Northern Raiders Premier v Merrivale Premier

Result · Round 13 · Sungold Division 1 Premier · 2025/26 · Sat 21 Feb 2026 · Purnim Recreation Reserve, PURNIM

Northern Raiders Premier 362/7 (80 ov) & 0/0

Merrivale Premier 198 (44.3 ov)

Northern Raiders Premier won by 164 runs

Match report

Northern Raiders Premier beat Merrivale Premier by 164 runs. For the winners, James Elford hit a century (121 off 103) with 5 sixes and Hayden Mcgovern took 3/18 from 6.3 overs. For Merrivale Premier, Theo Opperman hit a century (104 off 79) with 3 sixes and Matt Petherick took 3/68 from 16 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

James Elford (29)

Northern Raiders Premier · 121 (103) & 3/29

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

Top performers

Northern Raiders Premier

🏏 James Elford (29) 121 (103)

🏏 Ed Taylor 109 (117)

🎯 Hayden Mcgovern (19) 3/18 (6.3)

🎯 James Elford (29) 3/29 (8)

Merrivale Premier

🏏 Theo Opperman 104 (79)

🏏 Luke Pearson 23 (35)

🎯 Matt Petherick (30) 3/68 (16)

🎯 daniel hawkins 2/30 (6)

Match details

Competition: Sungold Division 1 Premier
Round: Round 13
Format: Two Day
Venue: Purnim Recreation Reserve, PURNIM
Date: Saturday 21 February 2026, 12:30pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Northern Raiders Premier won the toss and chose to bat
Other officials: Andrew Wendt (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Northern Raiders Premier · 1st Innings - Northern Raiders Premier 362/7 (80 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jacob Fishwick	c: T Opperman b: M Petherick	26	35	3	1	74.28
Ed Taylor (vc)	c: N Sinnott b: ********	109	117	12	1	93.16
Joe Gordon	st: A Boyle b: M Jones	22	46	1	0	47.82
Isaac Wilson	c: A Boyle b: d hawkins	25	85	1	0	29.41
James Elford (c) (29)	b: M Petherick	121	103	8	5	117.47
Jack Lenehan (17)	b: d hawkins	0	2	0	0	0.00
Patrick Bubb	c: M McCosh b: M Petherick	15	46	2	0	32.60
Aidan Forsyth	not out	27*	31	3	0	87.09
Bailey Brooks	not out	12*	16	2	0	75.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, w 0, nb 1, pen 0)	5
Total	80 Ov (RR 4.53)	362/7

Did not bat: Hayden Mcgovern (19), Ryan Bellman

Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Jacob Fishwick), 2-115 (Joe Gordon), 3-175 (Ed Taylor), 4-191 (Isaac Wilson), 5-191 (Jack Lenehan), 6-273 (Patrick Bubb), 7-342 (James Elford)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Matt Petherick (30)	16	2	68	3	4.25	0
Joshua Stapleton (35)	11	0	53	0	4.81	0
Mark Jones	17	1	79	1	4.64	0
Hugh Fleming	13	1	40	0	3.07	0
Luke Pearson	11	0	45	1	4.09	0
daniel hawkins	6	1	30	2	5.00	0
Archer Boyle (17)	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Mitchell McCosh (16)	4	1	29	0	7.25	1
Theo Opperman	2	0	14	0	7.00	0

