Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths v Alexander Thomson 4th XI

Result · Round 9 · Men One-Day GCA2 4ths · 2025/26 · Sat 13 Dec 2025 · Bakers Oval, GEELONG WEST

Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths 248/4 (40 ov)

Alexander Thomson 4th XI 119/9 (40 ov)

Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths won by 129 runs

Match report

Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths made 248/4 (40 ov) and defended it, holding Alexander Thomson 4th XI to 119/9 (40 ov) to win by 129 runs. For the winners, Lachy Szponar made a half-century (55*) and Aaron Castles took 3/26 from 8 overs. For Alexander Thomson 4th XI, Cal Gillett made a half-century (50*) and Lekh Kansara took 2/36 from 7 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Aaron Castles

Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths · 3/26

Our pick, not the official award: 1 point a run, 25 a wicket, 10 a catch, stumping or run-out.

Top performers

Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths

🏏 Lachy Szponar 55* (0)

🏏 Brock Bouch 55* (0)

🎯 Aaron Castles 3/26 (8)

🎯 simon rau 2/12 (5)

Alexander Thomson 4th XI

🏏 Cal Gillett 50* (0)

🏏 Tarush Reddy 18 (0)

🎯 Lekh Kansara 2/36 (7)

🎯 Tarush Reddy 1/40 (6)

Match details

Competition: Men One-Day GCA2 4ths
Round: Round 9
Format: One Day
Venue: Bakers Oval, GEELONG WEST
Date: Saturday 13 December 2025, 1:00pm
Season: 2025/26

Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths · 1st Innings - Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths 248/4 (40 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Anthony Connell	c: b: T Reddy	27	0	0	0	0.00
Micah Buchanan	c: b: L Ghodasara	15	0	0	0	0.00
Lachy Szponar	not out	55*	0	0	0	0.00
Brock Bouch	not out	55*	0	0	0	0.00
simon rau	b: L Kansara	5	0	0	0	0.00
******** (18)	c: b: L Kansara	10	0	0	0	0.00
Jay Baulch	not out	51*	0	0	0	0.00
Patrick McMahon (15)	not out	14*	0	0	0	0.00
Jack Ward	not out	6*	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 0, w 2, nb 5, pen 0)	10
Total	40 Ov (RR 6.20)	248/4

Did not bat: Aaron Castles, Kevin Armstrong

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Luv Ghodasara	8	41	1	5.12
Tarush Reddy	6	40	1	6.66
Cal Gillett	6	38	0	6.33
Phil Joyce	8	47	0	5.87
James Knight (16)	5	43	0	8.60
Lekh Kansara	7	36	2	5.14

Alexander Thomson 4th XI · 1st Innings - Alexander Thomson 4th XI 119/9 (40 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Cal Gillett (c)	not out	50*	0	0	0	0.00
Aidan Janakievski (16)	c: b: A Castles	7	0	0	0	0.00
Rohit Phougat (vc)	c: A Connell b: s rau	8	0	0	0	0.00
James Knight (16)	c: A Connell b: s rau	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lekh Kansara	c: ******** b: M Buchanan	9	0	0	0	0.00
Joshua Hilson (15)	run out ()	3	0	0	0	0.00
Tarush Reddy	b: K Armstrong	18	0	0	0	0.00
Ash Turaga (13)	run out ()	2	0	0	0	0.00
Filip Janakievski	not out	12*	0	0	0	0.00
Thomas Liepa (16)	c: M Buchanan b: A Castles	0	0	0	0	0.00
Luv Ghodasara	c: J Ward b: A Castles	3	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 4, nb 2, pen 0)	7
Total	40 Ov (RR 2.98)	119/9

Did not bat: Phil Joyce

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Aidan Janakievski), 2-39 (Rohit Phougat), 3-39 (James Knight), 4-67 (Lekh Kansara), 5-76 (Joshua Hilson), 6-97 (Ash Turaga), 7-108 (Tarush Reddy), 8-115 (Thomas Liepa), 9-119 (Luv Ghodasara)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Micah Buchanan	8	21	1	2.62
Aaron Castles	8	26	3	3.25
Jack Ward	8	14	0	1.75
Kevin Armstrong	8	28	1	3.50
Patrick McMahon (15)	3	18	0	6.00
simon rau	5	12	2	2.40

Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths

Patrick McMahon (15) Third-Change Bowler 4 rating
******** (18) Second-Change Bowler 70 rating
Jay Baulch Middle-Order Batter 3 rating
Aaron Castles First-Change Bowler 6 rating
simon rau First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Brock Bouch Top-Order Batter 5 rating
Kevin Armstrong First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Micah Buchanan Bowling All-Rounder 12 rating
Jack Ward Opening Bowler 6 rating
Lachy Szponar Top-Order Batter 6 rating
Anthony Connell Opening Batter 8 rating

Alexander Thomson 4th XI

Ash Turaga (13) Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Lekh Kansara Bowling All-Rounder 7 rating
Luv Ghodasara First-Change Bowler 7 rating
James Knight (16) Second-Change Bowler – rating
Phil Joyce Second-Change Bowler 5 rating
Rohit Phougat (vc) Top-Order Batter 8 rating
Aidan Janakievski (16) Middle-Order Batter 8 rating
Thomas Liepa (16) Lower-Order Batter 8 rating
Filip Janakievski Lower-Order Batter 9 rating
Cal Gillett (c) Second-Change Bowler 6 rating
Tarush Reddy First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Joshua Hilson (15) Middle-Order Batter 4 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths	248/4 (40 ov)	6.20	0	0	10	Lachy Szponar 55*
Alexander Thomson 4th XI	119/9 (40 ov)	2.98	0	0	7	Cal Gillett 50*

Partnerships · Geelong West Senior Men OD GCA2 4ths

1st wkt 248*

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Alexander Thomson 4th XI

1st wkt 17
2nd wkt 22
3rd wkt 0
4th wkt 28
5th wkt 9
6th wkt 21
7th wkt 11
8th wkt 7
9th wkt 4

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.