New South Wales 140 for two (Maddinson 69, Patterson 32*) lead South Australia 110 (Chook 7-46) by 30 runs
Chook completed with figures of seven for 46 at Adelaide’s Karen Rolton Oval on Thursday, nagging away outdoors the off stump of South Australia’s batters as they had been all out for 110.
Fellow opener Sam Konstas additionally appeared strong for his 28, earlier than falling lbw to Harry Conway, in his first sport since lacking out on Australian Take a look at choice.
However whereas Konstas is seen as the way forward for Australian cricket, Chook supplied a nod to its previous. The seamer will flip 38 subsequent month, however he was at his constant greatest on the opening day in Adelaide.
5 batters fell edging him to the slips, whereas Conor McInerney additionally inside-edged a ball within the opening over to Konstas at quick leg off the veteran.
Chook’s return marked his first five-wicket haul within the Protect since March 2021, when he bagged 7 for 18 in opposition to the Blues whereas taking part in for Tasmania.
“I felt moderately good on the market right this moment,” Chook stated. “However in between the wickets I received I did not really feel like I bowled nicely in patches. It is humorous how cricket works.
“It is clearly good to get some wickets, however it’s simply sooner or later. We have to come back again tomorrow and try to get a giant lead and put some runs on the board.”
Solely Jake Lehmann (25), Henry Hunt (30) and Harry Nielsen (20) supplied any actual resistance for undefeated South Australia.
However after the hosts had been all out in 41.3 overs, the winless Blues appeared way more composed on the crease. Konstas punched one boundary off the again foot outdoors off stump, and had one of many photographs of the day when he drove Conway again down the bottom for 4.
He hit 4 boundaries in his 28, earlier than he was once more out to a ball that nipped again into him barely off an excellent size. Maddinson absorbed loads of time on the crease earlier than tea, after which took cost within the closing session.
He performed two drives with flourish off Nathan McAndrew as he took 14 from one of many seamer’s overs, earlier than smashing Conway by cowl to convey up his 50.
However it was a Pope ball that drifted, dripped and spun again between the left-hander’s bat and pad that bowled him, in a uncommon vibrant spot for South Australia.
