NT Cricket Junior Strike League: Top 50 performers revealed
From local stars to interstate gems, NT Cricket’s Junior Strike League featured a heap of talent. Here are the best cricketers from the tournament.
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A super over in the first and final days of this year’s NT Cricket Junior Strike League proved what a top event it was in 2023.
The boys tournament came down to the most thrilling conclusion possible with Caulfield Grammar chasing down NT Ochre’s score of 10/162.
Thomas Milton tied the game in the 43rd over hitting a four off Charlie Bignall, but Ananth Maitra’s dismissal just two balls later sent the game into a super over.
Mitch Menzies put the NT in a good position getting Jez Rigoni out for a golden duck, but Christopher Kellaway and Charlie Wolf piled on nine runs from the remaining five balls.
It was a total the NT couldn’t quite chase down falling short with just eight runs, leaving the Victorian visitors as the winners.
NT Cricket’s head of cricket Darren Treumer said it was a great way to finish a tournament which had been so exciting.
“You couldn’t have written a better script than to have the last game come down to a tie on the final ball with all the teams watching,” he said.
“We introduced a super over this year and we had one on day one and then on the final day as well when it all came down to that game.”
Meanwhile Papua New Guinea was the victors in the girls competition, beating Victoria Pride by two wickets with Lakshmi Kila Rajadurai a standout throughout the series.
Truemer said the tournament, played at the same time as the senior Strike League, was a great opportunity for young Territory talent to get a look at interstate players of the same age.
“It was an amazing series of cricket, we’ve doubled the amount of teams who came to Darwin,” he said.
“It was an opportunity for NT Cricket to showcase the opportunity to play in the southern states’ winter and the standard of cricket has just got better every year.
“Selfishly it’s an opportunity for our NT players to play against different and quality opposition in their own age group and develop a better understanding of where they sit in Australian cricket.
“It was a real eye opener for our Darwin and Alice Springs boys and girls and it was a huge opportunity to show some of the great grounds we have up here.
“All the kids loved it, the interstate coaches had an absolute ball as it will set them up for the southern summer.”
Boys: Top 25 performers from Junior Strike League
25. Ethan Kolaritsch (Richmond CC)
Five wickets at 25. Five catches
24. Cadell McMahon (NT Ochre)
88 runs at 44. Six catches. Three stumpings
23. Ranbir Singh (Richmond CC)
116 runs at 23.2
22. Ethan McKenzie (UpSkill Cricket Academy)
119 runs at 23.8
21. Ryan Doherty (Richmond CC)
Seven wickets at 16.29
20. Flynn Osborne (UpSkill Cricket Academy)
Seven wickets at 15.71
19. Clancy McCormick (NT Black)
81 runs at 20.25. Four wickets at 23.75
18. Luke McCann (Richmond CC)
Seven wickets at 14.43
17. James Hatton (NT Ochre)
93 runs at 46.5. Three wickets at 11
16. Krish Joshi (ACT)
140 runs at 28
15. Brodie Reaper (Victoria Big Cats Gippsland)
144 runs at 36
14. Dhruv Shandilya (UpSkill Cricket Academy)
Eight wickets at 11.63
13. Zayden Lewis (NT Black)
152 runs at 38
12. Tahj Hill (UpSkill Cricket Academy)
162 runs at 54
11. Alexander Pool (Cricket For All)
140 runs at 28. Six catches. Two stumpings
10. Hamish Reynolds (Victoria Big Cats Gippsland)
144 runs at 72. Three wickets 9.67
9. Max Menzies (NT Ochre)
Nine wickets at 11.22
8. Christopher Kellaway (Caulfield Grammar)
161 runs at 53.67. Five catches
7. Dylan Shillington (ACT)
Nine wickets at 8.44
6. Daniel Christianson (NT Black)
189 runs at 47.25
5. Charlie Kemp (NT Ochre)
Seven wickets at 13. 89 runs at 22.25
4. Adam Snelling (Richmond CC)
235 runs at 47. Five catches
3. Jez Rigoni (Caulfield Grammar)
12 wickets at 7.17. 89 runs at 17.8
2. Charlie Bignell (NT Ochre)
11 wickets at 6.55. 122 runs at 24.4
1. Daniel Gray (UpSkill Cricket Academy)
288 runs at 96. Seven catches. Four stumpings
Girls: Top 25 performers from Junior Strike League
25. Ashlyn Murtagh (Victoria Pride)
56 runs at 18.67
24. Skylah Henwood (NT/ACT)
Four wickets at 27.25
23. Lucas Rowlands
63 runs at 21
22. Veavu Gerea (Papua New Guinea)
Four wickets at 23.5
21. Margaret Diva Aniston Wari (Papua New Guinea)
63 runs at 31.5
20. Harvey McCormick (NT Storm U15 Boys)
Four wickets at 8.25
19. Toby Anderson (NT Storm U15 Boys)
Four wickets at seven
18. Mia Dugard (Victoria Pride)
Five wickets at 18.6
17. Lucas Nixon (NT Storm U15 Boys)
60 runs at 70. Four catches. Stumping
16. Kaia Toua (Papua New Guinea)
Five wickets at 11
15. Heidi Driscoll (Victoria Pride)
Six wickets at 22.33
14. Ruby Cullinan (Victoria Pride)
49 runs at 49. Three wickets at 8.67
13. Susanna Blines (Victoria Pride)
Six wickets at 20.83
12. Jessica Bohn (Victoria Pride)
92 runs at 23
11. Noah MacDonald (NT Storm U15 Boys)
81 runs at no average
10. Ralph Stephens (NT Ochre)
80 runs at 80. Two wickets at six.
9. Freya Palmer (Victoria Pride)
70 runs at 35. Two wickets at 43. Two catches
8. Grace Moyle (Victoria Pride)
107 runs at 26.75
7. Max Wilson (NT Storm U15 Boys)
83 runs at n/a. Three wickets at nine
6. Lily-May Lyndon (Victoria Pride)
101 runs at 25.25. Two catches. Stumping
5. Amber Smith (NT/ACT)
Six wickets at 14.67. 78 runs at 26
4. Dita Lohia (Papua New Guinea)
Nine wickets at 13.22. 112 runs at 28. Two catches
3. Stella Wilde (NT/ACT)
144 runs at 48. Four wickets at 25.25
2. Elizabeth Johnson (NT/ACT)
179 runs at 35.8. Two wickets at 43. Two catches
1. Lakshmi Kila Rajadurai (Papua New Guinea)
10 wickets at 10.7. 75 runs at 18.75
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