Our Northcote 4th XI had to settle for a loss as they went down against Essendon 4th XI on Saturday in Kookaburra Men's Premier.
Our innings: 10/133 and 2/158. Essendon 4th XI's: 3/142 and 5/153. Fifty for Aarav Laxman, who finished with 79 off 104 balls. Laxman brought up a stylish half-century, finishing with 51 off 90 balls. Yashen Sharma was still there at the end on 37 off 54 balls. Prageeth Edirisinghe took a five-wicket haul for our opponents, finishing with five for 35.
Mandiv Ruwanpathirana grabbed three for 39. Qasim Khan backed up well, taking three for 45. Credit to Pahul Singh Sodhi, who made a half-century (69) for the hosts. Viraaj Aulakh passed fifty for our opponents, finishing with 50 not out.
We'll take the lessons from this one and go again. The results haven't gone our way lately, but the side will keep at it.
Back to the nets, and on to the next one.
