Bulls make slow progress in rain-interupted match

After a losing day one due to a soggy outfield, play finally got underway at the Allan Border Field and Queensland had the good fortune to the win the toss and elected to bat. When the players left the field for the bad light they were 4 for 208 in a shortened day off 80 overs.

Andrew Symonds innings of 98 off just 99 balls with ten fours and four big sixes was the highlight of the days play following a slow start where the run rate barely crept above two runs an over. However Symonds had his luck, being dropped by Jeff Vaughan off Paul Wilson before he had scored.

Mind you the rain over the preceding days had an impact on the outfield which was mainly to blame for the run rate but nonetheless the visitors did bowl well in the early stages.

In the first session Jimmy Maher and Troy Dixon scored at a slow rate in the early stages and was Maher first to go, edging Swain to Bradley Young at first slip after taking nearly two hours over his 18.

After lunch, Dixon's slow knock came to an end after over two and a half hours of resistance when he edged Wilson to Manou for 30 and the Bulls were 2/62.

Tall right hander Martin Love lost his wicket in the following over to Young and suddenly South Australia had a real sniff at 3/62.

Stuart Law was joined by Symonds and they progressed to tea with Queensland 3/115 from 56 overs, Law was on 15 and Symonds 36.

After tea and scones Law missed one from Swain but then Symonds went on the attack hitting Young for 20 off an over and doing likewise to Ben Johnson. At the close he needs just one for a century and how the Southern Redbacks must be ruing that dropped chance