Cricket Mentoring beats NT Strike in Junior Strike League final
Local standouts and interstate stars collided in NT Cricket’s Junior Strike League that featured some of the best young talent in the country. Here are some of the tournament’s best cricketers.
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The Cricket Mentoring side got the better of a talented NT Development side to close out a thrilling week of Junior Strike League action.
The winning outfit comprised of plenty young up and comers from interstate who made their way to Darwin for the under-17s tournament.
They elected to bat in the grand final against the hosts with Charlie Mustard (79) and Bayly Stawiarz (95) piling on the early runs.
Their partnership led to a steadying 2-128 and by the time Staiarz was sent packing by the NT’s Riley Suter the side found themselves at a healthy 6-284.
Suter was joined by Noah MacDonald and Dhruv Shandilya in gathering two wickets each for the hosts and seeing Cricket Mentoring out for 331.
Their batters started slowly, but a strong stand between Ralph Stephens (59) and rising star Cadell McMahon (44) gave the outfit hope.
Tye Beer added a further 60 runs off 47 balls late in the piece, and though the side ended all out for 267 it was still the fourth highest innings total of the tournament.
NT Cricket coach Dylan Slater said the tournament had been an awesome opportunity for Territory players, as well as those from interstate.
“It’s been great. It’s an awesome opportunity for the players in Darwin,” Slater said.
“They play senior and junior cricket in the local competition, but for them to come out and play to their strengths against other states is great for them.
“They played really well, obviously a bit of an advantage playing in the Dry Season for us compared to the southern teams, but we played really well,” he said.
“We started the games off well with the ball and then finished off all the hard work with the bat chasing down the runs, which is awesome.”
He also said the Junior Strike League, which included a series of games between the NT and the Victoria Big Cats had been a great chance to show off what Darwin cricket had to offer.
There were six matches between the two sides, with Victoria winning all against an NT outfit that fought hard to make each game as tight as possible.
Sara Burns and Lily-May Lyndon were the standout batters for the Victoria outfit with averages beyond 100, while Elizabeth Johnson stood out with the ball for the NT with best figures of 6/9.
“We got to showcase the dry season and the awesome facilities we have up here in Darwin,” Slater said.
“They really enjoyed it and it’s great for our kids to verse cricketers from down south around their same age level and skill sets as well.”
Top Performers
BOYS
Oliver Entwisle (Caulfield Grammar)
Total runs: 308
Average: 102.67
High score: 104
Innings: 6
Catches: 2
Charlie Mustard (Cricket Mentoring)
Total runs: 172
Average: 43
High score: 79
Innings: 4
Wickets: 1
Riley Harris (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 163
Average: 27.27
High score: 54
Innings: 6
Stumpings: 1
Lucas Clausen (Caulfield Grammar)
Total runs: 160
Average: 40
High score: 71
Innings: 5
Catches: 2
Stumpings: 1
Cam Jenkins (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 155
Average: 31
High score: 50
Innings: 6
Catches: 2
Rayaan Kochhar (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 152
Average: 30.4
High score: 51
Innings: 6
Wickets: 7
Average: 22.29
Best figures: 3/17
Catches: 7
Noah Feenstra (Cricket Mentoring)
Total runs: 145
Average: 72.5
High score: 84
Innings: 4
Wicket keeper catches: 5
Run outs: 3
Stumpings: 5
William Rayner (Cricket For All)
Total runs: 145
Average: 24.17
High score: 55
Innings: 6
Catches: 1
Run outs: 1
Angus Robinson (Yarra Valley Grammar)
Total runs: 145
Average: 36.25
High score: 44
Innings: 5
Total wickets: 6
Average: 20.67
