Footscray U16 Boys v Melbourne U16 Boys

Result · Round 5 · Under 16 WJ Dowling Shield (Male) · 2025/26 · Mon 12 Jan 2026 · Henry Turner Reserve, FOOTSCRAY

Footscray U16 Boys 188 (48.3 ov)

Melbourne U16 Boys 192/4 (45 ov)

Melbourne U16 Boys won by 6 wickets

Match report

Melbourne U16 Boys chased down Footscray U16 Boys's 188 (48.3 ov), reaching 192/4 (45 ov) to win by 6 wickets. For the winners, Nicholas Critchley hit a century (102 off 138) and Charlie Williamson took 3/32 from 9.3 overs. For Footscray U16 Boys, Barghav Adirala made a half-century (74 off 88) and Ryder Mclean took 3/29 from 6 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Nicholas Critchley (15)

Melbourne U16 Boys · 102 (138)

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

Top performers

Footscray U16 Boys

🏏 Barghav Adirala (15) 74 (88)

🏏 Tanish Taneja (14) 40 (67)

🎯 Ryder Mclean (15) 3/29 (6)

🎯 Shriram Rangaraju (15) 1/24 (8)

Melbourne U16 Boys

🏏 Nicholas Critchley (15) 102 (138)

🏏 Archie Huddart (15) 46 (95)

🎯 Charlie Williamson (15) 3/32 (9.3)

🎯 Rishi Desai (15) 3/40 (9)

Match details

Competition: Under 16 WJ Dowling Shield (Male)
Round: Round 5
Format: One Day
Venue: Henry Turner Reserve, FOOTSCRAY
Date: Monday 12 January 2026, 10:00am
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Footscray U16 Boys won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Patrick Newson, Rob Gardiner

Footscray U16 Boys · 1st Innings - Footscray U16 Boys 188 (48.3 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Arjun Itankar (15)	c: N Eshwara b: C Williamson	1	13	0	0	7.69
Avyukt Premsai CHINTALA (14)	c: A Huddart b: S Gregory	14	26	1	0	53.84
Tanish Taneja (c) (14)	lbw: Y Sharma	40	67	1	0	59.70
Luke Cameron (15)	c&b: H Thompson	1	6	0	0	16.66
Barghav Adirala (15)	c: S Gregory b: R Desai	74	88	4	0	84.09
Shlok Shanbhag (15)	c: C Portelli b: R Desai	29	56	2	0	51.78
Gus Byrne (wk) (15)	c: A Huddart b: R Desai	1	9	0	0	11.11
Shriram Rangaraju (15)	c: R Desai b: C Williamson	1	8	0	0	12.50
Whitiora Kilmartin (15)	run out (A Huddart, C Williamson)	9	12	0	0	75.00
Phoenix Hopper (15)	not out	2*	4	0	0	50.00
Ryder Mclean (15)	lbw: C Williamson	4	6	1	0	66.66
Extras	(b 0, lb 2, w 6, nb 4, pen 0)	12
Total	48.3 Ov (RR 3.88)	188

Did not bat: Naitik Doegar (15), Gurwinder Singh (15), Panav Doshi (14)

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Arjun Itankar), 2-29 (Avyukt Premsai CHINTALA), 3-32 (Luke Cameron), 4-80 (Tanish Taneja), 5-148 (Shlok Shanbhag), 6-156 (Gus Byrne), 7-158 (Shriram Rangaraju), 8-180 (Whitiora Kilmartin), 9-183 (Barghav Adirala), 10-188 (Ryder Mclean)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Charlie Williamson (15)	9.3	2	32	3	3.36	0	1
Samuel Gregory (14)	5	1	15	1	3.00	0	1
Louis Read (15)	5	0	23	0	4.60	0	2
Hugo Thompson (15)	10	0	32	1	3.20	0	0
Yuvraj Sharma (17)	10	0	44	1	4.40	1	0
Rishi Desai (15)	9	0	40	3	4.44	5	0

