A target of 154 is in the sights of the Bulls, who will resume on 2-12. The target is one Bulls need to catch in order to keep in touch with the competition’s top four.

Bulls’ Brett Archer and Lisa Griffith have already been removed by the Colts bowling attack but current batsmen Andrew Brown and Aaron Seymour are capable of doing plenty of damage when left out in the middle for too long.

Bulls captain and regular opener Josh Toole comes back into the Bulls squad for the second week of play.

He’s happy with the position his side find themselves in, despite being two down early in their innings.

“The 150-odd that Colts made was worth a bit more because of how slow the outfield was. But they’ll be missing Matt Stephen and Dan Casey, so takes a lot out of the team,” he said.

“I wasn’t there last week so that changed up our top order. That change didn’t quite work out for us. It’s hard batting out those last overs in the day sometimes. Those wickets helped Colts out and it’s kept them in the game.”

Colts were 3 for 7 at one stage last Saturday but managed to rescue their innings through some middle and lower order contributions.

Jaden Ekert (49) and Tony Clancy (35) were the top scorers for Colts.

Their efforts helped give Colts something to bowl to for the second week, but it’s going to take a very impressive performance with the ball if they’re to take their fourth win in five games.

Both Toole and fellow in-form batsman Mick Curtale still lie in wait for the Bulls.

The last match at the Sportsground for Bulls was one to remember for Curtale, whose 93 against Bathurst City gave his team their biggest win of the season against Bathurst City.

Coming in at number five is not a spot Toole has found himself at for some time but it’s a test he’s looking forward to.

“I’ve been opening the batting for about the last year and a half but in the past this is where I played my cricket,” he said.

“It’s a different role compared to normal. We’re going out there to try and score as quick as possible, get that total and get into a second innings.

“If we don’t win this match then we’re going to find ourselves on the back foot. We’ll try to get the total quickly and then look at bonus points.”

Bulls are aiming to turn the result around from the last time they came up against Colts back in round seven at Morse Park.

Colts successfully chased down the total of 136 on that occasion in November but now Bulls are the ones doing the chasing.