Result · Round 2 · NQ Vets Cricket O50 Championship · 2025/26 · Sun 21 Jun 2026 · Lakeside Park, KIRWAN
Townsville 1st XII 86/5 (15.4 ov)
Cairns 85/6 (20 ov)
Townsville 1st XII won by 5 wickets
View on play.cricket — ball by ball ↗

Match report

Townsville 1st XII chased down Cairns's 85/6 (20 ov), reaching 86/5 (15.4 ov) to win by 5 wickets. For the winners, Jason Batchelor made a half-century (52* off 30) with 4 sixes and John Short took 2/15 from 4 overs. For Cairns, Thomas Fricker top-scored with 18 off 28 and Jon Turner took 3/17 from 3 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

🏅
Cricket Nation pick of the match
Jon Turner
Cairns · 4 (9) & 3/17

Top performers

Townsville 1st XII
🏏 Jason Batchelor 52* (30)
🏏 Damien Meek 15 (31)
🎯 John Short 2/15 (4)
🎯 Mark Little 1/2 (4)
Cairns
🏏 Thomas Fricker 18 (28)
🏏 Shane Soper 15 (10)
🎯 Jon Turner 3/17 (3)
🎯 Alan Candow 1/5 (2.4)
Cairns · 1st Innings - Cairns 85/6 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Shane Soper c: L Gray b: C Cannon 15 10 2 1 150.00
Thomas Fricker c: D Meek b: L Gray 18 28 3 0 64.28
John Stampa c: M Harris b: M Little 1 8 0 0 12.50
Peter Vale c: D Meek b: J Short 11 32 0 0 34.37
Glen Young st: S Turner b: J Short 12 22 0 0 54.54
Jon Turner c: P ARANAS b: R McClennan 4 9 0 0 44.44
Russell Woodfield not out 6* 7 0 0 85.71
Michael Volpi not out 5* 5 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 10, nb 1, pen 0) 13
Total 20 Ov (RR 4.25) 85/6
Did not bat: ******** (18), Harinder Singh, Alan Candow, Miles Browne
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Shane Soper), 2-36 (John Stampa), 3-45 (Thomas Fricker), 4-57 (Peter Vale), 5-67 (Jon Turner), 6-73 (Glen Young)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Chris Cannon 3 0 22 1 7.33 2 0
Richard McClennan 4 0 22 1 5.50 1 1
Mark Little 4 2 2 1 0.50 0 0
Leigh Gray 3 1 8 1 2.66 1 0
John Short 4 0 15 2 3.75 0 0
PETER ARANAS 1 0 4 0 4.00 1 0
Jason Batchelor 1 0 10 0 10.00 5 0
Townsville 1st XII · 1st Innings - Townsville 1st XII 86/5 (15.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Damien Meek c: J Stampa b: J Turner 15 31 0 0 48.38
Shane Turner c: S Soper b: P Vale 2 4 0 0 50.00
Jason Batchelor not out 52* 30 3 4 173.33
PETER ARANAS c: T Fricker b: A Candow 8 15 1 0 53.33
Damien Paronella c: J Stampa b: J Turner 2 5 0 0 40.00
John Short c: J Stampa b: J Turner 0 1 0 0 0.00
Leigh Gray not out 2* 5 0 0 40.00
Matt Harris not out 2* 3 0 0 66.66
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 0, pen 0) 3
Total 15.4 Ov (RR 5.49) 86/5
Did not bat: Chris Cannon, Richard McClennan, Mark Little
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Shane Turner), 2-77 (Damien Meek), 3-81 (PETER ARANAS), 4-81 (Damien Paronella), 5-83 (John Short)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Shane Soper 4 0 17 0 4.25 0 0
Thomas Fricker 2 0 23 0 11.50 1 0
Peter Vale 3 0 9 1 3.00 0 0
Miles Browne 1 0 15 0 15.00 1 0
Jon Turner 3 0 17 3 5.66 1 0
Alan Candow 2.4 0 5 1 1.87 0 0

Townsville 1st XII

Cairns

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Cairns 85/6 (20 ov) 4.25 5 1 13 Thomas Fricker 18
Townsville 1st XII 86/5 (15.4 ov) 5.49 4 4 3 Jason Batchelor 52*

Partnerships · Cairns

  • 1st wkt 23
  • 2nd wkt 13
  • 3rd wkt 9
  • 4th wkt 12
  • 5th wkt 10
  • 6th wkt 6
  • 7th wkt 12*

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

Partnerships · Townsville 1st XII

  • 1st wkt 8
  • 2nd wkt 69
  • 3rd wkt 4
  • 4th wkt 0
  • 5th wkt 2
  • 6th wkt 3*

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