The day's play

Today's play was dominated by a long innings from CBA's chief risk officer David Cohen. The opener carried his bat when CBA's innings was declared, having careful defended some probing deliveries from Commissioner Hayne late in the innings. It's fair to say that Cohen has looked most assured of those at the crease, playing most deliveries with a solid forward defence and pounding any loose balls away to the boundary.

CBA's David Cohen played a steady innings.

For those who don't follow cricket, David Cohen easily spent about five hours in the stand, looking and sounding calm and not slipping up once. He admitted that Bankwest had treated some customers, namely the pub-owning Stanfords, unfairly in certain instances, while maintaining that the bank acted prudently and responsibly overall.

After Cohen's marathon stand, music wholesaler Ross Dillon got up to take a swing at NAB, which he felt had almost sunk his businesses, pushing it from profitability into the red by reducing its trade finance facility — used to buy instruments from overseas.

Ross Dillon owns National Music, an NAB customer.

Mr Dillon is currently facing a hostile pace attack from NAB's lawyer Wendy Harris QC. Bodyline is the best analogy — all very polite, like the 1930s, but very much aimed at the body, questioning Mr Dillon's recollection and the accuracy of some key evidence.

Join me tomorrow when Kenneth Hayne calls "play" at 9:45am (AEST).