Melbourne Districts United 2 v Brighton Union 3

Result · Round 5 · H Grade · 2025/26 · Sat 22 Nov 2025 · Hurlingham Park, BRIGHTON

Melbourne Districts United 2 124 (28.5 ov)

Brighton Union 3 220 (34.5 ov)

Brighton Union 3 won by 96 runs

Match report

Brighton Union 3 made 220 (34.5 ov) and defended it, holding Melbourne Districts United 2 to 124 (28.5 ov) to win by 96 runs. For the winners, Geoffrey Grace top-scored with 45 off 46 with 3 sixes and Matt Young took 3/4 from 4 overs. For Melbourne Districts United 2, Dinu Varghese top-scored with 28 off 30 and Alagappan Annamalai took 3/34 from 8 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Matt Young

Brighton Union 3 · 16 (12) & 3/4 & 1 dismissal

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

Top performers

Melbourne Districts United 2

🏏 Dinu Varghese 28 (30)

🏏 Ajith Thomas 23 (26)

🎯 Alagappan Annamalai 3/34 (8)

🎯 Ajith Kumar 2/29 (8)

Brighton Union 3

🏏 Geoffrey Grace 45 (46)

🏏 Harry Oliphant (16) 43* (41)

🎯 Matt Young 3/4 (4)

🎯 Jonathon Powell 3/26 (4)

Match details

Competition: H Grade
Round: Round 5
Format: One Day
Venue: Hurlingham Park, BRIGHTON
Date: Saturday 22 November 2025, 12:30pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Brighton Union 3 won the toss and chose to bat

Brighton Union 3 · 1st Innings - Brighton Union 3 220 (34.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Matt Young	c: T Radhakrishnan b: A Annamalai	16	12	2	1	133.33
Jonathon Powell (c)	b: R Melveettil Kuttan	0	3	0	0	0.00
Nathan Foster	c&b: R Melveettil Kuttan	12	17	1	1	70.58
Sam Lonergan	c: D shadananan b: A Annamalai	10	9	2	0	111.11
Geoffrey Grace	c: D Varghese b: A Kumar	45	46	3	3	97.82
Suvash Das (wk)	c: R Melveettil Kuttan b: T Radhakrishnan	28	36	1	3	77.77
Dylan Rothschild	b: A Annamalai	26	27	5	0	96.29
Harry Oliphant (16)	not out	43*	41	3	2	104.87
Archie Turner (16)	run out (J Karnan)	2	7	0	0	28.57
Mark Barlow	c: D Varghese b: A Kumar	0	5	0	0	0.00
Ryan Rothschild	run out (D shadananan)	8	13	0	0	61.53
Extras	(b 9, lb 5, w 9, nb 7, pen 0)	30
Total	34.5 Ov (RR 6.32)	220

Did not bat: Zander Jason (17)

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Jonathon Powell), 2-24 (Matt Young), 3-45 (Sam Lonergan), 4-55 (Nathan Foster), 5-109 (Suvash Das), 6-150 (Geoffrey Grace), 7-159 (Dylan Rothschild), 8-164 (Archie Turner), 9-166 (Mark Barlow), 10-220 (Ryan Rothschild)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Alagappan Annamalai	8	34	3	4.25	4	1
Retheesh Melveettil Kuttan	8	53	2	6.62	1	2
Divyansh Sharma	3	16	0	5.33	0	0
Tindu Radhakrishnan	4.5	44	1	9.10	1	1
Ajith Kumar	8	29	2	3.62	1	0
Deeraj shadananan	2	20	0	10.00	0	3
Mithun Prabhakaran	1	10	0	10.00	2	0

Melbourne Districts United 2 · 1st Innings - Melbourne Districts United 2 124 (28.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jithinraj Paul	b: H Oliphant	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mithun Prabhakaran	st: S Das b: J Powell	7	37	0	0	18.91
Dinu Varghese (wk)	c: M Barlow b: M Young	28	30	5	1	93.33
Mridul Joy	c: D Rothschild b: M Young	0	2	0	0	0.00
Tindu Radhakrishnan (c)	c: A Turner b: Z Jason	15	9	0	2	166.66
Jeyakaran Karnan	c: R Rothschild b: M Young	0	3	0	0	0.00
Retheesh Melveettil Kuttan	c: M Young b: H Oliphant	8	19	0	0	42.10
Alagappan Annamalai	b: J Powell	8	16	1	0	50.00
Ajith Thomas	run out (A Turner)	23	26	4	0	88.46
Deeraj shadananan	lbw: J Powell	5	10	1	0	50.00
Divyansh Sharma	not out	7*	22	0	0	31.81
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 17, nb 3, pen 0)	23
Total	28.5 Ov (RR 4.30)	124

Did not bat: Ajith Kumar

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Jithinraj Paul), 2-40 (Mithun Prabhakaran), 3-40 (Dinu Varghese), 4-41 (Mridul Joy), 5-55 (Jeyakaran Karnan), 6-56 (Tindu Radhakrishnan), 7-77 (Alagappan Annamalai), 8-82 (Retheesh Melveettil Kuttan), 9-94 (Deeraj shadananan), 10-124 (Ajith Thomas)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Harry Oliphant (16)	6	1	21	2	3.50	3	3
Dylan Rothschild	4	1	12	0	3.00	1	0
Jonathon Powell	4	0	26	3	6.50	0	0
Matt Young	4	1	4	3	1.00	1	0
Zander Jason (17)	4.5	0	34	1	7.03	5	0
Mark Barlow	3	0	17	0	5.66	5	0
Archie Turner (16)	2	1	5	0	2.50	0	0
Nathan Foster	1	0	2	0	2.00	2	0

Melbourne Districts United 2

Dinu Varghese (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 11 rating
Ajith Thomas Second-Change Bowler 3 rating
Divyansh Sharma Lower-Order Batter 4 rating
Ajith Kumar (vc) Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Alagappan Annamalai First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Jeyakaran Karnan Middle-Order Batter 7 rating
Jithinraj Paul Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Tindu Radhakrishnan (c) Bowling All-Rounder 9 rating
Deeraj shadananan Lower-Order Batter 6 rating
Mithun Prabhakaran Middle-Order Batter 3 rating
Retheesh Melveettil Kuttan Opening Bowler 9 rating
Mridul Joy Opening Batter 3 rating

Brighton Union 3

Zander Jason (17) Lower-Order Batter 4 rating
Harry Oliphant (16) Second-Change Bowler 18 rating
Suvash Das (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 8 rating
Dylan Rothschild First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Nathan Foster Opening Batter – rating
Jonathon Powell (c) First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Archie Turner (16) Lower-Order Batter 6 rating
Ryan Rothschild Lower-Order Batter 4 rating
Sam Lonergan Bowling All-Rounder 11 rating
Mark Barlow Lower-Order Batter 3 rating
Matt Young First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Geoffrey Grace Top-Order Batter 7 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Brighton Union 3	220 (34.5 ov)	6.32	17	10	30	Geoffrey Grace 45
Melbourne Districts United 2	124 (28.5 ov)	4.30	11	3	23	Dinu Varghese 28

Partnerships · Brighton Union 3

1st wkt 19
2nd wkt 5
3rd wkt 21
4th wkt 10
5th wkt 54
6th wkt 41
7th wkt 9
8th wkt 5
9th wkt 2
10th wkt 54

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

Partnerships · Melbourne Districts United 2

1st wkt 1
2nd wkt 39
3rd wkt 0
4th wkt 1
5th wkt 14
6th wkt 1
7th wkt 21
8th wkt 5
9th wkt 12
10th wkt 30

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