Result
· Finals Round 2 · Kookaburra Sport North South 1st XI · 2025/26 · Sat 21 Mar 2026 · Malvern Cricket Ground, MALVERN
Malvern 1st XI
70 (29.4 ov) & 203 (26.4 ov)
Preston 1st XI
179 (57.1 ov) & 97/2 (19.2 ov)
Preston 1st XI won by 8 wickets
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Match report
Preston 1st XI beat Malvern 1st XI by 8 wickets. For the winners, Shakeel Ahmad made a half-century (57 off 50) with 3 sixes and Virosh Wijesinghe took 5/17 from 8 overs. For Malvern 1st XI, Adnan Ghaus made a half-century (56 off 33) with 6 sixes and Henry Anderson took 6/35 from 12.1 overs.
Written automatically from the scorecard.
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Top performers
Malvern 1st XI
🏏 Adnan Ghaus
61 (40)
🏏 Randev Pathirana
46 (55)
🎯 Henry Anderson
6/56 (16.1)
🎯 Max Tryfonos
3/55 (20)
Preston 1st XI
🏏 Shakeel Ahmad
102 (81)
🏏 Vaibhav Deshpande
48 (63)
🎯 Virosh Wijesinghe
5/17 (8)
🎯 Amila Mendis
4/59 (7.4)
Malvern 1st XI · 1st Innings - Malvern 1st XI
70 (29.4 ov)
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Taylor (wk) | c: V Deshpande b: V Wijesinghe | 18 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Max Tryfonos | c: S Salvi b: L Ingram | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alex Moen (c) | c: S Salvi b: L Ingram | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Randev Pathirana | c: S Ahmad b: V Wijesinghe | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Luca Williams-Denton | b: V Wijesinghe | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| Henry Anderson | c: D Priyadarshana b: V Wijesinghe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Will Beattie | b: A Mendis | 25 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 60.97 |
| Samuel Arthur | lbw: M Murphy | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27.77 |
| Adnan Ghaus | c: D Priyadarshana b: V Wijesinghe | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 |
| Sam Hunt | b: S Ahmad | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 |
| Aravind Kumar | not out | 0* | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 1, pen 0) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 29.4 Ov (RR 2.36) | 70 | ||||
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Max Tryfonos),
2-14 (Alex Moen),
3-19 (Randev Pathirana),
4-24 (Nick Taylor),
5-24 (Henry Anderson),
6-25 (Luca Williams-Denton),
7-30 (Samuel Arthur),
8-45 (Adnan Ghaus),
9-58 (Sam Hunt),
10-70 (Will Beattie)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Murphy (28) | 9 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Ingram (27) | 9 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 |
| Virosh Wijesinghe | 8 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2.12 | 0 | 1 |
| Shakeel Ahmad | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Amila Mendis | 0.4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
Preston 1st XI · 1st Innings - Preston 1st XI
179 (57.1 ov)
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Maratos | c: N Taylor b: S Hunt | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29.16 |
| Shakeel Ahmad | c: S Arthur b: H Anderson | 57 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 114.00 |
| Vaibhav Deshpande (c) | c: M Tryfonos b: H Anderson | 23 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 62.16 |
| Dennis Maratos | lbw: M Tryfonos | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Damith Priyadarshana | c: N Taylor b: H Anderson | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 41.66 |
| Swapnil Salvi | c: N Taylor b: H Anderson | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Liam Ingram (27) | b: A Kumar | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Mahesh Kodamullage | b: A Ghaus | 16 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 27.11 |
| Marcus Murphy (28) | c: S Arthur b: H Anderson | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Virosh Wijesinghe | c: N Taylor b: H Anderson | 15 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 19.48 |
| Amila Mendis | not out | 31* | 39 | 6 | 0 | 79.48 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 2, pen 0) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 57.1 Ov (RR 3.13) | 179 | ||||
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Greg Maratos),
2-85 (Vaibhav Deshpande),
3-87 (Dennis Maratos),
4-93 (Shakeel Ahmad),
5-99 (Swapnil Salvi),
6-105 (Liam Ingram),
7-105 (Damith Priyadarshana),
8-117 (Marcus Murphy),
9-140 (Mahesh Kodamullage),
10-179 (Virosh Wijesinghe)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adnan Ghaus | 14 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Hunt | 7 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Tryfonos | 16 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Anderson | 12.1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 2.87 | 0 | 2 |
| Aravind Kumar | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 |
Malvern 1st XI · 2nd Innings - Malvern 1st XI
203 (26.4 ov)
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Anderson | c: S Salvi b: M Murphy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Randev Pathirana | c&b: M Kodamullage | 46 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Alex Moen (c) | c: S Salvi b: M Murphy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Luca Williams-Denton | b: A Mendis | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Will Beattie | st: S Salvi b: V Deshpande | 19 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 158.33 |
