The green and golds took on a St Pat's side whose previous two T20 games this season had been washed out.

Nick Murphy once again top scored for the Orange side, but was not at his blistering best as he managed just 32 from 44 balls as CYMS were bowled out for 104 in the final over.

In reply, veteran spinner Al Dhatt (0-6 off four) and captain Hugh Le Lievre (4-16 off four) were the only bright sparks with the ball, as the boys in blue chased down the target with 16 balls remaining.

Le Lievre said it was a struggle from the start.

"Pat's built a lot of pressure up early with their bowling and really restricted Nick Murphy and Tom Belmonte and we unfortunately just couldn't rotate the strike," he said.

"There were too many dot balls in the early days and players looking for a pressure release with a four or a six which just didn't come.

"We took it deep with the bowling and an extra 20 or 30 runs with the bat would've made the game a lot more interesting. It's very unfortunate and we'd played well up until this point and we just didn't have our best performance, it's as simple as that."

Despite the loss, CYMS still sit atop the group with two matches remaining.

Le Lievre knows how important their next match against Orange City on January 7 will be.

"Hopefully as a playing group we learn from that," he said.

"T20 is an interesting game, if you can score at a run a ball and get a minimum 120 and hit the odd bad ball for four to get that 130-140, no matter who you play is always competitive because under lights it's hard to score.

"Hopefully we can bring a better performance from a team perspective when we play Orange City in the new year."

St Pat's quick Mitch Taylor was the destroyer with the ball (4-11) and was praised by skipper Adam Ryan.

"He bowled exceptional and knowing we were down on bowling troops he really stepped up, really took it to the top order," Ryan said.

"I think that little bit of extra bounce in the wicket helped him."

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