Victoria Metro v South Australia

Result · Round 8 · CA Under 16 Female National Championships · 2025/26 · Thu 22 Jan 2026 · NTCA, LAUNCESTON

Victoria Metro 108 (19.4 ov)

South Australia 95 (20 ov)

Victoria Metro won by 13 runs

Match report

Victoria Metro made 108 (19.4 ov) and defended it, holding South Australia to 95 (20 ov) to win by 13 runs. For the winners, Noura Abdul Qader top-scored with 33 off 18 and Anushka Mehta took 5/18 from 4 overs. For South Australia, Riya Gupta top-scored with 34 off 34 and Riya Gupta took 5/5 from 4 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Riya Gupta (15)

South Australia · 34 (34) & 5/5

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

Top performers

Victoria Metro

🏏 Noura Abdul Qader (19) 33 (18)

🏏 April Chaudhary (15) 32 (42)

🎯 Anushka Mehta (15) 5/18 (4)

🎯 Georgia Naughton (16) 4/8 (4)

South Australia

🏏 Riya Gupta (15) 34 (34)

🏏 Jessica Paley (15) 26 (34)

🎯 Riya Gupta (15) 5/5 (4)

🎯 Abby Bain (15) 3/12 (3.4)

Match details

Competition: CA Under 16 Female National Championships
Round: Round 8
Format: T20
Venue: NTCA, LAUNCESTON
Date: Thursday 22 January 2026, 10:00am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Victoria Metro won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Nabajit Goswami, Jack Clothier

Victoria Metro · 1st Innings - Victoria Metro 108 (19.4 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Eva Baird (18)	lbw: R Gupta	9	13	2	0	69.23
Anuki Dassanayake (16)	c: I Hobbs b: R Gupta	11	10	2	0	110.00
Zoe Mackay (16)	b: R Gupta	0	6	0	0	0.00
Lily Parker (18)	lbw: R Gupta	0	1	0	0	0.00
April Chaudhary (15)	b: A Bain	32	42	3	0	76.19
Mineli Perera (16)	c: I Hobbs b: R Gupta	1	4	0	0	25.00
Anushka Mehta (15)	lbw: L Thomas	0	5	0	0	0.00
Jasmine Kamboj (18)	lbw: A Bain	8	17	1	0	47.05
Noura Abdul Qader (19)	run out (S Shah)	33	18	3	2	183.33
Ananya Mahajan (15)	c: S Rajguru b: A Bain	2	4	0	0	50.00
Georgia Naughton (16)	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 9, nb 2, pen 0)	12
Total	19.4 Ov (RR 5.49)	108

Did not bat: Ishita Tiwari (16), Divisha Shah (15), Anna Burgon (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Eva Baird), 2-21 (Zoe Mackay), 3-21 (Lily Parker), 4-22 (Anuki Dassanayake), 5-28 (Mineli Perera), 6-31 (Anushka Mehta), 7-58 (Jasmine Kamboj), 8-89 (April Chaudhary), 9-108 (Noura Abdul Qader), 10-108 (Ananya Mahajan)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Riya Gupta (15)	4	2	5	5	1.25	0	0
Natasha Kanbargi (15)	1	0	11	0	11.00	0	1
Jessica Paley (15)	2	0	12	0	6.00	0	0
Olivia Temme (15)	1.1	0	2	0	1.71	1	0
Lillian Thomas (15)	4	0	35	1	8.75	4	0
Mollie McArdle (15)	0.5	0	4	0	4.80	3	0
Sophie Prior (15)	1	0	7	0	7.00	0	1
Abby Bain (15)	3.4	0	12	3	3.27	1	0
Sara Rajguru (15)	2	0	19	0	9.50	0	0

