Revealed: Queensland’s greatest grassroot cricket performances of summer 2022/23
They’re hot with the bat and a menace with the ball, here are the 49 grassroot junior and senior cricketers who put on a show this summer. See their incredible stats
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They’re hot with the bat and a menace with the ball.
From junior ranks to A Grade, we reveal who they are, where they play, and the stats that got them noticed.
Here are the 49 grassroot cricketers who put on a show for the summer 2022/23 season.
SEE MORE:Best A-Grade cricketers in QLD for 2022/23
Justin Rawlins
Club: Brothers Cricket Club Townsville
Competition: A-grade
Performance: 8/21: In Townsville’s A-grade semi-final, Brothers danger man Justin Rawlins took eight first innings wickets in 19 overs as his team powered past the heavily fancied Western Suburbs Magpies. With his team already in a strong position, Rawlins took three more wickets in the second innings.
Heath O’Brien
Club: Brothers Cricket Club Townsville
Competition: B-grade
Performance: 149 not out: B-grade’s leading runscorer Heath O’Brien batted in 446 runs this season but the big man saved his best for last, smashing an unbeaten 149 not out off 114 balls in his team’s final game of the season.
Lucas Morrish
Club: Norths Townsville
Competition: Haidee Birkett Plate (Under-13 Gold)
Performance: 5/2: Young Lucas Morrish stunned brothers in the U13 competition with an impressive five wickets for two runs. The talented bowler delivered a maiden and two single-run overs in his eye-catching display.
Jamie Heit
Club: Suburban Parks Townsville
Competition: A Grade
Performance: 165 not-out in 132 balls (Round 5)
Jarrod Green
Club: Suburban Parks Townsville
Competition: A Grade
Performance: 146 in 72 balls (Round 5)
Sam Collingwood
Club: Norths Townsville
Competition: A Grade
Performance: 8-14 from 9.2 overs. Three maidens, zero extras (Round 4)
Craig McElligott
Club: Brothers Cricket Club Townsville
Competition: A Grade
Performance: 104 not-out in 108 balls (Round 4)
Taj Walker
Club: Cairns Rovers
Competition: Jimmy Maher Cup
Performance: 7/3 from five overs, including a hat trick (round two)
Blake Raper
Club: Mulgrave Combined
Competition: First grade
Performance: 5/27 from eight overs, including hat trick in the first over (final round)
Henry King
Club: Cairns Rovers
Competition: First grade
Performance: 3/6 from four overs, including a hat trick (round five) had to wait an over to claim the third wicket.
Aidan Firman
Club: Norths
Competition: First grade
Performance: 101 not out in final round, team bowled out for 156, carried his bat through the whole innings.
Harry Halpin
Club: Cairns Rovers
Competition: Second grade
Performance: 3/24 from 6.5, including hat trick - took the last three wickets of the game to hand his side their first win.
Josh Nelson
Club Mudgeeraba Nerang & Districts
Competition: Taper Premier League Division 1
Performance: Gold Coast’s first grade leading run-scorer with an aggregate score of 734, average of 40.78, and high score of 131 not out.
Sam Chapman
Club: Queens
Competition: Taper Premier League Division 1
Performance: A best performance of 7-16 earned Chapman his spot on this list. Chapman took a total of 26 wickets from 15 matches.
Harry Lickiss
Club: Helensvale Pacific Pines
Competition: Taper Premier League Division 1
Performance: Division 1’s top wicket-taker Harry Lickiss took 49 across the season, including 47 maidens, at a rate of 12.9. His season best performance of 6-15 is evidence of why the Hawks went on to win the two-day grand final, where he scored 4-35.
Toby Thompson
Club: Queens
Competition: Taper Premier League Division 2
Performance: High score of 165 runs. Average of 33.14 from 14 matches.
Samuel Stevenson
Club: Palm Beach Currumbin
Competition: Taper Premier League Division 2
Performance: Best performance of 7-19. Bowling average of 10.73, total of 30 wickets across 11 matches.
Glenn Schreiber
Club: Palm Beach Currumbin
Competition: Taper Premier League Division 3
Performance: High score of 198. Batting average of 70, aggregate score of 630 across 17 matches and 11 innings.
Les Howard
Club: Broadbeach Robina
Competition: Taper Premier League Division 3
Performance: Best performance of 7-5. Bowling average of 14.17, total 24 wickets taken across 20 matches, including 7 maidens.
Lachie Crain
Club: Runaway Bay
Competition: Opens Junior Division Two
Performance: From just three innings for the club, Lachie Crain crashed a century (101 not out) and two half centuries. He was dismissed just once, finishing with 233 runs at an average of 233.
Ayaan Khan
Club: Coomera Hope Island
Competition: Opens Junior Division Two
Performance: Against Runaway Bay, Ayaan Khan took amazing figures of 7/7 from just four overs - the best in the season from his division.
Harry Hart
Club: Queens
Competition: Opens Junior Division Three
Performance: Was it Harry Hart or Scott Boland? The youngster came out in the second innings against Tamborine to take remarkable figures of 5/4 from four overs. It followed his first innings haul of 3/3 from three overs.
