UNSW 1st v Eastern Suburbs 1st

Result · Round 16 · First Grade (Belvidere Cup) · 2025/26 · Sat 28 Feb 2026 · Waverley Oval (NSW), WAVERLEY

UNSW 1st 213 (84 ov)

Eastern Suburbs 1st 395 (78 ov)

Eastern Suburbs 1st won by 182 runs

Match report

Eastern Suburbs 1st made 395 (78 ov) and defended it, holding UNSW 1st to 213 (84 ov) to win by 182 runs. For the winners, Marcus Atallah hit a century (113 off 123) with 4 sixes and Harry Conway took 5/42 from 19 overs. For UNSW 1st, Ryan Meppem made a half-century (95 off 147) with 3 sixes and Nikhil Thokala took 3/92 from 22 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Harry Conway (33)

Eastern Suburbs 1st · 0* (7) & 5/42

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

Top performers

UNSW 1st

🏏 Ryan Meppem 95 (147)

🏏 Nirav Prasan (19) 42 (100)

🎯 Nikhil Thokala 3/92 (22)

🎯 William Calov 3/97 (18)

Eastern Suburbs 1st

🏏 Marcus Atallah 113 (123)

🏏 Max Glen 92 (87)

🎯 Harry Conway (33) 5/42 (19)

🎯 Nicolas Maddinson (34) 2/9 (9)

Match details

Competition: First Grade (Belvidere Cup)
Round: Round 16
Format: Two Day
Venue: Waverley Oval (NSW), WAVERLEY
Date: Saturday 28 February 2026, 10:00am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: UNSW 1st won the toss and chose to field
Other officials: Ken Buckland (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2), David Stewart (Umpire - Day 1 | Umpire - Day 2)

Eastern Suburbs 1st · 1st Innings - Eastern Suburbs 1st 395 (78 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
James Moore (19)	c: A Chauhan b: W Calov	5	10	0	0	50.00
Henry Pike (22)	c: M Gilkes b: N Thokala	11	14	2	0	78.57
Trystan Kennedy (20)	c: K Padmanabhan b: N Thokala	17	44	1	0	38.63
Nicolas Maddinson (34)	c: M Gilkes b: T Gibson	27	24	5	0	112.50
Matthew Moran (c) (25)	c: M Gilkes b: K Padmanabhan	57	59	6	3	96.61
Johnny Connell	c: R Meppem b: K Padmanabhan	8	22	1	0	36.36
Max Glen (wk)	c: A Chauhan b: N Thokala	92	87	10	3	105.74
Marcus Atallah	c: R Meppem b: W Calov	113	123	9	4	91.86
Josh Seward (22)	lbw: T Gibson	38	63	4	0	60.31
Nick Palmer	b: W Calov	6	21	0	0	28.57
Harry Conway (33)	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, w 4, nb 6, pen 0)	21
Total	78 Ov (RR 5.06)	395

Did not bat: Daniel Hughes (37)

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (James Moore), 2-27 (Henry Pike), 3-68 (Nicolas Maddinson), 4-76 (Trystan Kennedy), 5-112 (Johnny Connell), 6-163 (Matthew Moran), 7-296 (Max Glen), 8-366 (Marcus Atallah), 9-393 (Nick Palmer), 10-395 (Josh Seward)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Nikhil Thokala	22	4	92	3	4.18	3	0
William Calov	18	1	97	3	5.38	1	1
Thomas Gibson (18)	13	1	59	2	4.53	0	4
Krishna Padmanabhan	17	2	78	2	4.58	0	1
Nihal Desai	8	0	58	0	7.25	0	0

UNSW 1st · 1st Innings - UNSW 1st 213 (84 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Annay Chauhan	b: H Conway	6	21	0	0	28.57
Neel Patel (16)	b: J Seward	39	87	5	0	44.82
Matthew Gilkes (wk) (26)	b: H Conway	0	6	0	0	0.00
Suffan Hassan	lbw: H Conway	2	25	0	0	8.00
Nihal Desai	c: M Atallah b: H Conway	0	1	0	0	0.00
Krishna Padmanabhan (c)	c: M Glen b: M Moran	8	30	0	0	26.66
Ryan Meppem	c: N Palmer b: N Maddinson	95	147	6	3	64.62
Nirav Prasan (19)	c: T Kennedy b: N Maddinson	42	100	2	0	42.00
Nikhil Thokala	c: M Glen b: M Moran	12	51	0	0	23.52
William Calov	not out	2*	32	0	0	6.25
Thomas Gibson (18)	c: N Maddinson b: H Conway	0	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 1, pen 0)	7
Total	84 Ov (RR 2.54)	213

Did not bat: Jack Hardwicke-Owen

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Annay Chauhan), 2-20 (Matthew Gilkes), 3-28 (Suffan Hassan), 4-28 (Nihal Desai), 5-57 (Krishna Padmanabhan), 6-88 (Neel Patel), 7-194 (Nirav Prasan), 8-205 (Ryan Meppem), 9-212 (Nikhil Thokala), 10-213 (Thomas Gibson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Nick Palmer	19	4	49	0	2.57	1
Harry Conway (33)	19	5	42	5	2.21	0
Josh Seward (22)	11	2	29	1	2.63	0
Matthew Moran (25)	9	3	12	2	1.33	0
Marcus Atallah	17	4	66	0	3.88	0
Nicolas Maddinson (34)	9	4	9	2	1.00	0

UNSW 1st

Matthew Gilkes (wk) (26) Wicketkeeper-Batter 95 rating
Jack Hardwicke-Owen Top-Order Batter 32 rating
Nirav Prasan (19) Wicketkeeper-Batter 39 rating
Nikhil Thokala First-Change Bowler 28 rating
Neel Patel (16) Opening Batter 60 rating
Ryan Meppem All-Rounder 31 rating
Suffan Hassan Opening Batter 28 rating
Annay Chauhan Opening Batter 35 rating
Krishna Padmanabhan (c) First-Change Bowler 34 rating
William Calov Opening Bowler 19 rating
Nihal Desai Middle-Order Batter 27 rating
Thomas Gibson (18) Opening Bowler 22 rating

Eastern Suburbs 1st

Daniel Hughes (c) (37) Opening Batter 65 rating
Trystan Kennedy (20) Top-Order Batter 73 rating
James Moore (19) Opening Batter 51 rating
Nick Palmer Opening Bowler 28 rating
Josh Seward (22) First-Change Bowler 45 rating
Max Glen (wk) Wicketkeeper-Batter 48 rating
Harry Conway (33) Opening Bowler 56 rating
Henry Pike (22) Opening Batter 25 rating
Marcus Atallah Bowling All-Rounder 42 rating
Nicolas Maddinson (34) Top-Order Batter 100 rating
Matthew Moran (c) (25) All-Rounder 44 rating
Johnny Connell Middle-Order Batter 37 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Eastern Suburbs 1st	395 (78 ov)	5.06	38	10	21	Marcus Atallah 113
UNSW 1st	213 (84 ov)	2.54	13	3	7	Ryan Meppem 95

Partnerships · Eastern Suburbs 1st

1st wkt 5
2nd wkt 22
3rd wkt 41
4th wkt 8
5th wkt 36
6th wkt 51
7th wkt 133
8th wkt 70
9th wkt 27
10th wkt 2

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

Partnerships · UNSW 1st

1st wkt 16
2nd wkt 4
3rd wkt 8
4th wkt 0
5th wkt 29
6th wkt 31
7th wkt 106
8th wkt 11
9th wkt 7
10th wkt 1

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