Newcastle Opens v Greater Illawarra Opens

Result · Round 2 · McDonald's Male Country Championships · 2025/26 · Fri 28 Nov 2025 · Waratah Oval, WARATAH

Newcastle Opens 215 (49.3 ov)

Greater Illawarra Opens 174 (43.5 ov)

Newcastle Opens won by 41 runs

Match report

Newcastle Opens made 215 (49.3 ov) and defended it, holding Greater Illawarra Opens to 174 (43.5 ov) to win by 41 runs. For the winners, Patrick Moore made a half-century (81 off 105) and Nick Foster took 4/17 from 6.5 overs. For Greater Illawarra Opens, Jayden Zahra-Smith made a half-century (50 off 95) and Jake O'Connell took 3/32 from 9.3 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Patrick Moore

Newcastle Opens · 81 (105) & 1/17 & 1 dismissal

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

Top performers

Newcastle Opens

🏏 Patrick Moore 81 (105)

🏏 Aaron Bills 26* (38)

🎯 Nick Foster 4/17 (6.5)

🎯 Aaron Bills 2/42 (9)

Greater Illawarra Opens

🏏 Jayden Zahra-Smith (22) 50 (95)

🏏 Jack Mcdonald 39 (62)

🎯 Jake O'Connell (24) 3/32 (9.3)

🎯 Rhys S Cattle (23) 2/34 (10)

Match details

Competition: McDonald's Male Country Championships
Round: Round 2
Format: One Day
Venue: Waratah Oval, WARATAH
Date: Friday 28 November 2025, 10:00am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Newcastle Opens won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Rodney Porter, Phillip Rainger

Newcastle Opens · 1st Innings - Newcastle Opens 215 (49.3 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Cameron Tanner	c: A Kornberger b: A Brown	16	29	2	0	55.17
Daniel Arms	b: H Egerton	7	9	1	0	77.77
Jack Hartigan (23)	b: J O'Connell	1	8	0	0	12.50
Adrian Isherwood	b: J O'Connell	0	3	0	0	0.00
Joshua Claridge	b: R S Cattle	5	10	0	0	50.00
Ben Balcomb (wk) (29)	c: N Nicastri b: R S Cattle	6	21	0	0	28.57
Patrick Moore	b: L Maddinson	81	105	5	2	77.14
Harrison Dunn (17)	lbw: L Maddinson	18	35	2	1	51.42
Daniel Chillingworth (26)	c: B Cattle b: H Egerton	24	44	1	1	54.54
Aaron Bills	not out	26*	38	2	0	68.42
Josh Mctaggart (23)	b: J O'Connell	1	4	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 2, w 10, nb 9, pen 0)	30
Total	49.3 Ov (RR 4.34)	215

Did not bat: Patrick Magann (27), Nick Foster

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Daniel Arms), 2-16 (Jack Hartigan), 3-23 (Adrian Isherwood), 4-37 (Joshua Claridge), 5-42 (Cameron Tanner), 6-56 (Ben Balcomb), 7-90 (Harrison Dunn), 8-144 (Daniel Chillingworth), 9-214 (Patrick Moore), 10-215 (Josh Mctaggart)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Jake O'Connell (24)	9.3	0	32	3	3.36	2	1
Ayden Brown	7	0	41	1	5.85	1	5
Harry Egerton (19)	9	0	47	2	5.22	1	3
Rhys S Cattle (23)	10	1	34	2	3.40	5	0
Jack Mcdonald	5	0	16	0	3.20	0	0
Lachlan Maddinson (21)	9	0	34	2	3.77	1	0

Greater Illawarra Opens · 1st Innings - Greater Illawarra Opens 174 (43.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Cooper Maddinson	b: P Magann	0	1	0	0	0.00
Jayden Zahra-Smith (22)	c&b: N Foster	50	95	4	0	52.63
Blake Cattle (16)	c: D Arms b: P Moore	13	24	1	0	54.16
Jack Mcdonald	c: B Balcomb b: D Chillingworth	39	62	1	1	62.90
Lachlan Maddinson (c) (21)	lbw: A Bills	28	32	4	0	87.50
Thomas Fletcher (wk) (19)	c: C Tanner b: A Bills	20	22	1	0	90.90
Nicolas Nicastri (wk) (19)	c: P Moore b: N Foster	4	5	0	0	80.00
Rhys S Cattle (23)	c: B Balcomb b: N Foster	4	7	0	0	57.14
Aaryn Kornberger (27)	c: D Arms b: N Foster	4	7	0	0	57.14
Jake O'Connell (24)	run out (P Moore, B Balcomb)	2	5	0	0	40.00
Ayden Brown	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 5, w 5, nb 0, pen 0)	10
Total	43.5 Ov (RR 3.97)	174

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

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Cooper Maddinson), 2-39 (Blake Cattle), 3-91 (Jayden Zahra-Smith), 4-126 (Jack Mcdonald), 5-156 (Lachlan Maddinson), 6-161 (Nicolas Nicastri), 7-165 (Thomas Fletcher), 8-169 (Rhys S Cattle), 9-174 (Aaryn Kornberger), 10-174 (Jake O'Connell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Patrick Magann (27)	6	0	23	1	3.83	1
Josh Mctaggart (23)	5	1	14	0	2.80	0
Patrick Moore	4	0	17	1	4.25	1
Aaron Bills	9	0	42	2	4.66	0
Daniel Chillingworth (26)	10	1	39	1	3.90	1
Nick Foster	6.5	0	17	4	2.48	2
Adrian Isherwood	3	0	17	0	5.66	0

Newcastle Opens

Daniel Chillingworth (26) Bowling All-Rounder 24 rating
Aaron Bills First-Change Bowler 22 rating
Patrick Magann (27) Opening Bowler 24 rating
Adrian Isherwood All-Rounder 18 rating
Harrison Dunn (17) Wicketkeeper-Batter 29 rating
Jack Hartigan (23) Top-Order Batter 36 rating
Daniel Arms Opening Batter 13 rating
Nick Foster Second-Change Bowler 18 rating
Cameron Tanner Opening Batter 12 rating
Patrick Moore All-Rounder 21 rating
Josh Mctaggart (23) Opening Bowler 15 rating
Joshua Claridge Middle-Order Batter 1 rating
Ben Balcomb (wk) (29) Wicketkeeper-Batter 46 rating

Greater Illawarra Opens

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

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Newcastle Opens	215 (49.3 ov)	4.34	13	4	30	Patrick Moore 81
Greater Illawarra Opens	174 (43.5 ov)	3.97	11	1	10	Jayden Zahra-Smith 50

Partnerships · Newcastle Opens

1st wkt 7
2nd wkt 9
3rd wkt 7
4th wkt 14
5th wkt 5
6th wkt 14
7th wkt 34
8th wkt 54
9th wkt 70
10th wkt 1

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

Partnerships · Greater Illawarra Opens

1st wkt 1
2nd wkt 38
3rd wkt 52
4th wkt 35
5th wkt 30
6th wkt 5
7th wkt 4
8th wkt 4
9th wkt 5
10th wkt 0

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