Luke Neale
Club: Western Districts
Competition: Toowoomba Cricket A-grade (2-Day)
Performance: 189 runs off 132 balls, (18x 4s, 9x 6s)
Chris Smythe
Club: Souths Magpies
Competition: Toowoomba Cricket B-grade
Performance: 202 not out off 230 balls (34x 4s)
Robert Phillips
Club: University
Competition: Toowoomba Cricket C-grade
Performance: In one two-day match Phillips took 7-21 (19.3 overs, 11 maidens - first innings) and 7-16 (19 overs, 10 maidens - second innings)
Sam Titterton
Club: Western Districts
Competition: Toowoomba Cricket Reserve Grade
Performance: 7-19 (10 overs, 3 maidens)
William Kraschnefski
Club: Central Districts Cricket Club
Competition: First Division
Performance: 795 season runs, 53 average and high score 132
Steven Hogan
Club: Sandgate – Redcliffe District Cricket Club
Competition: U19 Male Competition
Performance: 6754 career runs, 49 average and high score 163 (13 100s and 44 50s)
Harry Freiberg
Club: Bundamba Strollers Cricket Club
Competition: Western Power Cup
Performance: 536 season runs, 107 average and high score 203 (3 100s)
Ryan Weththasinghe
Club: Brothers – Ipswich Cricket Club
Competition: Western Power Cup
Performance: 379 season runs, 95 average and high score 106 (2 100s and 2 50s)
Steven Humphreys
Club: Northsiders Cricket Club
Competition: First Division
Performance: 133 career wickets (28 from 17 matches this season), 106 career maidens, career best 7/12 (season best 5/7)
Ray Coleman
Club: Marburg Mt Crosby thunder
Competition: First Division
Performance: 40 wickets from 12 matches this season, 275 career maidens and 349 career wickets
Alex welsh
Club: Laidley Cricket Club
Competition: First Division
Performance: 50 wickets from 19 matches and 45 maidens from 212.5 overs this season, 2.8 economy rate
Lakshdeep Singh
Club: Sandgate – Redcliffe District Cricket Club
Competition: U19 Male Competition
Performance: 57 wickets from 37 matches this season, career 2.93 economy rate
Nathan Van Eekeren
Club: Glasshouse
Competition: Division 1
Performance: 7/71 from 25.5 overs.
Otis Clarke-Lang
Club: Palmwoods
Competition: Division 6
Performance: 9/45 from 13 overs.
Perrin Kunde
Club: Nambour
Competition: U17
Performance: 7/21 from 11 overs
Steven Ledger
Club: Nambour
Competition: Division 1
Performance: 195 runs from 153 balls.
Blaine Schloss
Club: Maroochydore
Competition: Division 1
Performance: 195 runs from 322 balls.
Jayden Coffin
Club: Caboolture
Competition: Division 2
Performance: 200 runs from 194 balls.
Kent Officer
Club: Tewantin-Noosa
Competition: Division 5
Performance: 205 runs from 134 balls.
Oli Wilson
Club: Tewantin-Noosa
Competition: U17
Performance: 176 runs from 151 balls.
Daniel Desmet
Club: Maroochydore
Competition: U15a
Performance: 173 runs from 138 balls, to bring up his third century from eight innings.
Jack Sambell
Club: Pioneer Valley
Competition: Dixon Homes T20 Shootout
Performance: Scored 143 runs in round three off just 64 balls including 11 sixes and nine fours.
Adam Zurvass
Club: Magpies Cricket Club
Competition: DBCT Poole Cup
Performance: 120 Not out off just 115 balls in a one day competition.
Wesley Dyer
Club: Norths Cricket Club
Competition: DBCT Poole Cup
Performance: 5 Wickets for 26 runs in the opening round of the DBCT cup.
Floris Duvenhage
Club: Souths Sharks Cricket Club
Competition: DBCT Poole Cup
Performance: 5 Wickets for 17 runs
Christopher Dunn
Club: Brothers Cricket Club
Competition: DBCT Poole Cup
Performance: 4 Wickets for 5 runs in a five over period.
Harrison Rideout
Club: The Glen
Competition: Frenchville Sports Club A-Grade Competition
Performance: 6/22 from seven overs in the Round 5 clash against Frenchville.
Captured the vital wicket’s of opener Lachlan Hartley and middle-order batsmen Riley McDonald and Travis Applewaite before cleaning up the tail.
Chad Charlesworth
Club: Capricorn Coast Parkana Blue
Division: Frenchville Sports Club RCI Division 1 (under-16)
Performance: A young gun on the rise who scored a match-winning 99 not out off 121 balls in the Division 1 (under-16) grand final against Norths Callide Dawson.
Chad played reserve grade, finishing with 153 runs from six matches, average 35.52, and in third grade notching up 242 runs from six matches for an average of 60.25.
He also got his first taste of A-grade cricket this season - definitely one to watch.
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Originally published as Revealed: Queensland’s greatest grassroot cricket performances of summer 2022/23
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