Best figures: 3/14
Catches: 3
Run outs: 1
Ralph Stephens (NT Development)
Total runs: 143
Average: 23.83
High score: 59
Innings: 6
Total wickets: 5
Average: 19.6
Best figures: 2/18
Thomas Fuzes (Cricket Mentoring)
Total wickets: 13
Average: 7.54
Best figures: 5/33
Total runs: 64
Average: 21.33
High score: 31
Innings: 4
Catches: 2
Jye Harradine (Cricket For All)
Total wickets: 10
Average: 14.7
Best figures: 4/39
Catches: 4
Samuel Baker (NT Development)
Total wickets: 8
Average: 15.75
Best figures: 4/7
Total runs: 84
High score: 49
Innings: 3
Riley Suter (NT Development)
Total wickets: 7
Average: 13.71
Best figures: 4/21
Catches: 3
Cooper Langton (Caulfield Grammar)
Total wickets: 7
Average: 14.29
Best figures: 4/36
Catches: 2
Tye Beer (NT Development)
Total wickets: 7
Average: 17.57
Best figures: 4/11
Total runs: 60
High score: 60
Innings: 1
Catches: 3
Run outs: 1
Bradley Hansen (Cricket Mentoring)
Total wickets: 7
Average: 18.29
Best figures: 2/17
Catches: 1
Run outs: 2
Jobe Fraser (Caulfield Grammar)
Total runs: 139
Average: 27.8
High score: 45
Innings: 5
Total wickets: 7
Average: 20.29
Best figures: 3/26
Catches: 2
Tanay Bhatkhande (Yarra Valley Grammar)
Total wickets: 7
Average: 27.29
Best figures: 4/17
Catches: 2
Freddie Webster (Cricket Mentoring)
Total wickets: 6
Average: 16.17
Best figures: 4/16
Run outs: 2
Cadell McMahon (NT Development)
Wicket keeper catches: 11
Stumpings: 5
Total runs: 140
Average: 35
High score: 44
Innings: 6
Ansh Lalani (Yarra Valley Grammar)
Wicket keeper catches: 5
Run outs: 3
Stumpings: 1
Noah Langham (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 112
Average: 22.4
High score: 33
Innings: 6
Wicket keeper catches: 1
Catches: 3
Stumpings: 1
Noah MacDonald (NT Development)
Total runs: 139
Average: 27.8
High score: 48
Innings: 6
Total wickets: 4
Best figures: 2/15
Catches: 4
James Murray (Yarra Valley Grammar)
Total wickets: 6
Average: 22.5
Best figures: 3/39
Catches: 1
Run outs: 1
Max van den Hout (Yarra Valley Grammar)
Total runs: 139
Average: 27.8
High score: 44
Innings: 5
Total wickets: 4
Average: 9.5
Best figures: 4/29
Catches: 2
Zac Grice (Cricket For All)
Total runs: 132
Average: 22
High score: 63
Innings: 6
Catches: 3
Run outs: 1
Joshua Gaske (Cricket Mentoring)
Total wickets: 6
Average: 22.67
Best figures: 3/11
Catches: 1
Run outs: 1
Chad Mathews (Cricket Mentoring)
Total runs: 128
Average: 32
High score: 94
Innings: 4
Run outs: 1
Dhruv Shandilya (NT Development)
Total runs: 124
Average: 20.67
High score: 59
Innings: 6
Total wickets: 3
Average: 24
Best figures: 2/29
GIRLS
Sara Burns (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 239
Average: 119.5
High score: 67
Innings: 5
Lily-May Lyndon (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 226
Average: 226
High score: 75
Innings: 5
Wicket keeper catches: 1
Catches: 1
Run outs: 2
Elizabeth Johnson (Northern Territory)
Total runs: 192
Average: 32
High score: 99
Innings: 6
Total wickets: 11
Average: 10.36
Best figures: 6/9
Catches: 2
Run outs: 1
Skylah Henwood (Northern Territory)
Total runs: 187
Average: 37.4
High score: 84
Innings: 6
Total wickets: 7
Average: 25.14
Best figures: 3/14
Catches: 1
Run outs: 1
Vishali Bimbral (Northern Territory)
Total runs: 96
Average: 32
High score: 49
Innings: 6
Christina Bretel (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 83
Average: 20.75
High score: 34
Innings: 6
Wicket keeper catches: 1
Run outs: 2
Alice Caldow (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 76
Average: 25.33
High score: 65
Innings: 5
Total wickets: 4
Average: 18.25
Best figures: 1/5
Emilie Tonissen (Victoria Big Cats)
Total runs: 68
Average: 22.67
High score: 50
Innings: 5
Catches: 2
Maddison Winter (Victoria Big Cats)
Total wickets: 9
Average: 7.22
Best figures: 3/8
Catches: 1
Heidi Driscoll (Victoria Big Cats)
Total wickets: 6
Average: 16
Best figures: 4/15
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