Box Hill Bears B16 v Hills Barbarians

Result · Semi Finals · Senior B16 · 2025/26 · Sat 14 Mar 2026 · Francesco Cresent Reserve, BELLA VISTA

Box Hill Bears B16 125/8 (49.5 ov)

Hills Barbarians 124 (53.5 ov)

Box Hill Bears B16 won by 2 wickets

Match report

Box Hill Bears B16 chased down Hills Barbarians's 124 (53.5 ov), reaching 125/8 (49.5 ov) to win by 2 wickets. For the winners, Anuruddha Ekanayake top-scored with 26 off 58 and Piyal Polkotuwe took 3/13 from 11 overs. For Hills Barbarians, Ethan Cobb top-scored with 34 off 98 and Jared Wickman took 3/25 from 11 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Ethan Cobb (14)

Hills Barbarians · 34 (98) & 2/9 & 1 dismissal

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

Top performers

Box Hill Bears B16

🏏 Anuruddha Ekanayake 26 (58)

🏏 Suneth Saranga 14* (11)

🎯 Piyal Polkotuwe 3/13 (11)

🎯 Suneth Saranga 3/23 (11)

Hills Barbarians

🏏 Ethan Cobb (14) 34 (98)

🏏 Eli MacDonald (15) 33 (49)

🎯 Jared Wickman (16) 3/25 (11)

🎯 Ethan Cobb (14) 2/9 (8)

Match details

Competition: Senior B16
Round: Semi Finals
Format: Two Day
Venue: Francesco Cresent Reserve, BELLA VISTA
Date: Saturday 14 March 2026, 1:30pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Box Hill Bears B16 won the toss and chose to field

Hills Barbarians · 1st Innings - Hills Barbarians 124 (53.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
jake herrett (17)	b: P Polkotuwe	0	5	0	0	0.00
Zane MacDonald (wk) (17)	c: C Kaluarachchi b: P Polkotuwe	2	13	0	0	15.38
Brayden Richmond (17)	c: C Kaluarachchi b: S Saranga	1	5	0	0	20.00
Mohammad Bajwa (vc) (17)	c: C Kaluarachchi b: S Saranga	0	4	0	0	0.00
Ethan Cobb (14)	c: M Hapuarachchi b: P Polkotuwe	34	98	4	0	34.69
Haider Hussain (16)	c: C Kaluarachchi b: D Gunathilaka	18	20	4	0	90.00
Hamish Aitken (17)	c: M Hapuarachchi b: R Gunawardena	27	102	5	0	26.47
Eli MacDonald (15)	c: P Polkotuwe b: A Ismail	33	49	5	0	67.34
brent wintle (c)	c: C Kaluarachchi b: S Saranga	1	7	0	0	14.28
Jared Wickman (16)	not out	4*	11	0	0	36.36
Lachlan Laing (17)	lbw: A Ismail	0	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 0, w 3, nb 0, pen 0)	4
Total	53.5 Ov (RR 2.30)	124

Did not bat: Pranav Bantaram (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (jake herrett), 2-3 (Brayden Richmond), 3-3 (Zane MacDonald), 4-3 (Mohammad Bajwa), 5-23 (Haider Hussain), 6-80 (Ethan Cobb), 7-107 (Hamish Aitken), 8-108 (brent wintle), 9-122 (Eli MacDonald), 10-124 (Lachlan Laing)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Piyal Polkotuwe	11	5	13	3	1.18	0
Suneth Saranga	11	5	23	3	2.09	0
Malindu Hapuarachchi	6	3	12	0	2.00	0
Don Gunathilaka	6	0	21	1	3.50	0
Bamunuachchige Don Vishwa Chathuranga Jayantha	1	0	9	0	9.00	2
Ahamed Jiffry Mohamed Farhan Ismail	7.5	4	12	2	1.53	0
Rajeeve Gunawardena	11	2	33	1	3.00	1

