Berwick Strikers C v Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team

Result · Round 1 · Tingo Champions Cup · 2026/27 · Sun 4 Oct 2026 · Springleaf Avenue Recreation Reserve, Clyde North

Berwick Strikers C 114/8 (18 ov)

Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team 92/7 (20 ov)

Berwick Strikers C won by 22 runs

Match report

Berwick Strikers C made 114/8 (18 ov) and defended it, holding Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team to 92/7 (20 ov) to win by 22 runs. For the winners, Shan Weerasekara top-scored with 26 off 20 and Moraj Sudasinghe took 3/14 from 4 overs. For Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team, Lahiru Nawalage top-scored with 31 off 29 and Lahiru Nawalage took 3/14 from 4 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Lahiru Nawalage

Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team · 31 (29) & 3/14

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

Top performers

Berwick Strikers C

🏏 Shan Weerasekara 26 (20)

🏏 Diniru Gamage (18) 21 (17)

🎯 Moraj Sudasinghe 3/14 (4)

🎯 Kamil Safdari 2/13 (4)

Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team

🏏 Lahiru Nawalage 31 (29)

🏏 K M K Dushmantha Bandara 13 (14)

🎯 Lahiru Nawalage 3/14 (4)

🎯 Nuwan Bandara 2/17 (4)

Match details

Competition: Tingo Champions Cup
Round: Round 1
Format: T20
Venue: Springleaf Avenue Recreation Reserve, Clyde North
Date: Sunday 4 October 2026, 11:30am
Season: 2026/27
Toss: Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team won the toss and chose to field

Berwick Strikers C · 1st Innings - Berwick Strikers C 114/8 (18 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dilan Dandeniya	c: b: M Fernando	13	18	1	0	72.22
Shan Weerasekara	c: b: N Bandara	26	20	3	1	130.00
Ranjana Samaranayake	st: ******** b: L Nawalage	17	26	1	0	65.38
Moraj Sudasinghe	c: b: M Fernando	4	5	0	0	80.00
Dumindu Gamage (c, wk)	st: ******** b: L Nawalage	2	6	0	0	33.33
Wikum Nakandala	c: b: L Nawalage	15	21	0	0	71.42
Kamil Safdari	run out ()	0	1	0	0	0.00
Diniru Gamage (18)	c: M Fernando b: N Bandara	21	17	1	0	123.52
Chamila Ranawalage	not out	5*	5	0	0	100.00
Ranaweera Koralalage Don Eranda RANAWEERA	not out	1*	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, w 5, nb 1, pen 0)	10
Total	18 Ov (RR 6.33)	114/8

Did not bat: Abhinav Katoch, Damith Lakshan

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Shan Weerasekara), 2-52 (Dilan Dandeniya), 3-60 (Moraj Sudasinghe), 4-63 (Dumindu Gamage), 5-81 (Ranjana Samaranayake), 6-81 (Kamil Safdari), 7-92 (Wikum Nakandala), 8-113 (Diniru Gamage)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Nuwan Bandara	4	0	17	2	4.25	2	0
Damitha Liyanaarachchillage	2	0	22	0	11.00	1	0
Merl Marvan Fernando	4	0	20	2	5.00	0	1
Devinda Liyanarachchi	2	0	10	0	5.00	0	0
Lahiru Nawalage	4	1	14	3	3.50	0	0
Navaka Welikala	2.5	0	17	0	6.00	2	0
Marlon Fernando	1	0	10	0	10.00	0	0

Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team · 1st Innings - Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team 92/7 (20 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
K M K Dushmantha Bandara	c: b: K Safdari	13	14	2	0	92.85
Tharinda Wijethunga (wk)	lbw: K Safdari	5	9	0	0	55.55
Lahiru Nawalage	c: b: D Dandeniya	31	29	4	0	106.89
Rajith D Fernando	c: b: M Sudasinghe	9	15	1	0	60.00
Thirimamuni Yasas Mendis	c: b: M Sudasinghe	2	4	0	0	50.00
Marlon Fernando	not out	8*	26	0	0	30.76
Damitha Liyanaarachchillage	c: b: M Sudasinghe	0	1	0	0	0.00
Nuwan Bandara	c: b: R Samaranayake	10	14	0	0	71.42
Merl Marvan Fernando	not out	4*	9	0	0	44.44
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 9, nb 1, pen 0)	10
Total	20 Ov (RR 4.60)	92/7

Did not bat: Devinda Liyanarachchi, Navaka Welikala

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Tharinda Wijethunga), 2-25 (K M K Dushmantha Bandara), 3-54 (Rajith D Fernando), 4-64 (Lahiru Nawalage), 5-64 (Thirimamuni Yasas Mendis), 6-64 (Damitha Liyanaarachchillage), 7-82 (Nuwan Bandara)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Diniru Gamage (18)	4	31	0	7.75	1	1
Kamil Safdari	4	13	2	3.25	1	0
Chamila Ranawalage	2	16	0	8.00	0	0
Moraj Sudasinghe	4	14	3	3.50	2	0
Dilan Dandeniya	4	8	1	2.00	1	0
Ranjana Samaranayake	2	10	1	5.00	4	0

Berwick Strikers C

Shan Weerasekara Opening Batter – rating
Ranaweera Koralalage Don Eranda RANAWEERA Lower-Order Batter – rating
Diniru Gamage (18) Top-Order Batter 4 rating
Ranjana Samaranayake Middle-Order Batter 3 rating
Abhinav Katoch Lower-Order Batter – rating
Moraj Sudasinghe Middle-Order Batter 5 rating
Chamila Ranawalage Lower-Order Batter – rating
Dilan Dandeniya First-Change Bowler – rating
Wikum Nakandala Middle-Order Batter – rating
Kamil Safdari Opening Bowler 3 rating
Damith Lakshan Middle-Order Batter 4 rating
Dumindu Gamage (c, wk) Middle-Order Batter 6 rating

Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team

Damitha Liyanaarachchillage Middle-Order Batter – rating
Marlon Fernando Third-Change Bowler 10 rating
Merl Marvan Fernando First-Change Bowler – rating
Lahiru Nawalage Bowling All-Rounder – rating
Devinda Liyanarachchi Unclassified – rating
Navaka Welikala Unclassified – rating
Tharinda Wijethunga (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 11 rating
Nuwan Bandara Opening Bowler – rating
Thirimamuni Yasas Mendis Top-Order Batter – rating
K M K Dushmantha Bandara Second-Change Bowler – rating
Rajith D Fernando Middle-Order Batter 7 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Berwick Strikers C	114/8 (18 ov)	6.33	6	1	10	Shan Weerasekara 26
Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team	92/7 (20 ov)	4.60	7	0	10	Lahiru Nawalage 31

Partnerships · Berwick Strikers C

1st wkt 30
2nd wkt 22
3rd wkt 8
4th wkt 3
5th wkt 18
6th wkt 0
7th wkt 11
8th wkt 21
9th wkt 1*

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

Partnerships · Melbourne Knights Cricket Club - A Team

1st wkt 9
2nd wkt 16
3rd wkt 29
4th wkt 10
5th wkt 0
6th wkt 0
7th wkt 18
8th wkt 10*

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