It's game on in the Sheffield Shield final between Victoria and Queensland after the Bushrangers were bowled out for 305 early on the second day at the MCG.
Resuming at 9-286, the Vics' final pair, Darren Pattinson and Bryce McGain, added 19 runs in 35 minutes before Pattison was brilliantly caught by a diving Wade Townsend at square leg off Ben Cutting for 19.
Having thwarted Victoria's ambitions to bat the Bulls into oblivion, the task now for Queensland is to build a substantial first-innings lead on a wicket that Bushrangers' keeper Matthew Wade has described as 'two-paced'.
Wade was the first-day hero for Victoria with a fighting hand of 96 that helped to rescue the hosts from a perilous 6-75.
Dismissed in the second-last over of the day chasing what would have been just his second first-class century, Wade enjoyed strong support from tailenders John Hastings (47), Damien Wright (42) and Pattinson.
The trio combined with the keeper for important partnerships of 86 for the seventh wicket, a quickfire 84 in just 66 minutes for the eighth, and 39 for the ninth.
All four Queensland quicks, Chris Swan, Luke Feldman, Ben Cutting and the bustling James Hopes got among the wickets with Swan returning the best figures of 3-65.
Conditions in Melbourne are fine with a forecast top temperature on Thursday of 29 degrees.
Victoria first innings
Quiney c Hartley by Swan 15
Jewell b Swan 7
Finch c Simpson b Feldman 26
Hussey c Hartley b Hopes 8
McDonald c Hartley b Feldman 0
White b Cutting 10
Wade c Cutting b Hopes 96
Hastings c Hopes b Boyce 47
Wright b Swan 42
Pattinson c Townsend b Cutting 25
McGain not out 7
Extras: 22 (8lb, 12nb, 2w)
Total: 305 (10 wickets, 98.5 overs)
FOW: 1-24, 2-33, 3-46, 4-60, 5-60, 6-75, 7-161, 8-245, 9-284, 10-305
Bowling
Swan 24 - 6 - 65 - 3 (2w)
Cutting 21.5 - 4 - 59 - 2 (8nb)
Hopes 22 - 8 - 43 - 2 (1nb)
Feldman 15 - 3 - 46 - 2 (2nb)
Simpson 5 - 2 - 25 - 0
Boyce 11 - 1 - 59 - 1