Terrace turn premiership race on its head with shock away win against the premiers
GPS First XI boilover: Who made the GPS First XI cricket Team of the Week after Terrace’s shock win over the premiers turned the premiership race upside down.
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St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace has altered the complexion of the premiership race by doing something few teams can - beating The Southport School on the Village Green.
Not only did Terrace win, they won by nine wickets with 36 overs to spare after reaching 1-80 chasing 79.
It was a huge moment because TSS have made the Village Green a fortress for 15 seasons.
But the surprises did not end there. BSHS bowler Charles Hinze took five wickets as his side re-entered the winner’s circle after being able to defend just 131 against BBC (102).
Nudgee College (198) also had a win, awaking from a slumber to beat Ipswich Grammar School (132).
In a low scoring other match, Brisbane Grammar School (105) also defended a low score by restricting home team Toowoomba Grammar to just 81.
THE MATCHES
TEAM OF THE WEEK
1. Theodore Bacalakis (Terrace)
In a low scoring round, Bacalakis’s 55 not out from just 49 balls was significant. He batted positively, taking the TSS bowlers out of their comfort zone by refusing to allow them to drag him into a dogfight. Bacalakis ensured there was no oxygen from TSS as he sent his side sprinting to the victory target of 80. Brilliant in the field, Bacalakis also ran out TSS’s best batsman on the day - opener Ishaan Sandhu (26) - and took 1-13 with the ball.
2. Colby Rudd (IGS)
Rudd’s 36 was actually the third highest score of the round. Solid as a rock, the reliable top order batsman defied Nudgee bowlers Thomas Bayo and Will Neubecker, batting for 79 deliveries before being dismissed. Also reliable with the ball this season, Rudd is a good blue collar servant.
3. Hayden Hamilton (Nudgee)
Hamilton made the highest score of the weekend, 70 from 105 balls, to put his side into a winning position against Ipswich Grammar School. The Queensland representative pushed past the threatening new ball bursts of IGS’s dangerous fast bowlers Oscar Dioth and Callum Pamenter, and then handled IGS’s six wicket hero Malachi Foster. By the time Foster bowled him, Hamilton had scored a decisive 70.
4. Thomas Bayo (Nudgee)
Bayo produced one of the finest all-around performances of the weekend. In a long scoring game he made a flighty 31, taking on the IGS bowlers. He was then a match winner with the ball, bowling straight to dismissed top order danger men Colby Rudd and Rushi Kakkad, before snaring a third wicket. He finished with 3-29.
5. Eli Brain (BGS)
The Queensland U17 all-rounder peeled back the TGS innings when he claimed three quick wickets after Hayden Langdon had done his handy work early by dismissing one batsman, and then generating a run out. Brain dismissed batting No.3, No.4 and No.5 before adding a fourth victim to have TGS 6-37. With the bat he also scored 22.
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6. Christian Alexander (BBC)
The Brisbane Boys College vice-captain did everything in his power to get his side over the line. He helped put BBC in the box seat when he claimed 3-16 from eight overs, then threatened to take BBC to victory with 25 from just 29 balls.
7. Charles Hinze (BSHS)
Hinze stunned the Brisbane Boys College batsmen with a haul of 5-24 from eight overs as the BSHS players were able to defend just 131. Bowling second change, the left arm orthodox spinner trapped both BBC openers LBW after Robinson and Garate were established, having added 33. Hinze’s other big wicket was D’Arcy Satharasinghe who, in the first two rounds, had been a momentum changing batsman. Hinze benefited from bowling straight - he claimed three LBW’s and two bowled dismissals.
8. Cruz Baker (BSHS)
Baker swept in behind his lead man, Eli Brian, to take 4-11 from just 7.5 overs. He was under pressure because BGS had made just 105 and just one innings of significance could have pulled TGS out of the mire. But he claimed Henry Maunder (20) and then whipped out the tail.