Box Hill Bears B16 · 1st Innings - Box Hill Bears B16 125/8 (49.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Malindu Hapuarachchi (vc)	b: E Cobb	8	41	0	0	19.51
Nuwan Silva	c: Z MacDonald b: J Wickman	9	13	2	0	69.23
Hasitha Sampath	c&b: L Laing	14	22	2	0	63.63
Anuruddha Ekanayake	c: E Cobb b: M Bajwa	26	58	3	0	44.82
Damitha Silva	c: M Bajwa b: J Wickman	11	95	1	0	11.57
Rajeeve Gunawardena	lbw: b wintle	13	30	2	0	43.33
Bamunuachchige Don Vishwa Chathuranga Jayantha	c: Z MacDonald b: E Cobb	3	23	0	0	13.04
Don Gunathilaka	c&b: J Wickman	5	5	1	0	100.00
Suneth Saranga	not out	14*	11	1	1	127.27
Piyal Polkotuwe (c)	not out	5*	7	1	0	71.42
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, w 7, nb 6, pen 0)	17
Total	49.5 Ov (RR 2.51)	125/8

Did not bat: Ahamed Jiffry Mohamed Farhan Ismail, Chinthaka Kaluarachchi

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Nuwan Silva), 2-33 (Hasitha Sampath), 3-35 (Malindu Hapuarachchi), 4-68 (Anuruddha Ekanayake), 5-90 (Rajeeve Gunawardena), 6-96 (Damitha Silva), 7-103 (Don Gunathilaka), 8-118 (Bamunuachchige Don Vishwa Chathuranga Jayantha)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Jared Wickman (16)	11	4	25	3	2.27	0	2
Lachlan Laing (17)	13.5	4	32	1	2.31	1	1
Ethan Cobb (14)	8	3	9	2	1.12	4	0
jake herrett (17)	7	1	33	0	4.71	1	3
Eli MacDonald (15)	3	1	4	0	1.33	0	0
Mohammad Bajwa (17)	4	0	11	1	2.75	0	0
brent wintle	3	0	7	1	2.33	1	0

Box Hill Bears B16

Damitha Silva Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Ahamed Jiffry Mohamed Farhan Ismail Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Bamunuachchige Don Vishwa Chathuranga Jayantha Top-Order Batter 4 rating
Rajeeve Gunawardena All-Rounder 11 rating
Hasitha Sampath Top-Order Batter 10 rating
Chinthaka Kaluarachchi (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 7 rating
Malindu Hapuarachchi (vc) First-Change Bowler 10 rating
Don Gunathilaka Second-Change Bowler 6 rating
Nuwan Silva Opening Batter 5 rating
Suneth Saranga Opening Bowler 7 rating
Piyal Polkotuwe (c) First-Change Bowler 11 rating
Anuruddha Ekanayake All-Rounder 8 rating

Hills Barbarians

Zane MacDonald (wk) (17) Wicketkeeper-Batter 3 rating
Haider Hussain (16) Top-Order Batter 6 rating
jake herrett (17) Second-Change Bowler 6 rating
Brayden Richmond (17) Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Hamish Aitken (17) Middle-Order Batter 10 rating
Pranav Bantaram (15) Top-Order Batter 10 rating
Jared Wickman (16) Opening Bowler 6 rating
Lachlan Laing (17) Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Eli MacDonald (15) First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Mohammad Bajwa (vc) (17) Bowling All-Rounder 11 rating
Ethan Cobb (14) Opening Bowler 14 rating
brent wintle (c) Lower-Order Batter 5 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Hills Barbarians	124 (53.5 ov)	2.30	18	0	4	Ethan Cobb 34
Box Hill Bears B16	125/8 (49.5 ov)	2.51	13	1	17	Anuruddha Ekanayake 26

Partnerships · Hills Barbarians

1st wkt 0
2nd wkt 3
3rd wkt 0
4th wkt 0
5th wkt 20
6th wkt 57
7th wkt 27
8th wkt 1
9th wkt 14
10th wkt 2

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

Partnerships · Box Hill Bears B16

1st wkt 12
2nd wkt 21
3rd wkt 2
4th wkt 33
5th wkt 22
6th wkt 6
7th wkt 7
8th wkt 15
9th wkt 7*

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