Queensland have taken full advantage of a rain-affected WACA deck on day one of the Sheffield Shield match after Western Australia elected to bat first.
It could very well be the second time in a week that a captain is ruing the decision made when winning the toss at the WACA Ground.
Last week, stand-in Victorian skipper Rob Quiney won the toss and sent WA in to bat only to end up seeing the Bushrangers lose by an innings and 38 runs.
This time Queensland were allowed to bowl first by WA captain Adam Voges.
Rain in Perth meant that the start of play was delayed three and-a-half hours before the teams eventually took the field at 2pm and in just 29 minutes before the rain fell again, WA lost on-fire opening batsman Marcus North for four when caught behind off Luke Feldman.
There was another 27-minute delay before the teams reappeared and WA No. 3 batsman John Rogers continued the underwhelming start to his Shield career over the past 12 months falling for just four when Nathan Hauritz caught him in the gully off captain James Hopes.
WA were then 2-20 and soon after 3-34 when Test aspirant Ben Cutting took the ball for the Bulls and he got a full-toss to swing in to WA opener Cameron Bancroft, and the 21-year-old was trapped plumb in front and on his way for 16.
Voges and Shaun Marsh then tried valiantly to survive until tea, but in the final over before the interval Voges edged a ball into his pad off Cutting only for it to lob up to lob Nathan Reardon.
The umpires conferred to ensure they were convinced Voges hit the ball, but in the end agreed and got the decision right for WA to now be 4-45 at tea with Shaun Marsh not out on four and Mitch Marsh yet to score.
Cutting has 2-8 from four overs for the Bulls while Hopes has 1-14 from 11 overs and Feldman 1-18 from eight.