| Max Tryfonos | lbw: D Priyadarshana | 29 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 138.09 |
| Nick Taylor (wk) | lbw: A Mendis | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 90.90 |
| Samuel Arthur | c: V Deshpande b: D Priyadarshana | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 107.14 |
| Adnan Ghaus | c&b: M Murphy | 56 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 169.69 |
| Sam Hunt | b: A Mendis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Aravind Kumar | not out | 17* | 13 | 1 | 1 | 130.76 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, pen 0) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 26.4 Ov (RR 7.61) | 203 | ||||
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Henry Anderson),
2-6 (Alex Moen),
3-15 (Luca Williams-Denton),
4-50 (Will Beattie),
5-100 (Randev Pathirana),
6-104 (Max Tryfonos),
7-120 (Nick Taylor),
8-140 (Samuel Arthur),
9-141 (Sam Hunt),
10-203 (Adnan Ghaus)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Murphy (28) | 3.4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 9.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Amila Mendis | 7 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 7.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahesh Kodamullage | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 4.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakeel Ahmad | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaibhav Deshpande | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 9.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Damith Priyadarshana | 6 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 7.66 | 0 | 0 |
Preston 1st XI · 2nd Innings - Preston 1st XI
97/2 (19.2 ov)
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Maratos | b: M Tryfonos | 15 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 37.50 |
| Shakeel Ahmad | c: S Hunt b: M Tryfonos | 45 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 145.16 |
| Vaibhav Deshpande (c) | not out | 25* | 26 | 5 | 0 | 96.15 |
| Dennis Maratos | not out | 10* | 21 | 2 | 0 | 47.61 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 2, pen 0) | 2 | ||||
| Total | 19.2 Ov (RR 5.02) | 97/2 | ||||
Did not bat:
Amila Mendis,
Swapnil Salvi,
Marcus Murphy (28),
Mahesh Kodamullage,
Virosh Wijesinghe,
Damith Priyadarshana,
Liam Ingram (27)
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Shakeel Ahmad),
2-65 (Greg Maratos)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adnan Ghaus | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Anderson | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Hunt | 6 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 5.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Tryfonos | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravind Kumar | 1.2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
Malvern 1st XI
- Adnan Ghaus Opening Bowler 7 rating
- Alex Moen (c) Top-Order Batter 12 rating
- Henry Anderson All-Rounder 10 rating
- Samuel Arthur Top-Order Batter 9 rating
- Max Tryfonos First-Change Bowler 11 rating
- Aravind Kumar Second-Change Bowler 6 rating
- Luca Williams-Denton Bowling All-Rounder 8 rating
- Will Beattie Second-Change Bowler 8 rating
- Randev Pathirana Top-Order Batter 13 rating
- Nick Taylor (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 14 rating
- Sam Hunt First-Change Bowler 9 rating
Preston 1st XI
- Amila Mendis First-Change Bowler 8 rating
- Swapnil Salvi Wicketkeeper-Batter 15 rating
- Greg Maratos Opening Batter 9 rating
- Marcus Murphy (28) Opening Bowler 11 rating
- Mahesh Kodamullage Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
- Virosh Wijesinghe Opening Bowler 10 rating
- Damith Priyadarshana Bowling All-Rounder 14 rating
- Shakeel Ahmad Opening Batter 10 rating
- Dennis Maratos Wicketkeeper-Batter 13 rating
- Vaibhav Deshpande (c) All-Rounder 15 rating
- Liam Ingram (27) Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating
Innings comparison
| Innings | Score | RR | 4s | 6s | Extras | Top score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern 1st XI | 70 (29.4 ov) | 2.36 | 10 | 0 | 1 | Will Beattie 25 |
| Preston 1st XI | 179 (57.1 ov) | 3.13 | 28 | 3 | 6 | Shakeel Ahmad 57 |
| Malvern 1st XI | 203 (26.4 ov) | 7.61 | 7 | 12 | 1 | Adnan Ghaus 56 |
| Preston 1st XI | 97/2 (19.2 ov) | 5.02 | 17 | 1 | 2 | Shakeel Ahmad 45 |
Partnerships · Malvern 1st XI
- 1st wkt 8
- 2nd wkt 6
- 3rd wkt 5
- 4th wkt 5
- 5th wkt 0
- 6th wkt 1
- 7th wkt 5
- 8th wkt 15
- 9th wkt 13
- 10th wkt 12
From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.
Partnerships · Preston 1st XI
- 1st wkt 29
- 2nd wkt 56
- 3rd wkt 2
- 4th wkt 6
- 5th wkt 6
- 6th wkt 6
- 7th wkt 0
- 8th wkt 12
- 9th wkt 23
- 10th wkt 39
From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.
Partnerships · Malvern 1st XI
- 1st wkt 4
- 2nd wkt 2
- 3rd wkt 9
- 4th wkt 35
- 5th wkt 50
- 6th wkt 4
- 7th wkt 16
- 8th wkt 20
- 9th wkt 1
- 10th wkt 62
From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.
Partnerships · Preston 1st XI
- 1st wkt 62
- 2nd wkt 3
- 3rd wkt 32*
From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.