Merewether v University — Cricket Nation

Result · Round 12 · 2nd Grade · 2025/26 · Sat 14 Feb 2026 · Townson Oval, MEREWETHER

Merewether 289/4d (68 ov)

University 46 (27.3 ov) & 97 (30 ov)

Merewether won by an innings and 146 runs

Match report

Merewether beat University by an innings and 146 runs. For the winners, Oliver O’Brien hit a century (120* off 212) and David Celep took 5/31 from 8 overs. For University, Vats Gajera top-scored with 20 off 35 and Varun Agashe took 3/94 from 29 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

David Celep

Merewether · 14 (17) & 6/31 & 1 dismissal

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

Top performers

Merewether

🏏 Oliver O’Brien (15) 120* (212)

🏏 Harrison Najor (15) 116* (140)

🎯 David Celep 6/31 (9)

🎯 Max Fleming (21) 5/43 (12)

University

🏏 Vats Gajera 30 (47)

🏏 Greg Perks 23 (29)

🎯 Varun Agashe 3/94 (29)

🎯 Vats Gajera 1/73 (18)

Match details

Competition: 2nd Grade
Round: Round 12
Format: Two Day
Venue: Townson Oval, MEREWETHER
Date: Saturday 14 February 2026, 12:00pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: University won the toss and chose to field
Other officials: John Canning (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Merewether · 1st Innings - Merewether 289/4d (68 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Oliver O’Brien (15)	not out	120*	212	13	1	56.60
David Celep	c: E Hunt b: V Agashe	14	17	2	0	82.35
Jeremy Smith	c: J Hoffman b: V Agashe	8	16	1	0	50.00
Chad Mayo (c) (29)	c: M Hatton b: V Agashe	0	6	0	0	0.00
Patrick Holding (21)	c: D KB b: V Gajera	19	18	3	0	105.55
Harrison Najor (15)	not out	116*	140	11	3	82.85
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 1, pen 0)	12
Total	68 Ov (RR 4.25)	289/4d

Did not bat: Preston Jolliffe (15), Wil Anson (21), Max Fleming (21), Sam Holding, Clancy Moore (15)

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (David Celep), 2-29 (Jeremy Smith), 3-37 (Chad Mayo), 4-60 (Patrick Holding)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Marty Hatton	13	1	77	0	5.92	0	0
Varun Agashe	29	2	94	3	3.24	1	0
Vats Gajera	18	2	73	1	4.05	0	0
Greg Perks	6	0	13	0	2.16	0	0
Ethan Hunt	2	0	22	0	11.00	0	1

University · 1st Innings - University 46 (27.3 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sevak Singh Clair	b: P Holding	2	13	0	0	15.38
Greg Perks	b: M Fleming	4	3	1	0	133.33
Ethan Hunt	b: P Holding	4	19	1	0	21.05
Marty Hatton	c: J Smith b: M Fleming	3	9	0	0	33.33
Joel Hoffman (c, wk)	c: P Jolliffe b: P Holding	2	23	0	0	8.69
Vats Gajera	c: J Smith b: D Celep	10	12	1	1	83.33
Adam Partlett	b: P Jolliffe	4	43	0	0	9.30
Varun Agashe	run out ()	5	27	1	0	18.51
Jack Thomas	b: W Anson	8	8	2	0	100.00
Deep KB	not out	1*	8	0	0	12.50
Jack Trappel	run out (P Holding, C Moore)	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 0, w 0, nb 1, pen 0)	3
Total	27.3 Ov (RR 1.67)	46

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Greg Perks), 2-6 (Sevak Singh Clair), 3-13 (Marty Hatton), 4-13 (Ethan Hunt), 5-25 (Vats Gajera), 6-28 (Joel Hoffman), 7-37 (Varun Agashe), 8-37 (Adam Partlett), 9-45 (Jack Thomas), 10-46 (Jack Trappel)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Patrick Holding (21)	11	6	18	3	1.63	1
Max Fleming (21)	5	3	8	2	1.60	0
David Celep	1	1	0	1	0.00	0
Sam Holding	1	0	1	0	1.00	0
Wil Anson (21)	7.3	1	16	1	2.13	0
Preston Jolliffe (15)	2	1	1	1	0.50	0

