On Saturday at Casey Fields No. 5, our Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI lost to Melbourne University 3rd XI on a day to learn from.
In terms of totals, it was Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI 10/224 and Melbourne University 3rd XI 3/279. Fifty for Siddharth Neelakantan, who finished with 56 off 89 balls. Neville Avari carried on to an unbeaten 39 off 46 balls. There were also handy runs from Aaron Blanch (38). For the visitors, Jacob Stevenson took three for 24 off 11.4 overs.
Naman Sharma posted a superb hundred for our opponents, finishing on 163 not out. Ali Khan passed fifty for the visitors, finishing with 87.
Plenty to take out of this one. It's two defeats on the trot, and the boys will be eager to bounce back.
Back to the nets, and on to the next one.
