Sydney Lions v Hornsby District

Result · Grand Final · Senior Mixed B Reserve Grade · 2024/25 · Sat 15 Mar 2025 · Asquith Oval, ASQUITH

Sydney Lions 167 (82 ov)

Hornsby District 225 (81 ov)

Hornsby District won by 58 runs

Match report

Hornsby District made 225 (81 ov) and defended it, holding Sydney Lions to 167 (82 ov) to win by 58 runs. For the winners, Gajen Lakshmanarajah made a half-century (77*) and Brandon Pereira took 5/50 from 20 overs. For Sydney Lions, Christopher Sebamalai top-scored with 42 and Menuja Goonaratne took 4/57 from 15 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Gajen Lakshmanarajah

Hornsby District · 77* (0) & 3/25

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

Top performers

Sydney Lions

🏏 Christopher Sebamalai 42 (0)

🏏 Sanjeewa Gardige 26 (0)

🎯 Menuja Goonaratne (21) 4/57 (15)

🎯 Sanjeewa Gardige 3/43 (18.4)

Hornsby District

🏏 Gajen Lakshmanarajah 77* (0)

🏏 Joshua Els 49 (0)

🎯 Brandon Pereira 5/50 (20)

🎯 Gajen Lakshmanarajah 3/25 (20)

Match details

Competition: Senior Mixed B Reserve Grade
Round: Grand Final
Format: Two Day
Venue: Asquith Oval, ASQUITH
Date: Saturday 15 March 2025, 11:00am
Season: 2024/25
Toss: Hornsby District won the toss and chose to bat
Other officials: Scott Reid (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2), Peter Schouten (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Hornsby District · 1st Innings - Hornsby District 225 (81 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Chris Blinman	c: R Gunawardhana b: M Goonaratne	3	0	0	0	0.00
Rohan Arora	b: S Gardige	8	0	1	0	0.00
Rohan Zantye	b: M Goonaratne	19	0	4	0	0.00
Brandon Pereira	b: M Goonaratne	7	0	0	0	0.00
Shane Cash	c&b: T Weerasinghe	17	0	1	0	0.00
Mandeep Sapal	b: M Goonaratne	17	0	1	1	0.00
Gajen Lakshmanarajah	not out	77*	0	8	1	0.00
Joshua Els	c: C Sebamalai b: S Gangoda	49	0	6	1	0.00
******** (wk) (17)	c: S Kulathilaka b: C Sebamalai	19	0	0	0	0.00
Jacob Lasker	lbw: S Gardige	2	0	0	0	0.00
BRIAN MATHIAS	lbw: S Gardige	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 3, pen 0)	7
Total	81 Ov (RR 2.78)	225

Did not bat: Raghavendra Kamat

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Rohan Arora), 2-13 (Chris Blinman), 3-30 (Rohan Zantye), 4-47 (Brandon Pereira), 5-69 (Shane Cash), 6-75 (Mandeep Sapal), 7-175 (Joshua Els), 8-214 (Jacob Lasker), 9-222 (********), 10-225 (BRIAN MATHIAS)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Supun Kulathilaka	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Rehan Gunawardhana (23)	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Sanjeewa Gardige	18.4	8	43	3	2.30	0
Menuja Goonaratne (21)	15	1	57	4	3.80	1
Thaveen Weerasinghe	12	4	34	1	2.83	0
Sanuja Gangoda	14	5	32	1	2.28	0
Ethan Sebastian	12	6	20	0	1.66	0
Sujith Hiran	4	1	22	0	5.50	2
Dinuja Gangoda	2	0	4	0	2.00	0
Christopher Sebamalai	3	1	9	1	3.00	0

Sydney Lions · 1st Innings - Sydney Lions 167 (82 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dinuja Gangoda	c: J Lasker b: B Pereira	17	0	1	0	0.00
Supun Kulathilaka	c: J Els b: B Pereira	5	0	1	0	0.00
Sujith Hiran	lbw: B Pereira	0	0	0	0	0.00
Rehan Gunawardhana (23)	b: G Lakshmanarajah	14	0	0	0	0.00
Sanuja Gangoda	b: G Lakshmanarajah	5	0	0	0	0.00
Christopher Sebamalai	c: J Els b: J Lasker	42	0	5	0	0.00
Ethan Sebastian	b: G Lakshmanarajah	11	0	0	0	0.00
Menuja Goonaratne (21)	c: S Cash b: B Pereira	11	0	0	0	0.00
Sanjeewa Gardige	c: ******** b: B Pereira	26	0	4	0	0.00
Dinuka Gajanayake	b: J Lasker	20	0	1	1	0.00
Thaveen Weerasinghe	not out	2*	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, w 3, nb 3, pen 0)	14
Total	82 Ov (RR 2.04)	167

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Supun Kulathilaka), 2-17 (Sujith Hiran), 3-24 (Dinuja Gangoda), 4-38 (Sanuja Gangoda), 5-51 (Rehan Gunawardhana), 6-70 (Ethan Sebastian), 7-97 (Menuja Goonaratne), 8-139 (Sanjeewa Gardige), 9-146 (Christopher Sebamalai), 10-167 (Dinuka Gajanayake)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brandon Pereira	20	1	50	5	2.50
Shane Cash	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jacob Lasker	13	2	37	2	2.84
Joshua Els	3	2	2	0	0.66
Raghavendra Kamat	5	4	2	0	0.40
Gajen Lakshmanarajah	20	7	25	3	1.25
Mandeep Sapal	6	2	7	0	1.16
Chris Blinman	8	4	12	0	1.50
******** (17)	2	0	6	0	3.00

Sydney Lions

Thaveen Weerasinghe Lower-Order Batter 7 rating
Ethan Sebastian Third-Change Bowler 7 rating
Christopher Sebamalai Opening Batter 6 rating
Sujith Hiran Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating
Sanjeewa Gardige First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Dinuja Gangoda Opening Batter 5 rating
Menuja Goonaratne (21) First-Change Bowler 15 rating
Rehan Gunawardhana (23) Wicketkeeper-Batter 8 rating
Supun Kulathilaka Top-Order Batter 6 rating
Dinuka Gajanayake Middle-Order Batter 4 rating
Sanuja Gangoda Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating

Hornsby District

******** (wk) (17) Second-Change Bowler 70 rating
Mandeep Sapal Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Joshua Els Middle-Order Batter 8 rating
Shane Cash Top-Order Batter 6 rating
Rohan Arora Top-Order Batter 6 rating
Brandon Pereira All-Rounder 11 rating
Raghavendra Kamat First-Change Bowler 6 rating
BRIAN MATHIAS Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Gajen Lakshmanarajah Bowling All-Rounder 2 rating
Jacob Lasker First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Chris Blinman All-Rounder 10 rating
Rohan Zantye Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Hornsby District	225 (81 ov)	2.78	21	3	7	Gajen Lakshmanarajah 77*
Sydney Lions	167 (82 ov)	2.04	12	1	14	Christopher Sebamalai 42

Partnerships · Hornsby District

1st wkt 11
2nd wkt 2
3rd wkt 17
4th wkt 17
5th wkt 22
6th wkt 6
7th wkt 100
8th wkt 39
9th wkt 8
10th wkt 3

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

Partnerships · Sydney Lions

1st wkt 17
2nd wkt 0
3rd wkt 7
4th wkt 14
5th wkt 13
6th wkt 19
7th wkt 27
8th wkt 42
9th wkt 7
10th wkt 21

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