We name our TCI combined A and Reserve Grade Team of the Round

There were some stellar performances across A-grade and Reserve grade in the first round of the Toowoomba cricket two-day season. See who made our team of the round here.

David Else bats for University. Picture: Kevin Farmer

The first round of the Toowoomba cricket two-day season took place over the last two weekends and there were some superb performances with bat and ball to kick off the new season.

Across the six games in A and Reserve grade, there were several players who made their presence felt and we have run the rule over every player in every game to name our dream team from the opening round.

The squad consists of five batters, a wicketkeeper, an all-rounder, four bowlers and a 12th man.

Check out the round 1 team below:

1. Kris Glass (Northern Brothers Diggers, A-grade)

Glass takes the first opener spot in this team after his impressive second dig against Wests where he scored 85 runs.

Stuart Keene bats for Southern District Magpies.

2. Stuart Keene (Souths, Reserve grade)

Keene opens the batting alongside Glass in this dream team after his classy 60 off 86 balls, which included 10 boundaries.

David Else bats for University. Picture: Kevin Farmer

3. David Else (University, A-grade)

Batting at first drop proved to be a tough task for batters in A and Reserve grade this week with the majority of batters struggling to have a major impact at number three.

However, Else stepped up and was the pick of the bunch with an impressive 42 off 45 balls.

4. Matthew Dunn (University, A-grade)

Continuing the University theme at number four is Matthew Dunn, who was a class above as he finished both innings not out.

In the first innings, Dunn showed his poise and patience as scored 66 runs off 116 balls when the game was there to be won and lost.

He then chipped in with 17 runs in the second innings as Uni claimed a comfortable victory to hit the ground running in the two-day competition.

5. Harjinder Dhillon (Met-Easts, Reserve grade)

Dhillon takes the number five spot in this side after his solid 49 runs from 77 balls against Wests.

University bowler Matt Johnston. Picture: Kevin Farmer

6. Matt Johnston (University, A-grade)

Johnston takes this week’s all-rounder spot after a scintillating performance with bat and ball.

With the bat, he left his mark as he scored a stunning 129 runs off 124 balls.

He continued to punish Highfields with the ball as he took 4-13 off 14 overs in an electric spell which included nine maidens.

7. Matthew Nunn (Wests, A-grade)

Nunn is the wicketkeeper for this dream team after his impressive 58 runs with the bat and two catches across two innings in the Warriors’ big win over Northern Brothers Diggers.

8. Ben Brocherie (Met-Easts, A-grade)

Normally in this team for his batting exploits at the top of the order, Brocherie makes this side after his classy performance with the ball where he took 7-49 across two innings which included a five-wicket haul in the fourth innings.

Hayden Campbell bowls for Metropolitan-Easts. Picture: Kevin Farmer

9. Hayden Campbell (Met-Easts, A-grade)

Campbell is the second bowler in this team as he picked up where he left off from in the one-day season and claimed a five-wicket-haul in the second innings.

He also picked up a sixth scalp for the match in the fourth innings.

10. Ajay Kumar (Souths, Reserve grade)

University’s batters had no answer for Kumar as he took 5-7 off nine overs in his first innings with the ball.

His spell included an impressive six maidens and he operated at an economy rate of just 0.73 runs per over.

There was no rest for the University batters in the second innings as Kumar was in the action once again, taking 2-22 from 12 overs.

11. Ruvith Karunarathne (Souths, A-grade)

Karunarathne is the final bowler in the team after his superb summer continued with a stunning 5-28 off 15.2 overs in his first innings, before picking up another two wickets in his second innings.

12th man. Luke Guymer (Northern Brothers Diggers, Reserve grade)

Guymer is this week’s 12th man after his impressive performance with bat and ball.

The all-rounder took 4-23 off 12 overs in the first innings and then backed it up with a handy 28 runs in the second innings as opener.

However, he was not done yet as he bowled another 12 overs in the third innings and took 2-14, before helping his side chase down the total in the final innings.