A depleted Queensland fought back with two late wickets on day two of the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Victoria at the MCG.

A great diving catch from Cameron Gannon dismissed Chris Rogers for 101 and David Hussey was caught behind for four, continuing his poor run of form.

The Bushrangers were 3-212 at stumps in reply to Queensland’s first innings 322, with Michael Hill on 63 and captain Cameron White 22no.

Play was called off with 12 overs left because of bad light, despite the ground lights having been on during the day.

A rain delay kept the players off the field for more than an hour earlier on day two.

Queensland opening bowler Matthew Gale will miss the rest of the match after hurting his knee in a fielding incident.

Gale tried to slide for a ball in the outfield, but he landed heavily and his left knee took a big divot out of the ground.

James Hopes and Luke Pomersbach helped him from the field and the Bulls fear he had suffered medial ligament damage.

Nathan Reardon also had to leave the field, meaning assistant coach Justin Sternes had a spell as a substitute fielder and even head coach Darren Lehmann was ready in his whites if needed.

Nathan Hauritz trapped opener Rob Quiney lbw for 19, while Hopes picked up the vital wicket of Rogers and Ronan McDonald continued Hussey’s run of outs.

Rogers’ 58th first-class century means he has 597 runs for the Shield season at an average of 54.27.

He is also the first player this summer to score three tons in the competition.

The left-hander now has 8956 career Shield runs, putting him 16th on the all-time list and ahead of Sir Donald Bradman.

Play will start a half hour earlier on day three.