Darwin Cricket 2024: Every batter and bowler ranked by the stats
Its finals time in the Darwin and District Cricket Competition, and with a thrilling regular season now behind us we’ve ranked every batter and bowler from all grades. Find out where you ranked.
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The 2024 Darwin and District Cricket Competition has delivered plenty of thrilling performances in both the batting and bowling departments, with standouts from just about every club.
Local players have stood out, whether it’s in the premier competition against some interstate stars, or in the junior grades where young talent is thriving.
Jagadeswara Koduru from Waratah remains the standout batter after a strong season in which he captained his side and led from the front with more than 1000 runs.
Though his massive average of 122.25 was beaten by an insane 376 from his club mate Monet Hunter, who scored 376 runs from 11 innings with 10 not outs.
Palmerston’s Hamish Martin was the pick of the bowlers in premier grade picking up the most wickets of any player in the competition with 39 across the season.
It comes as Koduru was named both the club cricketer of the year and Ralph Wiese medal winner for his sensational performances throughout the season.
Other big winners included Hannah Armstrong, who won the Women’s Cricketer of the year accolade and the Waratah club that won the Club Championship.
Check out who’s performed best from your club or grade below in our interactive table below.
Bob Vowles Curators Award
Nigthcliff
Spirit of Cricket award
Tracy Village
Margaret Coady Memorial
Jamie Fforde
Club Championship of the Year Winner
Waratah
Premier Grade Team of the Year
Douwtjie Hoogenboezem. Jacob Dickman. Jagadeswara Koduru. Caleb Montague. Connor Carroll. Alex Bleakley. Hamish Martin. Rommel Shahzad. Charlie Smith. Udara Weerasinghe. Lachlan Bangs. Chris McEvoy
Women’s Team of the Year
Hannah Armstrong. Anusha Joshi. Monet Hunter. Aeryn McCormack. Kiarah Jackson. Lily-May Lyndon. Chloe Kerber. Naomi McMahon. Jennifer Sharma. Jordi O’Toole. Melissa Nixon. Krystelle Jones.
Women’s Cricketer of the year
Hannah Armstrong
Ralph Wiese Medal winner
Jagadeswara Koduru
Men
A-GRADE
Batter – Jagadeswara Koduru (Waratah)
Total runs: 1106, Average: 100.55, High score: 135, 50s: six, 100s: four, Matches: 17
Bowler – Hamish Martin (Palmerston)
Total wickets: 39, Average: 20.95, Best figures: 5/43, 3fa’s: seven, 5fa’s: two, Matches: 16
All-rounder – Connor Carroll (Nightcliff)
Total runs: 580, Average: 52.73, High score: 104, 50s: four, 100s: two, Total wickets: 12, Average: 26.33, Best figures: 4/46, Catches: eight, Matches: six
B-GRADE
Batter – Blake Troy (Darwin)
Total runs: 611, Average: 50.92, High score: 104, 50s: four, 100s: one, Keeper catches: 20, Run-outs, two, Stumpings: nine, Matches: 16
Bowler – Magana Arachchige Dinesh Indika Kumara (Waratah)
Total wickets: 37, Average: 9.00, Best figures: 7/33, 5fa’s: seven, Matches: 16
All-rounder – Kane Donald (Southern Districts)
Total runs: 208, Average: 23.11, High score: 52, 50s: two, Total wickets: 13, Average: 20.38, Best figures: 3/12, Catches: five, Matches: 10
C-GRADE
Batter – Tom Foley (Nightcliff)
Total runs: 523, Average: 65.23, High score: 116, 50s: three, 100s: one, Matches: nine
Bowler – Matthew Vaughan (Nightcliff)
Total wickets: 28, Average: 11.07, Best figures: 5/22, 5fa’s: two, Matches: 16
All-rounder – Mariyatharsha Shanthakumar (PINT)
Total runs: 654, Average: 72.67, High score: 118, 50s: four, 100s: one, Total wickets: 12, Average: 15.48, Best figures: 5/21, Catches: three, Run-outs: one, Matches: 15
D-GRADE
Batter – Tim Biddiscombe (PINT)
Total runs: 702, Average: 117, High score: 176, 50s: three, 100s: three, Matches: 10
Bowler – Mohan Shrestha (Waratah)
Total wickets: 37, Average: 11.19, Best figures: 7/25, 5fa’s: one, Matches: 18
All-rounder – Dan Murphy (PINT)
Total runs: 455, Average: 32.5, High score: 117, 50s: one, 100s: one, Total wickets: 24, Average: 15.92, Best figures: 4/37, Catches: three, Run-outs: one, Matches: 18