Merrivale Premier · 1st Innings - Merrivale Premier 198 (44.3 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nicholas Sinnott (28)	b: J Gordon	0	5	0	0	0.00
Matthew Sinnott (22)	c: J Gordon b: P Bubb	18	46	2	0	39.13
Theo Opperman	c: P Bubb b: J Elford	104	79	14	3	131.64
Mitchell McCosh (16)	c: R Bellman b: B Brooks	12	31	0	0	38.70
Joshua Stapleton (c) (35)	c: J Fishwick b: J Elford	18	30	2	0	60.00
Rhys Wallace (16)	c: J Fishwick b: J Elford	0	4	0	0	0.00
Mark Jones (vc)	b: H Mcgovern	2	13	0	0	15.38
daniel hawkins	st: J Fishwick b: E Taylor	2	9	0	0	22.22
Luke Pearson	c: b: H Mcgovern	23	35	3	0	65.71
Archer Boyle (wk) (17)	c: E Taylor b: H Mcgovern	2	7	0	0	28.57
Matt Petherick (30)	not out	5*	11	0	0	45.45
Extras	(b 0, lb 8, w 1, nb 3, pen 0)	12
Total	44.3 Ov (RR 4.45)	198

Did not bat: Hugh Fleming

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Nicholas Sinnott), 2-70 (Matthew Sinnott), 3-125 (Mitchell McCosh), 4-149 (Theo Opperman), 5-155 (Rhys Wallace), 6-166 (Joshua Stapleton), 7-166 (Mark Jones), 8-172 (daniel hawkins), 9-185 (Archer Boyle), 10-198 (Luke Pearson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Joe Gordon	7	2	30	1	4.28	0	2
Patrick Bubb	8	2	35	1	4.37	0	0
Bailey Brooks	9	0	51	1	5.66	1	1
Ed Taylor	6	2	27	1	4.50	0	0
James Elford (29)	8	1	29	3	3.62	0	0
Hayden Mcgovern (19)	6.3	1	18	3	2.76	0	0

Northern Raiders Premier · 2nd Innings - Northern Raiders Premier 0/0

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ed Taylor (vc)	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Patrick Bubb	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, pen 0)	0
Total	0 Ov	0/0

Did not bat: Bailey Brooks, Hayden Mcgovern (19), Isaac Wilson, Ryan Bellman, Jacob Fishwick, Joe Gordon, James Elford (29), Jack Lenehan (17), Aidan Forsyth

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb

Northern Raiders Premier

Bailey Brooks Opening Bowler 5 rating
Hayden Mcgovern (19) Second-Change Bowler 8 rating
Isaac Wilson Top-Order Batter 2 rating
Ryan Bellman Lower-Order Batter 7 rating
Jacob Fishwick Opening Batter 9 rating
Joe Gordon Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
James Elford (c) (29) Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Jack Lenehan (17) Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Aidan Forsyth Lower-Order Batter 4 rating
Patrick Bubb First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Ed Taylor (vc) All-Rounder 12 rating

Merrivale Premier

Matthew Sinnott (22) Top-Order Batter 5 rating
Rhys Wallace (16) Opening Batter 7 rating
Luke Pearson Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Joshua Stapleton (c) (35) All-Rounder 11 rating
Nicholas Sinnott (28) Opening Batter 5 rating
daniel hawkins Opening Bowler 8 rating
Mitchell McCosh (16) All-Rounder 13 rating
Hugh Fleming Second-Change Bowler 3 rating
Mark Jones (vc) First-Change Bowler 7 rating
Matt Petherick (30) Opening Bowler 11 rating
Archer Boyle (wk) (17) Wicketkeeper-Batter 9 rating
Theo Opperman Top-Order Batter 12 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Northern Raiders Premier	362/7 (80 ov)	4.53	32	7	5	James Elford 121
Merrivale Premier	198 (44.3 ov)	4.45	21	3	12	Theo Opperman 104
Northern Raiders Premier	0/0	–	0	0	0	Ed Taylor 0*

Partnerships · Northern Raiders Premier

1st wkt 58
2nd wkt 57
3rd wkt 60
4th wkt 16
5th wkt 0
6th wkt 82
7th wkt 69
8th wkt 20*

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

Partnerships · Merrivale Premier

1st wkt 0
2nd wkt 70
3rd wkt 55
4th wkt 24
5th wkt 6
6th wkt 11
7th wkt 0
8th wkt 6
9th wkt 13
10th wkt 13

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

Partnerships · Northern Raiders Premier

No fall of wickets recorded for this innings.