Stephen O'Keefe rattles Bulls as Blues claim first-innings points and sniff of outright Sheffield Shield Flying high: Stephen O'Keefe celebrates with team mates after taking another wicket. NSW spinner Stephen O'Keefe led his side to first-innings points, while a half-century to Nic Maddinson put the Blues in a position to claim an outright victory in the Sheffield Shield clash against Queensland at the SCG. With Queensland threatening to chase down NSW's first-innings total of 9-397 declared, O'Keefe (3-44 off 26 overs) rattled the stumps of Peter Forrest to remove his former teammate three runs shy of a century. Forrest's hard-fought 97 from 268 balls helped the visitors avoid the follow on, but without injured Matthew Gale in the batting line-up, the Bulls were dismissed for 306. Caught out: Cameron Boyce of the Bulls is caught behind by Brad Haddin off O'Keefe's bowling. In their second innings, the Blues finished day three on 1-111, 202 runs ahead of Queensland with one more day to play. Maddinson did most of the damage in the evening session, smashing a quick-fire 67 before he was run out by Forrest late in the day; his opening partner Ryan Carters resumes on Monday on 38 alongside Scott Henry (1). "It's going to be tough but we're going to want six points," O'Keefe said. We have 112 overs tomorrow, so we're going to need at least 80 to bowl them out. Anywhere north of 350 would be great. Unbeaten on 13 overnight with his team struggling at 3-53, Forrest anchored the Bulls' innings until O'Keefe struck with a ball that went straight on to knock over middle stump. "He batted beautifully out there, it wasn't easy," O'Keefe said. He ... copped a few from our quicks but batted on and probably deserved a hundred. James Hopes provided great support at the other end with 56, before O'Keefe struck to trap the former Australian international in front of his stumps. Chris Lynn and Chris Hartley chimed in with 28 runs each, while the lower order reduced the deficit as Nathan Hauritz (33) and Michael Neser (23) contributed with the bat. NSW quick Doug Bollinger, who took the first three wickets of the Queensland innings on day two, toiled all afternoon without success, finishing with 3-65 off 19 overs. "He has to certainly be on the selectors' radar for Australia," O'Keefe said. He's bowling as quick as I've ever seen him and is as fit as I've ever seen him, and he's great around the group. Trent Copeland, Moises Henriques and Sean Abbott nabbed a wicket apiece to help NSW to first-innings points.