Josh Hazlewood sent an early summer reminder to the Australian selectors taking seven wickets as New South Wales beat South Australia by three wickets in the one-day cup at Allan Border Field.

The 1.96m quick, who last played one-day international cricket for Australia just more than a year ago in England, took 7-36 off 9.4 overs – the third best figures in domestic limited overs cricket – as South Australia fell to 244 all out.

Opener Nic Maddinson led the response belting 84 off 54 balls, with fellow young lefty Kurtis Patterson hitting 43, as the Blues sealed victory with 11 balls to spare.

Earlier, the Redbacks recovered from a poor start to add 136 for the fourth wicket before Hazelwood dismissed top-scorer Callum Ferguson (81) and Alexander Ross (54) in consecutive overs to precipitate a collapse.

Despite wickets falling around him, Redbacks skipper Johan Botha hit an unbeaten 41 off 26 balls to take his side towards a defendable total.

Shaun Tait (0-68), who holds the record for the best domestic 50-overs bowling performance with 8-43 against Tasmania in 2004, went wicketless in his first one-dayer for South Australia in three-and-a-half years.

Elsewhere, Mark Steketee took four wickets on debut as defending champions Queensland thrashed Victoria by nine wickets in their opening one-day game at the Gabba.

Chris Hartley (46 not out) and Usman Khawaja (38) easily chased down the meagre target of 112 with 38.4 overs to spare, earning the Bulls two bonus points.

The game was effectively won by the opening spell from Steketee (4-29) and fellow quick Luke Feldman (2-25) who took two early wickets apiece to reduce the Bushrangers to 4-39.

After taking the wickets of Rob Quiney (3) and Cameron White (6), man of the match Steketee returned to dismiss Chris Tremain (11) and top-scorer Peter Handscomb (20).

The 20-year-old quick said his performance was reward for hard work over the winter as part of the National Performance Squad, where he gained valuable experience in a four-team tournament in July and August in Darwin, facing Australia A, India A and South Africa A.

“I worked really hard with (bowling coach) Troy Cooley and Andrew Weller, the strength and conditioning coach,” Steketee said.

“I wasn’t really happy with how it was coming along in Darwin, but it’s good now to be putting performances on the board.”