Craigieburn 1st XI v Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI

Result · Round 11 · Championship - Kookaburra Sports Senior Division · 2025/26 · Sat 7 Feb 2026 · Etzel Street Reserve ARCHIVED DUPLICATE - DO NOT USE, AIRPORT WEST

Craigieburn 1st XI 187 (70.4 ov) & 54/1 (13 ov)

Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI 262/3d (58 ov)

Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI won by 7 wickets

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Match report

Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI beat Craigieburn 1st XI by 7 wickets. For the winners, Ramindu Nikeshala made a half-century (66 off 88) and Ben Walkden took 5/53 from 20 overs. For Craigieburn 1st XI, Samuel Laffan made a half-century (66 off 159) and James Portou took 2/79 from 14 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Ben Walkden

Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI · 63* (80) & 6/66 & 1 dismissal

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

Top performers

Craigieburn 1st XI

🏏 Samuel Laffan (28) 66 (159)

🏏 Joshua Rasu 55 (98)

🎯 James Portou (25) 2/79 (14)

🎯 Joshua Anderson 1/24 (4)

Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI

🏏 Ramindu Nikeshala 66 (88)

🏏 Ben Walkden 63* (80)

🎯 Ben Walkden 6/66 (24)

🎯 Nicholas Brazil 2/41 (12.4)

Match details

Competition: Championship - Kookaburra Sports Senior Division
Round: Round 11
Format: Two Day
Venue: Etzel Street Reserve ARCHIVED DUPLICATE - DO NOT USE, AIRPORT WEST
Date: Saturday 7 February 2026, 12:00pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI won the toss and chose to field
Other officials: GEORGE HALLAL (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2), Grant Sandars (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Craigieburn 1st XI · 1st Innings - Craigieburn 1st XI 187 (70.4 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sean Bathman	lbw: B Walkden	2	13	0	0	15.38
Nathan Pappin	c: R Nikeshala b: B Walkden	24	45	4	0	53.33
Kevin Spaull (26)	run out (J Brett, B Walkden)	4	14	0	0	28.57
Samuel Laffan (c, wk) (28)	lbw: A Singh	66	159	7	1	41.50
Joshua Rasu	c: A Singh b: L Mitchell	25	75	2	1	33.33
Adam Davies (28)	b: B Walkden	28	45	0	1	62.22
Kane Murfett	b: B Walkden	7	18	1	0	38.88
Joshua Anderson	b: B Walkden	5	12	0	0	41.66
Darren Wotu	not out	8*	23	1	0	34.78
Brock Orr	b: N Brazil	2	15	0	0	13.33
James Portou (25)	b: N Brazil	2	6	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 10, lb 3, w 0, nb 1, pen 0)	14
Total	70.4 Ov (RR 2.65)	187

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Sean Bathman), 2-28 (Kevin Spaull), 3-49 (Nathan Pappin), 4-119 (Joshua Rasu), 5-161 (Samuel Laffan), 6-163 (Adam Davies), 7-174 (Kane Murfett), 8-175 (Joshua Anderson), 9-185 (Brock Orr), 10-187 (James Portou)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Ben Walkden	20	3	53	5	2.65	0
Nicholas Brazil	8.4	1	26	2	3.00	1
Akshpreet Singh	15	5	21	1	1.40	0
Joel Brett	5	2	15	0	3.00	0
Jack Morley	12	2	33	0	2.75	0
Ranga Cooray	4	1	9	0	2.25	0
Lachie Mitchell (15)	6	0	17	1	2.83	0

Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI · 1st Innings - Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI 262/3d (58 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jack Morley	c: J Rasu b: J Portou	45	85	4	0	52.94
Ramindu Nikeshala (wk)	c: S Laffan b: J Portou	66	88	8	0	75.00
Ben Walkden	not out	63*	80	6	1	78.75
Ranga Cooray	c: S Bathman b: J Anderson	51	78	8	0	65.38
Joel Brett	not out	25*	18	0	2	138.88
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, w 0, nb 1, pen 0)	12
Total	58 Ov (RR 4.52)	262/3d

Did not bat: Lachie Mitchell (15), Sachin Wellage, Jordon Kelly (33), Akshpreet Singh, Thilan Welithota, Nicholas Brazil

Fall of wickets: 1-112 (Jack Morley), 2-115 (Ramindu Nikeshala), 3-218 (Ranga Cooray)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Darren Wotu	13	2	36	0	2.76	0
Joshua Rasu	17	1	69	0	4.05	0
Brock Orr	8	3	29	0	3.62	1
Kane Murfett	2	0	14	0	7.00	0
James Portou (25)	14	0	79	2	5.64	0
Joshua Anderson	4	0	24	1	6.00	0

Craigieburn 1st XI · 2nd Innings - Craigieburn 1st XI 54/1 (13 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nathan Pappin	b: B Walkden	7	15	1	0	46.66
Sean Bathman	not out	8*	41	2	0	19.51
Joshua Rasu	not out	30*	23	5	1	130.43
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 5, nb 1, pen 0)	9
Total	13 Ov (RR 4.15)	54/1

Did not bat: Joshua Anderson, Brock Orr, Darren Wotu, Adam Davies (28), Samuel Laffan (28), Kane Murfett, Kevin Spaull (26), James Portou (25)

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Nathan Pappin)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Ben Walkden	4	2	13	1	3.25	0	0
Nicholas Brazil	4	1	15	0	3.75	5	0
Akshpreet Singh	2	1	14	0	7.00	0	0
Joel Brett	2	0	9	0	4.50	0	1
Jack Morley	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0

Craigieburn 1st XI

Joshua Anderson First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Brock Orr Opening Bowler 5 rating
Nathan Pappin Opening Batter 7 rating
Darren Wotu Opening Bowler 6 rating
Adam Davies (28) Middle-Order Batter 11 rating
Samuel Laffan (c, wk) (28) Wicketkeeper-Batter 16 rating
Kane Murfett First-Change Bowler 5 rating
Joshua Rasu Bowling All-Rounder 8 rating
Kevin Spaull (26) Top-Order Batter 10 rating
Sean Bathman Wicketkeeper-Batter 7 rating
James Portou (25) First-Change Bowler 5 rating

Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI

Lachie Mitchell (15) Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Ramindu Nikeshala (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 14 rating
Ranga Cooray Bowling All-Rounder 12 rating
Joel Brett Bowling All-Rounder 12 rating
Ben Walkden Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Jack Morley Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating
Sachin Wellage Top-Order Batter 7 rating
Jordon Kelly (33) Opening Batter 7 rating
Akshpreet Singh First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Thilan Welithota Lower-Order Batter 6 rating
Nicholas Brazil Opening Bowler 6 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Craigieburn 1st XI	187 (70.4 ov)	2.65	15	3	14	Samuel Laffan 66
Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI	262/3d (58 ov)	4.52	26	3	12	Ramindu Nikeshala 66
Craigieburn 1st XI	54/1 (13 ov)	4.15	8	1	9	Joshua Rasu 30*

Partnerships · Craigieburn 1st XI

1st wkt 14
2nd wkt 14
3rd wkt 21
4th wkt 70
5th wkt 42
6th wkt 2
7th wkt 11
8th wkt 1
9th wkt 10
10th wkt 2

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

Partnerships · Airport West St Christopher's 1st XI

1st wkt 112
2nd wkt 3
3rd wkt 103
4th wkt 44*

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

Partnerships · Craigieburn 1st XI

1st wkt 21
2nd wkt 33*

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