WPC A2 v Cleveland Cougars A2

Result · Grand Final · Saturday A2 · 2025/26 · Sat 21 Mar 2026 · Henry Ziegenfusz Park, CLEVELAND

WPC A2 34 (30 ov)

Cleveland Cougars A2 72 (53.5 ov) & 5/0 (5 ov)

Cleveland Cougars A2 won by 38 runs

Match report

Cleveland Cougars A2 beat WPC A2 by 38 runs. For the winners, Luke Butler top-scored with 20* off 61 and Brock Balcombe took 4/1 from 6 overs. For WPC A2, Aidan McWhirter top-scored with 12 off 42 and Matthew Parikh took 4/8 from 4.5 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Brock Balcombe (19)

Cleveland Cougars A2 · 4 (23) & 4/1

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

Top performers

WPC A2

🏏 Aidan McWhirter 12 (42)

🏏 Lithira Hathurusinghe (16) 10 (33)

🎯 Matthew Parikh 4/8 (4.5)

🎯 Toby Dowse 3/28 (17)

Cleveland Cougars A2

🏏 Luke Butler 20* (61)

🏏 Lachlan Dahler 17 (85)

🎯 Brock Balcombe (19) 4/1 (6)

🎯 Joshua Saul 4/17 (13)

Match details

Competition: Saturday A2
Round: Grand Final
Format: Two Day
Venue: Henry Ziegenfusz Park, CLEVELAND
Date: Saturday 21 March 2026, 10:00am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Cleveland Cougars A2 won the toss and chose to bat
Other officials: Brett Griffin (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2), Ross Howard (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Cleveland Cougars A2 · 1st Innings - Cleveland Cougars A2 72 (53.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tyler Brown	c: M Kroehnert b: T Shepherd	0	30	0	0	0.00
Lachlan Dahler (vc)	c: b: T Shepherd	16	68	0	0	23.52
Keelan Davis	b: T Dowse	15	70	1	0	21.42
Brock Balcombe (19)	c: b: T Dowse	4	23	0	0	17.39
Jordan White	c: b: T Dowse	0	7	0	0	0.00
Luke Butler (c)	not out	20*	61	1	0	32.78
Greg Balcombe	c: b: M Parikh	14	39	0	0	35.89
Joe Horsey	c: b: M Parikh	0	2	0	0	0.00
Joshua Saul	b: M Parikh	0	5	0	0	0.00
Liam Freeman	c: b: A McWhirter	0	4	0	0	0.00
Callum Brown	c: S Parikh b: M Parikh	0	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, pen 0)	3
Total	53.5 Ov (RR 1.34)	72

Did not bat: William Hinschen

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Tyler Brown), 2-34 (Lachlan Dahler), 3-36 (Keelan Davis), 4-38 (Jordan White), 5-43 (Brock Balcombe), 6-66 (Greg Balcombe), 7-66 (Joe Horsey), 8-66 (Joshua Saul), 9-71 (Liam Freeman), 10-72 (Callum Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Aidan McWhirter	10	8	4	1	0.40
Troy Shepherd	22	6	29	2	1.31
Toby Dowse	17	5	28	3	1.64
Matthew Parikh	4.5	1	8	4	1.65

WPC A2 · 1st Innings - WPC A2 34 (30 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Aidan McWhirter	c: b: C Brown	12	42	1	0	28.57
Matthew Kroehnert (vc)	lbw: J Saul	2	16	0	0	12.50
Matthew Caswell	b: J Saul	0	3	0	0	0.00
Satish Kumar Illa	c: b: J Saul	2	22	0	0	9.09
Shail Parikh (c)	c: b: B Balcombe	0	42	0	0	0.00
Umesh Mutubandara	c: b: J Saul	1	11	0	0	9.09
Lithira Hathurusinghe (16)	b: C Brown	10	33	1	0	30.30
Matthew Parikh	lbw: B Balcombe	0	3	0	0	0.00
Toby Dowse	lbw: B Balcombe	0	4	0	0	0.00
Troy Shepherd	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Christopher Caswell	b: B Balcombe	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 5, w 1, nb 1, pen 0)	7
Total	30 Ov (RR 1.13)	34

Did not bat: Scott Leonard, ********, Isaac Barnes - Cleary, Morgan Smith

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Matthew Kroehnert), 2-5 (Matthew Caswell), 3-18 (Satish Kumar Illa), 4-20 (Aidan McWhirter), 5-21 (Umesh Mutubandara), 6-32 (Shail Parikh), 7-32 (Matthew Parikh), 8-34 (Lithira Hathurusinghe), 9-34 (Toby Dowse), 10-34 (Christopher Caswell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Joshua Saul	13	8	17	4	1.30	0	1
Callum Brown	11	3	11	2	1.00	1	0
Brock Balcombe (19)	6	4	1	4	0.16	0	0

Cleveland Cougars A2 · 2nd Innings - Cleveland Cougars A2 5/0 (5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tyler Brown	not out	4*	13	1	0	30.76
Lachlan Dahler (vc)	not out	1*	17	0	0	5.88
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, pen 0)	0
Total	5 Ov (RR 1.00)	5/0

Did not bat: Joe Horsey, Keelan Davis, Joshua Saul, Luke Butler, Brock Balcombe (19), Callum Brown, William Hinschen, Liam Freeman, Jordan White, Greg Balcombe

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Aidan McWhirter	3	2	4	0	1.33	0	0
Troy Shepherd	2	1	1	0	0.50	0	0

WPC A2

Scott Leonard Opening Batter 2 rating
******** First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Matthew Kroehnert (vc) Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Isaac Barnes - Cleary Bowling All-Rounder 13 rating
Lithira Hathurusinghe (16) Bowling All-Rounder 19 rating
Christopher Caswell Lower-Order Batter – rating
Morgan Smith Opening Batter 8 rating
Matthew Caswell Third-Change Bowler 7 rating
Umesh Mutubandara Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Satish Kumar Illa Middle-Order Batter 5 rating
Aidan McWhirter Bowling All-Rounder 8 rating
Toby Dowse First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Matthew Parikh First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Shail Parikh (c) Wicketkeeper-Batter 7 rating
Troy Shepherd Opening Bowler 7 rating

Cleveland Cougars A2

Joe Horsey Lower-Order Batter 4 rating
Keelan Davis Top-Order Batter 5 rating
Joshua Saul Opening Bowler 11 rating
Tyler Brown Wicketkeeper-Batter 8 rating
Luke Butler (c) Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Brock Balcombe (19) Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Callum Brown Opening Bowler 7 rating
William Hinschen Middle-Order Batter 2 rating
Liam Freeman First-Change Bowler 9 rating
Jordan White Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Greg Balcombe Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Lachlan Dahler (vc) Opening Batter 6 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	Extras	Top score
Cleveland Cougars A2	72 (53.5 ov)	1.34	2	3	Luke Butler 20*
WPC A2	34 (30 ov)	1.13	2	7	Aidan McWhirter 12
Cleveland Cougars A2	5/0 (5 ov)	1.00	1	0	Tyler Brown 4*

Partnerships · Cleveland Cougars A2

1st wkt 3
2nd wkt 31
3rd wkt 2
4th wkt 2
5th wkt 5
6th wkt 23
7th wkt 0
8th wkt 0
9th wkt 5
10th wkt 1

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

Partnerships · WPC A2

1st wkt 3
2nd wkt 2
3rd wkt 13
4th wkt 2
5th wkt 1
6th wkt 11
7th wkt 0
8th wkt 2
9th wkt 0
10th wkt 0

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

Partnerships · Cleveland Cougars A2

1st wkt 5*

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