Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI v Altona Sports 2nd XI

Result · Round 11 · B Grade (C.Dunn/G.Gook Shield) · 2025/26 · Sat 31 Jan 2026 · Alamanda Reserve, POINT COOK

Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI 229 (63.2 ov)

Altona Sports 2nd XI 69 (32.5 ov) & 144/6 (41 ov)

Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI won by 160 runs

Match report

Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI beat Altona Sports 2nd XI by 160 runs. For the winners, Abdur Rafay Minhas made a half-century (57 off 88) and Hitesh Bavarva took 3/7 from 3.5 overs. For Altona Sports 2nd XI, Daniel Chitty made a half-century (62* off 88) and Leon De Vere took 3/16 from 5.2 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Hitesh Bavarva

Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI · 38 (42) & 5/32 & 1 dismissal

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

Top performers

Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI

🏏 Abdur Rafay Minhas (18) 57 (88)

🏏 Ben Churchill 48 (113)

🎯 Hitesh Bavarva 5/32 (11.5)

🎯 Merwyn Pinto 4/61 (22)

Altona Sports 2nd XI

🏏 Daniel Chitty 63 (93)

🏏 Daniel Mulcahy 43 (59)

🎯 Leon De Vere 3/16 (5.2)

🎯 John Dimech 3/44 (17)

Match details

Competition: B Grade (C.Dunn/G.Gook Shield)
Round: Round 11
Format: Two Day
Venue: Alamanda Reserve, POINT COOK
Date: Saturday 31 January 2026, 1:00pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI won the toss and chose to bat
Other officials: Felix Scarlett (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI · 1st Innings - Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI 229 (63.2 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Chris Morris	c: J Dimech b: J Perry	2	16	0	0	12.50
Nicholas McKenna	c: D Kumar b: J Dimech	11	49	0	0	22.44
Swapnil Desai	c&b: J Dimech	20	26	3	0	76.92
Abdur Rafay Minhas (wk) (18)	c: O Sayers b: P Verma	57	88	6	0	64.77
Merwyn Pinto	c: D Kumar b: J Dimech	16	22	1	0	72.72
Ben Churchill (c)	c&b: L De Vere	48	113	1	0	42.47
Hitesh Bavarva	run out (D Bryden)	38	42	2	0	90.47
Nitin Shelar	c: D Mulcahy b: L De Vere	11	19	0	0	57.89
HARPREET SHERGILL	b: L De Vere	0	1	0	0	0.00
Riley Main (17)	run out (D Bryden)	0	3	0	0	0.00
Rajnikant Bhoraniya	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, w 12, nb 4, pen 0)	26
Total	63.2 Ov (RR 3.62)	229

Did not bat: Abhijeet Bhagwat

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chris Morris), 2-36 (Swapnil Desai), 3-50 (Nicholas McKenna), 4-75 (Merwyn Pinto), 5-148 (Abdur Rafay Minhas), 6-218 (Hitesh Bavarva), 7-219 (Ben Churchill), 8-227 (HARPREET SHERGILL), 9-228 (Riley Main), 10-229 (Nitin Shelar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Dean Bryden	15	1	57	0	3.80	3	0
Joshua Perry	5	1	18	1	3.60	4	0
John Dimech	17	4	44	3	2.58	0	1
Owen Sayers (16)	5	0	14	0	2.80	2	2
Dishant Kumar	6	1	20	0	3.33	0	0
Daniel Mulcahy	4	0	11	0	2.75	0	0
Pranjal Verma	4	0	23	1	5.75	1	0
Ethan Mullenger	1	0	8	0	8.00	1	0
Phoenix Bryden	1	0	8	0	8.00	1	1
Leon De Vere	5.2	0	16	3	3.00	0	0

Altona Sports 2nd XI · 1st Innings - Altona Sports 2nd XI 69 (32.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Phoenix Bryden	b: M Pinto	1	18	0	0	5.55
Daniel Mulcahy	c: M Pinto b: R Bhoraniya	20	30	2	0	66.66
Owen Sayers (16)	lbw: R Bhoraniya	15	42	2	0	35.71
Dean McKenzie	c: N McKenna b: R Main	2	16	0	0	12.50
Daniel Chitty (vc)	c: R Bhoraniya b: M Pinto	1	5	0	0	20.00
Dean Bryden (c)	c: A Minhas b: R Main	5	35	0	0	14.28
Pranjal Verma	b: R Main	0	8	0	0	0.00
Dishant Kumar	c: N Shelar b: H Bavarva	4	19	0	0	21.05
Ethan Mullenger	lbw: H Bavarva	6	11	1	0	54.54
Joshua Perry	c&b: H Bavarva	2	11	0	0	18.18
Leon De Vere	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 0, w 7, nb 2, pen 0)	13
Total	32.5 Ov (RR 2.10)	69

