Howzat! Queensland’s top 70 junior male cricketers from under-15 to under-19 revealed
Howzat! From young veterans of GPS First XI to outstanding state and national reps, Queensland is full of elite youth cricketers. Here are 70 top junior male players aged 15-19 years. FULL LIST
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Queensland Cricket is in great hands if the quality of youth players coming through the ranks is any guide.
Unveiled here are the best male under-19, under-17 and under-15 players making their way in the sport.
From big hitting batsman to tricky spin bowler and everyone in between, we canvas the cream of the crop rookie cricketers set to light up pitches across the Sunshine State this summer.
THE TOP ROOKIE CRICKETERS OF 2024
Steven Hogan (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
The nation’s No. 1 cricketer in the under-19s age group, Hogan made his maiden first grade century last weekend after earlier in the year being the only Queensland representative to make the Australian under-19 touring party. He scored a century in that campaign.
He has played First XI cricket for St Patrick’s since Year 9 and Premier first grade with Sandgate-Redcliffe since Year 10.
He is a young star aged 17.
Alexander Procopis (Norths)
Procopis has been a staple alongside Hogan in Queensland representative teams over the past 24 months. An unlucky omission from the Australian under-19 touring squad - he was a shadow player - Procopis is a batting gun who originally hailed from the Maroochydore juniors before leaving his mark with the Norths club. This season he is playing up in his age group, having scored 168 runs in six innings during second grade as well as playing among his peers in the under-17 Tav’s competition.
Lakshdeep Singh (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
A terrific leg spin prospect who comes from the fertile sporting plains of the North Lakes region, Singh is a tremendous local prospect who has been identified by Queensland Cricket youth talent scouts. Watch this space.
Brayden Meegama (University)
Tricky leg spin bowler Meegama has been a prolific wicket taker in his age group for numerous seasons, while also rising to snare 16 wickets at 21 in second grade this season.
He finds wickets wherever he goes, and always seems to have a handle on things.
An automatic inclusion in our Taverner’s dream team XI from the past three seasons, Meegama developed his love for the game playing junior cricket for Wolston Park.
The University first grader, also a former Queensland Under-19s select, has been a staple in the starting XI despite the depth at the University club.
Bailey Garnham (Gold Coast)
A precision-plus gloveman who has been playing at the Mudgeeraba Nerang club since he was knee high to a grasshopper, he first experienced grade in 2021 and made his first grade Dolphins debut in 2022 when he scored 30 not out.
He has a knack of stepping up in class when given the opportunity.
Luke Wegner (South Brisbane)
A true-blue South Brisbane junior, Luke Wegner is a right arm fast bowler with plenty of upside to his game.
Also a handy batsman, the Ipswich Grammar School old boy can take wickets while also building pressure for his partner at the other end.
Seth McGinty (Cairns Rovers Cricket)
Another young gun from Far North Queensland, McGinty can shake things up with the ball and bat.
A left handed batsman but right arm quick, McGinty made his first grade debut for Rovers way back in 2020 against Cassowary Coast.
His surname is well known at the Rovers - dad Seth is a life member.
Saxon Jeh (South Brisbane)
Saxon may have eaten all the Weet-Bix in his family because he is a tearaway fast bowler - as opposed to his brother Zanden, a left arm orthodox spinner.
Zanden this season made his debut in the Toyota Second XI, and later this decade his brother Saxon could follow him into the senior representative arena.
Watch this space as Saxon is making waves (10 wickets at 15 in second grade).
Aidan Firman (Norths Cricket Club Cairns)
A brilliant right handed batsman, Firman can make a target look small very quickly.
He is a wonderful driver, either along the ground or in the air, and can also dig out a yorker length delivery from a spinner and swing him over the mid-wicket boundary.
He has tongues wagging in Far North Queensland.
Ben Ramsbotham (Townsville Western Suburbs)
A raw-boned fast bowler from Townsville, Ramsbotham was a part of the 2023 Queensland under-19s.
A first grade player since 2022, he has been a real bend your back paceman whose presence in a team’s line-up would have ensured restless sleeps for many opening batsmen over the years.
He has been a pretty handy junior footballer over the years as well.
