Result · Round 3 · 02. Wright Shield · 2025/26 · Sat 1 Nov 2025 · Stradbroke Park, KEW EAST
Ashburton Willows 1st XI 205/7 (40 ov)
Deepdene Bears 1st XI 161 (35.5 ov)
Ashburton Willows 1st XI won by 44 runs
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Match report

Ashburton Willows 1st XI made 205/7 (40 ov) and defended it, holding Deepdene Bears 1st XI to 161 (35.5 ov) to win by 44 runs. For the winners, Chris Knights made a half-century (78* off 78) and Pamuditha Geemal Rajapakshage took 3/29 from 8 overs. For Deepdene Bears 1st XI, Ruwantha Ekanayake made a half-century (69 off 81) and Nathan Purcell took 2/23 from 8 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Ruwantha Ekanayake
Deepdene Bears 1st XI · 69 (81) & 1/25

Top performers

Ashburton Willows 1st XI
🏏 Chris Knights 78* (78)
🏏 Christopher Barr 39 (34)
🎯 Pamuditha Geemal Rajapakshage 3/29 (8)
🎯 ******** 3/32 (8)
Deepdene Bears 1st XI
🏏 Ruwantha Ekanayake 69 (81)
🏏 Ashwin Venugopal 28 (29)
🎯 Nathan Purcell 2/23 (8)
🎯 Ashwin Venugopal 2/24 (4)
Ashburton Willows 1st XI · 1st Innings - Ashburton Willows 1st XI 205/7 (40 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
******** b: J Christensen 0 1 0 0 0.00
Shehan Vitharana c: B Hudson b: N Purcell 4 21 0 0 19.04
Chris Leutton (wk) c: b: N Purcell 5 33 0 0 15.15
Mark Quamil c: O Smith b: A Venugopal 32 41 1 2 78.04
Cameron Lindsay c: N Purcell b: R Ekanayake 35 31 2 3 112.90
Chris Knights not out 78* 78 9 1 100.00
Jacob Latchford st: B Hudson b: A Venugopal 1 3 0 0 33.33
Christopher Barr (c) c: J Watt b: O Smith 39 34 2 1 114.70
Aaron Lund not out 1* 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 3, nb 1, pen 0) 10
Total 40 Ov (RR 5.13) 205/7
Did not bat: Thusith De soysa, Pamuditha Geemal Rajapakshage
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (********), 2-11 (Chris Leutton), 3-12 (Shehan Vitharana), 4-65 (Cameron Lindsay), 5-98 (Mark Quamil), 6-104 (Jacob Latchford), 7-203 (Christopher Barr)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Jade Christensen 8 1 36 1 4.50 2 1
Nathan Purcell 8 1 23 2 2.87 0 0
Owen Smith 8 0 47 1 5.87 0 0
Ruwantha Ekanayake 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0
James Watt (32) 8 1 44 0 5.50 1 0
Ashwin Venugopal 4 0 24 2 6.00 0 0
Deepdene Bears 1st XI · 1st Innings - Deepdene Bears 1st XI 161 (35.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Connor Nancarrow c: C Leutton b: P Rajapakshage 0 8 0 0 0.00
Rahul Anand c: C Leutton b: P Rajapakshage 0 1 0 0 0.00
Owen Smith b: R Peiris 19 27 2 0 70.37
Henry Morris (vc) b: R Peiris 7 26 1 0 26.92
Ruwantha Ekanayake c: S Vitharana b: P Rajapakshage 69 81 9 0 85.18
Lucas Watt (c) b: A Lund 4 3 1 0 133.33
Ben Hudson (wk) (32) c&b: S Vitharana 14 29 2 0 48.27
Ashwin Venugopal b: C Lindsay 28 29 1 2 96.55
Jade Christensen lbw: R Peiris 0 3 0 0 0.00
James Watt (32) run out (T De soysa) 5 16 0 0 31.25
Nathan Purcell not out 0* 0 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 10, nb 2, pen 0) 15
Total 35.5 Ov (RR 4.49) 161
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rahul Anand), 2-1 (Connor Nancarrow), 3-25 (Henry Morris), 4-43 (Owen Smith), 5-48 (Lucas Watt), 6-102 (Ben Hudson), 7-136 (Ruwantha Ekanayake), 8-137 (Jade Christensen), 9-155 (James Watt), 10-161 (Ashwin Venugopal)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Christopher Barr 8 1 28 0 3.50 2 0
Pamuditha Geemal Rajapakshage 8 1 29 3 3.62 1 1
******** 8 1 32 3 4.00 1 1
Aaron Lund 5 0 23 1 4.60 1 0
Shehan Vitharana 5 0 24 1 4.80 0 0
Mark Quamil 1 0 14 0 14.00 5 0
Cameron Lindsay 0.5 0 8 1 9.60 0 0

Ashburton Willows 1st XI

Deepdene Bears 1st XI

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Ashburton Willows 1st XI 205/7 (40 ov) 5.13 14 7 10 Chris Knights 78*
Deepdene Bears 1st XI 161 (35.5 ov) 4.49 16 2 15 Ruwantha Ekanayake 69

Partnerships · Ashburton Willows 1st XI

  • 1st wkt 0
  • 2nd wkt 11
  • 3rd wkt 1
  • 4th wkt 53
  • 5th wkt 33
  • 6th wkt 6
  • 7th wkt 99
  • 8th wkt 2*

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

Partnerships · Deepdene Bears 1st XI

  • 1st wkt 0
  • 2nd wkt 1
  • 3rd wkt 24
  • 4th wkt 18
  • 5th wkt 5
  • 6th wkt 54
  • 7th wkt 34
  • 8th wkt 1
  • 9th wkt 18
  • 10th wkt 6

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