Marg Jennings Cup: Amanpreet Kaur posts wonderful century

The grand finalists of the Marg Jennings Cup have been decided after a thrilling final round. Here’s who performed best under pressure.

The final pool games in the Marg Jennings Cup have come to a conclusion with some exciting results.

Carlton will head into Friday’s grand final against Melbourne as favourites having won all four of their games so far.

On Thursday, Sara Burns produced an impressive performance with the bat finishing with 86 runs from 153 balls as her side registered 4-247 from its 50 overs.

Bridie Groves also registered a half-century for the Blues with 61 runs.

Greenvale was all out for 45 after a dominant bowling display.

Dandenong opener Jemma Reynolds finished unbeaten on 89 as her side edged out Plenty Valley by two wickets.

Navleen Sandhu scored 50 in a losing effort.

Box Hill and Melbourne also recorded wins.

Prahran’s clash with Ringwood at Waverley Oval was called off.

TOP BATTING PERFORMANCES

89* - Jemma Reynolds, Dandenong

86* - Sara Burns, Carlton

TOP BOWLING PERFORMANCES

3-23 - Chantal Mason, Geelong

3-25 - Emma Morgan, Plenty Valley

3-43 - Nilakshi Perera, Dandenong

ROUND 3 REVIEW

A pair of stars from Melbourne and Box Hill took centre stage in Round 3 of the Marg Jennings Cup as the race for finals positions heated up.

Melbourne’s Lucy Page was the top performer of the day after recording a run a ball century of 107 runs in her side’s big win over Dandenong.

Page’s innings included 12 boundaries before she then kept her side on top with the ball taking 3-26.

Not to be outdone, Amelie O’Meara registered an unbeaten 128 runs from 139 deliveries sharing a 225-run partnership with Page.

For Box Hill, opener Yashoda Senarathne fall narrowly short of triple figures after posting 96 runs from 128 balls in her side’s eight-wicket win over Essendon.

Vaishnavi Munukutla was on target with the ball finishing with 4-22, the best figures of any player across all games.

Meanwhile, Prahran young gun Matilda Pendergast continued her impressive week with 3-28 in her side win’s over Greenvale.

Pendergast also contributed 27 runs with the bat.

She has 11 wickets for the tournament.

TOP BATTING PERFORMANCES

128* – Amelie O’Meara, Melbourne

107 – Lucy Page, Melbourne

96 – Yashoda Senarathne, Box Hill

81* – Alexandra Sheedy, Ringwood

75 – Bridie Groves, Carlton

53 – Lauren Barclay, Ringwood

TOP BOWLING PERFORMANCES

4-22 – Vaishnavi Munukutla, Box Hill

3-16 – Matilda Pendergast, Prahran

3-24 – Lily Pelosi, Greenvale Kangaroos

3-26 – Lucy Page, Melbourne

3-37 – Amelie Sibillin, Plenty Valley

ROUND 2 REVIEW

Some of Victoria’s finest young female cricketers have put on a show as the Marg Jennings Cup returned on Tuesday.

There was arguably no better performer than Essendon Maribyrnong Park young gun Amanpreet Kaur who hit the ball to all parts of the ground in a wonderful 112-run performance against Plenty Valley.

A move up the order worked wonders for Kaur who batted at seven in her side’s opening game of the tournament before Christmas.

To cap off a sensational display. Kaur finished with 2-4 including the final wicket of the clash as her side ran out 124-run winners.

Melbourne’s Mia Perrin also put together an impressive showing with the bat as she finished with an unbeaten 95 in her side’s seven-wicket win over Greenvale Kangaroos.

The budding opener hit 17 boundaries and one six during her 59-ball innings and looked likely to reach triple figures had the Kangaroos posted a bigger target.

Hasrat Gill provided perfect support with 41 runs of her own.

The day’s best bowling figures belonged to Mia Pendergast of Prahran who finished with 5-21 against Box Hill.

Pendergast has been a regular in Prahran’s women’s First XI this season.

TOP BATTING PERFORMANCES

112 – Amanpreet Kaur, Essendon Maribyrnong Park Ladies

95* – Mia Perrin, Melbourne

85 – Sienna Sims, Carlton

53 – Samara Dulvin, Prahran

43 – Nilakshi Perera, Dandenong

TOP BOWLING PERFORMANCES

5-21 – Matilda Pendergast, Prahran

4-16 – Ruby Couch, Geelong

4-27 – Ruby Gibson, Essendon Maribyrnong Park Ladies

4-51 – Emma Morgan, Plenty Valley

3-11 – Thivyaa Mahendran, Dandenong

3-20 – Honey Raut, Carlton

3-24 – Hasrat Gill, Melbourne

3-25 – Mia Gouws, Melbourne

3-29 – Samantha Arscott, Prahran