9. Harry Klatt (Terrace)
Klatt unravelled the TSS batting line-up with a sensational new ball performance. He bowled one of the competition’s most exciting batsman, Jaxson Davies, had the dangerous Dushyant Thaman caught at the wicket, and then bowled Riley Eckersley - all before any of them had reached double figures. It was a momentum swinging performance.
10. Oliver Hottot (BBC)
After playing a support role taking the new ball across the opening two rounds, the tall, right arm medium pace bowler became BBC’s main man. His 8.4-3-17-4 looked to be a matchwinning spell - until the opposition bowled. Hottot, who is a talented Second IV tennis player, has a knack of building pressure when he takes the new ball, and he did that again yesterday. A high achieving student, Hottot is somewhat of a quiet achiever who had to wait until late in the innings to cash in when he claimed another three quick wickets.
11. Malachi Foster (IGS)
The left arm pace bowler did not deserve to be in a losing side after his remarkable haul of 6-34 from 8.1 overs.
Foster bowled IGS back into the match after Nudgee had reached 2-93 courtesy of the flowing Hayden Hamilton. Foster, who is in his first season of First XI cricket, also had a hand in a run out.
12. Will Neubecker (Nudgee)
Nudgee won the match because they were able to take 10 wickets, and to the forefront was Will Neubecker whose 3-21 from 5.5 overs He bowled early, and then late, with the dismissal of Queensland U17 opener Sohaan Sharma just one critical to the cause. He also dismissed the tail, but the scalp of Sharma was a big one.
SPECIAL MENTIONS
Sree Shauri Parthiv Bachu (BSHS)
Bachu earns a mention as a bowler - despite being an opening batsman. was Charles Hinze’s partner in crime, helping turn BBC from 0-33 into disarray at 4-42. Bachu (2-12) snared the big wicket of Queensland U17 representative Ryan Atley, and his bowling partnership with the wicket taking Hinze was instrumental in BSHS’s remarkable win.
Tom Yeo (TGS)
Yeo added sugar and spice to his 8.2 over stint by claiming the big wicket of Queensland U17 ace Eli Brain. Brain was dug in deep, having made 22 from 78 balls when Brain was looking to ramp up the run rate. Yeo (3-17) took another two wickets, but Brain’s scalp was the big wicket.
Lenny Henry (Terrace)
The South Brisbane all-rounder was mighty for Terrace. He built pressure across his six overs (1-4) and importantly dismissed Jason Campese (14) who was just starting to build a partnership with Ishaan Sandhu.
Calem McCathie (BSHS)
McCathie fired off 26 runs from 34 balls against the trend of the innings, and in a low scoring match they were valuable contributions. He then claimed 2-2 with the ball, polishing off the elite work done by Charles Hinze (five wickets) and Sree Bachu (two wickets).
Jackson McDonald (Terrace)
Terrace’s 2025 rookie showed no signs of being intimidated playing TSS on the Village Green. With the ball his four overs returned 1-13, and then he batted alongside his vice-captain, Bacalakis, nestling in nicely to score 15 not out from 23 balls. He also snared the catch to dismiss Cameron Sinfield.
Spencer Green (Nudgee)
The young leg spinner claimed his two wickets by bowling the batsmen, and he was also involved in a run out and snared a catch. His 9-1-29-2 was a rich contribution.
Callum Pamenter (IGS)
The fast bowler was on song, removing both Nudgee openers cheaply and then building pressure for the remainder of his eight overs. Pamenter took 2-23 and scored 13.
Adam Eastgate (BSHS)
In the context of the match when no one scored more than 26, Eastgate’s 26 from 78 balls as opener deserves recognition.
George Hales (Terrace)
The new ball swing bowler claimed just the one wicket, but it was a big scalp. He dismissed dangerous opener Cameron Sinfield who, one week earlier, had scored 70 not out in the blink of an eye.
Round 4
Churchie v TGS
BBC v Nudgee
BGS v Terrace
TSS v BSHS
Bye: Churchie
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