Harley Malpass (Wynnum Manly)
Malpass was a heavy lifter for Wynnum-Manly’s Taverners and Iona College’s First XI for the past three years where he shone as a batter and bowler.
While Malpass is known for his ability to go on with it, he was also an economical bowler who picks up wickets wherever he goes with his trusty medium-fast bowling.
Charlie Lachmund (Ipswich)
Word has been whispered from behind cupped hands about this young quick for quite some time, and this season we are seeing what all the hype is about.
Lachmund is a genuine fast bowler who also plays for Toowoomba Grammar School in the GPS First XI competition and was Ipswich’s chief enforcer with the new ball in Taverner’s last season, taking 27 wickets.
Jayden Draper (Valley)
A highly touted gloveman, Churchie school-leaver Jayden Draper is a light on his feet keeper who is recognised as a genuine next generation talent.
He is getting all the help in the world also from Peter Drinnen, the current Valley coach and former Valley and Queensland keeper who has been tutoring him both at Churchie and at club level.
The kid can bat - in nine second grade innings he has 270 runs at 38.50 - and make a difference with his glovework.
Tighe Morris (Valley)
Another leg spin bowling talent who bats very well, Morris was also someone who gives the ball a good rip, while being able to deceive a batsman through the air.
He can also impact matches with the bat and is good in a crisis. This season in second grade he has scored 199 from eight innings.
Jack Balkin (Toombul District)
Another fine slow bowling all rounder, offie Balkin is the real deal who has scored 251 runs at 41.83 in nine second grade innings this season.
He is an excellent bowler, good batsman and fieldsman, and a player with leadership qualities. Balkin is a Nudgee College old boy who has representative cricket written all over him.
His brother Tom is a wildcard fast bowler who played in the Toyota Second XI this season alongside other youngsters like Tom Campbell (Wests) and Lachie Aitken (Gold Coast).
Eddie Leslie (South Brisbane)
A medium pace outswing bowler, Leslie has been fast-tracked through the grades at a rapid rate which has advanced his education and development.
In 2023 he was playing first grade at the club, despite being eligible for under-17s.
He has untapped potential.
Zac Robinson (Sunshine Coast Scorchers)
Robinson is a class act when it comes to getting runs.
He didn’t have the season he set out for in First XI cricket for BBC but the expectations couldn’t have been higher after a few months prior he was one of the best batters going around in Taverners.
Last season in the under-17s he averaged 54.86 which earned him a coveted spot in the Queensland Under-17s.
Jackson Steinhardt (Wynnum Manly)
A Sea Eagles all-rounder, Jackson Steinhardt was a back-to-back Queensland under-17 representative after his role in Queensland’s 2024 campaign, and has progressed to snare nine wickets at 21 in second grade.
A big match player when playing for the Dolphins during its under-19 premiership win earlier in the year, he is one of the state’s finest youth players.
Damon Bass (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
An under-age higher achiever who last season averaged 40 in Tav’s with three 50s.
He is another elite batter who made the hotly contested Queensland under-17s at the start of the season.
Eshwin Kapoor (Toombul)
Named, but ultimately, a withdrawal from the 2024 Queensland under-17s, the leg spinner with a raging turner did help the young Maroons to the 2023 under-17s national title.
A Brisbane State High school leaver, he remains an x-factor talent for Toombul in second grade where he is at times unplayable.
Henry King (Cairns Rovers)
Paceman Henry King followed in the footsteps of another Rovers’ cricketer, Seth McGinty, by earning a place in the Queensland 17s at the start of the season.
Saint Augustine’s talent King, a Cairns quick, had his radar working in that tournament where he picked up nine wickets.
King and his Augustine’s First XI teammate McGinty were chosen in Queensland Cricket’s Youth Male Preseason Development Squad earlier this year.
Thisaja Samarawickrama (South Brisbane)
The popular Samarawickrama known as TJ hasn’t bobbed up an awful lot yet this summer but let us remind you of his deeds in the past.
A three-season First XI cricketer at Toowoomba Grammar, Samarawickrama was first class in Taverners (2022) before progressing into first grade where in his first match against Redlands he snared four wickets.
Playing for the Queensland under-17s last year he set the highest of standards, claiming 12 wickets at an average of 10.83, while in second grade matches he has snared 11 wickets at 14.73.
