Club cricket’s Player of the Year contenders; current Team of the Week
Here’s 80 of the highest achievers in club cricket this season across women and men’s competition; Plus the latest Team of the Week.
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It was a huge weekend allrounders in grade cricket, and another big round for Gold Coast second grade player Bailey Sewell who, for the second successive week, has made a century.
Allrounders Jack Wildermuth, Courtney Sippel, Steve McGiffin and Blake Maher were all outstanding in first grade last round, but it was a mighty 231 not out by Sewell for the Dolphins which took the cake.
This followed his century two weeks ago in the under 19 competition.
It is little wonder Sewell, Wildermuth, Sippel and co all feature in both our Team of the Week, but also a list of 80 high achievers we have detected across first and second grade men’s and womens, and Lord Tav’s this season.
GPS FIRST XI CRICKET PLAYERS OF ROUND 3 HERE
AIC FIRST XI CRICKET PLAYERS OF ROUND 2 HERE
Firstly, here’s our Team of the Week.
Rory Livingstone. 133 (170). Sandgate-Redcliffe. Men’s Second Grade
Courtney Sippel. 150* (140). Gold Coast. Women’s First Grade
Bailey Sewell 231* (213). Gold Coast. Men’s Second Grade
Jack Wildermuth. 122 (149). Valley. Men’s First Grade
Taylor Hamblin. 54 (56). Western Suburbs. U19 Female Competition
Ashton Gumm. 117 (114). Gold Coast. Men’s First Grade
Steve McGiffin. 5/27 off 15.3 & 50 (140). Western Suburbs. Men’s First Grade
Blake Maher. 7/54 off 17.3. Sunshine Coast. Men’s First Grade
Grace Parsons. 6/19 off 8.1. Gold Coast. Women’s First Grade
Billie Ryan. 6/21 off 7. Valley. Women’s Second Grade
Klinton Goodridge. 6/57 off 24. Redlands. Men’s Second Grade
FIRST GRADE AND LORD TAV’S
GOLD COAST
Caleb Ziebell
Ziebell has been Mr Consistent all season long batting at No. 5 in the Sci-Fleet Motors First Grade. He has tallied nearly 800 runs in 20 matches and his ability to build an innings while wickets tumble around him has gotten the Gold Coast out of countless sticky situations. He is not only his team’s leading run scorer (760) but he has scored the most centuries (2) and has the highest average (42.22) by a long shot.
Lachlan Aitken (Gold Coast)
The Dolphins have Queensland, Brisbane Heat and now even Australian representatives following the unexpected call up of Mathew Kuhnemann (Indian tour). But also add promising teenager keeper/batter Lachlan Aitken to the list of high achievers after he played his way into the Australian under 19 team.
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Griffith Williams
Another of the new breed, Williams initially contributed with the ball, bowling his way into the Queensland under 17 side with a 19 wicket summer during Lord Taverners. But only last weekend, in round 3 of GPS First XI, he played one of the innings of the round with a defining 70 for The Southport School.
Max Bryant (Gold Coast)
Big hitting Max Bryant has done what he does best this year and that’s find the fence. In 15 innings he has hit 79 fours and 20 sixes. Just to put that in perspective he has hit more over the rope than his run-machine teammates Caleb Ziebell who has had six more innings.
Mathew Kuhnemann (Gold Coast)
There’s no surprise Kuhnemann is on here. The left arm orthodix spinner has had a breakout year for the Brisbane Heat but it was in club land where he was delivering the goods.
His bowling average of 18.16, and two fifers is the proof.
Jackson Smith (Gold Coast)
Smith has been a staple week in week out for his side and he never fails to make an impact. He has taken a whopping 44 wickets this season and it’s worth noting he is not one to miss games, having turned up for 24 games this summer.
NORTHS
Josh Brown (Norths)
Admit it you had a sense of pride watching Brown open the batting in that Brisbane Heat jersey this season. In that underdog season which very nearly ended in a 10-year drought breaking premiership, Brown was exactly as we remembered. He looked just like he was averaging 47 and hitting it at a strike rate of 162 for his Norths club.
