Warped scheduling by the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) saw St Columba High School (Gamdevi) forced to play back-to-back matches and end up losing the MSSA-Late Manoramabai Apte inter-school girls U-16 final to Shardashram Vidyamandir (Dadar) at Islam Gymkhana yesterday.

The St Columba girls were made to play a 15-overs-per-side semi-final against St Joseph's Convent (Bandra) in the morning, which they won by 52 runs. Then, after a mere 75-minute break, they took on Shardashram in the final and lost by 51 runs. Interestingly, Shardashram played their semi-final on Thursday and enjoyed a three-day rest.