Joe Sippel (Ipswich)
The Sippel family just gets cricket. Joe, whose older brother Tom plays in second grade alongside him, was one of the top batters in Taverners last season.
His fine form with the bat and fine glovework earnt him selection in the Queensland Under-17s side.
Shortly after the national championships he continued to show his class as Toowoomba Grammar’s top batter in GPS First XI cricket and this summer he will be pressing his case for higher honours in Ipswich’s second grade team contesting the Alan Pettigrew Shield.
Will Noffke (Sunshine Coast Scorchers)
Noffke, the big bodied paceman who is the son of former Australian quick Ash, was one of the top all-rounders last year in Taverners cricket.
The Unity College ace takes wickets in his sleep, and he is also a trusted lower order batter who can pull his weight and more when the going gets tough and runs are needed in a flash.
Read more about the 2024 Queensland Under-17s selections here.
Ben Gordon (Sunshine Coast Scorchers)
Noffke wasn’t the only Sunshine Coast product in that Queensland side.
Seamer Ben Gordon also featured and he was a force to be reckoned with taking wickets with the new ball.
The rangy Gordon has deceptive pace and when he can harness all of it and remain in control, he will be a frightening prospect. That is for certain.
Alex Walduck (University)
A seasoned Taverners campaigner with University, Walduck is a Mr Consistent who earlier this year showed plenty of determination with the bat for Churchie playing First XI cricket.
For University, he is a reliable wicketkeeper who is well suited in the top order.
Malakai Pearce (Sunshine Coast Scorchers)
Are we talking about the Taverner’s under-17 player of the season here? There’s a good chance.
The Glasshouse Mountains junior has been a prolific wicket taker all season - while also averaging more than 20 with the blade and leading his team around as captain.
The Queensland Under-15s select has been an inspiring leader for the Scorchers with his sheer consistency and ability to make a play when it is needed.
Hayden Hamilton (Wynnum Manly)
Arguably the breakout player of the year in the Taverners competition, all-rounder Hayden Hamilton has been scoring runs among his peers but also on a Saturday in the grades where he has 182 runs from four third grade innings.
In Tav’s this season he has surged to 565 runs at an average of 62.78 and has delivered more often than not with bat and ball. He is the head of the snake for pacesetters Wynnum Manly.
Sohaan Sharma (Wests, Ipswich Grammar)
A revelation in the GPS First XI competition when he scored a startling century for Ipswich Grammar School, Sharma has continued on at a rate of knots in club land where, for Wests, he has scored 472 runs at an average of 52.44.
The elite opening bat or top order terror will feature again in the GPS First XI competition in 2025 as a senior and he will enter it with form behind him.
As such Ipswich Grammar, last year’s runners up, will be contenders again.
Louis Morris (Norths, Marist College Ashgrove)
A suffocating slow bowler, Morris is renowned in club and school cricket as someone who often goes for less than two runs an over. Playing in grade cricket, Morris has taken 18 wickets at just 15.86. He has bowled 480 deliveries, yet conceded just 286 runs while being a threat. The tall Morris has also carved out a reputation among his peers as someone who can be relied on with the bat. He scores quickly.
Blake Armstrong (University, Brisbane Boys’ College)
One of the finest teenage cricketers this decade, Armstrong has been both a run machine at school (Brisbane Boys’ College) and in club cricket (University).
In the field, he is also a feisty left arm orthodox spinner who takes batsmen out of their comfort zone by hustling through his overs. It works like a charm.
He is one of the average topping Taverners players who has also scored 215 runs in five innings playing third grade.
Rhys Johnston (Ipswich)
The Ipswich Cricket ace has hit the batting bullseye playing both in his age group (Taverners), and also in grade cricket.
This season in the under-17s the batting-gloveman from Toowoomba Grammar School blazed a breathtaking 137 not out from 163 balls.
That was the main highlight. Around that colossal knock he has shown plenty of determination and patience in other batting efforts that notches scores of 81,41,33, 31 and 65 as an opener, first drop or even a No.5.
He just loves to bat and has the mental fortitude to see out the good balls and bide his time on his way to a big score.
Dushyant Thaman (South Brisbane, The Southport School)
A prolific young achiever, the Year 11 The Southport School student pins batsmen down with his unerringly left arm orthodox spin.