MEN’S SUNDAY 1
Batter – Varun Sudheer (PINT)
Total runs: 680, Average: 113.33, High score: 111, 50s: seven, 100s: one, Matches: 10
Bowler – Mihira N Disanayake (Waratah)
Total wickets: 34, Average: 12.37, Best figures: 5/19, 5fa’s: one, Matches: 17
All-rounder – Sujan Hulangamuwa (Waratah)
Total runs: 409, Average: 27.27, High score: 95, 50s: two, Total wickets: 22, Average: 13.23, Best figures: 5/12, Catches: three, Run-outs: one, Matches: 16
MEN’S SUNDAY 2
Batter: Pradeep Palanisamy (PINT)
Total runs: 467, Average: 58.38, High score: 60, 50s: five, Matches: 14
Bowler: Pradeep Patel (Southern Districts)
Total wickets: 31, Average: 9.03, Best figures: 5/9, 5fa’s: one, Matches: 14
All-rounder: Atul Dogra (PINT)
Total runs: 295, Average: 295, High score: 83, 50s: three, Total wickets: 16, Average: 12.25, Best figures: 4/32, Catches: three, Run-outs: one, Matches: seven
Women
WOMEN’S GRADE
Batter – Hannah Armstrong (Southern Districts)
Total runs: 667, Average: 333.5, High score: 145*, 50s: three, 100s: two, Matches: 13
Bowler – Aeryn McCormack (Palmerston)
Total wickets: 20, Average: 13.7, Best figures: 4/12, 3fa’s: three, Matches: 15
All-rounder – Anusha Joshi (PINT)
Total runs: 414, Average: 82.8, High score: 78, 50s: two, Total wickets: 21, Average: 11.38, Best figures: 5/1, Catches: four, Run-outs: seven, Matches: 13
Juniors
MCDONALD’S U19 SUPERCLUB
Batter – Tahj Hill (Nightcliff)
Total runs: 241, Average: 120.5, High score: 99, 50s: three, Matches: five
Bowler – Matthew St Clair (Southern Districts)
Total wickets: 15, Average: 10.27, Best figures: 5/43, Matches: seven
All-rounder – Joshua Gawthrope (Southern Districts)
Total runs: 206, Average: 34.33, High score: 61, 50s: two, Total wickets: six, Average: 17.83, Best figures: 2/17, Catches: five, Run-outs: one
MCDONALD’S U18
Batter – Benjamin Koefoed (Waratah)
Total runs: 288, Average: 48, High score: 59, 50s: one, Matches: 10
Bowler – Tennyson Phillips (PINT)
Total wickets: 19, Average: 11.84, Best figures: 3/19, Matches: 11
All-rounder – Owen Ferguson (Palmerston)
Total runs: 315, Average: 78.75, High score: 61, 50s: one, Total wickets: 13, Average: 12.46, Best figures: 3/18, Catches: eight, Run-outs: one, Matches: nine
MCDONALD’S U15 RED SHIELD
Batter – William Handford (Darwin)
Total runs: 452, Average: 75.33, High score: 64, 50s: five, Matches: 13
Bowler – Harper Munday (Southern Districts)
Total wickets: 16, Average: 13.88, Best figures: 2/4, Matches: 15
All-rounder – Felix Botha
Total runs: 343, Average: 57.17, High score: 54, 50s: one, Total wickets: 16, Average: 7.00, Best figures: 3/3, Catches: six, Run-outs: three Matches: 14
MCDONALD’S U15 BLUE SHIELD
Batter – Rithun Ramanan (Waratah)
Total runs: 511, Average: 85.17, High score: 63, 50s: seven, Matches: 12
Bowler – Eli Hayward (Southern Districts)
Total wickets: 20, Average: 5.05, Best figures: 3/3, Matches: 13
All-rounder – Ty Jennings (Waratah)
Total runs: 348, Average: 58, High score: 104, 50s: four, 100s: two, Total wickets: 22, Average: 8.82, Best figures: 4/18, Catches: nine, Run-outs: four, Matches: 13
MCDONALD’S U12 RED SHIELD
Batter – Angad Saini (PINT)
Total runs: 330, Average: 330, High score: 36, Matches: 13
Bowler – Cody Harlock (PINT)
Total wickets: 18, Average: 7.17, Best figures: 3/5, Matches: 12
All-rounder – Rishaan Pansal (Palmerston)
Total runs: 512, Average: 512, High score: 54, 50s: one, Total wickets: 23, Average: 3.91, Best figures: 4/4, Catches: six, Run-outs: 10, Stumpings: two, Matches: 14
MCDONALD’S U12 BLUE SHIELD
Batter – Jack Dunkerton (Palmerston)
Total runs: 411, Average: 205.5, High score: 54, 50s: three, Matches: 14
Bowler – Brody Ling (Palmerston)
Total wickets: 18, Average: 7.17, Best figures: 3/3, Matches: 14
All-rounder – Harry Edwards (Palmerston)
Total runs: 346, Average: 115.33, High score: 48, Total wickets: 11, Average: 11.91, Best figures: 3/6, Catches: one, Run-outs: four, Matches: 14
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