Our Oakleigh 1st XI had to settle for a loss as they were bested by Malvern 1st XI.
We batted first and put 9/197 on the board from 45 overs. Brendan Grace played a polished hand of 48 off 60 balls. Rithvik Rao provided good support with 44. Sam Hunt returned four for 41 for Malvern 1st XI.
The visitors knocked off the runs, finishing on 4/198 in 41.3 overs. Our opponents' best was a half-century from Nick Taylor, who made 64. Madurawalage Jayasundera picked up two for 50 off eight overs.
Plenty to take out of this one. We will be looking to get back in the winning column soon. The side will be keen to bounce back.