But he is also a developing batsman who could pass the all-rounders examination.
This season in club cricket he is leading the competition having taken 21 wickets.
He is a class act with big match experience.
Theodore Bacalakis (University, Gregory Terrace)
A boom boy from St Joesph’s Gregory Terrace, Bacalakis is an exciting all-rounder with room to grow who has also been exposed to third grade cricket (four matches).
He has been a dashing player for University this season in Taverner’s (438 at 54.75, while also snaring nine wickets) after making his GPS First XI competition debut at the start of the season.
His fine form with the bat will be an ideal launching pad as he looks to consolidate on his second season of GPS First XI next year, where he will also have plenty of responsibility bowling up to 10 overs.
Harry De Souza (Northern Suburbs)
A Gregory Terrace teammate of Bacalakis, De Souza was another who started the year battling away in Queensland’s top school cricket competition.
De Souza has really come into his own during the club season, scoring 472 runs at an average of 52.44, while in three third grade games he has made 97 runs from three innings.
A handy bowler with upsize, he has made an incredible impact early in matches opening the batting where (at the time of writing) in the last three matches, he has produced scores of 124 not out, 60 and 88.
Jaxson Davies (Gold Coast, The Southport School)
A real Bobby Dazzler from the Gold Coast, when Davies is on, he is on and there is no holding him back.
He arrived on the GPS First XI scene with the championship winning TSS earlier this year as a Year 10 student and made an immediate impact.
He missed out in some innings earlier this club season, but boy oh boy when he has made a score it has been worth seeing.
As of late (108 not out, 74 not out, 74), he has been on a tear in three straight victories for the mighty Dolphins.
Kethmin Meegasdeniya (Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club, BSHS)
Brisbane State High student Kethmin Meegasdeniya has had a breakout Taverners season for Wynnum Manly as an under-age talent.
A First XI cricketer, the consistent Meegasdeniya challenged hard with battlers BSHS in the GPS competition and for the Sea Eagles, his hard work with the ball has led the bowling attack.
The enthusiastic spinner bowls in a way it is hard to tell which way the ball will turn with his variation key to his success this summer (10 matches, 20 wickets).
Gurkirat Singh Behl (Toombul District Cricket Club, St Paul’s School)
Behl is a revered spin bowling talent in his school cricket nets at St Paul’s School in Bald Hills. At Toombul, it is a similar story.
Behl was a prime mover for the Pumas in TAS First XI where so often he was a class above.
For the Bulls, 17 wickets in nine games indicates he has had a similar run of success with his tricky spin bowling yielding plenty of reward for himself and Jagmeet Singh.
Shlok Dani (Wests)
Originally from the Souths club, Shlok Dani left his mark with Wests this year in Taverners where he was used as a bowler more than a batter.
He has taken 16 wickets, but don’t get it twisted. The Queensland Under-15s select can bat with the best of them as well.
The Met West school sport representative is a top order batter who has been moved down the order given the depth of the Wests under-17s squad.
Shoubhit Jain (Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club)
Jain has been a welcomed addition to the Wynnum Manly side this year after last year playing in the under-14s team for the club.
A Wynnum Manly junior, Jain just has it. With both bat and ball he can change a match and it has been with ball in hand this season where he has seen success.
He has taken 16 wickets in nine matches, Jain spinning a web around his rivals before removing them himself or helping others pounce.
He is also a high-class batter who, with two more seasons left in Taverners after this, could soon be an influential all-rounder for the Sea Eagles.
Ellis McCarthy (Gold Coast)
A chief enforcer in the Gold Coast’s Taverners bowling attack, McCarthy came onto our radar last season when he dazzled for the Dolphins in the U16 Boys Metro Carnival.
One year on, McCarthy has taken 15 wickets on his team’s way to top billing in the Taverners competition.
He hits the deck hard and the ball flies through to the keeper. For that reason he can be expensive at times but when he is on, he is on.
The best example of this was when he snared 6-27 earlier this season.
Dan Desmet (Valleys, Churchie)
The emergence of Churchie student Dan Desmet has been one of the highlights this season for Valley.
The rookie all-rounder has had plenty of starts at the top order, with his half century against University in a round 5 victory his best innings.
