Southern Districts Opens v Greater Illawarra Opens

Result · Round 5 · McDonald's Male Country Championships · 2025/26 · Sun 30 Nov 2025 · Tuggerah Regional Sporting Complex, TUGGERAH

Southern Districts Opens 159 (36.3 ov)

Greater Illawarra Opens 275/8 (50 ov)

Greater Illawarra Opens won by 116 runs

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Match report

Greater Illawarra Opens made 275/8 (50 ov) and defended it, holding Southern Districts Opens to 159 (36.3 ov) to win by 116 runs. For the winners, Jack Mcdonald hit a century (109 off 112) and Lachlan Maddinson took 6/39 from 9.3 overs. For Southern Districts Opens, Jack Whitfield top-scored with 47 off 77 and Jack Whitfield took 2/30 from 5 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Lachlan Maddinson (21)

Greater Illawarra Opens · 8 (7) & 6/39

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

Top performers

Southern Districts Opens

🏏 Jack Whitfield 47 (77)

🏏 Dean Roxburgh 35 (39)

🎯 Jack Whitfield 2/30 (5)

🎯 Riley Ingram (18) 2/39 (8)

Greater Illawarra Opens

🏏 Jack Mcdonald 109 (112)

🏏 Jayden Zahra-Smith (22) 55 (82)

🎯 Lachlan Maddinson (21) 6/39 (9.3)

🎯 Jack Mcdonald 1/2 (1)

Match details

Competition: McDonald's Male Country Championships
Round: Round 5
Format: One Day
Venue: Tuggerah Regional Sporting Complex, TUGGERAH
Date: Sunday 30 November 2025, 9:30am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Greater Illawarra Opens won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Brenton Harrison, Murray Le Lievre

Greater Illawarra Opens · 1st Innings - Greater Illawarra Opens 275/8 (50 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Cooper Maddinson	c: E Guyatt b: B Balgowan	16	38	3	0	42.10
Jayden Zahra-Smith (22)	b: J Weller	55	82	5	0	67.07
Blake Cattle (16)	run out (B Balgowan)	0	2	0	0	0.00
Jack Mcdonald	c: R Ingram b: J Whitfield	109	112	7	1	97.32
Lachlan Maddinson (c) (21)	c: B Craig b: R Ingram	8	7	2	0	114.28
Nicolas Nicastri (wk) (19)	c: M Morley b: R Ingram	0	3	0	0	0.00
Thomas Fletcher (wk) (19)	b: J Whitfield	17	18	3	0	94.44
Rhys S Cattle (23)	not out	34*	26	4	0	130.76
Jake O'Connell (24)	b: C Bramley	20	11	3	0	181.81
Ayden Brown	not out	5*	3	1	0	166.66
Extras	(b 0, lb 2, w 8, nb 1, pen 0)	11
Total	50 Ov (RR 5.50)	275/8

Did not bat: Harry Egerton (19), Aaryn Kornberger (27), David Wood

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Cooper Maddinson), 2-30 (Blake Cattle), 3-131 (Jayden Zahra-Smith), 4-148 (Lachlan Maddinson), 5-148 (Nicolas Nicastri), 6-193 (Thomas Fletcher), 7-241 (Jack Mcdonald), 8-270 (Jake O'Connell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Justin Weller	10	0	40	1	4.00	2	0
Brock Balgowan	7	3	17	1	2.42	0	0
Cooper Bramley (20)	10	0	79	1	7.90	5	0
Dale Young (23)	7	0	41	0	5.85	0	0
Tobias Eyland (17)	3	0	27	0	9.00	1	0
Riley Ingram (18)	8	0	39	2	4.87	0	0
Jack Whitfield	5	1	30	2	6.00	0	1

