A late flurry of wickets couldn’t save Sunshine from defeat against Yarraville in Victorian Sub District cricket on Saturday.
The Crows were on the back foot after being bowled out for 120 on day one the previous weekend.
PICTURE GALLERY: Sunshine v Yarravile
And Sunshine’s situation got worse as Yarraville openers Bradley Shaw (34) and Bradley Jones (61) brought up a 50-run stand for the first wicket.
Shaw’s innings came to an end just five runs later, but Yarraville remained on top thanks to first drop Harry Finch.
In just his second match for the year, Finch made a solid 24 and combined with Shaw to make it back-to-back 50-run partnerships for the Eagles.
The base from the top order allowed Yarraville to bring up the first-innings win for the loss of just two wickets.
But if the Eagles had any thoughts of pushing for an outright win, they were quickly extinguished by a rebounding Sunshine bowling attack.
The Crows took eight for 44 as Yarraville slumped from 1-116 to 9-160, at which point Yarraville declared 40 runs ahead.
Troy Stone was impressive with the ball, taking 3-20, while Shahrukh Khan and Jason Udagedara finished with two wickets each.
Sunshine was 3-75 in its second innings when the match was stopped.
The result means Sunshine has won just one of its first four matches this season, as well as a draw against Werribee in round three.
Yarraville is pushing a case to be one of the most improved sides in the competition and after a bottom-four finish last season is now in the top four with a 3-1 record.
This week, Sunshine will take on 10th-placed Brunswick.
In other weekend results, Altona beat Plenty Valley, Williamstown fell to Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows, Melton was too good for Coburg and Werribee got the better of Brunswick.
Meanwhile in Victorian Turf cricket, Keilor is relying on its bowlers to pull the Blues out of a tight spot against Doutta Stars.
Keilor was dismissed for 147 after batting first on Saturday.
In reply, Doutta Stars are 5-103 after 31 overs.
