Diggers star tops our round 4 list with great all-round performance
Ranked: Toowoomba cricket C-grade stars produced some exciting performances with the bat at the weekend. Find out who made our top 10 performances from round 4 list here.
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10. Jordan Barnett (Souths Magpies)
Barnett topped scored for his side in a rough day at the crease for Magpies.
Barnett scored a third of his side’s runs, 43 off 55, with Magpies posting 128 in the first innings.
9. Gavin Pattison (Souths Ravens)
Pattison’s late cameo with the bat helped Ravens post a big total.
He hit 61 not out off 33 balls (four boundaries, three 6s).
8. Mitchell Lay (Souths Ravens)
Lay rattled the Highfields middle order taking 3-14 off seven overs.
7. Graham Strang (Western Districts Warriors)
Strang was the only resistance in his team’s heavy loss to Uni Phoenix.
The Warriors opener scored 66 off 122 balls.
His side’s next best scorer was Tim Bowly who hit 15 off 19.
6. Stephen Bowles (Souths Ravens)
The Souths skipper topped the scorers list in his side’s big win over Highfields.
Opening the batting after he won the toss he hit 77 off just 33 balls.
He cleared the ropes six times and hit eight boundaries in an impressive knock.
5. Samuel Monk (Northern Brothers Diggers Blue)
Uni Bush Chooks got the better of Diggers in a five-run win, but it wasn’t through lack of trying from Monk.
Batting at No. 4 Monk topped scored for Diggers hitting 42 off 52 balls after his team was sent into bat.
He then proved to be the pick of the bowlers from both teams claiming 4-22 off his eight overs in the second innings.
4. Kyran Crump (Northern Brothers Diggers Gold)
Crump ripped through the South Magpies middle order in a special spell with the ball.
The Diggers bowler finished with 4-20 of 7.5 overs.
3. Robert Mansfield (Uni Bush Chooks)
The first of two Uni No. 3’s who proved to be match winners at the weekend.
With his team on the back foot early at 1-14, Mansfield stamped his name all over the game.
Mansfield scored exactly half his side’s runs (90 off 99).
He found the boundary line six times with Uni securing a nail biting four run win.
2. Michael Sheehan (Uni Phoenix)
Sent into bat by Western Districts, Uni were in early trouble at 1-8.
It never proved to be an issue with Daniel Skillington’s departure only bringing match winner Sheehan to the crease.
The Uni number produced an unbeaten 126 off 122 balls – helping guide his side 5-254.
Sheehan hit 17 boundaries and two sixes during his stint at the crease.
1. Robert Fenwick (Northern Brothers Diggers)
He didn’t rack up the biggest score on the weekend, but Fenwick’s 93 not out was the most important.
Chasing just 129 for victory secured a five wicket win but they did it the hard way.
Diggers next best scorer was Daniel Baxter with 12.
He fell short of a century but his 93 off 77 balls was the difference between victory and defeat.
The Diggers skipper and opening bat hit 10 boundaries and six sixes.
ROUND 3
10. David Wilson (Highfields)
In the end Highfields were put to the sword in a nine wicket loss, but Wilson can hold his head high.
The Highfields top six combined for just 44 runs and the team finished at 6-166 from their 40 overs.
Wilson was resilient in the lower order scoring 64 not out off 77 balls (11 boundaries and a six).
9. Allan Peake (Uni Bush Chooks)
Chasing 167 for victory against Highfields, Peake laid the perfect platform for his side.
The opener scored an unbeaten 68 off 56 balls (10 boundaries).
8. Mitchell Williams (Souths Ravens)
Chasing a massive 239 to win against Western Districts, Ravens fell well short of the mark at 9-171.
Williams proved stubborn in the middle order though scoring 68 off 101 balls.
He hit 10 boundaries and a six during his innings.
7. Michael Leeder (Northern Brothers Diggers Blue)
Leeder and fellow opener Anthony Guse combined for a 156-run stand against Souths Ravens.
The opening batter finished unbeaten on 74 off 100 balls.
6. Damon Rowe (Uni Bush Chooks)
Rowe combined with teammate Allan Peake to expertly steer his team to victory, but he earns a higher spot on our list by way of scoring more runs.
