Bulletin countdown of Kookaburra Cup’s top 20 players. Today we look at numbers 5-1

D-DAY has arrived. With the 2019-20 Kookaburra Cup season underway, the Bulletin has put together a lift of the competition’s top 20 players. Today, we count down the top five.

D-DAY has arrived. With the 2019-20 Kookaburra Cup season underway, the Bulletin has put together a lift of the competition’s top 20 players. Today, we count down the top five.

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5. NIC PETERSON (SOUTHPORT LABRADOR)

Universally regarded as one of the competition’s most prized wickets, the classy left-hander holds the key to his side’s fate this season.

Southport Labrador’s Nic Peterson. Picture: Steve Holland

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4. RHYS MCCARTHY (BURLEIGH)

The New Zealand native was the Bullsharks’ batting pillar last season, racking up 574 runs at 47.83.

Burleigh batsman Rhys McCarthy. Picture: Mike Batterham

3. SHANE CONNORS (ALBERTON ORMEAU)

Thirty-three wickets at 10.33 last season and 427 runs at 28.47. Enough said.

Alberton Ormeau's Shane Connors (front row, third from right).

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2. PHIL TUNNICLIFFE (COOMERA HOPE ISLAND)

The reigning Sam Loxton Medal winner as player of the season, Tunnicliffe will again carry the weight of the Crocs’ hopes on his shoulders in 2019-20.

Phil Tunnicliffe bowls for Coomera Hope Island. Picture: Jason O'Brien

1. TOM SCRIVEN (BROADBEACH ROBINA)

The English all-rounder almost single-handedly carried the Cats to last season’s premiership, dominating the finals with 12 wickets and 82 runs at 41.

Overall, he finished with 457 runs at 35.15 and a competition-high 40 wickets at 15.5.

Broadbeach Robina all-rounder Tom Scriven. Picture: Steve Holland

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