With 90 sixes and 74 fours at club level, there’s little wonder why he got such a good run as opening batsmen.
Raveesh Srivastava
Srivastava has been quite the No.5 batsmen this summer. He hasn’t brought up triple figures but he has brought up 50 six times. He averages over 40 and is Norths’ second leading scorer behind local hero Brown.
Alexander Procopis
Procopis was the best batsmen in Lord Taverner’s this season, a class above whose wicket was celebrated with the utmost joy. In his 12 innings, he racked up 545 runs, five fifties and a century at an average of 45.42.
Fergus McFadyen
It is a household name across the cricket and Australian football communities, and McFadyen is another of his high achieving sporting family. The Nudgee College First XI bowler was outstanding for Norths in the under 16s pre-Christmas, and was an unlucky omission from the Queensland 17s after claiming 23 wickets.
Nikhil Chaudhary and Samuel Neale
These two have been sharing the load as the leading wicket takers for Norths. Chaudhary has dismissed 31 and Neale isn’t far behind with 30. The pair of them have played over 20 games each, and are bowling at an effective average of 20. Without them, Norths are nowhere near the fourth seed.
REDLANDS
Liam Smith
An opening bat who leads his side in runs scored this season, Smith has delivered for the three seed Redlands. Indeed he has been going swimmingly of late, in a clash recently against Norths, Smith’s 86 led the way for his team to take an excellent victory.
Jon Stimpson
Stimpson has only played nine matches but boy has he made his presence felt at the bowling crease. He has 24 wickets to his name, a fifer and an expert economy of just 2.68. With figures like that Redlands are really going to need him come finals time.
Jack Sinfield
Talented teenage off-spinner Jackson Sinfield made his Marsh One Day Cup debut for the Queensland Bulls this week coming off representing Australia at last year’s under 19
ICC World Youth Cup. The 19-year-old The Southport School old boy from Redlands has fought back from a stress fracture of the shin. He has 16 wickets at 24, including a five wicket haul at club level.
Bailey Stewart and Jasper Sumner
Stewart and Sumner chip away each week with a the Tigers with a wicket or two apiece and it doesn’t go unnoticed. Together they have picked up 51 wickets, and have played the most games. .
SANDGATE REDCLIFFE
Steve Hogan
Approaching 2000 runs for the summer across the Lord Taverners, grade and AIC First XI competitions, this 15-year-old student from St Patrick’s College Shorncliffe can’t have been more impressive this season. He will be playing for the Gators in Sunday’s third grand one-day grand final. Hogan’s teammate in the Lord Tav’s, Carter Simpson, also had a great season averaging 38.22 as an opener – leading to his state selection (under 17s).
Jack Cooper and Steven Cawood
Cooper (No. 5) and Cawood (No. 3) have been staples all season long for Sandgate-Redcliffe, scoring crucial runs when most important. They are like two peas in a pod. They’ve both played 19 games, have batted 24 times, average over 30 and are equally as valuable.
Cooper however scores in a real hurry, and has two centuries next to his name in what has been an amazing effort in a losing team.
Kaluthanthri Chathura
Chathura is the definition of a shining light. For Sandgate-Redcliffe he has still proven a handful for opposition batsmen to figure out. He has taken 33 wickets this summer and on the weekend he took three wickets in a loss against the Sunshine Coast. Christopher Abbey has also been a consistent wicket taker throughout the season.
VALLEY
Hugh Weibgen
The 2022 Brisbane Grammar School First XI premiership winning captain has an impressive temperament. In a helter-skelter era where the aim is to blast the picket fences, Weibgen is a throw back in time. Last season the Australian under 19 representative scored 104 not out to become the youngest Valley batsman to score a century aged 17 years and 80 days.
Callum Vidler
Vidler is an express right arm fast bowler from Valley who generates pace in the mid-140 KM/H. He helped power Brisbane Grammar School to last season’s GPS First XI premiership and BGS teammates can’t wait to have him available for the second half of the season.
