AIC First XI: Top 10 players, plus best of the rest
Who were the top 10 players of the AIC First XI cricket season? We reveal the top 10, plus a Best of the Rest list.
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Who were the top 10 players of the AIC First XI cricket season? We reveal the top 10, plus a Best of the Rest list
OLIVER LUNT (St Laurence’s College)
Lunt was the premier batsman of the competition, scoring 315 runs at an average of 45. When games started against Laurie’s every opposition bowler asked the same question – how do we get him out?
MITCHELL YARROW (Iona College)
Yarrow was the supreme all-rounder of the competition whose outstanding batting season was garnished with a century (108) around taking 10 wickets – including 6-10 against St Peters Lutheran College.
BEN JEFFS (Villanova)
If you are searching for the main reason Villa won the premiership, look no further than Ben Jeffs. Villa were an outstanding team unit, but Jeffs was an out of the box performer with the ball, snaring 24 wickets in seven games including two six wicket hauls against St Pat’s and Padua.
BEN BUECHLER (St Patrick’s)
If he had been fully fit at the bowling crease, all-rounder Buechler could have pushed for the player of the season. His batting was Ian Botham or Kapil Dev like, taking on the bowlers to score 216 runs at 30.87, while also taking eight wickets despite not being hampered by injury.
JACOB KUMARU (Marist College Ashgrove)
Kumaru joined Jeff as the bowlers of the season, with the Ashgrove quick taking 20 wickets – including 6-19 against eventual premiers Villanova. It was arguably the fast bowling performance of the summer. He had great support during the season from Baxter White (14 wickets)
CHARLES MOORE (St Patrick’s)
Moore was outstanding for Paddies’ and although he would have liked to turn his starts into big scores, he still managed 215 runs and eight wickets. He had fine support in the Paddies’s side from all-rounder Bailey Reed and bowlers Lachlan Hartshorn (eight wickets) and Hayden Vickers (nine wickets).
GEORGE KELSALL (Padua College)
Kelsall was an elite performing for Padua, with a season high 124 icing a wonderful summer that saw him score 263 runs at 37, while also taking 10 wickets. His entry into the top 10 was a formality.
CAMERON BUKOWSKI (Villanova)
The multi-talented all-rounder was a gun for the premiers, averaging 34.50 while also taking six wickets.
COOPER MACKIE (Ashgrove)
Mackie finished the season with an even 100 after earlier making three scores between 38 and 44. He was supported at the top of the Ashgrove innings by openers Jaxon Barwell and Jakob Bennett.
RYAN PEMBROKE (Padua)
Pembroke was excellent for Padua College with scores of 24, 64, 7, 4, 9, 17 and 50 while also taking 10 wickets. He pipped St Peters all-rounder Curtis Beevers for this position by a finger nail, with two half centuries raising him above Beevers.
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GEORGE THOMAS (St Peters)
Well done to the Saints’ spearhead who claimed 12 wickets, including 3-21 against Marist Ashgrove. He and Matt Harvie were excellent support players to all-rounder Curtis Beevers, with Harvie taking 5-28 against Padua.
BODIE RICHARDSON (Iona College)
Richardson was outstanding for Iona, with an amazing haul of 6-17 against Ashgrove the high point of his summer. In all he took 13 wickets and was well supported at the bowling crease by Oscar Wright (eight wickets) who performed well. The Linning brothers also took 18 wickets between them, while Jack Wilson had a top score of 75 while also getting three starts. Joel Heinrich (13 wickets) also had a great summer, with a haul of 3-2 against premiers Villa.
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BAIDEN PARKER (Villanova)
Parker was Mr Consistency for premiers Villa, scoring 37, 21, 30, 48, 1, 11 and 30 while also taking six wickets. Dimitri Horton also played his part with the bat, never failing to reach less than 14 across his five innings, while Connor Moloney (nine wickets), Ben Fingland (eight wickets) and Gus Godwin (eight wickets) played their part around the match winning bowler Ben Jeffs.
KOBE RAE (St Edmund’s College)
Rae was Eddies’ batsman of the season, putting together a nice summer which netted him scores of 7, 45, 66, 16, 27, 22 and 12.
TOM FRANCEY (Padua)
Francey often gave Padua a strong start while Joe Cotgreave promised with the bat on four occasions, going on to score one half century around his handy bowling that yielded six wickets. Dan Matheson was a match winner at the bowling crease when he took 5-30 against St Peters.
CURTIS BEEVERS (St Peters)
Beevers had a fine summer for St Peters, scoring 115 runs and snaring 10 wickets, including 5-27 against Padua.
PATRICK SCHMIDT (St Edmund’s College)
Schmidt led Eddies’ by example, with his extraordinary spell of 6-8 a highlight in what ended as a good summer for Saints after a worrying start. Schmidt also contributed some handy runs on the way to his 12 wickets. Around Schmidt, Lachan Skull (nine wickets) and Harry Sammut (eight wickets) did a fine job.
NICOLAS PARROTT (St Laurence’s College)
Parrott was a great support to star Oliver Lunt, netting 225 runs at 32, while also taking a haul of 3-14. Team mates Noah Edmonds (seven wickets), Max Peapell (10 wickets), Luke Stenhosue (eight wickets and a score of 51) and Lachlan Josefski (seven wickets) also did a job, with Josefski’s performance better than it seemed given the pressure he built with economical bowling.
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