Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI v Geelong 3rd XI

Result · Round 10 · Kookaburra Men's Premier Thirds · 2025/26 · Sat 10 Jan 2026 · Casey Fields, CRANBOURNE EAST

Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI 204 (45 ov)

Geelong 3rd XI 207/6 (45 ov)

Geelong 3rd XI won by 3 runs

Match report

Geelong 3rd XI made 207/6 (45 ov) and defended it, holding Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI to 204 (45 ov) to win by 3 runs. For the winners, Brodie Craig top-scored with 49 off 89 and Will Rodda took 5/37 from 9 overs. For Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI, Aaron Blanch made a half-century (92 off 86) and Matthew Blanch took 2/37 from 9 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Will Rodda (19)

Geelong 3rd XI · 5/37

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

Top performers

Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI

🏏 Aaron Blanch (22) 92 (86)

🏏 Krishna Sridhar (19) 23 (70)

🎯 Matthew Blanch (24) 2/37 (9)

🎯 Rison Wickramasurendra (16) 2/55 (9)

Geelong 3rd XI

🏏 Brodie Craig (20) 49 (89)

🏏 Joshua Mastin 49* (40)

🎯 Will Rodda (19) 5/37 (9)

🎯 Monty Maloney (18) 3/49 (9)

Match details

Competition: Kookaburra Men's Premier Thirds
Round: Round 10
Format: One Day
Venue: Casey Fields, CRANBOURNE EAST
Date: Saturday 10 January 2026, 11:30am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Geelong 3rd XI won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Fletcher Leonard-Scott, Malcolm Gunn

Geelong 3rd XI · 1st Innings - Geelong 3rd XI 207/6 (45 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jake Klein (19)	run out (K Sridhar)	10	22	2	0	45.45
Jacob Chislett	c: F Howard b: M Blanch	14	19	3	0	73.68
Brodie Craig (20)	st: F Howard b: R Wickramasurendra	49	89	3	2	55.05
Monty Maloney (18)	st: F Howard b: R Wickramasurendra	18	24	2	0	75.00
Tom Courtney (24)	run out (R Wickramasurendra, F Howard)	26	36	1	0	72.22
Corey Paull (wk) (18)	b: M Blanch	25	38	2	0	65.78
Joshua Mastin (c)	not out	49*	40	4	1	122.50
Harry Emerson (16)	not out	3*	4	0	0	75.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, w 5, nb 2, pen 0)	13
Total	45 Ov (RR 4.60)	207/6

Did not bat: Toby Cunningham, Lachlan Watson (17), Will Rodda (19), Paawan Sharma (18)

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Jacob Chislett), 2-34 (Jake Klein), 3-73 (Monty Maloney), 4-124 (Brodie Craig), 5-129 (Tom Courtney), 6-186 (Corey Paull)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Matthew Blanch (24)	9	2	37	2	4.11	0	0
Rohan Mathew (18)	2	0	13	0	6.50	0	0
Tristan Booth (17)	9	2	13	0	1.44	1	0
Krishna Sridhar (19)	7	0	35	0	5.00	1	0
Rison Wickramasurendra (16)	9	0	55	2	6.11	1	0
Max Heffernan (21)	6	0	19	0	3.16	2	0
Aaron Blanch (22)	2	0	19	0	9.50	0	0
Enrique Sidhu (17)	1	0	10	0	10.00	0	2

Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI · 1st Innings - Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI 204 (45 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Max Heffernan (21)	c: L Watson b: M Maloney	15	31	1	0	48.38
Rayaan Kochhar (17)	lbw: W Rodda	6	9	1	0	66.66
Aaron D'Souza (18)	run out (T Cunningham, C Paull)	8	19	1	0	42.10
Aaron Blanch (c) (22)	c: C Paull b: W Rodda	92	86	6	1	106.97
Enrique Sidhu (17)	lbw: M Maloney	14	18	3	0	77.77
Siddharth Neelakantan	b: M Maloney	1	12	0	0	8.33
Krishna Sridhar (19)	c: C Paull b: W Rodda	23	70	1	0	32.85
Felix Howard (wk) (19)	run out (T Courtney, C Paull)	4	7	0	0	57.14
Tristan Booth (17)	c: C Paull b: W Rodda	14	18	1	0	77.77
Matthew Blanch (24)	not out	1*	1	0	0	100.00
Rison Wickramasurendra (16)	b: W Rodda	4	2	1	0	200.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, w 12, nb 3, pen 0)	22
Total	45 Ov (RR 4.53)	204

Did not bat: Rohan Mathew (18), Ahmed Raza (16)

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Rayaan Kochhar), 2-25 (Aaron D'Souza), 3-36 (Max Heffernan), 4-56 (Enrique Sidhu), 5-60 (Siddharth Neelakantan), 6-149 (Krishna Sridhar), 7-169 (Felix Howard), 8-198 (Aaron Blanch), 9-199 (Tristan Booth), 10-204 (Rison Wickramasurendra)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Lachlan Watson (17)	9	0	47	0	5.22	3	1
Will Rodda (19)	9	1	37	5	4.11	3	0
Monty Maloney (18)	9	0	49	3	5.44	2	1
Paawan Sharma (18)	9	0	36	0	4.00	0	1
Toby Cunningham	9	0	28	0	3.11	4	0

Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI

Max Heffernan (21) Opening Batter 15 rating
Felix Howard (wk) (19) Wicketkeeper-Batter 18 rating
Tristan Booth (17) Bowling All-Rounder 16 rating
Rayaan Kochhar (17) Top-Order Batter 27 rating
Aaron Blanch (c) (22) All-Rounder 17 rating
Rohan Mathew (18) Opening Bowler 20 rating
Aaron D'Souza (18) Opening Batter 21 rating
Matthew Blanch (24) Opening Bowler 16 rating
Ahmed Raza (16) Opening Batter 31 rating
Siddharth Neelakantan Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Rison Wickramasurendra (16) Second-Change Bowler 17 rating
Krishna Sridhar (19) Lower-Order Batter 12 rating
Enrique Sidhu (17) Middle-Order Batter 16 rating

Geelong 3rd XI

Tom Courtney (24) Top-Order Batter 26 rating
Monty Maloney (18) Middle-Order Batter 26 rating
Toby Cunningham Second-Change Bowler 14 rating
Lachlan Watson (17) Opening Bowler 17 rating
Jacob Chislett Opening Batter 12 rating
Corey Paull (wk) (18) Wicketkeeper-Batter 30 rating
Jake Klein (19) Top-Order Batter 19 rating
Will Rodda (19) All-Rounder 16 rating
Paawan Sharma (18) First-Change Bowler 16 rating
Harry Emerson (16) All-Rounder 30 rating
Joshua Mastin (c) All-Rounder 19 rating
Brodie Craig (20) Top-Order Batter 19 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Geelong 3rd XI	207/6 (45 ov)	4.60	17	3	13	Brodie Craig 49
Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI	204 (45 ov)	4.53	15	1	22	Aaron Blanch 92

Partnerships · Geelong 3rd XI

1st wkt 27
2nd wkt 7
3rd wkt 39
4th wkt 51
5th wkt 5
6th wkt 57
7th wkt 21*

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

Partnerships · Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI

1st wkt 12
2nd wkt 13
3rd wkt 11
4th wkt 20
5th wkt 4
6th wkt 89
7th wkt 20
8th wkt 29
9th wkt 1
10th wkt 5

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