Kookaburra Cup poll: players share their thoughts ahead of Cricket Gold Coast first grade season
WITH Cricket Gold Coast’s Kookaburra Cup set for launch on Saturday, players from the 11 first grade clubs have opened up about who will win it, the competition’s best player, their most annoying teammate and the rivals they love to beat.
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WITH Cricket Gold Coast’s Kookaburra Cup set for launch on Saturday, players from the 11 first grade clubs have opened up about who will win it, the competition’s best player, their most annoying teammate and the rivals they love to beat.
Name: Corey Galloway
Age: 27
Club: Alberton Ormeau
Playing role: all-rounder
Team to beat: Southport
Dark horse: Surfers Paradise
Best player in the comp: Nic Peterson
Team you most enjoy beating: Queens
Most annoying teammate: Nick Yule
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Name: Dan Matheson
Age: 36
Club: Surfers Paradise
Playing role: batsman
Team to beat: Southport
Dark horse: Alberton
Best player in the comp: Nic Peterson
Team you most enjoy beating: Queens
Most annoying teammate: Chris Swan
Name: Dylan Sherriff
Age: 24
Club: Helensvale Pacific Pines
Playing role: bowler
Team to beat: Southport
Dark horse: Alberton
Best player in the comp: Ryan Maloney
Team you most enjoy beating: Southport
Most annoying teammate: Sam Lickiss
Name: Lydon Gibbons
Age: 30
Club: Runaway Bay
Playing role: batsman
Team to beat: Southport
Dark horse: Alberton
Best player in the comp: Nic Peterson
Team you most enjoy beating: Broadbeach
Most annoying teammate: Rhys Howarth
Name: Oli McGee
Age: 21
Club: Southport Labrador
Playing role: all-rounder
Team to beat: Alberton
Dark horse: Coomera
Best player in the comp: Nic Peterson
Team you most enjoy beating: Runaway Bay
Most annoying teammate: Simon Belston
Name: Rhys McCarthy
Age: 26
Club: Burleigh
Playing role: batsman
Team to beat: Queens
Dark horse: Alberton
Best player in the comp: Sam Winton
Team you most enjoy beating: Southport
Most annoying teammate: Mark Cummings
Name: Ryan Soars
Age: 30
Club: Coomera Hope Island
Playing role: batsman
Team to beat: Queens
Dark horse: Coomera
Best player in the comp: James Spargo
Team you most enjoy beating: all of them
Most annoying teammate: James Martin
Name: Dylan McLaughlin
Age: 25
Club: Mudgeeraba Nerang
Playing role: wicketkeeper
Team to beat: Southport
Dark horse: Alberton
Best player in the comp: Nic Peterson
Team you most enjoy beating: Broadbeach
Most annoying teammate: Clint Upchurch
Name: Liam Denniston
Age: 18
Club: Broadbeach Robina
Playing role: batsman
Team to beat: Queens
Dark horse: Southport
Best player in the comp: Sean Fitzsimmons
Team you most enjoy beating: Queens
Most annoying teammate: Sean Fitzsimmons
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Name: Jack Winton
Age: 27
Club: Queens
Playing role: all-rounder
Team to beat: Southport
Dark horse: Helensvale
Best player in the comp: Nic Peterson
Team you most enjoy beating: Surfers
Most annoying teammate: Michael Spargo
Name: Zane Beattie
Age: 17
Club: Palm Beach Currumbin
Playing role: batsman
Team to beat: Alberton Ormeau
Dark horse: Southport
Best player in the comp: Ryan Kettle
Team you most enjoy beating: Southport
Most annoying teammate: Rhys Saunders
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