Prems in trouble...Again

A brown, quick looking deck saw our stand in captain Mark decide to bat first and pile on some runs against Melville in our first game back after Christmas. A good start from Zeb (28) and Damo (23) saw us through the new ball, before three quick wickets saw us at 60/3. Rebuilding was required and Guy Schwikkard (39) and Mark Commins (29) put on a brisk 70 runs before lunch. Unfortunately that was about the end of the scoring, as Mike Dodunski tore through our middle and tail after lunch to leave us all out for 173. A disappointing effort and again showing the inability of our batsmen to go on and get 'the big one'.
Things looked on the improve as Damo and Mike W ripped through the Melville top order to leave them 30/3. Again it was Dodunski to the rescue for Melville, hitting bowlers to all parts for a well deserved 106. Two big partnerships and Melville were 240/5 late in the day before Damo got a wicket with some turning, bouncing off spin, and Brenton snaring a couple of caught behinds with some accurate outswing to leave them 280/9. A big effort is required by the batsmen next week to ensure at least a point is salvaged from the mtach.