Despite a solid effort, our Casey South Melbourne 4th XI lost to Northcote 4th XI on Saturday in Kookaburra Men's Premier.
Over the course of the match we totalled 9/217, and Northcote 4th XI 9/260. Fifty for Rayaan Kochhar, who finished with 77 off 128 balls. Thomas Purcell's 52 off 116 balls was a half-century to remember. Qasim Khan was the pick of the hosts' bowlers with three for 32. Japjeet Khaira weighed in with three for 40 for our opponents.
Purcell returned figures of four for 39 off ten overs. The hosts' best was a half-century from Ananya Goswami, who made 69. Our opponents' best was a half-century from Luke Miller, who made 63.
Credit to the hosts, and well played.
