues at the MCG with Mitchell Starc in the wickets early on in Victoria's second innings as New South Wales try to claw their way back into the contest. Could be some very interesting cricket at the ground this season if the pitch stays this way

New South Wales have edged past the follow-on (although it was an unlikely option, but are eight down after Nathan Lyon fell to the last ball of the session.

Nathan McAndrew, who is in the Australia A squad, is having a good day at Allan Border Field with three wickets so far. Meanwhile, Marnus Labuschagne made 22 before falling to Jordan Buckingham - another Australia A bowler - when he clipped to square leg.

Mitchell Owen is adding valuable runs to frustrate Western Australia's attempts to wrap up the innings quickly after they had made early inroads on the second day in Perth

New South Wales are in big trouble at the MCG. Sean Abbott has just fallen for a duck, pulling into the leg side, to leave them 83 for 6. Will Sutherland, returning from a back injury, has three wickets. Ollie Davies had been leading something of a fight back but he top-edged a pull to deep square leg. The visitors are facing a big deficit unless the lower order can come to the fore.

Steve Smith's return to first-class hasn't gone well either as New South Wales have slumped to 28 for 4. Batting has been incredibly challenging early on day two with Fergus O'Neill, Scott Boland and Will Sutherland causing all sorts of problems with consistent seam movement.

Smith came in at No. 3 for the Blues in his first match after it was confirmed he would not open for Australia in Test cricket this summer. He got stuck at one end facing O'Neill who was relentless with his length and line. O'Neill's lack of pace made it hard for Smith to score with Victoria keeper Sam Harper standing up to the stumps at one point to keep Smith from batting out of his crease. Smith had made just 3 off 25 balls before O'Neill pushed one down the leg side to finally give him a chance to score but he did not get enough bat on a leg glance with Harper taking a diving catch after moving back to his normal position.

Either side of Smith's dismissal, Nic Maddinson and Moises Henriques both nicked off to leave the Blues reeling.

Tom Whitney has enjoyed a memorable debut for Queensland with a five-wicket haul to bowl out South Australia on the second morning at Allan Border Field. He removed Nathan McAndrew and Wes Agar in the space of four balls having finished the opening day with three to his name.

Sam Konstas got his first taste of Test class bowling at the MCG and it did not go well with the wunderkind trapped lbw by Scott Boland for 2 off 10 deliveries.

Boland hardly missed with all 10 to Konstas, with the exception of one delivery down the leg side. He nearly bowled him first ball with one that beat the inside edge of a tentative forward defence. Boland nipped another back into the thigh guard, with Victoria batters wincing in the cordon knowing the bruise that will leave based off their own experiences of facing Boland in the nets. He got one to nip and climb from a length to catch the inside edge and fly past a diving short leg to get Konstas off the mark. Boland pitched fuller, nipping in again and it thundered into Konstas' front pad as he was half-forward. Umpire Sam Nogajski raised his finger to a raucous appeal. Konstas signalled with his hand in hope that it was high and leg side but Nogajski thought it would have hit the top of leg.

Two of Australia's selectors, coach Andrew McDonald and Tony Dodemaide, both watched every ball of the match-up. Konstas will get another chance against Boland in the second innings but the 19-year-old will need to improve upon that showing to push his Test case.

Sean Abbott has wrapped up Victoria's first innings with his fifth wicket and the 200th of his Sheffield Shield career. But 272 feels a decent total on a surface helping the quicks. Now it's over to their new-ball attack against a strong-looking New South Wales top order.