The top 20 batters and bowlers from the Country Cup

Regional Victoria’s best junior cricketers have battled it out in the Country Cup this week with impressive performances throughout the competition. Here are the 40 players who performed strongest.

Mallee Murray Suns will contest the grand final.

The best junior cricketers from across regional Victoria have been battling it out in the Cricket Victoria Country Cup this week.

The competition, which includes six teams split into two pools of three, has seen under-16 boys travel to all parts of the state for the first week of competition.

Each team played four games in a T20 format that has seen some big scores put on the board.

Finals will be held next Friday, December 22, with Mallee Murray Suns and Northern Rivers set to face off in the decider after finishing top of their respective pools.

Here’s a look at the young guns who impressed during the pool stage.

LEADING BATTERS

Max Thompson, Mallee Murray Suns – 220 at 55

Xavier Grant, Northern Rivers – 190 at 63.33

Jobe Fraser, North East Knights – 176 at 35.2

Colby Marr, Mallee Murray Suns – 128 at 32

Edward Kreutzberger, North East Knights – 100 at 25

Kaleb Gilmour, Northern Rivers – 93 at 31

Archer Virtanen, Western Waves – 81 at 27

Armi Wakefield, Central Highlands – 78 at 26

Harry Austin, Western Waves – 71 at 17.75

Lachlan Rea, Western Waves – 66 at 16.5

Hugh Behrens, Northern Rivers – 64 at 21.33

Chad Brookes, North East Knights – 63 at 12.6

Walter Jackson, Northern Rivers – 61 at 61

Toby Madden, Western Waves – 61 at 15.25

Murphy Skinner, Central Highlands – 60 at 20

Jonathan Whiting, North East Knights – 54 at 13.5

Campbell Walsh, Western Waves – 53 at 17.67

Baxter Wilson, North East Knights 53 at 17.67

Joshua Slater, Western Waves – 52 at 17.33

Jake Zappulla, Gippsland Pride – 44 at 11

LEADING BOWLERS

Logan Collins, Central Highlands – 10 at 8

Joshua Driscoll, Mallee Murray Suns – 8 at 9.25

Beau Keil, Mallee Murray Suns – 8 at 11

Harvy Vandenberg, Mallee Murray Suns – 6 at 8.33

Jobe Fraser, North East Knights – 6 at 10.33

Connor Brisbane, Western Waves – 6 at 12.67

Hugh Behrens, Northern Rivers – 6 at 12.83

Logan Attard, Central Highlands – 6 at 16.83

Flynn Stewart, North East Knights – 5 at 11.4

Josh Slater, Western Waves – 5 at 12

Tighe Warburton, Western Waves – 5 at 12.8

George McCausland, Gippsland Pride – 5 at 20.4

Macauley Pendergast, Gippsland Pride – 4 at 8.25

Clayton Smith, Northern Rivers – 4 at 10.5

Peter Cooper, North East Knights – 4 at 11.5

Baxter Wilson, North East Knights – 4 at 15

Kaleb Gilmour, Northern Rivers – 4 at 15.75

Charlie James, Western Waves – 4 at 16

Brock Gannon, Western Waves – 4 at 19.5

Xavier Grant, Northern Rivers – 4 at 20