By Justin Robertson
DANDENONG Panthers have suffered their first defeat of the season losing a rain-marred one-day match against an in-form Fitzroy-Doncaster unit.
After losing opening pair Alex Hales for a second ball duck and Tom Donnell for 10, the Panthers were dangling at 2/11.
A steady partnership of 39 between Darren Dempsey – who remained not out on 42 – and James Nanopoulos (23) took their score to 3/56 after 20 overs, but were unable to collect crucial wickets in the field as the home team looked solid at 1/78 from their first dig.
The match could only muster up five more overs before the heavens opened up and play was abandoned.
The Panthers lost two more wickets and were 5/90 at the close of their innings.
Fitzroy-Doncaster took five points from the match, based on their first innings result.
This week Dandenong will play host to Melbourne in the first two-dayer for the year.
FITZROY DONCASTER v
DANDENONG
@BT Sub Sport News:At Schramms Reserve, Doncaster. Fitzroy-Doncaster won the toss and sent Dandenong in to bat.
DANDENONG INNINGS
T. Donell c. Walsh b. Duckworth 10
A. Hales c. Ghasperidis b. Duckworth 0
D. Dempsey n.o. 42
J. Nanopoulos c. Ghasperidis b. Fagg 23
J. Pattinson c. Ghasperidis b. Duckworth 7
N. Thomas c. Augustin b. Duckworth 1
M. Sweeney n.o. 1
Sundries: 6
Total 90
Fall of wickets: 1, 11, 50, 80, 88.
Bowling: S. Duckworth 8-3-29-4, B. Waterman 8-0-32-0, S. Huntley 4-0-16-0, J. Fagg 5-0-11-1, P. Dickson 0.4-0-1-0.
Overs: 25.4.
FITZROY-DONCASTER INNINGS
P. Dickson b. Wilcock 28
L. Mash n.o. 33
E. Ghasperidis n.o. 15
Sundries: 2
Total 78
Fall of wickets: 51.
Bowling: P. Boraston 4-2-16-0, B. Fairbanks 5-0-24-0, J. Wilcock 6-0-27-1, J. Nanopoulos 3-0-7-0, P. Sweeney 2-1-3-0.
Overs: 20.
