Result · Round 12 · Saturday A2 · 2025/26 · Sat 31 Jan 2026 · Gibson Park, STAFFORD
Cleveland Cougars A2 225/6d (47.3 ov) & 0/0
Valley A2 75 (42.3 ov) & 57 (34.3 ov)
Cleveland Cougars A2 won by 10 wickets
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Match report

Cleveland Cougars A2 beat Valley A2 by 10 wickets. For the winners, Brock Balcombe hit a century (101* off 128) and Liam Freeman took 6/17 from 11.3 overs. For Valley A2, Paul Hanssens top-scored with 35 off 73 and Phil Tinetti took 1/12 from 1 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Liam Freeman
Cleveland Cougars A2 · 8/30 & 2 dismissals

Top performers

Cleveland Cougars A2
🏏 Brock Balcombe (19) 101* (128)
🏏 Tyler Brown 47 (88)
🎯 Liam Freeman 8/30 (17.3)
🎯 Callum Brown 6/53 (27)
Valley A2
🏏 Paul Hanssens 35 (73)
🏏 Jack Cross (19) 30 (89)
🎯 Phil Tinetti 1/12 (1)
🎯 Jack Cross (19) 1/15 (4.3)
Valley A2 · 1st Innings - Valley A2 75 (42.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Max Rogers (15) b: C Brown 1 7 0 0 14.28
Paul Hanssens c: L Butler b: L Freeman 35 73 4 0 47.94
Jack Cross (19) b: J Saul 1 7 0 0 14.28
Matthew Notridge (15) run out (G Balcombe) 8 37 0 0 21.62
Sanhitha Gamage (15) b: L Freeman 2 7 0 0 28.57
Connor Pukk (wk) (15) b: C Brown 7 56 0 0 12.50
Phil Tinetti c: L Butler b: L Freeman 5 15 1 0 33.33
Benjamin McGrath (c, wk) c: J Horsey b: L Freeman 1 17 0 0 5.88
Pamod Thinura Jayasekara Liyana patabendige not out 10* 24 1 0 41.66
James Butler (16) c: b: L Freeman 0 3 0 0 0.00
Frederick Schloss (15) c: b: L Freeman 1 8 0 0 12.50
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 1, pen 0) 4
Total 42.3 Ov (RR 1.76) 75
Did not bat: Arun Sriram (21), Benedict lee, Samuel Monk (17)
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Max Rogers), 2-11 (Jack Cross), 3-28 (Matthew Notridge), 4-56 (Paul Hanssens), 5-58 (Sanhitha Gamage), 6-58 (Connor Pukk), 7-64 (Phil Tinetti), 8-67 (Benjamin McGrath), 9-67 (James Butler), 10-75 (Frederick Schloss)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Joshua Saul 10 3 21 1 2.10 0 0
Callum Brown 15 4 29 2 1.93 1 0
Liam Freeman 11.3 4 17 6 1.47 0 0
Brock Balcombe (19) 5 1 5 0 1.00 0 1
Luke Butler 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
Cleveland Cougars A2 · 1st Innings - Cleveland Cougars A2 225/6d (47.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Tyler Brown c: P Jayasekara Liyana patabendige b: P Tinetti 47 88 3 0 53.40
Lachlan Dahler (vc) c: C Pukk b: J Cross 5 22 1 0 22.72
Brock Balcombe (19) not out 101* 128 13 0 78.90
Greg Balcombe c: C Pukk b: F Schloss 26 10 1 3 260.00
Keelan Davis st: C Pukk b: B McGrath 13 20 1 0 65.00
Luke Butler (c) c: S Monk b: P Jayasekara Liyana patabendige 6 6 1 0 100.00
Joe Horsey run out (P Jayasekara Liyana patabendige, B McGrath) 0 3 0 0 0.00
jake rowett not out 10* 9 2 0 111.11
Extras (b 12, lb 3, w 1, nb 1, pen 0) 17
Total 47.3 Ov (RR 4.74) 225/6d
Did not bat: Liam Freeman, Callum Brown, Joshua Saul, Josh Duxbury
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Lachlan Dahler), 2-104 (Tyler Brown), 3-134 (Greg Balcombe), 4-192 (Keelan Davis), 5-199 (Luke Butler), 6-204 (Joe Horsey)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Pamod Thinura Jayasekara Liyana patabendige 8 2 20 1 2.50 0 1
James Butler (16) 6 1 21 0 3.50 0 0
Jack Cross (19) 4.3 0 15 1 3.33 0 0
Benjamin McGrath 12 0 61 1 5.08 0 0
Paul Hanssens 3 0 20 0 6.66 0 0
Phil Tinetti 1 0 12 1 12.00 0 0
Frederick Schloss (15) 3 0 27 1 9.00 0 0
Samuel Monk (17) 5 0 21 0 4.20 1 0
Sanhitha Gamage (15) 5 0 13 0 2.60 0 0
Valley A2 · 2nd Innings - Valley A2 57 (34.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Samuel Monk (17) lbw: C Brown 4 24 1 0 16.66
Arun Sriram (21) c: K Davis b: J Saul 1 6 0 0 16.66
Jack Cross (19) c: B Balcombe b: L Freeman 29 82 4 0 35.36
Benedict lee b: C Brown 3 16 0 0 18.75
Matthew Notridge (15) b: j rowett 0 5 0 0 0.00
Max Rogers (15) run out (L Freeman, T Brown) 0 3 0 0 0.00
Connor Pukk (wk) (15) lbw: C Brown 0 9 0 0 0.00
Frederick Schloss (15) lbw: C Brown 0 1 0 0 0.00
Pamod Thinura Jayasekara Liyana patabendige b: L Freeman 4 18 0 0 22.22
James Butler (16) b: L Butler 9 28 0 0 32.14
Benjamin McGrath (c, wk) not out 4* 17 0 0 23.52
Extras (b 1, lb 0, w 0, nb 2, pen 0) 3
Total 34.3 Ov (RR 1.65) 57
Did not bat: Sanhitha Gamage (15), Phil Tinetti, Paul Hanssens
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Arun Sriram), 2-11 (Samuel Monk), 3-17 (Benedict lee), 4-20 (Matthew Notridge), 5-21 (Max Rogers), 6-30 (Connor Pukk), 7-30 (Frederick Schloss), 8-39 (Pamod Thinura Jayasekara Liyana patabendige), 9-45 (Jack Cross), 10-57 (James Butler)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Joshua Saul 12 4 14 1 1.16 0 0
Callum Brown 12 4 24 4 2.00 0 0
jake rowett 4 2 2 1 0.50 0 0
Liam Freeman 6 1 13 2 2.16 0 1
Luke Butler 0.3 0 3 1 6.00 0 1
Cleveland Cougars A2 · 2nd Innings - Cleveland Cougars A2 0/0
Batting RB4s6sSR
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, pen 0) 0
Total 0 Ov 0/0
Did not bat: Liam Freeman, jake rowett, Joe Horsey, Luke Butler, Tyler Brown, Brock Balcombe (19), Callum Brown, Joshua Saul, Josh Duxbury, Greg Balcombe, Keelan Davis, Lachlan Dahler
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb

