Three of the club's top quick bowlers kept a 128-year-old University tradition alive today by bowling to the Australian squad in the build-up to the MCG Test.
Nick Williams, Hugh Van Cuylenburg and Adam Trevitt gave the world's number one team a healthy workout at the MCG nets with some lively bowling.
Van Cuylenburg struck his favourite player, Brett Lee, a painful blow on his top hand two days out from the Boxing Day Test and begged forgiveness.
Trevitt, who through a Scottish grandparent is hopeful of a call up to the Scotland squad for the next World Cup, consistently pushed Stuart MacGill on to the back foot.
But Test debutante Phil Jaques (pictured) looked every inch a Test cricketer as he handled our trio with some degree of comfort.
One of the most pleasing aspects of our boys' performances at the MCG was that they didn't bowl any no-balls in the nets. Will that become a new tradition at the Uni Main nets on Tuesdays and Thursdays?
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