Agreed Ramshank, the decision to bat first seems flawed for many reasons, not least because most of the team have barely picked a bat up in anger, in a red ball situation, for a few months.

Allegedly the pitch will get faster and more difficult by day 3, but we will maybe not be in the game by then. Makes no sense to me, but as the great man said "lets see both sides bat on it" before making a judgement. When Aussie are 327-3 at the end of day 2, we will know