We reveal the stars of the Southern Queensland under-15 girls cricket challenge
Queensland’s top under-15 girls’ cricketers faced off for a week of hard-fought action in Toowoomba for the 2024 QJC Southern Challenge. We have run the rule across the five days of competition to name our team of the tournament.
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The Queensland Junior Cricket Championships are back and the Garden City is hosting the under-15 Girls Southern Challenge.
With some of the best stars of the future battling it out in Toowoomba, we are shining a light on the star players from each day and revealing a team of the competition at the conclusion of the challenge.
Day 5
The Under 15 challenge reached its conclusion on Friday, with BEARS claiming a dominant 71 run win over Brisbane North in the grand final, MSW sealing a thrilling four run win over Gold Coast to claim third, DDSWQ defeating Coastal to take fifth and QJC President’s defeating SEQ in the seventh place playoff.
Check out our team of the tournament below.
1. Ayla Johnson (Brisbane North): 100 runs
2. Maggie Booth (QJC President’s): 70 runs and four wickets
3. Abbie Trevethan (BEARS): 69 runs and three wickets
4. Amelia Kuhn (DDSWQ): 64 runs and seven wickets
5. Emmy Cussons (DDSWQ): 89 runs
6. Lucinda Hillier (MSW): 53 runs and four wickets
7. Ayaka Stafford (BEARS): 51 runs and six wickets
8. Ophelia Donohue (Brisbane North): 45 runs and seven wickets
9. Aurelia Burgess (BEARS): 10 wickets
10. Zoe Sherriff (Gold Coast): 10 wickets
11. Phoebe Howard (MSW): seven wickets
Day 4
The final round of pool games took place on Day 4, with BEARS securing a comfortable win over Gold Coast and Coastal downing SEQ in a hard fought contest in Pool A.
In Pool B, Brisbane North defeated DDSWQ in a thriller, while MSW proved too good for the QJC President’s side.
After four days of action, BEARS and Brisbane North finished on top of their respective pools, with Gold Coast and MSW taking second place, Darling Downs and Coastal third and SEQ and QJC President’s finishing fourth.
Team of the day
1. Lucy Logan (BEARS): 19 not out from 26 balls
2. Lydia Rolley (Brisbane North): 22 from 23 balls
3. Ayla Johnson (Brisbane North): 40 from 41 balls
4. Emmy Cussons (DDSWQ): 42 from 54 balls
5. Bella Murphy (SEQ): 20 from 43 balls and 1-2
6. Catey Brookes (Gold Coast): 17 from 44 balls
7. Amy Evison (Gold Coast): 14 not out from 25 balls and 1-20
8. Amelia Kuhn (DDSWQ): 13 from 18 balls and 1-7
9. Aurelia Burgess (BEARS): 2-5
10. Murraya Buckley (Coastal): 11 not out from 13 and 2-9
11. Phoebe Howard (MSW): 3-7
Day 3
After a washout on Day 2, action resumed in the Garden City on day 3.
Like the first day, only the morning session went ahead, with rain washing out the afternoon’s fixtures.
BEARS once again showed their class as they claimed a dominant win via the DLS rule.
Batting first, they scored 6-135 from their 20 overs before holding SEQ to 6-20 from 6.5 overs before rain intervened.
Gold Coast also picked up a DLS win as it posted 6-110 batting first before holding Coastal to just 7-28 after 12.1 overs.
Brisbane North was victorious over the QJC President’s team while MSW defeated Darling Downs South West Queensland by 19 runs.
Team of the day
1. Georgia Black (MSW): 22 not out from 39 balls
2. Lucy Mills (Darling Downs SWQ): 25 runs from 48 balls
3. Jayani Maharaj (BEARS): 31 from 33 balls
4. Riley Dealy (Gold Coast): 30 not out from 28 balls
5. Catey Brookes (Gold Coast): 27 runs from 39 balls
6. Lucinda Hillier (MSW): 2-2 and 19 runs from 20 balls
7. Phoebe Howard (MSW): 3-2 and 12 not out from 17 balls
8. Maggie Booth (QJC President’s): 17 not out from 35 and 1-7
9. Sofia Velic (Brisbane North): 2-3 and 16 runs
10. Aurelia Burgess (BEARS): 3-2
11. Zoe Sherriff (Gold Coast): 4-4
Day 1
The opening day of the competition saw just four games played, with rain abandoning the chances of games in the afternoon.
However, there were still opportunities for the young guns to shine.
BEARS (Brisbane East and Redlands) sent a statement to the competition with a dominant 76-run win over Coastal, while Gold Coast’s bowlers starred in a 60-run win over SEQ as they bowled their opponents out for just 23 runs.
The hosts - Darling Downs and South West Queensland - kickstarted their campaign strongly with a 26-run win, while Brisbane North claimed a comfortable eight-wicket win over Metropolitan South West (MSW).
Team of the day
1. Madhumika Dinesh (BEARS): 50 not out from 42 balls
2. Lucy Logan (BEARS): 28 not out from 34 balls
3. Ayla Johnson (Brisbane North): 29 not out from 41 balls
4. Ophelia Donohue (Brisbane North): 2-10 and 21 not out from 28 balls
5. Amelia Kuhn (Darling Downs SWQ): 30 not out from 56 balls and 2-7
6. Ayaka Stafford (BEARS): 21 runs from 21 balls and 1-6
7. Zoe Sherriff (Gold Coast): 4-10
8. Ruby Drake (Gold Coast): 2-0
9. Emily Honsig-Erlenburg (Brisbane North): 3-9
10. Aurelia Burgess (BEARS): 3-16
11. Tarnia Elvy (BEARS): 2-1
Originally published as We reveal the stars of the Southern Queensland under-15 girls cricket challenge
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