Melbourne U16 Boys · 1st Innings - Melbourne U16 Boys 192/4 (45 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nicholas Critchley (15)	c: W Kilmartin b: R Mclean	102	138	7	1	73.91
Kaevish Bhasin (14)	lbw: S Rangaraju	1	3	0	0	33.33
Archie Huddart (15)	c: A Itankar b: R Mclean	46	95	2	0	48.42
Nevon Eshwara (15)	b: R Mclean	3	4	0	0	75.00
Ayan Arya (15)	not out	12*	24	1	0	50.00
Connor Portelli (14)	not out	4*	6	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, w 17, nb 0, pen 0)	24
Total	45 Ov (RR 4.27)	192/4

Did not bat: Samuel Gregory (14), Rishi Desai (15), Ethan Young (15), Louis Read (15), Hugo Thompson (15), Charlie Williamson (15), Yuvraj Sharma (17)

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Kaevish Bhasin), 2-150 (Archie Huddart), 3-158 (Nevon Eshwara), 4-173 (Nicholas Critchley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd
Whitiora Kilmartin (15)	8	0	26	0	3.25	2
Shriram Rangaraju (15)	8	0	24	1	3.00	3
Gurwinder Singh (15)	4	0	16	0	4.00	3
Shlok Shanbhag (15)	8	0	45	0	5.62	4
Phoenix Hopper (15)	7	1	21	0	3.00	0
Arjun Itankar (15)	2	0	12	0	6.00	0
Ryder Mclean (15)	6	0	29	3	4.83	5
Tanish Taneja (14)	1	0	9	0	9.00	0
Luke Cameron (15)	1	0	3	0	3.00	0

Footscray U16 Boys

Ryder Mclean (15) First-Change Bowler 17 rating
Shriram Rangaraju (15) Opening Bowler 14 rating
Luke Cameron (15) Top-Order Batter 15 rating
Shlok Shanbhag (15) Second-Change Bowler 15 rating
Naitik Doegar (15) Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Gurwinder Singh (15) Bowling All-Rounder 12 rating
Phoenix Hopper (15) Bowling All-Rounder 18 rating
Tanish Taneja (c) (14) All-Rounder 21 rating
Avyukt Premsai CHINTALA (14) Top-Order Batter 12 rating
Arjun Itankar (15) Bowling All-Rounder 24 rating
Panav Doshi (14) Bowling All-Rounder 20 rating
Barghav Adirala (15) Top-Order Batter 16 rating
Whitiora Kilmartin (15) Opening Bowler 17 rating
Gus Byrne (wk) (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 22 rating

Melbourne U16 Boys

Samuel Gregory (14) Bowling All-Rounder 30 rating
Nicholas Critchley (15) Top-Order Batter 45 rating
Connor Portelli (14) Top-Order Batter 15 rating
Rishi Desai (c) (15) Bowling All-Rounder 45 rating
Kaevish Bhasin (14) Second-Change Bowler 44 rating
Ethan Young (15) Bowling All-Rounder 15 rating
Louis Read (15) First-Change Bowler 19 rating
Nevon Eshwara (15) Wicketkeeper-Batter 23 rating
Ayan Arya (15) Top-Order Batter 11 rating
Archie Huddart (15) Middle-Order Batter 20 rating
Hugo Thompson (15) Bowling All-Rounder 33 rating
Charlie Williamson (15) First-Change Bowler 18 rating
Yuvraj Sharma (17) All-Rounder 33 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Footscray U16 Boys	188 (48.3 ov)	3.88	9	0	12	Barghav Adirala 74
Melbourne U16 Boys	192/4 (45 ov)	4.27	10	1	24	Nicholas Critchley 102

Partnerships · Footscray U16 Boys

1st wkt 5
2nd wkt 24
3rd wkt 3
4th wkt 48
5th wkt 68
6th wkt 8
7th wkt 2
8th wkt 22
9th wkt 3
10th wkt 5

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

Partnerships · Melbourne U16 Boys

1st wkt 4
2nd wkt 146
3rd wkt 8
4th wkt 15
5th wkt 19*

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