Jack Wildermuth
Perhaps the biggest question of the summer has been why has Jack Wildermuth not gotten the call up? There were plenty of occasions where he would have been just the man for that Brisbane Heat team. We will never know, but what we do know is that he has been dominating the first grade competition with the bat. He is averaging 55, has scored three centuries, three half centuries and has provided just what Valley needs coming in at No.4.
Zanden Jeh
Jeh, a 19-year-old finger spinner on the up, was this week named to make his Second XI debut for Queensland. He is arguably the youngest player in QC history to reach 100 first-grade wickets after making his debut as a 16-year-old. He is taking wickets but also bowling in partnership with his teammates, a sure cocktail for team success. His younger brother Saxon was also an outstanding Lord Taverner's’s player with Valley.
Harry Frost – and Luke Ward
Frost scored a century and two fifties on his way to making 491 runs for Valley in the Lord Taverners while his sidekick Ward passed the 50 milestone three times.
WESTERN SUBURBS
Steven McGiffen - and Sam Truloff
Wests have some fire power in the bowling ranks with fastmen Tom Whitby (24 at 28) and Blake Edwards (20 at 26) off the long run, along with the windmill swirling Paddy Dooley bowling his spin. But one of the very best for Wests best this season has been McGiffen who has 23 wickets at 14 – to go with his 612 runs at an average of 76.5 from nine games. And of course Sam Truloff (968 runs at 56.94) has been outstanding again.
Sam Truloff
It was little wonder that this Western Suburbs run machine was recalled to interstate cricket. He has been one of the elite club batsmen for some time, and Bulls selection was a rich reward for him. We also glimpsed Isaiah Snell’s ability with a 156 not out.
Paddy Dooley
That man Paddy Dooley was leading the way for Western Suburbs before taking to the BBL where he was a national hit playing for the Hobart Hurricanes. For Wests this season he has 27 wickets at 21.41 bowling his left spin.
Daniel Skipwith
While he is not hitting the bullseye at the moment for BSHS in the GPS First XI, the Queensland under 17 ace was certainly striking them in his age group pre-Christmas playing for the powerful Western Suburbs. He averaged 32 this season in the under 16 competition – while his Queensland 17s teammate and fellow club mate Jack Sonter also had a similar impact batting in his age group. Another elite junior at the club is Kye Martin.
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Bryce Street
Street is in a league of his own to be quite honest. He is leading from the front for UQ and with his batting prowess he has managed to guide them to second on the ladder. With a “follow me” type of summer, Street has scored over 1000 runs at an average of 62.81.
Oh and he can bowl too. He can really bowl.
Angus Lovell
Lovell is on a similar level to Street, opening the batting in fine fashion each week. In his last knock he scored 43, eight runs less than his incredible average. UQ couldn’t ask for anyone better to set the tone or begin their run chase.
Brayden Meegama
IT goes to show you how strong Queensland under 17 national championships winning squad was when Meegama could not make the squad. He was a shadow player after roaring in the Lord Tav’s to take 31 wickets in 11 games – at an out of this world average of 7.26. And across the season, which includes second grade, he has 61 wickets at 15.10.
William Crook (UQ)
Crook has taken 39 wickets this season but the reason UQ have been so successful is not just because of him but it is because of their collective attack who all chip in, and when on song, are the best in the business.
Crook has taken 39 in 16 matches, while Nicholas Sale has 33 in 20. And of course Street has 27 in 20.
TOOMBUL
Tom Balkin
The fast bowling tearaway is a genuine quick bowler from Toombul who skids the ball on at a great rate of knots. Also a handy batsman, he used the national under 19 championship to springboard his way into the Australian under 19 side. He is part of an exciting breed of young players at the club, a group which includes young leg spinner Eshwin Kapoor and Amitoj Sidhu who in the under 16s once erased six batsmen in one innings.
