A slow batting start from the Raiders ultimately doomed the side in the second half of their red-baller against Lindisfarne on Saturday.
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The Raiders (10-119) failed to make up the 174-run tally of Lindisfarne.
This was aided by a dominating performance by Lindisfarne's Anthony Marr (9-58), who virtually bowled the Raiders side out of the building with an astonishing 9-for.
While opening batters Brayden Stepien and Brodie Hayes made good overall efforts, tallying 28 and 31 runs respectively, Marr's bowling saw Will Bennett and Jono Chapman out for ducks, and made Samuel O'Mahony's a golden.
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Coach Tim Coyle said unnecessary risks taken by Raiders batters largely helped Marr's mega day.
"It was pretty undisciplined batting and other than Brodie Hayes no one really invested the time in the middle, which is what we needed to do," he said.
"It was only going to get easier for them the longer we batted but we just kept losing wickets. At the end of the day we fell well short which is very disappointing."
Coyle said Hayes demonstrated the importance of patience during a longer game.
"There were some very rash shots and shots that weren't needed in the circumstances and we just can't afford that," he said.
It was pretty undisciplined batting and other than Brodie Hayes no one really invested the time in the middle, which is what we needed to do.
- Tim Coyle
Raiders all-rounder Evan Gulbis said considering this was the second time the team batted this season, there was a lot to work ahead to get the Raiders where they wanted to be at the crease.
The Raiders will play another two-day match in round five against South Hobart Sandy Bay next weekend.
"I think we learnt a lot from how we bowled, we did that well for most of our bowling innings," Coyle said.
"Already this year we've had a few examples of when we don't go hard enough at the bat."
Round four results:
Lindisfarne 10-174 (Chapman 44, Wilkie 38, Gulbis 4-38, Chapman 3-47, Wood 2-32), def Greater Northern Raiders 10-119 (Hayes 31, Stepien 28, Marr 9-58, JA Freeman 1-6).