South Australia v New South Wales Metro

Result · Round 5 · CA Under 16 Female National Championships · 2025/26 · Mon 19 Jan 2026 · NTCA, LAUNCESTON

South Australia 105 (19.1 ov)

New South Wales Metro 108 (19 ov)

New South Wales Metro won by 3 runs

Match report

New South Wales Metro made 108 (19 ov) and defended it, holding South Australia to 105 (19.1 ov) to win by 3 runs. For the winners, Sarah Bawcombe top-scored with 40 off 30 and Aurora Mavros took 2/11 from 3.1 overs. For South Australia, Lillian Thomas top-scored with 31 off 25 and Saoirse Flynn took 2/16 from 3 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Lillian Thomas (15)

South Australia · 31 (25) & 2/18

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

Top performers

South Australia

🏏 Lillian Thomas (15) 31 (25)

🏏 Sanvi Shah (15) 22 (21)

🎯 Saoirse Flynn (15) 2/16 (3)

🎯 Lily Clark (15) 2/17 (3)

New South Wales Metro

🏏 Sarah Bawcombe (15) 40 (30)

🏏 Jorja Horan (15) 15 (18)

🎯 Aurora Mavros (15) 2/11 (3.1)

🎯 Diya Sambrane (15) 2/17 (4)

Match details

Competition: CA Under 16 Female National Championships
Round: Round 5
Format: T20
Venue: NTCA, LAUNCESTON
Date: Monday 19 January 2026, 11:00am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: New South Wales Metro won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Isabel Satti, Leone Mizzi

New South Wales Metro · 1st Innings - New South Wales Metro 108 (19 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sarah Bawcombe (15)	b: L Thomas	40	30	3	2	133.33
Aurora Mavros (15)	c: R Gupta b: S Flynn	5	9	1	0	55.55
Sharon N Julien (15)	lbw: G Melville	5	9	1	0	55.55
Neha Joshua (15)	b: R Gupta	0	4	0	0	0.00
Lily Salter (15)	c: M McArdle b: L Clark	11	11	2	0	100.00
Jorja Horan (15)	c: M McArdle b: L Clark	15	18	2	0	83.33
Natalie Williams (15)	lbw: O Temme	2	6	0	0	33.33
Diya Sambrane (15)	run out (A Bain, I Hobbs)	3	4	0	0	75.00
Keerti Vatul (15)	lbw: L Thomas	4	11	0	0	36.36
Milla Bruce (15)	not out	3*	7	0	0	42.85
Diksha Chowdhary (15)	c: S Shah b: S Flynn	6	6	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 10, nb 1, pen 0)	14
Total	19 Ov (RR 5.68)	108

Did not bat: Keira Terrey (15), Ameera Sodhi (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Aurora Mavros), 2-12 (Sharon N Julien), 3-28 (Neha Joshua), 4-43 (Lily Salter), 5-70 (Sarah Bawcombe), 6-73 (Natalie Williams), 7-77 (Diya Sambrane), 8-96 (Jorja Horan), 9-99 (Keerti Vatul), 10-108 (Diksha Chowdhary)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Gemma Melville (15)	3	14	1	4.66	2	0
Saoirse Flynn (15)	3	16	2	5.33	3	0
Riya Gupta (15)	3	16	1	5.33	0	0
Lily Clark (15)	3	17	2	5.66	1	0
Natasha Kanbargi (15)	1	13	0	13.00	0	1
Lillian Thomas (15)	4	18	2	4.50	1	0
Olivia Temme (15)	2	11	1	5.50	3	0

South Australia · 1st Innings - South Australia 105 (19.1 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanvi Shah (15)	c: A Sodhi b: A Mavros	22	21	2	0	104.76
Lillian Thomas (15)	c: L Salter b: A Mavros	31	25	5	0	124.00
Ivy Hobbs (15)	run out (D Chowdhary)	5	6	0	0	83.33
Riya Gupta (15)	b: S Julien	0	3	0	0	0.00
Mollie McArdle (15)	b: D Sambrane	2	9	0	0	22.22
Olivia Temme (15)	run out (D Chowdhary)	3	10	0	0	30.00
Abby Bain (15)	b: D Sambrane	0	1	0	0	0.00
Sara Rajguru (15)	st: K Vatul b: D Chowdhary	7	17	1	0	41.17
Saoirse Flynn (15)	run out (L Salter, K Vatul)	1	6	0	0	16.66
Lily Clark (15)	run out (L Salter, A Mavros)	14	13	2	0	107.69
Gemma Melville (15)	not out	4*	5	0	0	80.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 14, nb 1, pen 0)	16
Total	19.1 Ov (RR 5.48)	105

Did not bat: Sophie Prior (15), Jessica Paley (15), Natasha Kanbargi (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Lillian Thomas), 2-65 (Sanvi Shah), 3-70 (Riya Gupta), 4-71 (Ivy Hobbs), 5-75 (Mollie McArdle), 6-75 (Abby Bain), 7-76 (Olivia Temme), 8-86 (Sara Rajguru), 9-86 (Saoirse Flynn), 10-105 (Lily Clark)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Ameera Sodhi (15)	2	10	0	5.00	2	0
Milla Bruce (15)	1	12	0	12.00	5	0
Jorja Horan (15)	1	13	0	13.00	0	0
Natalie Williams (15)	1	11	0	11.00	0	1
Diya Sambrane (15)	4	17	2	4.25	0	0
Sharon N Julien (15)	4	19	1	4.75	5	0
Aurora Mavros (15)	3.1	11	2	3.47	0	0
Diksha Chowdhary (15)	3	11	1	3.66	2	0

South Australia

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

New South Wales Metro

Keira Terrey (15) Bowling All-Rounder 54 rating
Keerti Vatul (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 50 rating
Ameera Sodhi (15) Opening Bowler 39 rating
Aurora Mavros (15) All-Rounder 53 rating
Sarah Bawcombe (15) All-Rounder 53 rating
Milla Bruce (15) Opening Bowler 39 rating
Jorja Horan (15) Bowling All-Rounder 49 rating
Diksha Chowdhary (15) Second-Change Bowler 48 rating
Sharon N Julien (15) All-Rounder 49 rating
Natalie Williams (15) Second-Change Bowler 47 rating
Neha Joshua (15) First-Change Bowler 49 rating
Diya Sambrane (15) Bowling All-Rounder 47 rating
Lily Salter (15) First-Change Bowler 48 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
New South Wales Metro	108 (19 ov)	5.68	10	2	14	Sarah Bawcombe 40
South Australia	105 (19.1 ov)	5.48	10	0	16	Lillian Thomas 31

Partnerships · New South Wales Metro

1st wkt 6
2nd wkt 6
3rd wkt 16
4th wkt 15
5th wkt 27
6th wkt 3
7th wkt 4
8th wkt 19
9th wkt 3
10th wkt 9

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

Partnerships · South Australia

1st wkt 62
2nd wkt 3
3rd wkt 5
4th wkt 1
5th wkt 4
6th wkt 0
7th wkt 1
8th wkt 10
9th wkt 0
10th wkt 19

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