Aubrey Stockdale
Where do you start with this guy? Although Toombul are having an underwhelming season, Stockdale has shone like a beacon. On the weekend the 2022 Australian under 19 shadow player got a five wicket haul, taking his wicket tally up to 45 for the year in just 17 matches.
SUNSHINE COAST
Alecz Day and Nicholas Selman
Day and Selman have been ultra-consistent for the Sunny Coast and their stats are almost mirror images of each other. With one century, three fifties and high scores of 107 and 104 respectively, the pair of them have been trusty run scorers all season long. On the other side of the ball, they’ve taken 14 poles each.
Blake Maher
Blake Maher surged to his 25th wicket of the season with a seven wicket haul last weekend. In a bowling unit where Sam Gardner (25 scalps), Mitchell Cook and Alecz Day and co where getting the job done, Maher is surging through the pack. Let us see how he finishes the season.
SOUTH BRISBANE
Harmon Sandhu and James Rosewarne
Sandhu is the lone bowler in the competition to have 50 poles to their name. That in itself is impressive. Rosewarne has 37 of his own too, but the most impressive stat from these two is that they’ve each had 22 outings- consistency, dedication and fitness that as a coach you’d love to see.
Ben Cutting and Aryan Jain
Cutting has looked like the Cutting of old which set the BBL alight for the Brisbane Heat. He has been doing it with bat and ball, averaging 35 while picking up wickets here and there when his team calls upon him. Jain, a former GPS First XI premiership winner with Brisbane Grammar School where he teamed with Matt Renshaw and Paddy Dooley, has also been impressive batting at No.3. He has 757 runs and a commendable 37.85 average.
WYNNUM-MANLY
Jackson Steinhardt
Steinhardt was the finest all-rounder in the Lord Taverner’s under 16s late year with a booming batting average of 40, and a bowling average of just 23. He was an enormous asset to the bayside team’s campaign.
Corey Hunter and Jed Wilson
The highly rated junior who was a Bulls rookie contracted player missed a century by just one run on his way to a club high 552 runs so far this season across 19 matches at an average of 27.60. The talented top order batsman Wilson is averaging 35 from his dozen first grade innings with a season best score of 90.
IPSWICH
Harry Wood
Wood has been a weapon at No. 3 this summer for the Hornets. It’s safe to say there aren’t many better in the First Grade competition at that position. He has top scored with a recent unbeaten 227, strikes it quickly at almost a run a ball and averages over 50. Not to mention he has tallied four tons, carrying the load in that Ipswich top order while being Ipswich’s leading wicket taker.
Bryn Llewllyn
Although he has only batted 15 innings, Llewllyn deserves to be on this list just as much as anyone else. He has three centuries, a 45.29 average and 634 runs next to his name and often gets Ipswich off to a nice start facing the new ball. Another rookie on the rise, way back in the Lord Taverner’s ranks, is all-rounder Kori Ramsden, the Ipswich Grammar School First XI player.
SECOND GRADE
NORTHS
Kendel Fleming
Fleming is doing his bit to memic Steve Smith (Aussie captain) with 909 runs from 18 matches across all grades this season (average 75.75), including a century when he was in second grade. When in second grade, he was know doubt a good influence on three outstanding former GPS players - Connor Carroll, Tom Campbell and Jet Liebke.
TOOMBUL
Jack Balkin
Balkin’s fabulous season stretches from Lord Tav to Queensland under 17s to GPS First XI and onto second and third grade. With his club Toombul Balkin has taken 33 wickets with his off spin at 23.12, and with the bat scored 502 runs at 29.32. And in his last two GPS First XI matches at Nudgee he has unbeaten 40s and 50s to his name - after bowling and field well. A Nudgee old boy, Tom Malone, has 19 wickets and Mitchell Buckley 18 for the Bulls.
GOLD COAST
Bailey Sewell and Tyler Smith
Bailey Sewell was having a grand season. He has two recent hundreds and has scored 1001 club runs, including 729 in second grade, while at the bowling crease, Tyler Smith has taken 37 wickets at 24.84.
