Western Wildfire O60s v Hunter Taverners O60s

Result · Round 3 · O60s Regionals · 2025/26 · Mon 2 Mar 2026 · WaterBoard Oval, BLACKALLS PARK

Western Wildfire O60s 186/9 (40 ov)

Hunter Taverners O60s 86/8 (40 ov)

Western Wildfire O60s won by 100 runs

Match report

Western Wildfire O60s made 186/9 (40 ov) and defended it, holding Hunter Taverners O60s to 86/8 (40 ov) to win by 100 runs. For the winners, Chris Cox made a half-century (73* off 62) and Stephen Walsh took 2/12 from 4 overs. For Hunter Taverners O60s, phillip smith top-scored with 17* off 30 and David Head took 2/30 from 6 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Chris Cox

Western Wildfire O60s · 73* (62)

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

Top performers

Western Wildfire O60s

🏏 Chris Cox 73* (62)

🏏 Peter Heslop 41* (49)

🎯 Stephen Walsh 2/12 (4)

🎯 Neville Castle 1/5 (6)

Hunter Taverners O60s

🏏 phillip smith 17* (30)

🏏 Bruce Robertson 10* (34)

🎯 David Head 2/30 (6)

🎯 phillip smith 1/10 (5)

Match details

Competition: O60s Regionals
Round: Round 3
Format: One Day
Venue: WaterBoard Oval, BLACKALLS PARK
Date: Monday 2 March 2026, 10:30am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Western Wildfire O60s won the toss and chose to bat

Western Wildfire O60s · 1st Innings - Western Wildfire O60s 186/9 (40 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Byrne	c: R Spitzkowsky b: R Metcalfe	0	4	0	0	0.00
Glenn Campbell	not out	13*	30	0	0	43.33
Neville Castle	lbw: p smith	9	17	1	0	52.94
Chris Cox	not out	73*	62	6	2	117.74
David Hicks	c: p smith b: D Head	3	7	0	0	42.85
Mark McGrath	c: B Robertson b: A Mukherjee	21	29	0	0	72.41
Stephen Walsh (c)	lbw: D Head	1	9	0	0	11.11
Clive White	run out (J Hipwell)	2	5	0	0	40.00
Graham Ford	c: p smith b: R Spitzkowsky	5	8	0	0	62.50
Grahame DANAHER	run out (R Spitzkowsky, D Westling)	3	11	0	0	27.27
Peter Heslop	not out	41*	49	3	2	83.67
Steven Cronin	c&b: J Hipwell	5	10	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, w 6, nb 0, pen 0)	10
Total	40 Ov (RR 4.65)	186/9

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Byrne), 2-35 (Steven Cronin), 3-83 (Mark McGrath), 4-86 (Clive White), 5-103 (Neville Castle), 6-107 (Stephen Walsh), 7-113 (David Hicks), 8-124 (Grahame DANAHER), 9-139 (Graham Ford)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Bruce Robertson	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Raymond Gooley	3	0	26	0	8.66	0
David Westling	2	0	11	0	5.50	3
Arun Mukherjee	4	0	16	1	4.00	0
steven chrimes	6	0	40	0	6.66	0
John Hipwell	5	0	21	1	4.20	0
Richard Spitzkowsky	3	0	16	1	5.33	0
Ross Metcalfe	6	1	12	1	2.00	0
phillip smith	5	0	10	1	2.00	0
David Head	6	0	30	2	5.00	3

Hunter Taverners O60s · 1st Innings - Hunter Taverners O60s 86/8 (40 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Brodbeck	c: M McGrath b: S Walsh	2	6	0	0	33.33
Raymond Gooley	run out (S Cronin)	8	26	0	0	30.76
David Westling	c: G Campbell b: P Heslop	10	29	1	0	34.48
Arun Mukherjee	not out	9*	29	1	0	31.03
steven chrimes	lbw: N Castle	0	8	0	0	0.00
Stephen Williams (c)	not out	7*	30	0	0	23.33
Richard Spitzkowsky	lbw: M Byrne	1	12	0	0	8.33
John Hipwell	c: M Byrne b: S Walsh	10	20	1	0	50.00
Bruce Robertson	not out	10*	34	1	0	29.41
Ross Metcalfe	c&b: S Cronin	1	7	0	0	14.28
phillip smith	not out	17*	30	1	0	56.66
David Head	run out (S Cronin)	0	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 0, w 4, nb 2, pen 0)	11
Total	40 Ov (RR 2.15)	86/8

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (steven chrimes), 2-16 (David Head), 3-30 (Andrew Brodbeck), 4-35 (John Hipwell), 5-59 (Ross Metcalfe), 6-64 (Raymond Gooley), 7-71 (David Westling), 8-83 (Richard Spitzkowsky)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Michael Byrne	3	1	6	1	2.00	1	0
Glenn Campbell	6	3	8	0	1.33	0	0
Neville Castle	6	1	5	1	0.83	0	0
David Hicks	5	1	11	0	2.20	1	0
Mark McGrath	6	0	14	0	2.33	1	1
Stephen Walsh	4	0	12	2	3.00	1	1
Clive White	1	0	1	0	1.00	0	0
Peter Heslop	3	0	8	1	2.66	0	0
Steven Cronin	6	0	16	1	2.66	0	0

Western Wildfire O60s

Peter Heslop All-Rounder 10 rating
Grahame DANAHER Middle-Order Batter 3 rating
Steven Cronin Top-Order Batter 8 rating
Mark McGrath First-Change Bowler 9 rating
Clive White Wicketkeeper-Batter 8 rating
David Hicks First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Graham Ford Lower-Order Batter 6 rating
Neville Castle Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
Stephen Walsh (c) Second-Change Bowler 7 rating
Michael Byrne Lower-Order Batter 6 rating
Chris Cox Opening Batter 12 rating
Glenn Campbell First-Change Bowler 7 rating

Hunter Taverners O60s

John Hipwell All-Rounder 13 rating
Richard Spitzkowsky Lower-Order Batter 2 rating
steven chrimes Second-Change Bowler 4 rating
Bruce Robertson Middle-Order Batter 5 rating
Stephen Williams (c) Second-Change Bowler 5 rating
Arun Mukherjee First-Change Bowler 5 rating
Ross Metcalfe First-Change Bowler 7 rating
phillip smith First-Change Bowler 9 rating
Raymond Gooley Lower-Order Batter 5 rating
David Westling Lower-Order Batter 3 rating
David Head Lower-Order Batter 5 rating
Andrew Brodbeck Wicketkeeper-Batter 5 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Western Wildfire O60s	186/9 (40 ov)	4.65	10	4	10	Chris Cox 73*
Hunter Taverners O60s	86/8 (40 ov)	2.15	5	0	11	phillip smith 17*

Partnerships · Western Wildfire O60s

1st wkt 1
2nd wkt 34
3rd wkt 48
4th wkt 3
5th wkt 17
6th wkt 4
7th wkt 6
8th wkt 11
9th wkt 15
10th wkt 47*

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

Partnerships · Hunter Taverners O60s

1st wkt 1
2nd wkt 15
3rd wkt 14
4th wkt 5
5th wkt 24
6th wkt 5
7th wkt 7
8th wkt 12
9th wkt 3*

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