With the ball in hand, The Queensland under-15s representative has also been productive (nine matches, 14 wickets).
He is originally from Maroochydore.
Spencer Green (Nudgee College, Toombul)
The Nudgee College talent is so consistent - while being a prolific wicket taker as well.
In 90 overs for Toombul in under-17 Tav’s this season, Green has bowled just 12 wides, churned out 10 maiden overs, taken a five wicket haul while going for just over three runs an over. The bowling all-rounder also sets the field for the Bulls as captain, despite having another go-around in 2025. Then in grade cricket, in third’s he has snared 12 wickets from just four games, seven of which came in one innings.
Joshua Ritchie (Wynnum Manly, Iona College)
It has been a coming of age Taverners season for Iona College rookie Josh Ritchie who earlier this year was an integral part of the school’s premiership winning First XI outfit.
The opening bat has delivered at the top order for Wynnum Manly in clubland, with his Sea Eagles sitting pretty in second place with one round remaining in the Taverners season.
Ritchie has produced two fifties and a stirring century (135 against Wests in round 8) in 10 innings this year where he has scored 396 at 39.6.
He is shaping up as one of the danger men of the 2025 AIC cricket competition.
Eli Brain (Norths, Brisbane Grammar)
The Brisbane Grammar rookie is following in the footsteps of past alumni Hugh Weibgen with his excellent batting displaying classy beyond his years.
A Queensland Under-15s selection, all-rounder Brian has blitzed opposition bowlers in games this season playing for Norths in the Taverners competition where he is averaging 53.5 runs.
Earlier in the season, Brian was one of Brisbane Grammar’s top performing new faces in GPS First XI cricket and he has upped the ante playing against some kids two years older in Taverners competition.
Colby Rudd (Ipswich Hornets)
Rudd had time in the GPS First XI competition as a top order batsman for runners up Ipswich Grammar and he has shown a touch of class playing club cricket for the Ipswich Hornets.
A classy batter from Central Queensland, Rudd has been noted for his leadership qualities and it seems every time he goes out to bat he treats it like it is his last innings, such is his razor-sharp focus.
Rudd has worked his way through more than 350 runs this season at an average of 36, with four fifties next to his name, while also taking a more than handy nine wickets.
Thomas King (University)
A Queensland under-15s representative from Far North Queensland, King has come a long way from snaring wickets playing up his age in grade cricket for the Red Beret Hotel Rovers.
King earnt Queensland selection in the White team where he was at the epicentre of the bowling attack.
He is a prolific wicket-taker with the ball and can detonate with the bat at times, playing against the best in the Taverners competition.
Banjo Seaniger (Sunshine Coast Scorchers, Toowoomba Grammar School)
One of the top discovery players of the summer so far has been Year 10 Toowoomba Grammar student Banjo Seaniger.
The Metropolitan Easts Toowoomba Cricket Club spinner has stood up in good times and in bad for the Sunshine Coast Scorchers as a go-to man capable of delivering the goods across all 10 overs. If he was allowed to bowl more, he would.
The Queensland Indigenous Squad select and Queensland Under-15s rookie has 13 wickets to his name in clubland with his 2.79 economy rate the best among the top 10 wicket-takers (at the time of writing).
He creates success for others with his bowling prowess so often mounting pressure.
Alistair and Harry Langdon (University)
Alistair Langdon, the Brisbane Metro Cup’s second leading batsman has scored 382 runs at 63.67.
Langdon, who played 11As at Brisbane Grammar School during the summer GPS season, will be a contender for the college’s First XI side after his deeds during the club season which has yielded two fifties in a century across six innings.
His brother Harry (elite Brisbane Grammar First XI bowler) goes all right too, and in Tav’s this season he has snared nine wickets.
Declan Lambert (Valleys)
The Ferny Districts Cricket Club product took his game a notch this season playing for Valley in the Brisbane Metro Cup where he scored 383 runs at 63.83 opening the batting.
Young guns like Joey Laner (Ashgrove) and Will Tozer (Padua) have emerged out of the productive Ferny Districts club and Lambert is next-up having scored four fifties in seven innings in the under-16s competition.
