Despite some good moments, our Valley Mens 4th Grade were unable to stop Wynnum-Manly Mens 4th Grade on a frustrating day.
Wynnum-Manly Mens 4th Grade batted first and put 8/216 on the board from 40 overs. Ravijit Singh Buttar posted 57 for the hosts, a classy fifty. Declan Lambert bowled nicely to finish with two for 33. Thomas Wainwright weighed in with two for 37 off six overs.
Chasing 217, we reached 9/196 from 40 overs. Ayush Ghuge posted a half-century, making 73 not out off 121 balls with two fours. Ben Whiteside also got among the runs with 34 off 43 balls. Solid support came from Thomas Casey, who made 33. For our opponents, Dale D'souza took three for 45 off eight overs.
We'll take the lessons from this one and go again.
It's two defeats on the trot, and the boys will be eager to bounce back. On to the next one.