Hitting the ball at a strike rate just short of 130 he scored 80 off 62 balls.
5. Anthony Guse (Northern Brothers Diggers Blue)
With his team chasing a mammoth 283 for victory, the Diggers opener set about chasing down the total in quick fashion.
Guse fell agonisingly short of a century hitting 90 off 98 balls.
Diggers finished at 5-251 in their second innings against Souths Ravens.
4. Matt Cox (Western Districts Warriors)
Batting at No. 5, Cox turned the tide with a key stand in the middle order.
Teammates Yubraj Bashyal (35) and Connor Lloyd (34) were solid contributors, but Cox ultimately got his side over the line.
Cox needed just 40 balls to score his 67 runs with 48 coming from boundaries.
Bowling in the second innings, Cox claimed 2-36 in his side’s win over Souths Ravens.
3. Jack Wiggins (Uni Phoenix)
Batting down the order, Wiggins produced the game-winning knock that got his team over the line against Souths Magpies.
Chasing 141 for victory, Wiggins came to the crease with his side wobbling at 3-55.
Wiggins ultimately guided his side to victory with a quickfire 52 off 45 balls.
He hit six boundaries and three sixes during his innings.
2. Robert Fenwick (Northern Brothers Diggers Gold)
The Diggers skipper made the right call after winning the toss and electing to bat first.
Opening the proceedings for his side, Fenwick laid the perfect platform scoring 104 runs off 109 balls.
Diggers posted 8-236 off their 40 overs, and Fenwick, who was bowled by Metropolitan-Easts’ Tom Galbraith with 221 runs on the board, almost went the distance.
Fenwick scored 40 runs through boundaries and cleared the ropes five times.
1. Mohit Kalra (South Crows)
Northern Brothers Diggers Blue were left to rue their decision to send Crows into bat after winning the toss.
Kalra punished the NBD bowling attack – dispatching the ball to all corners, he scored a mighty 150 off 108 balls.
At strike rate just short of 139, Karla found the boundary ropes 20 and cleared the fences six times.
He was the sole reason Crows won with Simon Yung (37 off 45 balls) the only other batter who made a decent contribution with Souths scoring 7-282 off their 40 overs.
ROUND 2
10. Glen Reardon (Souths Crows)
Reardon and Mohit Kalra put their clubmates to the sword in arguably the most impressive opening partnership of any grade at the weekend.
The pair combined for 109 runs with Reardon scoring 59 off just 50 balls before losing his wicket.
9. Jack Wiggins (Uni Phoenix)
The middle order scored more than a third of his side’s runs – with Phoenix posting a competitive 195 runs.
Hitting the ball at perfect 100 strike rate, Wiggins scored an unbeaten 66 runs off 66 balls.
8. Stephen Follett (Souths Magpies)
A handful of Magpies bats got off to a good start, but only Follett and teammate Ranjit Singh Dhillon were able to go on with it.
Batting down the order Follett hit 62 off 39 balls at a strike rate of nearly 160.
7. John Kaarsberg (South Crows)
Kaarsberg produced an exciting ‘stand and deliver’ innings in the middle order for Crows.
He cleared the ropes seven times on his way to scoring 65 off 39 balls.
The Crows clearly won the battle of the birds and Kaarsberg was one of several batters who enjoyed a big day out.
6. Michael Leeder (Northern Brothers Diggers Blue)
With his side chasing an impressive 219 for victory, Leeder did everything he possibly could with the bat in hand.
After producing a 59-run partnership with fellow opener Anthony Guse (41 off 37) Leeder went on to score 76 off 86 balls.
Chasing 219 for victory, Diggers fell 11 runs short but things would’ve been a lot different if not for Leeder.
5. Jedd Fegan (Uni Bush Chooks)
He wasn’t as economical as teammate Joel Ridley who also features on this list, but Fegan was no less impressive.
Fegan tidied up the Met Easts middle and lower order finishing with 4-20.
4. Stephen Bowles (South Ravens)
The Ravens skipper had a day out against Northern Brothers Diggers Blue.
Bowles took a catch, ran out Frederick Bellert and was the pick of his side’s bowlers finishing with 3-18.
