It was one to learn from for our Casey South Melbourne 1st XI, who were denied by Carlton 1st XI on a tough day.
The scorecard reads Casey South Melbourne 1st XI 5/246, Carlton 1st XI 5/332. Ashley Chandrasinghe top-scored with 49 off 121 balls. Lenny Wilton provided good support with 49.
Muhammad Irfan starred with the ball, taking two for 56. Nathan Lambden claimed two for 71 as well. Harrison Smyth posted a brilliant hundred for our opponents, finishing on 142 not out. The visitors' Jagadeswara Koduru made a quality 100.
There were some fine individual efforts to build on. That's two losses in a row, but the side will keep working hard.
Plenty to work on, and plenty to like.
