Dennington Premier v Port Fairy Premier

Result · Finals Round 1 · Sungold Division 1 Premier · 2025/26 · Sat 7 Mar 2026 · Davidson Oval, WARRNAMBOOL

Dennington Premier 207 (79.2 ov) & 0/0

Port Fairy Premier 155 (49.5 ov)

Dennington Premier won by 52 runs

Match report

Dennington Premier beat Port Fairy Premier by 52 runs. For the winners, Dilip Tharaka made a half-century (72 off 156) and Pishan Hewage took 3/37 from 13 overs. For Port Fairy Premier, Mohammad Abbas made a half-century (54* off 85) and jason perera took 3/43 from 19 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Mohammad Abbas

Port Fairy Premier · 54* (85) & 2/52 & 1 dismissal

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

Top performers

Dennington Premier

🏏 Dilip Tharaka 72 (156)

🏏 Ben Rantall 45 (108)

🎯 Pishan Hewage 3/37 (13)

🎯 Sam Worden (26) 3/51 (18.5)

Port Fairy Premier

🏏 Mohammad Abbas 54* (85)

🏏 jason perera 33 (54)

🎯 jason perera 3/43 (19)

🎯 Mohammad Abbas 2/52 (26.2)

Match details

Competition: Sungold Division 1 Premier
Round: Finals Round 1
Format: Two Day
Venue: Davidson Oval, WARRNAMBOOL
Date: Saturday 7 March 2026, 12:30pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Dennington Premier won the toss and chose to bat
Other officials: Ashley Jennings (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2), Malcolm Clapp (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Dennington Premier · 1st Innings - Dennington Premier 207 (79.2 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shannon Beks (vc) (27)	c: A Williams b: M Staude	23	48	2	0	47.91
Samitha Milinda Sepala (wk)	run out (s wicks)	3	11	0	0	27.27
Dilip Tharaka	c: h Bensch b: M Abbas	72	156	5	0	46.15
Farooq Qureshi	c: A Ferres b: A Dwyer	27	62	2	0	43.54
Pishan Hewage	c: A Ferres b: M Abbas	2	8	0	0	25.00
Ben Rantall (c)	run out (A Templeton, M Abbas)	45	108	1	0	41.66
Sanjaya Fernando	lbw: j perera	0	5	0	0	0.00
Ryan OKeefe	lbw: j perera	2	20	0	0	10.00
Riley Beks (16)	b: j perera	0	1	0	0	0.00
Stuart Brown (29)	c: b: A Ferres	21	54	0	0	38.88
Sam Worden (26)	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 2, pen 0)	12
Total	79.2 Ov (RR 2.61)	207

Did not bat: Xavier Beks (29)

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Samitha Milinda Sepala), 2-43 (Shannon Beks), 3-96 (Farooq Qureshi), 4-99 (Pishan Hewage), 5-149 (Dilip Tharaka), 6-151 (Sanjaya Fernando), 7-159 (Ryan OKeefe), 8-159 (Riley Beks), 9-202 (Stuart Brown), 10-207 (Ben Rantall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
jason perera	19	4	43	3	2.26	0	0
henry Bensch	11	2	35	1	3.18	1	1
Murray Staude	13.3	1	37	1	2.74	0	0
Mohammad Abbas	26.2	8	52	2	1.97	0	0
Aidan Dwyer (16)	9	1	26	1	2.88	1	0
Andrew McCartney	0.3	0	6	0	12.00	0	1