VALLEY
Tom Collier and Finlay McCreath
Finlay McCreath and the stylish Tom Collier were chasing each other for best second grade batting honours at the club, with Collier having scored 558 at 46 and McCreath 428 at 47. With the ball Morgan Galvin’s 28 wickets at 19 across the season so far has been a good effort.
UNIVERSITY
Hayden D’Addona
It is little wonder Uni is such a strong club when they have bowlers like D’Addona doing his thing, with 36 wickets at just 12.31. He has had great support from Brayden Meegama (61 wickets in total at 15.10), mentioned earlier in our Lord Tav’s wrap up, and Dylan D’Roza (20 wickets)
REDLANDS
Linton Goodridge and Jacob Apted
Klinton Goodridge with 35 wickets at 22.89 and Jacob Apted with 39 wickets at 22.89 were having huge seasons with the Tigers, helped along by the form of James Pullar (31 wickets at 28) and Thomas Biggs (21 wickets at 20).
WYNNUM-MANLY
Reuben Burger
Promising wicketkeeper Reuben Burger continues to shine since making a bayside switch in the winter. A Churchie old boy, he is approaching 1000 runs for the season across all competitions and grades, with an impressive average of 33 sitting beside his name from 12 top flight fixtures.
Dakota Rodgers
He has only been available for six second grade games but has made a crashing impact in second grade at Wynnum, scoring 319 runs at 39 to be the team’s best performer. Sukhveer Singh, (365 runs at 36; 9 wickets at 20.89), Henry Taylor (444 runs at 34.15) and, with limited chances, Lance Roudenko have all contributed mightily to the club’s cause in second grade.
Matt Crampton
Crampton has 29 wickets at sub 20 (18.97) in a rollicking season that has him ahead of other lower grade high achievers like Jackson Plumb (23 at 23) and Thomas Eyley (22 at 21.45), including 19 in second grade.
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WYNNUM-MANLY
Clodagh Ryall and Amreen Kahlon
Both Wynnum Manly bowling prodigies, the bayside pair have led the way. Ryall has snared 31 wickets at just 16.48 across 22 matches, and is the club’s leading female bowler alongside Amreen Kahlon (38 wickets at 14.58).
Amy Riddell
With 331 runs at 30.09, and a handy eight wickets at 11.50, Riddell has been a mainstay of Wynnum’s Katherine Raymont Shield side, while Rebecca Riddell has 369 runs from 20 games across all forms this season.
VALLEY
Sianna Ginger
Recently recalled to the Queensland Heat, the Australian Under-19 allrounder Sianna Ginger is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium-fast bowler. Originally from Townsville, the 17-year-old played in the Australian team at the recent inaugural ICC Women’s T20 Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, with a top score of 30 and two hauls of 3-13.
WESTERN SUBURBS
Naiya Varidel
Wests have had a series of handy performers, but Varidel takes the cake. With the ball she has taken 44 wickets at 17 with a best of 4-8, and with the bat a handy 432 runs, including a highest. Isabel Goffage has also been good with almost 500 runs and nine wickets, but Varidel is arguably the best.
GOLD COAST
Tara Wheeler
Tara Wheeler has been opening the batting in style for the Gold Coast all season long. She never waivers in the face of a fierce bowling attack and new ball, she just gets to work. She has scored 631 at 33.21 and has shown up like no other, her 1081 minutes at the crease and 20 games the proof.
Grace Parsons
Parsons has only been present for 11 matches but has managed to take 20 wickets and score 287 runs at 32. At the bowling crease, she has been reinforced by Wheeler, Gold Coast’s leading run scorer and wicket taker (25W).
Caitlin Galeano (Ipswich)
It hasn’t been easy for the Ipswich girls this year but no one has tried harder than Galeano, a third drop batsmen who leads her team in runs scored (322). In fact, she leads her team in every single category (runs, high score, average, minutes at the crease, fifties) except strike rate where she is second to Olivia Winter.