Will Nickelson (Valley, Marist College Ashgrove)
An excellent gloveman and outstanding batsman, Nickelson was prolific as a top order batsman for Marist Ashgrove in AIC First XI cricket. In the 2023 season, which Ashgrove won, Nickelson averaged just over 100.
He is now honing his craft at Valley where club coach Peter Drinnen, a former Valley and state gloveman, is keeping an eye on his progress.
Curtis McAllister (Sunshine Coast)
Yet another promising wicketkeeper who has progressed to play in six Premier Cricket Bulls Masters matches, McAllister was a member of the 2023 under-17 championship winning state side.
Fraser Judd (Sunshine Coast)
A young gun who moved from Central Queensland into the boarding dorms at Toowoomba Grammar, Judd has juggled plenty of change while keeping one thing the same – class at the batting crease.
A left hander who does his best work opening or in the top four, Judd just loves to score runs. It is our prediction he will do just that for the Toowoomba Grammar First XI in 2025.
Sam Gassman (Frenchville Falcons, Rockhampton)
The leading wicket taker in the Under-16 Male State Challenge earlier this year with Team Orange, Gassman is the prototypical tall fast bowler who generates plenty of pace.
A Queensland Under-15s selection, Gassman has the frame to be a ferociously quick bowler.
He was the lone Capricornian selection in the 13-15 Years Boys Queensland Representative School Sport Cricket Team, which featured Armstrong, Brain, Hamilton, Keogh, Ward, Pearce, Murray and more.
Luke Ward (Gold Coast)
One of the babies in Gold Coast’s Taverners side, Ward has been impressive this year opening the batting for the Queensland Under-15s. A Jimboomba junior, Ward first caught our eye playing for Valley’s where in the 2023/2024 he scored a handful of fifties. Now playing for the Gold Coast, Ward has settled in well, scoring 64 not out, 14 not out and 64 in his first three innings batting No.4. He has been one of the best players in Tav’s as well, scoring runs and taking wickets in his nine games.
Ryan Weththasinghe (Ipswich)
A talented opening batter coming through the ranks at the Ipswich club, Weththasinghe has made a habit of getting starts this season which is a sign of his natural ability.
A Brothers Ipswich club junior, he scored his maiden first grade 50 as a 15-year-old last year before this season featuring for the high-class Queensland Under-15 White side where he was used in the middle order - and as a fine leg spin bowler who was not afraid to change it up.
Joe Murray (Sunshine Coast)
A young veteran of Taverners cricket for the Sunshine Coast, Murray has made a name for himself as a player with time, skill and plenty of poise in the face of fierce bowling attacks.
He is a quality top order batter from Noosa District SHS. This season in Taverner’s he has scored 437 runs from just six innings.
Cooper Keogh (Sunshine Coast)
There is plenty to get excited about when it comes to Keogh, the Gympie quick who has been on a steep upward trajectory this year.
Highpoints this season for the Queensland Under-15s weapon was selection in that team of course, along with selection on the under-18 Queensland Country team and the Scorchers Taverners side where he has been key.
The Year 10 student is a genuine all-rounder who offers fear factor with the ball in hand. With the bat, he can score as quick as he bowls.
Angus McLean (Sandgate-Redcliffe, Nudgee College)
McLean was Nudgee College’s First XI new ball bowler earlier this year and also a key bowler in Queensland’s Under-17s team.
It is no secret the kid can play.
Tom Vaseo (St Laurence’s College, Redlands)
A wildcard fast bowler from the bayside, Vaseo secured a rare First XI hattrick earlier in the year for St Laurence’s College.
A perfect build for a bustling paceman, Vaseo unsettled batsmen in his age group with his pace and aggression and has taken nine wickets this season playing up his age group in Taverners.
Cameron Sinfield (Gold Coast, The Southport School)
Sinfield has been one of the best bowlers in Taverners this season, not so much for his wickets, but for his control which pins bowlers and builds pressure.
In Tav’s he has taken 12 wickets at 20 this season and he is just Mr Reliable with the way he gets through his overs at a low economy rate.
Rushi Kakkad (Wests)
A dashing top order batsman who made his First XI debut for Ipswich Grammar School at the start of the season, Kakkad was prepared to play the long game or a quick game, and is always on his toes in case a quick single can break up the field. Aside from his Tav’s returns, he has gained valuable grade experience (thirds) where he has made 118 runs at 29.5.
