Mighty Dark Horses v Kabul Knight Riders

Result · Round 6 · NPL 5 (Group A) · 2025/26 · Sun 21 Jun 2026 · Ballast Ovals, STOCKTON

Mighty Dark Horses 154/9 (20 ov)

Kabul Knight Riders 155/6 (18.5 ov)

Kabul Knight Riders won by 4 wickets

Match report

Kabul Knight Riders chased down Mighty Dark Horses's 154/9 (20 ov), reaching 155/6 (18.5 ov) to win by 4 wickets. For the winners, Tomas Conaghan top-scored with 45* off 42 and Awais Rafiq took 2/17 from 4 overs. For Mighty Dark Horses, Baylee Borrow made a half-century (56 off 28) with 3 sixes and Mathew Parackal took 2/30 from 4 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

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Kabul Knight Riders · 55 (38) & 5/26

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

Top performers

Mighty Dark Horses

🏏 Baylee Borrow (21) 56 (28)

🏏 Kiran Venu 28 (18)

🎯 Mathew Parackal 2/30 (4)

🎯 Elson Mathew 1/13 (2.5)

Kabul Knight Riders

🏏 ******** 55 (38)

🏏 Tomas Conaghan (21) 45* (42)

🎯 ******** 5/26 (4)

🎯 Awais Rafiq 2/17 (4)

Match details

Competition: NPL 5 (Group A)
Round: Round 6
Format: T20
Venue: Ballast Ovals, STOCKTON
Date: Sunday 21 June 2026, 12:45pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Kabul Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field
Umpires: Geoffrey John Scully

Mighty Dark Horses · 1st Innings - Mighty Dark Horses 154/9 (20 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jophin Philip (wk)	b: A Rafiq	1	5	0	0	20.00
Jayakrishnan Sanal Kumar	c: N Mohammad b: M Batth	6	10	0	0	60.00
Baylee Borrow (21)	c: N Mohammad b: H Hedayatullah	56	28	6	3	200.00
Elson Mathew	b: N Hedayatullah	13	10	1	1	130.00
Kiran Venu	c: A Jamily b: H Hedayatullah	28	18	3	1	155.55
TONY CHACKO (c)	c: N Mohammad b: H Hedayatullah	0	3	0	0	0.00
JUSTESKANIKAI RAPHELRAJ	not out	14*	13	1	0	107.69
Alvin Joseph Thomas	c: M Afghanyar b: H Hedayatullah	7	8	0	0	87.50
Mathew Parackal (vc)	lbw: H Hedayatullah	0	1	0	0	0.00
Binesh Chirayil Gopi	b: A Rafiq	14	13	2	0	107.69
Kafsal Kavunthala Madapuram	not out	8*	12	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 1, pen 0)	7
Total	20 Ov (RR 7.70)	154/9

Did not bat: Ashish Prasher

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Jophin Philip), 2-18 (Jayakrishnan Sanal Kumar), 3-52 (Elson Mathew), 4-90 (Kiran Venu), 5-90 (TONY CHACKO), 6-108 (Baylee Borrow), 7-116 (Alvin Joseph Thomas), 8-116 (Mathew Parackal), 9-141 (Binesh Chirayil Gopi)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Awais Rafiq	4	17	2	4.25	0	1
Mohabatpal Singh Batth	3	26	1	8.66	1	0
Nasibullah Hedayatullah	3	27	1	9.00	0	0
Nicholas Bates	2	25	0	12.50	0	0
********	4	26	5	6.50	2	0
Mohammad Jamil Afghanyar	3	25	0	8.33	2	0
Abdul Jamily	1	7	0	7.00	0	0

Kabul Knight Riders · 1st Innings - Kabul Knight Riders 155/6 (18.5 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dadullah Hedayatullah (15)	b: B Borrow	0	1	0	0	0.00
navneel Kumar	c: J RAPHELRAJ b: M Parackal	15	9	1	1	166.66
Tomas Conaghan (21)	not out	45*	42	4	1	107.14
Nafiz Mohammad	b: M Parackal	5	7	1	0	71.42
********	c: J RAPHELRAJ b: E Mathew	55	38	5	3	144.73
Nicholas Bates	run out ()	1	6	0	0	16.66
Mohammad Jamil Afghanyar	c: B Borrow b: J RAPHELRAJ	7	5	0	1	140.00
Awais Rafiq	not out	3*	6	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 20, nb 1, pen 0)	24
Total	18.5 Ov (RR 8.23)	155/6

Did not bat: Abdul Jamily, Mohabatpal Singh Batth, Azmatullah Hedayatullah, Nasibullah Hedayatullah

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Dadullah Hedayatullah), 2-16 (navneel Kumar), 3-24 (Nafiz Mohammad), 4-126 (********), 5-130 (Nicholas Bates), 6-143 (Mohammad Jamil Afghanyar)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Baylee Borrow (21)	4	32	1	8.00	2	1
Mathew Parackal	4	30	2	7.50	15	0
Ashish Prasher	2	17	0	8.50	2	0
Binesh Chirayil Gopi	3	27	0	9.00	0	0
Jayakrishnan Sanal Kumar	1	19	0	19.00	0	0
Elson Mathew	2.5	13	1	4.58	0	0
JUSTESKANIKAI RAPHELRAJ	2	14	1	7.00	1	0

Mighty Dark Horses

Kiran Venu Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Alvin Joseph Thomas Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
TONY CHACKO (c) Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Binesh Chirayil Gopi Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Kafsal Kavunthala Madapuram Middle-Order Batter 2 rating
Jophin Philip (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 10 rating
JUSTESKANIKAI RAPHELRAJ Middle-Order Batter 12 rating
Mathew Parackal (vc) First-Change Bowler 5 rating
Baylee Borrow (21) Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Elson Mathew Top-Order Batter 6 rating
Jayakrishnan Sanal Kumar Opening Batter 7 rating
Ashish Prasher Second-Change Bowler 6 rating

Kabul Knight Riders

Nafiz Mohammad Wicketkeeper-Batter 7 rating
Abdul Jamily Second-Change Bowler 9 rating
Mohabatpal Singh Batth First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Mohammad Jamil Afghanyar Bowling All-Rounder 8 rating
Awais Rafiq Opening Bowler 8 rating
Azmatullah Hedayatullah Middle-Order Batter 9 rating
Dadullah Hedayatullah (15) First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Nicholas Bates First-Change Bowler 5 rating
Nasibullah Hedayatullah Second-Change Bowler 6 rating
******** First-Change Bowler 8 rating
Tomas Conaghan (21) Opening Batter 9 rating
navneel Kumar Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Mighty Dark Horses	154/9 (20 ov)	7.70	13	5	7	Baylee Borrow 56
Kabul Knight Riders	155/6 (18.5 ov)	8.23	11	6	24	******** 55

Partnerships · Mighty Dark Horses

1st wkt 2
2nd wkt 16
3rd wkt 34
4th wkt 38
5th wkt 0
6th wkt 18
7th wkt 8
8th wkt 0
9th wkt 25
10th wkt 13*

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

Partnerships · Kabul Knight Riders

1st wkt 9
2nd wkt 7
3rd wkt 8
4th wkt 102
5th wkt 4
6th wkt 13
7th wkt 12*

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