Result · Round 18 · Division 2 · 2025/26 · Sat 21 Feb 2026 · Connolly Park, CARRINGTON
Port Stephens Pythons 116/7 (28 ov)
Nepalese (Merewether) 115 (24 ov)
Port Stephens Pythons won by 3 wickets
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Match report

Port Stephens Pythons chased down Nepalese (Merewether)'s 115 (24 ov), reaching 116/7 (28 ov) to win by 3 wickets. For the winners, Hayden Cekanauskas top-scored with 29* off 36 and Luke Cooper took 3/1 from 3 overs. For Nepalese (Merewether), Rupesh Hamal top-scored with 36 off 20 and Bishal Poudel took 2/34 from 7 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Luke Cooper
Port Stephens Pythons · 11 (21) & 3/1

Top performers

Port Stephens Pythons
🏏 Hayden Cekanauskas 29* (36)
🏏 Jordon Hurst 15 (28)
🎯 Luke Cooper 3/1 (3)
🎯 Dean Rehbein 3/29 (5)
Nepalese (Merewether)
🏏 Rupesh Hamal 36 (20)
🏏 Narendra Chand 23 (21)
🎯 Bishal Poudel 2/34 (7)
Nepalese (Merewether) · 1st Innings - Nepalese (Merewether) 115 (24 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Narendra Chand c: H Rowe b: H Cekanauskas 23 21 4 1 109.52
Rupesh Hamal c: H Cekanauskas b: J Hurst 36 20 6 1 180.00
rupak sapkota (c) c: H Rowe b: D Rehbein 19 14 3 0 135.71
Bishal Poudel c: H Rowe b: A Jordan 5 17 0 0 29.41
Sailesh Adhikari c: J Hurst b: D Rehbein 3 12 0 0 25.00
Bi jaY Shrestha c: L Socha b: D Rehbein 9 13 2 0 69.23
Suresh Subedi c: L Socha b: L Cooper 11 15 2 0 73.33
Safal Bartaula c: A Jordan b: R Montgomery 3 9 0 0 33.33
******** (18) b: L Cooper 0 2 0 0 0.00
******** (18) lbw: L Cooper 3 19 0 0 15.78
******** (18) not out 0* 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 0, pen 0) 3
Total 24 Ov (RR 4.79) 115
Did not bat: Manohari Sharma
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Rupesh Hamal), 2-64 (Narendra Chand), 3-81 (rupak sapkota), 4-85 (Bishal Poudel), 5-93 (Sailesh Adhikari), 6-108 (Bi jaY Shrestha), 7-111 (Suresh Subedi), 8-111 (********), 9-115 (Safal Bartaula), 10-115 (********)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Jordon Hurst 4 0 38 1 9.50 1 0
Hayden Cekanauskas 4 1 26 1 6.50 0 0
Andrew Jordan 5 1 14 1 2.80 0 0
Dean Rehbein 5 0 29 3 5.80 0 0
Reece Montgomery (16) 3 0 5 1 1.66 0 0
Luke Cooper 3 1 1 3 0.33 0 0
Port Stephens Pythons · 1st Innings - Port Stephens Pythons 116/7 (28 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Dean Rehbein b: ******** 6 17 0 0 35.29
Jordon Hurst lbw: ******** 15 28 1 0 53.57
Brock Hawley b: ******** 9 12 2 0 75.00
Luke Socha (vc, wk) lbw: B Poudel 10 24 2 0 41.66
Luke Cooper (c) b: ******** 11 21 1 0 52.38
Hayden Cekanauskas not out 29* 36 3 0 80.55
Huxley Rowe (16) c: B Poudel b: ******** 0 7 0 0 0.00
James Middleton b: B Poudel 0 7 0 0 0.00
Asher Morgan not out 9* 17 1 0 52.94
Extras (b 9, lb 4, w 13, nb 1, pen 0) 27
Total 28 Ov (RR 4.14) 116/7
Did not bat: Brendon Holiday, Reece Montgomery (16), Andrew Jordan
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Dean Rehbein), 2-40 (Brock Hawley), 3-46 (Jordon Hurst), 4-56 (Luke Socha), 5-72 (Luke Cooper), 6-81 (Huxley Rowe), 7-88 (James Middleton)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Suresh Subedi 3 0 16 0 5.33 1 0
Safal Bartaula 2 0 12 0 6.00 6 0
Manohari Sharma 7 2 7 0 1.00 1 0
******** (18) 7 1 25 4 3.57 5 0
Bishal Poudel 7 0 34 2 4.85 0 1
******** (18) 1 0 6 1 6.00 0 0
Rupesh Hamal 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

Port Stephens Pythons

Nepalese (Merewether)

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Nepalese (Merewether) 115 (24 ov) 4.79 17 2 3 Rupesh Hamal 36
Port Stephens Pythons 116/7 (28 ov) 4.14 10 0 27 Hayden Cekanauskas 29*

Partnerships · Nepalese (Merewether)

  • 1st wkt 54
  • 2nd wkt 10
  • 3rd wkt 17
  • 4th wkt 4
  • 5th wkt 8
  • 6th wkt 15
  • 7th wkt 3
  • 8th wkt 0
  • 9th wkt 4
  • 10th wkt 0

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

Partnerships · Port Stephens Pythons

  • 1st wkt 25
  • 2nd wkt 15
  • 3rd wkt 6
  • 4th wkt 10
  • 5th wkt 16
  • 6th wkt 9
  • 7th wkt 7
  • 8th wkt 28*

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