Result
· Round 3 · 5. Senior Men C Grade · 2025/26 · Sat 18 Oct 2025 · Inez Hunter Recreation Reserve, Cranbourne East
Melbourne Sixers C Grade
173/4 (26.2 ov)
Clyde Cougars C Grade
172/8 (35 ov)
Melbourne Sixers C Grade won by 6 wickets
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Match report
Melbourne Sixers C Grade chased down Clyde Cougars C Grade's 172/8 (35 ov), reaching 173/4 (26.2 ov) to win by 6 wickets. For the winners, Gayan Ekanayake top-scored with 49 off 49 and Ishen kuruppuarachchi took 3/27 from 7 overs. For Clyde Cougars C Grade, Blake Russell top-scored with 43 off 41 and Krit Patel took 2/17 from 4 overs.
Written automatically from the scorecard.
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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Ishen kuruppuarachchi
Melbourne Sixers C Grade ·
3/27 & 2 dismissals
Top performers
Melbourne Sixers C Grade
🏏 Gayan Ekanayake
49 (49)
🎯 Ishen kuruppuarachchi
3/27 (7)
🎯 Sanjeewa Senarathna
2/20 (6)
Clyde Cougars C Grade
🏏 Blake Russell (16)
43 (41)
🏏 Marty Gurry
31 (29)
🎯 Krit Patel (14)
2/17 (4)
🎯 Ritesh Thakkar
1/22 (3)
Clyde Cougars C Grade · 1st Innings - Clyde Cougars C Grade
172/8 (35 ov)
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Russell (c) | c: D Warnasuriya b: S Senarathna | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Jayson Dryden (c) | lbw: S Senarathna | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 |
| Christopher Jones | c: L Garumuni Wijesinghe b: K Ranaraja | 30 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 54.54 |
| Blake Russell (16) | b: I kuruppuarachchi | 43 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 104.87 |
| Marty Gurry | c: I kuruppuarachchi b: G Ekanayake | 31 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 106.89 |
| Cody Sharam (wk) (13) | b: I kuruppuarachchi | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Michael Warner | run out (I kuruppuarachchi, S Senarathna) | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Krit Patel (14) | c: K Ranaraja b: I kuruppuarachchi | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Ross Elston | not out | 8* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Ritesh Thakkar | not out | 7* | 8 | 0 | 0 | 87.50 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, w 7, nb 0, pen 0) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 35 Ov (RR 4.91) | 172/8 | ||||
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Jayson Dryden),
2-15 (Steven Russell),
3-85 (Blake Russell),
4-111 (Christopher Jones),
5-135 (Marty Gurry),
6-148 (Cody Sharam),
7-153 (Michael Warner),
8-157 (Krit Patel)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewage Manith Gehan Warnasuriya | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4.83 | 1 | 0 |
| Sanjeewa Senarathna | 6 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Gayan Ekanayake | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4.80 | 3 | 0 |
| Kavinga Ranaraja | 6 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishen kuruppuarachchi | 7 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 3.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Gunawardhana | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 2 | 0 |
| Dinupa Gunawardhana (13) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
Melbourne Sixers C Grade · 1st Innings - Melbourne Sixers C Grade
173/4 (26.2 ov)
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nalaka Chaminda Nawagaththegama | c: K Patel b: R Thakkar | 46 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 127.77 |
| Gayan Ekanayake (c) | c&b: R Elston | 49 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Brendon Ashton | c: C Sharam b: K Patel | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 |
| Kavinga Ranaraja | not out | 22* | 37 | 2 | 0 | 59.45 |
| Lahiru Madushanka Garumuni Wijesinghe (wk) | c: b: K Patel | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.00 |
| Nuwan Gunawardhana | not out | 22* | 24 | 3 | 0 | 91.66 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 1, w 8, nb 4, pen 0) | 16 | ||||
| Total | 26.2 Ov (RR 6.57) | 173/4 | ||||
Did not bat:
Sanjeewa Senarathna,
Sampath Dias,
Dewage Manith Gehan Warnasuriya,
Dinupa Gunawardhana (13),
Ishen kuruppuarachchi
Fall of wickets:
1-84 (Nalaka Chaminda Nawagaththegama),
2-111 (Gayan Ekanayake),
3-111 (Brendon Ashton),
4-124 (Lahiru Madushanka Garumuni Wijesinghe)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehan Andrahennadi | 2.2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 9.85 | 5 | 1 |
| Sathiyanarayanan Periyannan | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Ross Elston | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 6.28 | 1 | 1 |
| Ritesh Thakkar | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Krit Patel (14) | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Blake Russell (16) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 1 |
| Jayson Dryden | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 |
Melbourne Sixers C Grade
- Sanjeewa Senarathna Opening Bowler 11 rating
- Lahiru Madushanka Garumuni Wijesinghe (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 5 rating
- Kavinga Ranaraja Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating
- Brendon Ashton Bowling All-Rounder 7 rating
- Sampath Dias First-Change Bowler 5 rating
- Nalaka Chaminda Nawagaththegama Opening Batter 8 rating
- Dewage Manith Gehan Warnasuriya (vc) Opening Bowler 5 rating
- Gayan Ekanayake (c) Bowling All-Rounder 7 rating
- Dinupa Gunawardhana (13) Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
- Nuwan Gunawardhana Top-Order Batter 7 rating
- Ishen kuruppuarachchi Middle-Order Batter 9 rating
Clyde Cougars C Grade
- Lehan Andrahennadi Opening Bowler 5 rating
- Sathiyanarayanan Periyannan First-Change Bowler 3 rating
- Cody Sharam (wk) (13) Wicketkeeper-Batter 8 rating
- Blake Russell (16) Second-Change Bowler 6 rating
- Ross Elston First-Change Bowler 11 rating
- Marty Gurry Middle-Order Batter 5 rating
- Steven Russell (c) Wicketkeeper-Batter 11 rating
- Ritesh Thakkar Opening Bowler 3 rating
- Christopher Jones Top-Order Batter 7 rating
- Michael Warner Middle-Order Batter 8 rating
- Jayson Dryden (c) Opening Batter 12 rating
- Krit Patel (14) Middle-Order Batter 7 rating
Innings comparison
| Innings | Score | RR | 4s | 6s | Extras | Top score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Cougars C Grade | 172/8 (35 ov) | 4.91 | 10 | 1 | 15 | Blake Russell 43 |
| Melbourne Sixers C Grade | 173/4 (26.2 ov) | 6.57 | 21 | 0 | 16 | Gayan Ekanayake 49 |
Partnerships · Clyde Cougars C Grade
- 1st wkt 7
- 2nd wkt 8
- 3rd wkt 70
- 4th wkt 26
- 5th wkt 24
- 6th wkt 13
- 7th wkt 5
- 8th wkt 4
- 9th wkt 15*
From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.
Partnerships · Melbourne Sixers C Grade
- 1st wkt 84
- 2nd wkt 27
- 3rd wkt 0
- 4th wkt 13
- 5th wkt 49*
From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.