Result · Round 7 · 1st Grade (Rippit Premiership) · 2025/26 · Sat 29 Nov 2025 · University of Newcastle, CALLAGHAN
University 258 (78.4 ov)
Newcastle City 259/5 (64.3 ov)
Newcastle City won by 5 wickets
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Match report

Newcastle City chased down University's 258 (78.4 ov), reaching 259/5 (64.3 ov) to win by 5 wickets. For the winners, Archie Lenham made a half-century (74* off 96) and Jonah Rheinberger took 4/59 from 16 overs. For University, Varunesh Sharma hit a century (122 off 164) and Aqib Zafar took 2/105 from 19.3 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Archie Lenham
Newcastle City · 74* (96) & 3/82 & 1 dismissal

Top performers

University
🏏 Varunesh Sharma 122 (164)
🏏 James Rushford 63 (97)
🎯 Aqib Zafar 2/105 (19.3)
🎯 Muhammad Tariq 1/25 (4)
Newcastle City
🏏 Archie Lenham 74* (96)
🏏 Kyle FABER 67 (106)
🎯 Jonah Rheinberger (17) 4/59 (16)
🎯 Archie Lenham 3/82 (25)
University · 1st Innings - University 258 (78.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
James Rushford (c) c: C Fowler b: J Rheinberger 63 97 7 1 64.94
Rhys Tyrrell (16) c: A Lenham b: I Coyle 23 37 1 0 62.16
Varunesh Sharma c: G Metzger b: J Rheinberger 122 164 16 2 74.39
Sam Edmonds st: H Checker b: J Rheinberger 2 17 0 0 11.76
Muhammad Tariq (wk) st: H Checker b: A Lenham 0 6 0 0 0.00
******** (18) c: H Checker b: A Lenham 7 17 0 0 41.17
Muhammad Omer Farooq c: C Fowler b: J Rheinberger 1 5 0 0 20.00
Aqib Zafar c: K FABER b: A Lenham 10 30 1 0 33.33
Joshua Edmonds not out 10* 72 0 0 13.88
Hamish Lynn (18) b: C Fowler 8 22 1 0 36.36
Daniel Rea b: O Jarvis 4 9 0 0 44.44
Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 0, nb 5, pen 0) 8
Total 78.4 Ov (RR 3.28) 258
Did not bat: ******** (22)
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Rhys Tyrrell), 2-122 (James Rushford), 3-136 (Sam Edmonds), 4-137 (Muhammad Tariq), 5-165 (********), 6-166 (Muhammad Omer Farooq), 7-191 (Aqib Zafar), 8-219 (Hamish Lynn), 9-251 (Varunesh Sharma), 10-258 (Daniel Rea)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Ollie Jarvis 9.4 1 32 1 3.31 0 0
Izaac Coyle 7 0 30 1 4.28 0 0
Callan Fowler 21 4 52 1 2.47 0 0
Archie Lenham 25 1 82 3 3.28 0 5
Jonah Rheinberger (17) 16 2 59 4 3.68 0 0
Newcastle City · 1st Innings - Newcastle City 259/5 (64.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Kyle FABER c&b: A Zafar 67 106 8 2 63.20
Hayden Checker (16) c: V Sharma b: H Lynn 3 4 0 0 75.00
Jonah Rheinberger (17) c: M Tariq b: M Farooq 1 3 0 0 33.33
Krishang Gulati (15) c: b: A Zafar 26 95 3 0 27.36
Jay Garrett (23) c: M Farooq b: M Tariq 55 70 10 1 78.57
Archie Lenham not out 74* 96 10 0 77.08
George Metzger not out 17* 18 0 1 94.44
Extras (b 7, lb 5, w 0, nb 4, pen 0) 16
Total 64.3 Ov (RR 4.02) 259/5
Did not bat: Izaac Coyle, Flynn Taylor, Callan Fowler, Mitchell Nesbitt, Ollie Jarvis
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Hayden Checker), 2-14 (Jonah Rheinberger), 3-99 (Krishang Gulati), 4-112 (Kyle FABER), 5-218 (Jay Garrett)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Muhammad Omer Farooq 17 4 40 1 2.35 0 0
Hamish Lynn (18) 9 2 31 1 3.44 0 1
Aqib Zafar 19.3 4 105 2 5.38 0 0
Daniel Rea 4 0 18 0 4.50 0 2
Joshua Edmonds 11 2 28 0 2.54 0 1
Muhammad Tariq 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0

University

Newcastle City

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
University 258 (78.4 ov) 3.28 26 3 8 Varunesh Sharma 122
Newcastle City 259/5 (64.3 ov) 4.02 31 4 16 Archie Lenham 74*

Partnerships · University

  • 1st wkt 40
  • 2nd wkt 82
  • 3rd wkt 14
  • 4th wkt 1
  • 5th wkt 28
  • 6th wkt 1
  • 7th wkt 25
  • 8th wkt 28
  • 9th wkt 32
  • 10th wkt 7

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

Partnerships · Newcastle City

  • 1st wkt 11
  • 2nd wkt 3
  • 3rd wkt 85
  • 4th wkt 13
  • 5th wkt 106
  • 6th wkt 41*

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