Port Fairy Premier · 1st Innings - Port Fairy Premier 155 (49.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Aaron Williams (wk)	b: F Qureshi	0	1	0	0	0.00
jason perera	b: S Fernando	33	54	2	0	61.11
Alastair Templeton	st: S Sepala b: S Fernando	27	66	2	0	40.90
Mohammad Abbas	not out	54*	85	3	0	63.52
Murray Staude (c)	b: P Hewage	9	21	0	1	42.85
Vincent Huf (21)	c: B Rantall b: P Hewage	1	3	0	0	33.33
henry Bensch	run out (R OKeefe, S Worden)	17	11	1	1	154.54
Bailey Dwyer (17)	b: P Hewage	8	29	0	0	27.58
Andrew Ferres	c: B Rantall b: S Worden	0	7	0	0	0.00
Andrew McCartney	st: S Sepala b: S Worden	4	20	0	0	20.00
Aidan Dwyer (16)	b: S Worden	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 0, pen 0)	2
Total	49.5 Ov (RR 3.11)	155

Did not bat: sam wicks (16)

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Aaron Williams), 2-49 (jason perera), 3-70 (Alastair Templeton), 4-98 (Murray Staude), 5-100 (Vincent Huf), 6-122 (henry Bensch), 7-136 (Bailey Dwyer), 8-137 (Andrew Ferres), 9-155 (Andrew McCartney), 10-155 (Aidan Dwyer)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Farooq Qureshi	5	0	16	1	3.20	0
Ben Rantall	6	0	28	0	4.66	1
Pishan Hewage	13	4	37	3	2.84	0
Sam Worden (26)	18.5	2	51	3	2.70	0
Sanjaya Fernando	7	2	22	2	3.14	0

Dennington Premier · 2nd Innings - Dennington Premier 0/0

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ryan OKeefe	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Shannon Beks (vc) (27)	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, pen 0)	0
Total	0 Ov	0/0

Did not bat: Sam Worden (26), Stuart Brown (29), Ben Rantall, Riley Beks (16), Pishan Hewage, Xavier Beks (29), Samitha Milinda Sepala, Sanjaya Fernando, Dilip Tharaka, Farooq Qureshi

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb

Dennington Premier

Sam Worden (26) First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Stuart Brown (29) Wicketkeeper-Batter 13 rating
Ben Rantall (c) Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Riley Beks (16) Top-Order Batter 5 rating
Pishan Hewage Bowling All-Rounder 8 rating
Xavier Beks (29) Opening Bowler 8 rating
Ryan OKeefe Middle-Order Batter 4 rating
Samitha Milinda Sepala (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 12 rating
Sanjaya Fernando Second-Change Bowler 8 rating
Dilip Tharaka All-Rounder 16 rating
Farooq Qureshi Top-Order Batter 10 rating
Shannon Beks (vc) (27) Opening Batter 6 rating

Port Fairy Premier

henry Bensch Opening Bowler 8 rating
Vincent Huf (21) First-Change Bowler 12 rating
Andrew Ferres Middle-Order Batter 7 rating
Bailey Dwyer (17) First-Change Bowler 7 rating
jason perera All-Rounder 11 rating
Murray Staude (c) Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Alastair Templeton Top-Order Batter 5 rating
Mohammad Abbas All-Rounder 11 rating
Aaron Williams (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 12 rating
Andrew McCartney Second-Change Bowler 8 rating
sam wicks (16) First-Change Bowler 5 rating
Aidan Dwyer (16) Second-Change Bowler 11 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Dennington Premier	207 (79.2 ov)	2.61	10	0	12	Dilip Tharaka 72
Port Fairy Premier	155 (49.5 ov)	3.11	8	2	2	Mohammad Abbas 54*
Dennington Premier	0/0	–	0	0	0	Ryan OKeefe 0*

Partnerships · Dennington Premier

1st wkt 15
2nd wkt 28
3rd wkt 53
4th wkt 3
5th wkt 50
6th wkt 2
7th wkt 8
8th wkt 0
9th wkt 43
10th wkt 5

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

Partnerships · Port Fairy Premier

1st wkt 3
2nd wkt 46
3rd wkt 21
4th wkt 28
5th wkt 2
6th wkt 22
7th wkt 14
8th wkt 1
9th wkt 18
10th wkt 0

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

Partnerships · Dennington Premier

No fall of wickets recorded for this innings.