Western Australia have made a poor start to their Sheffield Shield clash against Queensland at the Gabba, slipping to 3-44 before lunch.

The Bulls won the toss and elected to bowl and had early success with Liam Davis (10), Marcus Harris (5) and Mike Hussey (5) all removed. Cameron Gannon (2-18) and Matthew Gale (1-13) have done the damage.

Teams:

Queensland: James Hopes (capt), Greg Moller, Luke Pomersbach, Joe Burns, Peter Forrest, Nathan Reardon, Chris Hartley, Matthew Gale, Cameron Boyce, Cameron Gannon, Alister McDermott. 12th man: Nathan Hauritz.

Western Australia: Adam Voges (capt), Marcus Harris, Liam Davis, Michael Hussey, Shaun Marsh, John Rogers, Sam Whiteman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Michael Hogan. 12th man: Hilton Cartwright.

Umpires: Ashley Barrow, Damien Mealey.