South Australia · 1st Innings - South Australia 95 (20 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanvi Shah (15)	c: A Dassanayake b: G Naughton	2	5	0	0	40.00
Lillian Thomas (15)	c: A Dassanayake b: G Naughton	7	11	1	0	63.63
Jessica Paley (15)	lbw: A Mehta	26	34	3	0	76.47
Ivy Hobbs (15)	c: L Parker b: G Naughton	6	7	1	0	85.71
Mollie McArdle (15)	st: D Shah b: G Naughton	1	7	0	0	14.28
Riya Gupta (15)	c: G Naughton b: A Mehta	34	34	4	1	100.00
Sara Rajguru (15)	b: L Parker	6	15	0	0	40.00
Abby Bain (15)	not out	2*	3	0	0	66.66
Sophie Prior (15)	b: A Mehta	2	4	0	0	50.00
Natasha Kanbargi (15)	c: Z Mackay b: A Mehta	0	1	0	0	0.00
Gemma Melville (15)	st: D Shah b: A Mehta	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 5, nb 2, pen 0)	9
Total	20 Ov (RR 4.75)	95

Did not bat: Saoirse Flynn (15), Olivia Temme (15), Lily Clark (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sanvi Shah), 2-13 (Lillian Thomas), 3-22 (Ivy Hobbs), 4-26 (Mollie McArdle), 5-65 (Jessica Paley), 6-88 (Riya Gupta), 7-92 (Sara Rajguru), 8-95 (Sophie Prior), 9-95 (Natasha Kanbargi), 10-95 (Gemma Melville)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Lily Parker (18)	4	23	1	5.75	0	0
Georgia Naughton (16)	4	8	4	2.00	2	0
Noura Abdul Qader (19)	2	15	0	7.50	1	0
April Chaudhary (15)	4	13	0	3.25	0	1
Ananya Mahajan (15)	1	9	0	9.00	0	0
Anuki Dassanayake (16)	1	7	0	7.00	0	0
Anushka Mehta (15)	4	18	5	4.50	2	1

Victoria Metro

Anushka Mehta (15) All-Rounder 46 rating
Ishita Tiwari (16) Opening Batter 48 rating
Eva Baird (18) All-Rounder 62 rating
April Chaudhary (15) All-Rounder 38 rating
Jasmine Kamboj (18) Middle-Order Batter 42 rating
Divisha Shah (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 35 rating
Mineli Perera (16) Top-Order Batter 37 rating
Anuki Dassanayake (16) Top-Order Batter 40 rating
Anna Burgon (15) Bowling All-Rounder 42 rating
Georgia Naughton (16) Second-Change Bowler 41 rating
Lily Parker (18) Bowling All-Rounder 55 rating
Zoe Mackay (16) Wicketkeeper-Batter 43 rating
Noura Abdul Qader (19) All-Rounder 53 rating
Ananya Mahajan (15) Opening Bowler 41 rating

South Australia

Saoirse Flynn (15) First-Change Bowler 37 rating
Sanvi Shah (15) Opening Batter 54 rating
Sophie Prior (15) First-Change Bowler 39 rating
Lillian Thomas (15) Second-Change Bowler 55 rating
Riya Gupta (15) All-Rounder 60 rating
Ivy Hobbs (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 49 rating
Gemma Melville (15) Opening Bowler 45 rating
Natasha Kanbargi (15) Top-Order Batter 31 rating
Olivia Temme (15) First-Change Bowler 42 rating
Mollie McArdle (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 42 rating
Sara Rajguru (15) Top-Order Batter 55 rating
Jessica Paley (15) Opening Bowler 42 rating
Lily Clark (15) Opening Bowler 39 rating
Abby Bain (15) Opening Batter 40 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Victoria Metro	108 (19.4 ov)	5.49	11	2	12	Noura Abdul Qader 33
South Australia	95 (20 ov)	4.75	9	1	9	Riya Gupta 34

Partnerships · Victoria Metro

1st wkt 15
2nd wkt 6
3rd wkt 0
4th wkt 1
5th wkt 6
6th wkt 3
7th wkt 27
8th wkt 31
9th wkt 19
10th wkt 0

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

Partnerships · South Australia

1st wkt 4
2nd wkt 9
3rd wkt 9
4th wkt 4
5th wkt 39
6th wkt 23
7th wkt 4
8th wkt 3
9th wkt 0
10th wkt 0

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