Southern Districts Opens · 1st Innings - Southern Districts Opens 159 (36.3 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Elijah Guyatt (17)	c: J Mcdonald b: R S Cattle	19	33	2	0	57.57
Mark Morley	b: H Egerton	29	19	6	0	152.63
Jack Whitfield	b: L Maddinson	47	77	5	0	61.03
Riley Ingram (18)	lbw: L Maddinson	13	29	2	0	44.82
Lucas Rixon	b: L Maddinson	0	4	0	0	0.00
Brock Balgowan	lbw: L Maddinson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Bailey Craig (17)	run out (J Zahra-Smith)	0	4	0	0	0.00
Tobias Eyland (17)	st: N Nicastri b: L Maddinson	1	8	0	0	12.50
Dean Roxburgh	c: N Nicastri b: J Mcdonald	35	39	4	1	89.74
Justin Weller (c)	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.66
Cooper Bramley (20)	st: N Nicastri b: L Maddinson	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 3, w 7, nb 0, pen 0)	13
Total	36.3 Ov (RR 4.36)	159

Did not bat: James Joyce, Dale Young (23)

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Mark Morley), 2-57 (Elijah Guyatt), 3-88 (Riley Ingram), 4-88 (Lucas Rixon), 5-88 (Brock Balgowan), 6-89 (Bailey Craig), 7-96 (Tobias Eyland), 8-156 (Jack Whitfield), 9-158 (Dean Roxburgh), 10-159 (Cooper Bramley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Jake O'Connell (24)	6	0	25	0	4.16	0
Harry Egerton (19)	4	0	31	1	7.75	4
Ayden Brown	5	1	12	0	2.40	0
Rhys S Cattle (23)	10	1	39	1	3.90	0
Lachlan Maddinson (21)	9.3	1	39	6	4.10	3
Blake Cattle (16)	1	0	5	0	5.00	0
Jack Mcdonald	1	0	2	1	2.00	0

Southern Districts Opens

Riley Ingram (18) Middle-Order Batter 12 rating
Justin Weller (c) Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Cooper Bramley (20) Opening Bowler 12 rating
Mark Morley Bowling All-Rounder 13 rating
Brock Balgowan Opening Bowler 16 rating
James Joyce Opening Bowler 13 rating
Dean Roxburgh Bowling All-Rounder 11 rating
Tobias Eyland (17) First-Change Bowler 12 rating
Dale Young (23) Second-Change Bowler 15 rating
Elijah Guyatt (17) Top-Order Batter 11 rating
Bailey Craig (17) Wicketkeeper-Batter 17 rating
Jack Whitfield All-Rounder 16 rating
Lucas Rixon Bowling All-Rounder 16 rating

Greater Illawarra Opens

Jayden Zahra-Smith (22) Opening Batter 41 rating
Jake O'Connell (24) Bowling All-Rounder 32 rating
Thomas Fletcher (wk) (19) Opening Batter 14 rating
Harry Egerton (19) First-Change Bowler 12 rating
Lachlan Maddinson (c) (21) All-Rounder 23 rating
Rhys S Cattle (23) First-Change Bowler 26 rating
Blake Cattle (16) Top-Order Batter 70 rating
Cooper Maddinson Top-Order Batter 11 rating
Aaryn Kornberger (27) Top-Order Batter 23 rating
Ayden Brown Opening Bowler 15 rating
David Wood First-Change Bowler 12 rating
Nicolas Nicastri (wk) (19) Wicketkeeper-Batter 20 rating
Jack Mcdonald All-Rounder 22 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Greater Illawarra Opens	275/8 (50 ov)	5.50	28	1	11	Jack Mcdonald 109
Southern Districts Opens	159 (36.3 ov)	4.36	19	1	13	Jack Whitfield 47

Partnerships · Greater Illawarra Opens

1st wkt 28
2nd wkt 2
3rd wkt 101
4th wkt 17
5th wkt 0
6th wkt 45
7th wkt 48
8th wkt 29
9th wkt 5*

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

Partnerships · Southern Districts Opens

1st wkt 50
2nd wkt 7
3rd wkt 31
4th wkt 0
5th wkt 0
6th wkt 1
7th wkt 7
8th wkt 60
9th wkt 2
10th wkt 1

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