Did not bat: John Dimech

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Phoenix Bryden), 2-39 (Daniel Mulcahy), 3-40 (Owen Sayers), 4-41 (Daniel Chitty), 5-48 (Dean McKenzie), 6-52 (Pranjal Verma), 7-53 (Dean Bryden), 8-65 (Ethan Mullenger), 9-66 (Dishant Kumar), 10-69 (Joshua Perry)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Abdur Rafay Minhas (18)	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Merwyn Pinto	13	7	13	2	1.00	0	0
Rajnikant Bhoraniya	10	0	34	2	3.40	2	2
Riley Main (17)	6	1	11	3	1.83	4	0
Hitesh Bavarva	3.5	0	7	3	1.82	1	0

Altona Sports 2nd XI · 2nd Innings - Altona Sports 2nd XI 144/6 (41 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Mulcahy	lbw: M Pinto	23	29	4	0	79.31
Dean McKenzie	c: C Morris b: R Bhoraniya	13	22	2	0	59.09
Dean Bryden (c)	lbw: R Bhoraniya	2	17	0	0	11.76
Owen Sayers (16)	lbw: M Pinto	0	12	0	0	0.00
Daniel Chitty (vc)	not out	62*	88	12	0	70.45
Pranjal Verma	b: H Bavarva	23	41	1	2	56.09
Leon De Vere	lbw: H Bavarva	0	5	0	0	0.00
Dishant Kumar	not out	10*	32	0	0	31.25
Extras	(b 7, lb 0, w 2, nb 2, pen 0)	11
Total	41 Ov (RR 3.51)	144/6

Did not bat: Joshua Perry, Ethan Mullenger, John Dimech, Phoenix Bryden

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Dean McKenzie), 2-36 (Daniel Mulcahy), 3-38 (Owen Sayers), 4-38 (Dean Bryden), 5-106 (Pranjal Verma), 6-106 (Leon De Vere)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Abhijeet Bhagwat	3	1	14	0	4.66	0	0
Hitesh Bavarva	8	3	25	2	3.12	0	0
Merwyn Pinto	9	1	48	2	5.33	0	0
Rajnikant Bhoraniya	12	3	32	2	2.66	2	2
Nitin Shelar	5	2	9	0	1.80	0	0
HARPREET SHERGILL	4	0	9	0	2.25	0	0

Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI

HARPREET SHERGILL First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Nicholas McKenna Opening Batter 5 rating
Nitin Shelar Second-Change Bowler 8 rating
Abdur Rafay Minhas (wk) (18) Wicketkeeper-Batter 11 rating
Abhijeet Bhagwat First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Chris Morris Opening Batter 7 rating
Ben Churchill (c) Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating
Swapnil Desai Top-Order Batter 10 rating
Riley Main (17) Opening Bowler 9 rating
Rajnikant Bhoraniya First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Merwyn Pinto First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Hitesh Bavarva First-Change Bowler 13 rating

Altona Sports 2nd XI

Joshua Perry Lower-Order Batter – rating
Pranjal Verma Middle-Order Batter 8 rating
Ethan Mullenger Lower-Order Batter 8 rating
Dishant Kumar Bowling All-Rounder 8 rating
Daniel Mulcahy All-Rounder 13 rating
Daniel Chitty (vc) Wicketkeeper-Batter 10 rating
John Dimech First-Change Bowler 10 rating
Dean McKenzie Opening Batter 8 rating
Dean Bryden (c) First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Owen Sayers (16) Second-Change Bowler 6 rating
Leon De Vere Second-Change Bowler 9 rating
Phoenix Bryden Middle-Order Batter 5 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI	229 (63.2 ov)	3.62	13	0	26	Abdur Rafay Minhas 57
Altona Sports 2nd XI	69 (32.5 ov)	2.10	5	0	13	Daniel Mulcahy 20
Altona Sports 2nd XI	144/6 (41 ov)	3.51	19	2	11	Daniel Chitty 62*

Partnerships · Point Cook Centrals 3rd XI

1st wkt 5
2nd wkt 31
3rd wkt 14
4th wkt 25
5th wkt 73
6th wkt 70
7th wkt 1
8th wkt 8
9th wkt 1
10th wkt 1

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

Partnerships · Altona Sports 2nd XI

1st wkt 3
2nd wkt 36
3rd wkt 1
4th wkt 1
5th wkt 7
6th wkt 4
7th wkt 1
8th wkt 12
9th wkt 1
10th wkt 3

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

Partnerships · Altona Sports 2nd XI

1st wkt 32
2nd wkt 4
3rd wkt 2
4th wkt 0
5th wkt 68
6th wkt 0
7th wkt 38*

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