NSW have misplaced two wickets throughout a difficult first session after being despatched in to bat within the remaining spherical Sheffield Shield match towards South Australia in Adelaide.
The Blues, who’re looking for to keep away from a first-ever winless season, reached 2-73 at lunch at Karen Rolton Oval.
Fast bowler Nathan McAndrew did the injury for the house facet, securing wickets in successive overs and ending the session with 2-22.
Blake MacDonald top-edged a catch into the deep to fall for 21, whereas the returning Jason Sangha was caught within the slips for six as NSW slipped to 2-52.
Opener Ryan Hackney batted via the session to be unbeaten on 34, whereas new captain Moises Henriques is 10no.
Along with bowler Ryan Hadley, MacDonald is one in every of two debutants in a much-changed NSW line-up.
Dropped skipper Kurtis Patterson and injured opener Daniel Hughes are high-profile omissions alongside Sean Abbott (Australian ODI duties) and Trent Copeland (retired).
In distinction, South Australia have been boosted by the return of main wicket-taker Wes Agar after he was rested for the earlier Shield match towards Queensland.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