Batting at No. 9 Bowles also finished as the Ravens top scorer.
His 36 off 22 balls proved vital with Ravens, who posted 218 runs, going on to win by 10 runs.
3. Mohit Kalra (South Crows)
Kalra was an unstoppable force at the weekend piling on 72 runs off just 54 balls.
The opener hit eight boundaries and four majors in his impressive knock with his team going on to post a mammoth 392 after winning the toss and electing to bat first.
2. Simon Yung (Souths Crows)
Yung is the ‘brightest light’ in a galaxy of Crows stars from the weekend.
The middle order bat stamped his authority on the match with some big hitting scoring 78 runs off 38 balls.
Hitting the ball at a strike rate just shy of 211, Yung scored 66 of runs through boundaries or sixes (six 4s, seven 6s).
1. Joel Ridley (Uni Bush Chooks)
The Uni bowler was unplayable at the weekend.
After knocking over Hugo Cavanagh’s stumps just as the Met Easts bat was settling in, Ridley went on to finish with 4-9.
Ridley bowled three maidens in his seven over spell with the ball.
The Chooks rolled Met Easts for a lowly 58 runs inside 20 overs before going on to win comfortably and Ridley was the key man.
Round 1
10. Emily Hewitt (Western Districts Warriors)
Hewitt was the pick of the all bowlers in her side’s clash with University Bush Chooks.
She locked down her end with an economical 3-21 off 7 overs.
9. Kane Peters (Met Easts)
With his side chasing 143 for victory, Peters played a leading hand steadying the middle order in what was ultimately a game winning knock.
With a steady flow of wickets falling around him he was patient hitting 42 not out off 64 balls.
More than half his runs (24) came off boundaries.
8. Briac Williams (Northern Brothers Diggers Blue)
He scored half the runs of teammate Anthony Guse but Williams was no less impressive in Diggers’ seven wicket win over Highfields Railways.
Batting at No. 4, Williams belted 43 off just 21 balls.
Williams hit 6 boundaries and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 204.76.
7. Tom Moscou (Uni Bush Chooks)
The first drop batsmen was at the crease much earlier than expected against Wests.
With his team in trouble at 1-16 and then 3-52, Moscou was a steadying influence.
His 62 off 68 balls helped Uni put on competitive (180 runs) total on the board.
6. Jack Jellicoe (Met Easts)
Jellicoe tore through the Magpies middle order on Saturday.
The Met Easts bowler was right on the money taking 4-20 off 5 overs.
5. Ranjit Singh Dhillon (Souths Magpies)
Souths have Dhillon to thank for posting a competitive total.
Opening the batting Dhillon produced a classy half century scoring 59 of 69 balls.
Chasing 143 runs for victory Met Easts wrapped up the game in the 34th over but things would’ve been a lot easier for them if not for Dhillon’s heroics.
4. Jordan Drover (Northern Brothers Diggers Blue)
Young gun Jordan Drover picked apart the Highfields middle order in an impressive display with the ball.
The 15-year-old pace bowler claimed 4-31 off 6 overs to help steer his side to victory
3. Matt Cox (Western Districts Warriors)
At 6-98 in the 30th over Wests should never have been in a position to win this game – Cox however had other ideas.
Batting at No. 8 Cox produced a swashbuckling 54 off 32 balls (8 boundaries).
Wests fell short, finishing with 7-175 off their 40 overs, but Cox did everything he possibly could to seal what would’ve been a fantastic win.
2. Anthony Guse (Northern Brothers Diggers Blue)
Guse put Highfields Railways to the sword at the weekend.
With his team chasing 172 for victory, Guse set the tone early and often.
Guse smashed an unbeaten 81 off 68 balls including 8 boundaries and 5 sixes.
1. Noah Pattison (Souths Ravens)
Pattinson produced a man of the match performance in his side’s win over University Phoenix.
He was the pick of the Ravens bowlers taking 3-23 off his 8 overs before backing up with a match winning knock with the bat.
Building off the platform laid by teammates Chris Leonard (30 off 45), Jackson Jones (23 off 35) and Gavin Pattinson (25 off 49), Noah produced a quickfire 44 not out off 31 balls.
Noah hit 7 boundaries and six batting in the middle order.
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