One last chance

Star prems played Melville on Saturday under the new one day rules brought in by the HCC this season. Melville won the toss and sent us in to bat. Rohit was promoted to open after some good performances for the A's this season, but unfortunately was sawn off LBW to a ball from Mike Allen in the third over, by none other than Mike's dad, Keith, who was umpiring the game. Melville soon discovered that by bowling a foot down leg side we couldn't score and they weren't going to be wided as we were playing two day wides. This restricted the scoring to 60/3 off 30 overs and some big hitting needed by the middle order. It was all a bit too much as the negative bowling continued and only a brisk 32 by Mike W saw us through to 170 off our 55 overs. At one stage in a five over period, 14 balls were bowled down leg, plus a couple wide outside off! Great sportsmanship there Melville - well done :(
Agagin Mike Dodunski was the bain of star, scoring a very good half century and Melville got there easily three down, though saying this, they were facing five/six playable deliveries per over.
The scary thing is that we can still make the final by beating Boys High in the next match, hoping that results go our way in the other game.
On a brighter note, an 8 man Old Boys team got rolled for 37 by Tech. And we thought we were facing troubles :)