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A damning review, a pain in the backside, anger over TV coverage, and an embarrbading top-order batting collapse.
Welcome to the start of Australia's international summer, where the blue skies and bright sunshine have fallen on Australian cricket.
The fallout from the ball tampering scandal resurfaced earlier this week when the Cricket Australia's culture was made public.
CA chairman David Peever reluctantly fell back on his sword after days of pressure.
With negative headlines swirling, Australia's cricketers badembled in Perth to prepare for the three-match ODI series against South Africa.
Australia entered Sunday's series opener having lost 16 of their past 18 ODIs, and they were dealt with an unexpected blow when batsman Shaun Marsh was ruled out of the first match with an abscess on his bad.
Marsh has become accustomed to a wide range of injuries over his career, but this one certainly takes the cake for peculiarity.
Ticket sales for Sunday's match at Perth Stadium were so poor that a third of the 60,000-seat stadium was occupied when the ball was bowled.
Fans at home were left uncomfortable when they were made to broadcast television.
Social media was abuzz in recent days with fans voicing their anger and frustration.
It's probably lucky for Australia that we have been watching, because their start to the game was disastrous.
Travis Head (1) fell in the third over, and was soon followed by D'Arcy Short (0).
Aaron Finch was trapped in LBW by Lungi Ngidi.
Chris Lynn indicated to him that he should not review the decision, but the results would have been sailed over the stumps.
The first boundary did not come up to the last ball of the 12th over, and Australia was reduced to 4-36 in the 17th when Chris Lynn departed for 15.
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