A depleted All Saints’ side only managed to muster up 59 runs in their chase of Stannies’ 232 to leave them still sitting on a single win for the season.

On the other side of the field, it’s happier days for Stannies who recorded their seventh straight win.

All Saints’ had just four of their first 12 available for play, thanks to a mix of players away on excursion and being out with injury.

Coach Spencer Goddard said Stannies weren’t the best opponent to face in that situation.

“Stannies are a very good side and are currently outright first in the competition. They batted and bowled well. We had a lot of boys out, some with injury. It was just bad timing to play Stannies like that,” he said.

“The boys were always going to be up against it. We had our two opening bowlers at half their run up and our captain Tom Galvin has got a stress fracture and is unable to bowl.

“We got within 25 runs of them in the first game but this just wasn’t our day. I think with the way Stannies played they would have beaten us anyway with a full side, but if we had those players it could have been closer.

“There were some good performances in there. Jacob Davy bowled 0-7 from his four overs and David Cant bowled well with his spin.”

The poor run of luck when it came to the toss continued for Stannies, who were sent in to bat on their home turf by All Saints’.

The return of the Donato brothers was welcome for Stannies, as James (55) and Daniel (43) laid a good platform towards the top of the order and soon put the toss at the back of the team’s mind.

When they were dismissed along with opener Hamish Smith (12) – all three caught by Galvin – it only brought Brad Glasson to the crease.

Glasson was coming into the match having been unable to escape single figures from his last four innings, but his top score of 58 gave him much needed time in the middle.

David Cant dismissed the Stannies captain with a run out to have the score at 4-208.

Jacob Tuxford and Jack Veitch helped add late runs with a 39 and 12 unbeaten runs respectively.

Luke Johnstone, Cant and Nolan Parker each picked up a wicket.

The All Saints’ chase got off to a disastrous start when Cameron Redpath and Claude Beitz were removed for ducks off Daniel Donato’s bowling.

Cant (11) tried his best to steady things early, but good partnerships couldn’t be found. Ben Parsons top scored with 13.

Daniel Donato’s performance with the bat sees him just one of five players scoring at an average of over 40 (currently 40.5).

Stannies have been given an extra boost in their quest to finish top of the table with their only remaining competition to the spot, St Pius X, losing to St Patrick’s College on Saturday.

St Pat’s will look to make it two upsets in a row when they host Stannies in next week’s penultimate round, while All Saints’ travel to play Blue Mountains Grammar.