Tess Cooper (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
It’s not often you see an average of 50 next to the name of someone who has played over 20 matches. But, Cooper is part of that club and she might just be the CEO of it too. She has scored 800 runs at 57, with five fifties, a ton and a run-a-ball strike rate painting the picture of her perfect summer.
Sophie Martin (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
While Cooper stays carving it through gaps, Martin, Darcey Johnson and Olivia Roche share the load with the ball. The trio have taken 27, 23 and 20 wickets this year and against Sunshine Coast at the weekend, Martin and Johnson took one apiece and Roche two.
Anlo van Deventor (University)
She made a century two weeks ago and has now amassed 561 during a wonderful season. Emma Jackson is also among ghe runs, but it is Anlo who is making the biggest impact at the crease.
SECOND GRADE
Rachael and Jasmine Lewis (Ipswich)
Ipswich sisters Rachael and Jasmine are batting weapons who have scored nicely throughout the season, leading their side to a comfortable fifth spot on the table.
Rachael averages 34 in her five matches played, while Jasmine averages 12 in her 12 games played for the year. On the weekend, Jasmine opened the batting and scored a quick 33 off 40 and took a wicket as well, while Rachael applied the pressure, leaking just 15 runs in her economical eight overs.
Ava Salvestrin and Kate Campbell (Norths)
As the two leading wicket takers for their team, Salvestrin (18) and Campbell (17) have delivered with exceptional averages of 13 and 11 respectively. They have both picked up a fifer and have played in almost every game.
Lauren Patterson (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
Lauren Patterson has stood out opening the batting, often getting herself off to a nice start. Twice Patterson has brought up the half century in a super season in which she averages 31.
Melissa Lewis (South Brisbane)
Lewis has been feasting all season, so much so that her South Brisbane side are sitting pretty at second on the ladder. She leads her team as top run scorer and wicket taker, a feat only the best of the best can accomplish. She averages an outstanding 44.54 with the bat, and has taken 23 wickets at an average of 8.74. Could she do anything more to warrant a first grade call up? Kaysey Amai has also been a brilliant bowler, with 21 wickets, a fifer and a top economy of 3 highlighting just how important she is to the success of South Brisbane.
Jessica Daldy (UQ)
Daldy’s been deadly at the bowling crease grabbing 30 at 6. Yes you read that right. She has been destructive to say the least, with best figures of 4/9 and an economy of 2.35 highlighting her domination. She has batted bravely too, racking up 157 runs at 15.7.
Eden Colen (Valley)
Ashgrove’s Eden Colen has played the second drop batting role about as good as anyone. She averages just shy of 30 a game, hits it sweetly at a strike rate of 70 and has the ability to find the rope with ease.
Finley Hoger has been a consistent wicket taker for Valley all season, meanwhile Billie Ryan has found her stride with six wickets this past weekend.
Claire Molloy (Wests)
Molloy deserves a medal for the level of batting - and bowling - she has displayed in her 10 innings thus far. Wests are No. 1 on the table and there’s little wonder why with masterful Molloy batting at No.5. You need look no further than last weekend when she took 5-7 to complement her batting average of 40. Hannah Tucker and Taylor Hamblin have also contributed well with the bat, averaging 22.67 and 21.62 respectively. At that time, Caitlin Lutvey (19W), Molloy (17W) and Taylor (13W) have been sharing the load at the bowling crease.
WYNNUM-MANLY
Astrid Muniandy and Jenna Cowell
It’s been a team effort from the Wynnum Manly girls to earn them fourth spot on the ladder. But Muniandy and Cowell have spearheaded the batting with averages of 21.62 and 24.4 respectively while Ishani Singh and Kanchana Arachchige have held it down at the bowling crease. Singh has taken 24 at 11 while Arachchige has taken 17 at 11. Indeed all-rounder Singh has also scored 389 runs among her wicket taking efforts. Hats off also to Robyn Medley has also been a great support with 14 wickets at just 9.5.
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