GPS First XI cricket 2024 round 1 Team of the Week
Find out who made our GPS First XI cricket round 1 Team of the Week, as well as details on 25 players of the round from 7As to 11As.
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The GPS cricket season is up and running, with The Southport School, Ipswich Grammar School, Toowoomba Grammar School and Churchie the earlier First XI victors.
Here we bring you our Team of the Week following round 1, along with 25 Players of the Round from 7As to 11As.
ROUND 1: HARPER’S STUNNER FOR IGS, CHURCHIE, TGS, TSS ON SONG
GPS FIRST XI PLAYERS TO WATCH THIS SEASON
1. Ishaan Sandhu (TSS)
Sandhu got TSS away to a flying start and as a result, Terrace never recovered from his run-a-ball 110 run partnership with Jacob Bath. The Mudgeeraba junior spanked 82 runs from just 93 balls and looked bound for a century.
2. Cameron Sinfield (TSS)
Sinfield’s batting, bowling and fielding ensured he was one of the first players picked. Sinfield’s 85 run opening partnership with Sandhu set the tone for TSS’ domination of their rivals. He crafted 42 from 68 balls, and then later in the day mopped up the Terrace rail to collect 3-9. In the field he snared a catch and generated a run out.
3. Jacob Bath (TSS)
He is one of the best players in the competition this season and he showed why early on with a splendid 70 (79) balls. When he was dismissed on 222, the damage had been done.
4. Charlie Bignell (TGS)
It was a day for bowlers in Toowoomba but left hander Bignell bucked the trend with a game defining 64 (80 balls) which was the difference between his team winning and losing.
5. Noah Plater (IGS)
Ipswich Grammar School were an uncertain 2-21 and then 3-56 when Plater marched to the crease. Plater then batted out the innings with a crucial, match high score of 58 pulled together across 111 balls. It was a grand performance in the heat.
6. Gurnoor Singh Randhawa (TGS)
Singh Randhawa’s reputation on the Downs’ is as a batsman first, off-spin bowler second, but it was his spin bowling which started TGS’s roll to a round 1 win over BSHS. He took the first three wickets to fall, driving BSHS onto the backfoot.
7. Luke Harper (IGS)
The player of the round, Harper claimed a remarkable 5-22 with his off-spin. He dismissed Nudgee’s batting leader, opener Matt Fielding, who was taking the game with 29 (30 balls). Through his 10 overs, Harper generated pressure courtesy of three maidens
8. Riley Johnson (TSS)
Three nice catches behind the stumps rubber stamped Johnson’s round 1 performance with the wicket keeping gloves. The team captain, he directed his troops in support of the bowlers.
9. Luke Franks (TSS)
Franks slammed Terrace onto the backfoot with two early wickets, then kept the pressure on through his eight overs which yielded 2-17.
10. Ryan Summers (TSS)
Summers took centre stage with his compelling 10 overs stint which claimed 2-16. One of his scalps was Terrace danger man Theodore Bacalakis.
11. Henry Hillier (Churchie)
The left arm orthodox spinner has made a habit of tying opening stands in knots, and he was at it again in the opening round with a five star haul of 8.4-3-12-3.
12. William Pamenter (IGS)
Before Luke Harper got his hooks into the Nudgee batting, Pamenter applied tremendous pressure at the start and later in the day was rewarded with two wickets. He took 2-24 from eight overs and was a part of an outstanding team bowling performance which featured Harper, Jacob Cibulka (1-25) and Jettison Emmerson (1-17).
Special mentions
Isaac Lutz (BGS)
A nice effort from the returning First XI player who was excellent with the ball (1-19, seven overs) and a score of 22.
Samuel Drinnen and Rupert Bignall (Churchie)
The son of a gun - Samuel’s dad Peter played Shield cricket for Queensland - Drinnen (2-12, eight overs) had a splendid start to the season when both he and Bignall (2-10, seven overs) built pressure and took wickets.
Ted Waterman (TSS)
A fabulous right arm medium fast toiler who sets the highest of standards. At the weekend he snared 2-16 from six overs to kickstart his season.
Dominic Black (TGS)
BSHS were well in the match at 5-129 when Black came to the bowling crease to sweep out three batsmen and finish the game in a hurry. He took 3-15 (six overs).
Jem Du (BSHS)
Du was a big hearted performer in 2023 and nothing seems to have changed, with his 3-43 a nice return for round 1. He dismissed three of the four top order batsmen.
Karmichael Dee (Nudgee)
Dee did his best to curtail IGS, pushing through the humidity to snare 2-23 from overs.
Amitoj Sidhu (Nudgee)
Sidhu snared three catches in the field and also managed a handy 20 for Nudgee in its loss to IGS.
7A-11A PLAYERS OF THE ROUND
+ IGS’s Oscar Dioth (11As) claimed a cherished five wicket haul, taking 5-9 from 5.3 overs.
+ 9As batsman Cooper Brown was outstanding for TSS with 82 (five fours and four sixes).
+ Terrace’s Hugh Clementson (4-42) fought hard with the ball in the 9As.
+ BGS’s 10As all-rounder Oliver Dauber produced the all around performance of the weekend with runs (44) and wickets (3-22) in 10As.
+ In Year 8As IGS’s Louis Seymour (52) was the pillar of his team’s successful run chase against Nudgee.
+ Nudgee’s Marcus Strelow (50) also starred in the 8As clash.
+ 7As batsman James Turley of Churchie (50) hit eight fours and one six
+ Churchie pair Banjo Jenkins (64), Angus Peters (49) were in fine touch in their 9As game.
+ Terrace’s 9As’ Jackson McDonald made a run-a-ball 56.
+ + In the 11As IGS’s Colby Rudd (50 not out, 42 balls) hit the bullseye.
+ There was another half century in the 11As, with BGS’s Alistair Langdon sparkling to 54 (68 balls).
+ IGS’s Samar pratap Virk (3-7) shone in the 8As.
+ Montgomery Bignall (3-17) took plenty of wickets for Churchie in 10As
+ Alister Hillier could not have been more impressive for Churchie 3-14 (5.2 overs)
+ Hillier’s teammate Harry Johnson (3-17) was also on song with the ball.
+ Terrace’s Daniel Keane (42) was brilliant with the bat before being run out in 10As.
+ In Year 8As BGS’s Oliver Grigg claimed 3-18
+ Churchie 8A captain Shoubhit Jain producing a rousing performance to take 3-19.
Special mentions
+ TSS’s Zander Philp then top scored with 46 in the 8As while BGS’s Lewis Carroll accumulated 43 (44 balls).
+ TSS’s Myles Massey (3-21) took vital wickets in his team’s 8As.
+ Ollie White (3-21) claimed wickets for Churchie in 9As.
+ 9As played Lachlan Szumowski (48 not out) carried his bat through the innings for BGS.
ROUND 2
BBC v BSHS
Terrace v Churchie
TGS v IGS
Nudgee v TSS
Bye: BGS
Originally published as GPS First XI cricket 2024 round 1 Team of the Week
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