The Bathurst team is away to CYMS at Wade Park in its round three clash, and considering Bulls have lost their opening two matches and with only four spots available for finals, Saturday's match is already looking to be a must win.

Toole said his side has been "poor" with the bat in the opening two round defeats to St Pat's Old Boys and Cavaliers.

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"It's not the start we wanted," Toole admitted.

"I think our batting has been pretty poor but I must say, I can't take any credit away from St Pat's and Cavaliers.

"Both bowling attacks have been pretty good, so I don't want to take any credit away from them. They definitely bowled well in both games and outplayed us."

And while Toole has stated that his side's batting needs improving, he's been pleased with the performance of his bowlers.

"The batting is definitely what we want to work on but our bowlers seem to be doing pretty good," he said.

"If you restrict a team to 160 or 170, you'd back yourself to have a 50-50 chance at winning the game.

"Lately, we just haven't been in the game."

Bulls' opponents this weekend have won one game and lost another in the opening two rounds, currently sitting in fifth place, just outside the finals.

However, Bulls are rock bottom in 10^th place with zero points and a quotient of 0.26.

In other matches, St Pat's Old Boys will be looking to continue its undefeated start to the season against Centrals at Morse Park 1, and so will City Colts when they play Kinross at Loco Oval.

Rugby Union and Bathurst City will do battle at the Sportsground in the only Bathurst derby this Saturday.

There should also be a month-watering Orange derby at Riawena Oval on Saturday too, when the undefeated Orange City and Cavaliers teams face-off.

All matches - which are one-dayers - will get underway at 1pm.