University · 2nd Innings - University 97 (30 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sevak Singh Clair	c: C Moore b: M Fleming	5	7	1	0	71.42
Greg Perks	b: M Fleming	19	26	3	0	73.07
Ethan Hunt	c: P Holding b: S Holding	2	12	0	0	16.66
Joel Hoffman (c, wk)	c: M Fleming b: S Holding	6	8	1	0	75.00
Marty Hatton	lbw: M Fleming	7	17	0	0	41.17
Vats Gajera	c: C Mayo b: D Celep	20	35	1	0	57.14
Deep KB	lbw: D Celep	1	7	0	0	14.28
Jack Thomas	b: D Celep	15	42	1	1	35.71
Adam Partlett	b: D Celep	1	11	0	0	9.09
Varun Agashe	c&b: D Celep	10	9	2	0	111.11
Jack Trappel	not out	5*	6	1	0	83.33
Extras	(b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 0, pen 0)	6
Total	30 Ov (RR 3.23)	97

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sevak Singh Clair), 2-22 (Ethan Hunt), 3-30 (Greg Perks), 4-44 (Marty Hatton), 5-56 (Joel Hoffman), 6-57 (Deep KB), 7-74 (Vats Gajera), 8-80 (Adam Partlett), 9-90 (Varun Agashe), 10-97 (Jack Thomas)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Max Fleming (21)	7	2	35	3	5.00
Sam Holding	8	2	16	2	2.00
David Celep	8	0	31	5	3.87
Patrick Holding (21)	5	1	8	0	1.60
Wil Anson (21)	2	1	1	0	0.50

Merewether

Jeremy Smith Top-Order Batter 11 rating
David Celep Second-Change Bowler 12 rating
Preston Jolliffe (15) Bowling All-Rounder 25 rating
Wil Anson (21) Second-Change Bowler 9 rating
Max Fleming (21) Bowling All-Rounder 11 rating
Chad Mayo (c) (29) Top-Order Batter 8 rating
Oliver O’Brien (15) Opening Batter 9 rating
Patrick Holding (21) Bowling All-Rounder 12 rating
Sam Holding Bowling All-Rounder 12 rating
Harrison Najor (15) Top-Order Batter 10 rating
Clancy Moore (wk) (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 9 rating

University

Jack Thomas Lower-Order Batter 3 rating
Jack Trappel Lower-Order Batter 1 rating
Adam Partlett Lower-Order Batter 4 rating
Varun Agashe First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Deep KB Middle-Order Batter 3 rating
Sevak Singh Clair Opening Batter 5 rating
Ethan Hunt Top-Order Batter 3 rating
Vats Gajera First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Marty Hatton First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Greg Perks Opening Batter 5 rating
Joel Hoffman (c, wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 6 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Merewether	289/4d (68 ov)	4.25	30	4	12	Oliver O’Brien 120*
University	46 (27.3 ov)	1.67	6	1	3	Vats Gajera 10
University	97 (30 ov)	3.23	10	1	6	Vats Gajera 20

Partnerships · Merewether

1st wkt 20
2nd wkt 9
3rd wkt 8
4th wkt 23
5th wkt 229*

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

Partnerships · University

1st wkt 4
2nd wkt 2
3rd wkt 7
4th wkt 0
5th wkt 12
6th wkt 3
7th wkt 9
8th wkt 0
9th wkt 8
10th wkt 1

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

Partnerships · University

1st wkt 5
2nd wkt 17
3rd wkt 8
4th wkt 14
5th wkt 12
6th wkt 1
7th wkt 17
8th wkt 6
9th wkt 10
10th wkt 7

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