It wasn't to be for our Casey South Melbourne 1st XI, who came off second best against Melbourne 1st XI in a tough outing.
In terms of totals, it was Casey South Melbourne 1st XI 306 and Melbourne 1st XI 7/346. Harry Hoekstra's 94 not out off 88 balls was a half-century to remember. Ashley Chandrasinghe made a cracking 54 off 85 balls, a well-made fifty. Daud Malik weighed in with 43 off 100 balls. Our opponents' best with the ball was Wilson McGillivray (three for 48). Nicholas Xavier weighed in with three for 83 for the visitors.
Muhammad Irfan starred with the ball, taking two for 82. Jonathan Merlo passed fifty for our opponents, finishing with 81.
We'll take the lessons from this one and go again.
Credit to the visitors, and well played.