Cleveland Cougars A2

Valley A2

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Valley A2 75 (42.3 ov) 1.76 6 0 4 Paul Hanssens 35
Cleveland Cougars A2 225/6d (47.3 ov) 4.74 22 3 17 Brock Balcombe 101*
Valley A2 57 (34.3 ov) 1.65 5 0 3 Jack Cross 29
Cleveland Cougars A2 0/0 – 0 0 0 –

Partnerships · Valley A2

  • 1st wkt 4
  • 2nd wkt 7
  • 3rd wkt 17
  • 4th wkt 28
  • 5th wkt 2
  • 6th wkt 0
  • 7th wkt 6
  • 8th wkt 3
  • 9th wkt 0
  • 10th wkt 8

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

Partnerships · Cleveland Cougars A2

  • 1st wkt 25
  • 2nd wkt 79
  • 3rd wkt 30
  • 4th wkt 58
  • 5th wkt 7
  • 6th wkt 5
  • 7th wkt 21*

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

Partnerships · Valley A2

  • 1st wkt 5
  • 2nd wkt 6
  • 3rd wkt 6
  • 4th wkt 3
  • 5th wkt 1
  • 6th wkt 9
  • 7th wkt 0
  • 8th wkt 9
  • 9th wkt 6
  • 10th wkt 12

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

Partnerships · Cleveland Cougars A2

No fall of wickets recorded for this innings.