Melbourne U16 Boys v Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys

Result · Round 6 · Under 16 WJ Dowling Shield (Male) · 2025/26 · Tue 13 Jan 2026 · Walter Galt Reserve, PARKDALE

Melbourne U16 Boys 294 (48 ov)

Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys 142 (46.2 ov)

Melbourne U16 Boys won by 152 runs

Match report

Melbourne U16 Boys made 294 (48 ov) and defended it, holding Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys to 142 (46.2 ov) to win by 152 runs. For the winners, Nicholas Critchley made a half-century (91 off 106) and Hugo Thompson took 4/15 from 5.2 overs. For Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys, Sanithu Palliyaralalage Don top-scored with 26 off 31 and Finn Mitchell took 4/61 from 10 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Hugo Thompson (15)

Melbourne U16 Boys · 1 (4) & 4/15 & 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 U16 Boys

🏏 Nicholas Critchley (15) 91 (106)

🏏 Ayan Arya (15) 72 (81)

🎯 Hugo Thompson (15) 4/15 (5.2)

🎯 Samuel Gregory (14) 2/20 (8)

Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys

🏏 Sanithu Palliyaralalage Don (14) 26 (31)

🏏 Kanishk Gattu (15) 20 (59)

🎯 Finn Mitchell (15) 4/61 (10)

🎯 Riyan Prajapati (15) 3/43 (8)

Match details

Competition: Under 16 WJ Dowling Shield (Male)
Round: Round 6
Format: One Day
Venue: Walter Galt Reserve, PARKDALE
Date: Tuesday 13 January 2026, 10:00am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Melbourne U16 Boys won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Misbah Ashraf, Sadashivam Arull Prakash

Melbourne U16 Boys · 1st Innings - Melbourne U16 Boys 294 (48 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Yuvraj Sharma (17)	c: K Singh b: F Mitchell	2	5	0	0	40.00
Nevon Eshwara (15)	c: H Samarasinghe b: F Mitchell	4	3	1	0	133.33
Rishi Desai (c) (15)	b: R Prajapati	24	20	4	0	120.00
Nicholas Critchley (15)	c: K Singh b: J Webster	91	106	10	1	85.84
Ayan Arya (15)	c: R Das b: F Mitchell	72	81	6	1	88.88
Kaevish Bhasin (14)	c: F Mitchell b: K Tahirovski	57	43	4	1	132.55
Archie Huddart (15)	b: F Mitchell	13	15	0	0	86.66
Ethan Young (15)	run out (R Das)	7	7	1	0	100.00
Hugo Thompson (15)	b: R Prajapati	1	4	0	0	25.00
Louis Read (15)	b: R Prajapati	2	2	0	0	100.00
Samuel Gregory (14)	not out	5*	3	1	0	166.66
Extras	(b 0, lb 3, w 12, nb 1, pen 0)	16
Total	48 Ov (RR 6.13)	294

Did not bat: Connor Portelli (14), Charlie Williamson (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Nevon Eshwara), 2-14 (Yuvraj Sharma), 3-41 (Rishi Desai), 4-190 (Nicholas Critchley), 5-213 (Ayan Arya), 6-265 (Archie Huddart), 7-278 (Ethan Young), 8-287 (Kaevish Bhasin), 9-287 (Hugo Thompson), 10-294 (Louis Read)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Finn Mitchell (15)	10	61	4	6.10	2	1
Riyan Prajapati (15)	8	43	3	5.37	4	0
Kalen Tahirovski (16)	10	48	1	4.80	3	0
Jake Webster (15)	8	57	1	7.12	1	0
Rohan Das (15)	2	6	0	3.00	0	0
Shaven Rajapakse (15)	2	17	0	8.50	1	0
Patrick Varney (15)	5	41	0	8.20	0	0
Taranjot Singh Soi (15)	3	18	0	6.00	1	0

Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys · 1st Innings - Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys 142 (46.2 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Patrick Varney (c) (15)	b: S Gregory	2	17	0	0	11.76
Kanishk Gattu (15)	lbw: H Thompson	20	59	1	0	33.89
Sanithu Palliyaralalage Don (14)	c: N Eshwara b: H Thompson	26	31	4	0	83.87
Jake Webster (15)	lbw: A Huddart	17	40	1	0	42.50
Kalen Tahirovski (16)	c&b: H Thompson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Keerat Singh (15)	c: C Williamson b: E Young	17	29	1	0	58.62
Riyan Prajapati (15)	b: C Williamson	0	4	0	0	0.00
Hirun Samarasinghe (15)	lbw: S Gregory	4	10	0	0	40.00
Rohan Das (15)	lbw: K Bhasin	15	24	2	0	62.50
Shaven Rajapakse (15)	b: H Thompson	15	45	0	0	33.33
Taranjot Singh Soi (15)	not out	10*	21	1	0	47.61
Extras	(b 1, lb 0, w 12, nb 3, pen 0)	16
Total	46.2 Ov (RR 3.06)	142

Did not bat: Luke Hibberd (15), William Lawson (15), Finn Mitchell (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Patrick Varney), 2-49 (Kanishk Gattu), 3-52 (Sanithu Palliyaralalage Don), 4-55 (Kalen Tahirovski), 5-93 (Jake Webster), 6-93 (Keerat Singh), 7-96 (Riyan Prajapati), 8-102 (Hirun Samarasinghe), 9-120 (Rohan Das), 10-142 (Shaven Rajapakse)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Charlie Williamson (15)	8	0	16	1	2.00	1	0
Samuel Gregory (14)	8	2	20	2	2.50	1	0
Ethan Young (15)	8	0	40	1	5.00	5	1
Louis Read (15)	9	0	28	0	3.11	1	1
Hugo Thompson (15)	5.2	0	15	4	2.81	3	1
Archie Huddart (15)	3	0	10	1	3.33	0	0
Kaevish Bhasin (14)	4	0	12	1	3.00	1	0
Yuvraj Sharma (17)	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0

Melbourne U16 Boys

Connor Portelli (14) Top-Order Batter 15 rating
Rishi Desai (c) (15) Bowling All-Rounder 45 rating
Nevon Eshwara (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 23 rating
Yuvraj Sharma (17) All-Rounder 33 rating
Charlie Williamson (15) First-Change Bowler 18 rating
Ethan Young (15) Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Louis Read (15) First-Change Bowler 19 rating
Archie Huddart (15) Middle-Order Batter 20 rating
Kaevish Bhasin (14) Second-Change Bowler 44 rating
Ayan Arya (15) Top-Order Batter 11 rating
Hugo Thompson (15) Bowling All-Rounder 33 rating
Samuel Gregory (14) Bowling All-Rounder 30 rating
Nicholas Critchley (15) Top-Order Batter 45 rating

Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys

Kanishk Gattu (15) Opening Batter 10 rating
Jake Webster (15) Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Kalen Tahirovski (16) First-Change Bowler 11 rating
Shaven Rajapakse (15) Top-Order Batter 7 rating
Luke Hibberd (c) (15) Second-Change Bowler 11 rating
Hirun Samarasinghe (15) Second-Change Bowler 10 rating
Keerat Singh (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 9 rating
William Lawson (15) Opening Bowler 14 rating
Taranjot Singh Soi (15) First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Finn Mitchell (15) Opening Bowler 8 rating
Patrick Varney (c) (15) Bowling All-Rounder 13 rating
Riyan Prajapati (15) First-Change Bowler 12 rating
Rohan Das (15) Lower-Order Batter 10 rating
Sanithu Palliyaralalage Don (14) Top-Order Batter 13 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Melbourne U16 Boys	294 (48 ov)	6.13	27	3	16	Nicholas Critchley 91
Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys	142 (46.2 ov)	3.06	10	0	16	Sanithu Palliyaralalage Don 26

Partnerships · Melbourne U16 Boys

1st wkt 7
2nd wkt 7
3rd wkt 27
4th wkt 149
5th wkt 23
6th wkt 52
7th wkt 13
8th wkt 9
9th wkt 0
10th wkt 7

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

Partnerships · Kingston Hawthorn U16 Boys

1st wkt 11
2nd wkt 38
3rd wkt 3
4th wkt 3
5th wkt 38
6th wkt 0
7th wkt 3
8th wkt 6
9th wkt 18
10th wkt 22

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