Ryan Atley (Wests, Brisbane Boys’ College)
A veteran of two seasons in Tav’s and this season’s captain, he has circled representative cricket chasing a hotly contested wicket keeping position.
A left hander, he is a genuine top order batsman who can give the ball a thump. This season he has 313 runs at an average of 34.78.
Callum Pamenter (Wests, Ipswich Grammar)
An emerging talent buried deep within Ipswich Grammar School where he is a Year 10 student, Pamenter will be set to follow in the footsteps of his brother, Will, by playing First XI next season.
In club cricket, he is fresh off taking 5-29 on Sunday for Wests in the under-17 competition.
Aryan Sanjay (Sunshine Coast)
A devoted opener, Sanjay who can both bat time or move the game along, Sanjay has never been shy to challenge his game and last year made his Sunshine Coast district first grade debut with Maroochydore. He is young for the Tav’s competition, but has still been a leading batsmen this season.
Charlie Henderson (Nudgee College, Norths)
An emerging wicketkeeper from Nudgee College, Henderson will be pressing for a First XI spot over the summer ahead of the 2025 GPS season.
A standout performer at nationals in Mackay for the Queensland Schoolboys side, vice-captain Henderson was picked in the All-Nationals team, alongside fellow Norths rookie Eli Brain, at the conclusion of the tournament.
Jack Law (Mackay, Wynnum Manly Sea Eagles)
Originally from Brothers Mackay, Law has moved to the nest at Wynnum Manly where he is looking to gain more exposure to the longer format.
A batting all-rounder, Law has a tendency to take on the bowlers with his power-game, and has impressed selectors to the extent that he was selected in the under-15 state team this season.
With games for Mackay Whitsunday Cricket and in Queensland Premier competitions, it surely won’t take long for the 15-year-old to find his feet.
Henry Hillier (Churchie)
Hillier was one of the most consistent bowlers in the GPS First XI competition this decade, with his left arm orthodox spin becalming opposition batting line-ups. Whether bowling first with the new ball or coming on later, Hillier was just as effective.
Theo Tsingos (Norths)
Along with his brother Austin, St Patrick’s College student Theo Tsingos is an excellent junior cricketer. Playing out of his comfort zone against the men in second grade, Tsingos has taken 13 wickets at an average of just 16 after toiling through 336 deliveries.
Joey Laner (Norths, Marist College Ashgrove)
A fine prospect entering Year 12 at Marist College Ashgrove, Laner is one of the special types who fits right in despite being younger.
That was the case when the right arm fast bowler played First XI cricket as a Year 10 and 11 student and did his thing – take wickets.
He has been top notch for Norths with the bat and next year for Ashgrove in the AIC competition, he will do a bit of both.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
+ Isaac Krause (Ipswich)
+ Rishi Mehta (Norths)
+ Finn Thallon (Norths)
+ Angus Storen (University)
+ Luke Harper (IGS, South Brisbane)
+ Christian Alexander (University)
+ Patrick Rose (Ipswich)
+ Ben Rothwell (Valley)
+ Ryan Beatty (South Brisbane)
+ Amitoj Sidhu (Wynnum)
+ Michael Neumann (Western Suburbs)
+ Jack Sonter (Redlands)
+ Jacob Bath (Souths)
+ Will Pamenter (IGS)
+ Jack Southgate (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
+ Ishaan Sandhu (TSS, South Brisbane)
+ Rohan Brady (Ipswich)
+ Talon Reichert (Sunshine Coast)
+ Riley Eckersley (Redlands)
+ Rhys Horne (Gold Coast)
+ Jagmeet Singh (Toombul)
+ Finn Vikionkorpi (Atherton)
+ Caelan Barr (Hervey Bay)
+ Samuel Jones (Toombul)
+ Cruz Baker (Norths)
+ Oscar Dioth (Ipswich)
+ Noah Maguire (Wynnum Manly)
+ Luke Biddle (Wynnum Manly)
+ Krrish Whala (Redlands)
+ Ayaan Khan (Redlands)
+ Hayden Dalmazzo (Sandgate-Recliffe)
+ Ryan Beattie (South Brisbane)
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