Western Australia captain Adam Voges and fellow international Shaun Marsh have steered their side to a strong position at stumps on day two of the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland.

WA are 5-240 in their second innings, after the pair compiled a record fourth-wicket partnership for WA at the Gabba after coming together with their side in strife at 3-62.

The 162-run partnership has threatened to take the game away from the Bulls, who joined Victoria at the top of the table on Monday when they secured first-innings points.

Medium-pacer Alister McDermott (1-65) finally trapped Marsh lbw for 84 (10 fours and a six), with the 29-year-old not playing a shot, as the Warriors finished the day with a lead of 183 runs.

Bulls skipper James Hopes (2-25) snared the key wicket of Voges (72), who played on, late in the final session to set up an intriguing day three.

Voges and Marsh continued their purple patch after compiling a 229-run stand during the Warriors’ 110-run win over Queensland in the domestic one-day clash at the same venue on Saturday night.

The Bulls resumed on Tuesday morning at 5-144 but the bottom-placed Warriors tore through their tail after ending a 50-run partnership between Hopes (43) and Chris Hartley (23), with Nathan Coulter-Nile (3-41) and Michael Hogan (4-43) doing the damage.

The home side were dismissed for 168 and at lunch the Warriors were 3-62 – a lead of just five – before Voges and Marsh bailed them out of trouble.

Hopes had former Test batsman Michael Hussey, who scored just five in the first innings, caught in the covers for eight.