Youth Premier League: Cooper Rojko and Sam Allen among best performers

Victoria’s best young cricketers have put on a show in week two of the Youth Premier League. Here were the top performers and our best photos of the action.

Cricket Youth Premier League: Southern Pioneers v Bayside Breakers. Cooper Rojko batting for Breakers. Picture: Valeriu Campan

The future stars of Victorian cricket are putting on a show just two weeks into the Youth Premier League.

On the weekend there were a series of impressive performances as the competition heated up.

South East Bayside opener Cooper Rojko fell narrowly short of a century in his side’s win over the Southern Pioneers.

The Brighton Grammar and Glen Iris rising star hit 99 runs from 131 balls to lead his side to a massive 158-run win in an innings which included a 143-run partnership with Jesse Van Rooyen (76 runs).

Lenny Wilton led the way with the ball for the Breakers with 3-27.

Meanwhile, the day’s best bowling performance belonged to West Country’s Sam Allen who finished with 6-5 in just 6.1 against the Suns.

Allen, who plays his club cricket for Port Fairy, took 1-38 in the Warrnambool and District Cricket Association on Saturday to put together a terrific weekend.

The Waves eventually won by 142 runs as Max Bunworth top scored with an unbeaten 68 despite coming in at seven, meanwhile, wicketkeeper Matthew Gome impressed with three catches and two stumpings.

In other impressive performances, Sam Anderson hit a brilliantly crafted 88 for Gippsland in an innings which included 14 boundaries as they overcame the Sharks by four wickets.

In the same game, Rison Rajapakse for the Sharks, representing South East Country.

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TOP BATTING PERFORMANCES

99 – Cooper Rojko, Metropolitan South East Bayside

88 – Sam Anderson, Country Gippsland

76 – Jesse Van Rooyen, Metropolitan South East Bayside

71 – Rison Rajapakse, Country South East Country

68* – Max Bunworth, Country West Country

67* – Jack Czosnek, Metropolitan South East Bayside

65 – Harry Fitzgerald, Metropolitan North West

50 – Fred Lucas, Country Barwon

49 – Aryan Sharma, Metropolitan Northern

47 – Hamish Pearce, Metropolitan North West

TOP BOWLING PERFORMANCES

5-6 – Sam Allen, Country West Country

4-30 – Surendra Prajapat, Country Mallee Murray

3-12 – Zane Attard, Country Central Highlands

3-18 – Callum Large, Country Central Highlands

3-20 – George Pourpouras, Metropolitan Inner South East

3-27 – Lenny Wilton, Metropolitan South East Bayside

3-38 – Tom Murphy, Country South East Country

3-40 – Rhys Drennan, Country Northern Rivers

3-44 – Benjamin Allsop, Country Gippsland