Mighty Dark Horses v Newcastle Hunters

Result · Round 5 · NPL 5 (Group A) · 2025/26 · Sun 14 Jun 2026 · Johnston Reserve (Maitland), MAITLAND

Mighty Dark Horses 139/6 (20 ov)

Newcastle Hunters 134/9 (20 ov)

Mighty Dark Horses won by 5 runs

Match report

Mighty Dark Horses made 139/6 (20 ov) and defended it, holding Newcastle Hunters to 134/9 (20 ov) to win by 5 runs. For the winners, Baylee Borrow top-scored with 33 off 24 and Binesh Chirayil Gopi took 3/22 from 4 overs. For Newcastle Hunters, Tebin Liby top-scored with 29 off 26 and Nebin Liby took 2/10 from 2 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Binesh Chirayil Gopi

Mighty Dark Horses · 3/22 & 1 dismissal

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) 33 (24)

🏏 JUSTESKANIKAI RAPHELRAJ 31* (24)

🎯 Binesh Chirayil Gopi 3/22 (4)

🎯 Mathew Parackal 2/21 (4)

Newcastle Hunters

🏏 Tebin Liby 29 (26)

🏏 ABHILASH baby KAITHAMANGALATHU 22 (20)

🎯 Nebin Liby (14) 2/10 (2)

🎯 Litto Jacob 1/15 (4)

Match details

Competition: NPL 5 (Group A)
Round: Round 5
Format: T20
Venue: Johnston Reserve (Maitland), MAITLAND
Date: Sunday 14 June 2026, 12:45pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Mighty Dark Horses won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Jameen ARM

Mighty Dark Horses · 1st Innings - Mighty Dark Horses 139/6 (20 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jayakrishnan Sanal Kumar	st: T Liby b: L Jacob	18	17	2	0	105.88
Jophin Philip (wk)	c: J Samuel b: N Rasheed	12	10	2	0	120.00
Baylee Borrow (21)	c: A KAITHAMANGALATHU b: N Liby	33	24	1	2	137.50
Elson Mathew	c: A KAITHAMANGALATHU b: A Thakkolkaran	27	34	2	0	79.41
Mathew Parackal (vc)	b: N Liby	0	3	0	0	0.00
JUSTESKANIKAI RAPHELRAJ	not out	31*	24	1	2	129.16
Kafsal Kavunthala Madapuram	run out (T Liby)	8	8	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 0, w 5, nb 0, pen 0)	10
Total	20 Ov (RR 6.95)	139/6

Did not bat: TONY CHACKO, Ashish Prasher, Binesh Chirayil Gopi, Alvin Joseph Thomas

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Jophin Philip), 2-39 (Jayakrishnan Sanal Kumar), 3-92 (Baylee Borrow), 4-93 (Mathew Parackal), 5-117 (Elson Mathew), 6-139 (JUSTESKANIKAI RAPHELRAJ)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Jiby Samuel	4	0	30	0	7.50	0
Litto Jacob	4	1	15	1	3.75	4
Nowfal Rasheed	3	0	21	1	7.00	0
Danio Jacob	2	0	25	0	12.50	0
Renjith Mathew	3	0	17	0	5.66	0
Nebin Liby (14)	2	0	10	2	5.00	1
Adams Thakkolkaran	2	0	16	1	8.00	0

Newcastle Hunters · 1st Innings - Newcastle Hunters 134/9 (20 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Noel Mathew	lbw: M Parackal	6	7	1	0	85.71
manu Thomas	b: B Borrow	15	9	3	0	166.66
Litto Jacob	b: M Parackal	15	19	1	0	78.94
ABHILASH baby KAITHAMANGALATHU	c: A Joseph Thomas b: A Prasher	22	20	3	0	110.00
Sreejith Kurup	c: E Mathew b: B Chirayil Gopi	3	7	0	0	42.85
Tebin Liby (wk)	c: J RAPHELRAJ b: J Sanal Kumar	29	26	2	2	111.53
Renjith Mathew	c&b: B Chirayil Gopi	2	4	0	0	50.00
Danio Jacob	c: B Borrow b: B Chirayil Gopi	8	11	0	0	72.72
Nowfal Rasheed	run out ()	11	10	0	0	110.00
Adams Thakkolkaran	not out	4*	6	0	0	66.66
Jiby Samuel	not out	1*	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 0, w 14, nb 0, pen 0)	18
Total	20 Ov (RR 6.70)	134/9

Did not bat: Nebin Liby (14)

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Noel Mathew), 2-39 (manu Thomas), 3-53 (Litto Jacob), 4-69 (Sreejith Kurup), 5-69 (ABHILASH baby KAITHAMANGALATHU), 6-73 (Renjith Mathew), 7-112 (Danio Jacob), 8-112 (Tebin Liby), 9-133 (Nowfal Rasheed)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd
Baylee Borrow (21)	4	29	1	7.25	7
Mathew Parackal	4	21	2	5.25	1
Ashish Prasher	4	20	1	5.00	2
Binesh Chirayil Gopi	4	22	3	5.50	0
JUSTESKANIKAI RAPHELRAJ	1	13	0	13.00	2
Jayakrishnan Sanal Kumar	3	25	1	8.33	2

Mighty Dark Horses

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

Newcastle Hunters

Litto Jacob First-Change Bowler 9 rating
ABHILASH baby KAITHAMANGALATHU First-Change Bowler 9 rating
Tebin Liby (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 10 rating
Jiby Samuel Opening Bowler 6 rating
Danio Jacob Second-Change Bowler 5 rating
Noel Mathew Bowling All-Rounder 12 rating
Sreejith Kurup Middle-Order Batter 7 rating
Renjith Mathew First-Change Bowler 9 rating
Nowfal Rasheed Bowling All-Rounder 10 rating
manu Thomas Opening Bowler 9 rating
Adams Thakkolkaran First-Change Bowler 2 rating
Nebin Liby (14) First-Change Bowler 16 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Mighty Dark Horses	139/6 (20 ov)	6.95	8	4	10	Baylee Borrow 33
Newcastle Hunters	134/9 (20 ov)	6.70	10	2	18	Tebin Liby 29

Partnerships · Mighty Dark Horses

1st wkt 26
2nd wkt 13
3rd wkt 53
4th wkt 1
5th wkt 24
6th wkt 22

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

Partnerships · Newcastle Hunters

1st wkt 13
2nd wkt 26
3rd wkt 14
4th wkt 16
5th wkt 0
6th wkt 4
7th wkt 39
8th wkt 0
9th wkt 21
10th wkt 1*

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