Epping Bulls 3rd Grade v Georges River 3rd Grade

Result · Round 2 · Third Grade (The JB Hollander Cup) · 2025/26 · Sat 4 Oct 2025 · Epping Oval, EPPING

Epping Bulls 3rd Grade 58 (23.3 ov)

Georges River 3rd Grade 117 (45.2 ov)

Georges River 3rd Grade won by 59 runs

Match report

Georges River 3rd Grade made 117 (45.2 ov) and defended it, holding Epping Bulls 3rd Grade to 58 (23.3 ov) to win by 59 runs. For the winners, Mohammed Ismail top-scored with 36 off 49 and Palani Veerappan took 4/8 from 6 overs. For Epping Bulls 3rd Grade, Zeel Nizama top-scored with 22 off 28 and Finlay Hitchcock took 4/35 from 9.2 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Finlay Hitchcock (16)

Epping Bulls 3rd Grade · 2 (9) & 4/35

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

Top performers

Epping Bulls 3rd Grade

🏏 Zeel Nizama 22 (28)

🏏 Ryan Makin 13 (30)

🎯 Finlay Hitchcock (16) 4/35 (9.2)

🎯 Mackenzie Munro 2/15 (9)

Georges River 3rd Grade

🏏 Mohammed Ismail 36 (49)

🏏 Hayden Mewburn (18) 25 (55)

🎯 Palani Veerappan 4/8 (6)

🎯 Elliott Johnson 2/4 (3)

Match details

Competition: Third Grade (The JB Hollander Cup)
Round: Round 2
Format: One Day
Venue: Epping Oval, EPPING
Date: Saturday 4 October 2025, 9:30am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Georges River 3rd Grade won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Ashutosh Jha, Nathan Young

Georges River 3rd Grade · 1st Innings - Georges River 3rd Grade 117 (45.2 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Stuart Aley (c)	lbw: F Hitchcock	10	39	1	0	25.64
Elliott Johnson	c: b: M Munro	5	22	1	0	22.72
Will McMahon (wk) (16)	b: M Munro	3	15	0	0	20.00
Kasiraman Mani	c&b: D Sharma	13	18	2	0	72.22
Raghav Kasiraman (15)	b: F Hitchcock	10	37	1	0	27.02
Damian Kleemann (22)	c: b: D Sharma	2	26	0	0	7.69
Hayden Mewburn (18)	b: F Hitchcock	25	55	2	0	45.45
Mohammed Ismail	b: F Hitchcock	36	49	6	0	73.46
Spencer Kleemann (20)	c: b: ********	0	4	0	0	0.00
Dean Elliott (17)	run out ()	0	1	0	0	0.00
Palani Veerappan	not out	0*	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, w 3, nb 0, pen 0)	13
Total	45.2 Ov (RR 2.58)	117

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Elliott Johnson), 2-27 (Stuart Aley), 3-31 (Will McMahon), 4-50 (Kasiraman Mani), 5-50 (Raghav Kasiraman), 6-67 (Damian Kleemann), 7-90 (Hayden Mewburn), 8-95 (Spencer Kleemann), 9-103 (Dean Elliott), 10-117 (Mohammed Ismail)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Nicholas Birrell	7	2	8	0	1.14	1
Mackenzie Munro	9	3	15	2	1.66	0
Finlay Hitchcock (16)	9.2	1	35	4	3.75	1
Divyanshu Sharma	10	4	21	2	2.10	0
******** (18)	10	1	28	1	2.80	1

Epping Bulls 3rd Grade · 1st Innings - Epping Bulls 3rd Grade 58 (23.3 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gurnish Sarai (21)	c: W McMahon b: P Veerappan	1	6	0	0	16.66
Ryan Makin	lbw: D Kleemann	13	30	2	0	43.33
Meet Patel	b: P Veerappan	0	6	0	0	0.00
Nikolai Paxton	c: R Kasiraman b: P Veerappan	0	4	0	0	0.00
Divyanshu Sharma	lbw: P Veerappan	5	14	0	0	35.71
Zeel Nizama (wk)	lbw: E Johnson	22	28	2	0	78.57
Kendall Hunt	run out (M Ismail, E Johnson)	6	32	0	0	18.75
Mackenzie Munro	c: D Kleemann b: H Mewburn	0	2	0	0	0.00
Finlay Hitchcock (16)	c: S Kleemann b: H Mewburn	2	9	0	0	22.22
Nicholas Birrell (c)	c: W McMahon b: E Johnson	1	5	0	0	20.00
******** (18)	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 8, nb 0, pen 0)	8
Total	23.3 Ov (RR 2.47)	58

Did not bat: ******** (18)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gurnish Sarai), 2-6 (Meet Patel), 3-7 (Nikolai Paxton), 4-22 (Divyanshu Sharma), 5-26 (Ryan Makin), 6-44 (Kendall Hunt), 7-54 (Zeel Nizama), 8-55 (Mackenzie Munro), 9-56 (Nicholas Birrell), 10-58 (Finlay Hitchcock)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Mohammed Ismail	4	0	14	0	3.50	1
Palani Veerappan	6	1	8	4	1.33	2
Damian Kleemann (22)	5	1	10	1	2.00	2
Hayden Mewburn (18)	5.3	0	22	2	4.00	1
Elliott Johnson	3	1	4	2	1.33	2

Epping Bulls 3rd Grade

Gurnish Sarai (21) Top-Order Batter 3 rating
Zeel Nizama (wk) Top-Order Batter 5 rating
Ryan Makin Top-Order Batter 3 rating
******** (18) Second-Change Bowler 70 rating
******** (18) Second-Change Bowler 74 rating
Finlay Hitchcock (16) First-Change Bowler 11 rating
Mackenzie Munro Opening Bowler 7 rating
Nikolai Paxton Top-Order Batter 5 rating
Divyanshu Sharma Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Kendall Hunt Middle-Order Batter 3 rating
Nicholas Birrell (c) First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Meet Patel Top-Order Batter 6 rating

Georges River 3rd Grade

Spencer Kleemann (20) First-Change Bowler 5 rating
Raghav Kasiraman (15) Second-Change Bowler 15 rating
Kasiraman Mani Top-Order Batter 8 rating
Damian Kleemann (22) Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Dean Elliott (17) Second-Change Bowler 5 rating
Stuart Aley (c) Second-Change Bowler 8 rating
Mohammed Ismail Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Palani Veerappan First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Will McMahon (wk) (16) Wicketkeeper-Batter 15 rating
Hayden Mewburn (18) Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Elliott Johnson Second-Change Bowler 7 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Georges River 3rd Grade	117 (45.2 ov)	2.58	13	0	13	Mohammed Ismail 36
Epping Bulls 3rd Grade	58 (23.3 ov)	2.47	4	0	8	Zeel Nizama 22

Partnerships · Georges River 3rd Grade

1st wkt 19
2nd wkt 8
3rd wkt 4
4th wkt 19
5th wkt 0
6th wkt 17
7th wkt 23
8th wkt 5
9th wkt 8
10th wkt 14

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

Partnerships · Epping Bulls 3rd Grade

1st wkt 1
2nd wkt 5
3rd wkt 1
4th wkt 15
5th wkt 4
6th wkt 18
7th wkt 10
8th wkt 1
9th wkt 1
10th wkt 2

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