The Bulletin looks at five things we learned from another weekend of Gold Coast cricket

The Bulletin looks at five things we learned from another weekend of Gold Coast cricket.

The Bulletin looks at five things we learned from another weekend of Gold Coast cricket.

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FINALS BATTLE A LIKELY RACE IN SIX

Form can be fleeting but a widening gap between the top and bottom sides means the Kookaburra Cup finals race could already be down to six teams.

Broadbeach Robina (65pts) and Mudgeeraba Nerang (55) appear semi final bound, with Surfers Paradise (42), Helensvale Pacific Pines (42), Southport Labrador (41) and Queens (40) the other challengers.

Palm Beach Currumbin (26) are next-closest.

COUNTRY QUARTET TO FLY COAST FLAG

DOLPHINS A SERIOUS T20 TITLE THREAT

After crushing Sandgate-Redcliffe by nine wickets in Queensland Premier Cricket on Saturday, Gold Coast now has three Twenty20 wins in four games.

One more victory from their last two games on January 4 and 5 should be enough to earn a semi final spot and a shot at long-awaited silverware.

Southport Labrador spinner Oli McGee (centre) took 5-34 on Saturday.

CROCS STARING INTO CUP ABYSS

After starting the Kookaburra Cup season with four wins from five games, Coomera Hope Island are now precariously poised as they head into the Christmas break.

With their batsmen largely to blame, the Crocs have lost their last five games – including Saturday’s three-wicket defeat to battling Runaway Bay – to sit 17 points adrift of the top four.

COAST CRICKET’S HIDDEN STARS

HUGO’S RETURN A HUGE BOOST FOR GOLD COAST

Having missed a handful of Queensland Premier Cricket games for Gold Coast while away with the Queensland under-19s, Hugo Burdon’s return has been felt immediately.

While the legspinning all-rounder was barely needed in Saturday’s T20 triumph over Sandgate-Redcliffe, he looms as a key figure over the remainder of the campaign.

Gold Coast Dolphins all-rounder Hugo Burdon. Picture: Mike Batterham

MCGEE CUP’S IN-FORM SPINNER

Southport Labrador’s revival has coincided with a purple patch for Oli McGee.

The English spinner collected 5-34 in a losing effort against Surfers Paradise on Saturday to move into third on the Kookaburra Cup wicket-taker’s list with 22 at an average of 11.86.