Best of the best make Taverners team
CRICKET: THE last regular season round of the Lord Taverners competition produced plenty of thrills and excitement.
Rain unfortunately hampered Darling Downs and South West Queensland’s chances of securing a win but two of their young stars did enough to earn spots in the Lord’s Taverners Team of the Week.
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Chace Rodgers (Redlands)
Rodgers rallied his way through the new ball and came out on top of the mountain with a patient 80 runs. He got his eye in, went at the bad ones and left the good ones. He was on a mission.
But wait it gets better. This guy took matters into his own hands, picking up 4/12 off his 10 overs. It was a carry job for Rodgers on Sunday and boy was it impressive.
Mathew Harvie (South Brisbane)
Harvie was a new ball hero for Redlands. He couldn’t be stopped, taking a fifer and only leaking 22 runs in his 10 overs.
He took five of his team’s first seven wickets.
Kade Martin (Ipswich)
Runs were not easy to come by on Sunday. In fact they were almost impossible. Martin, however, found a way to get it going, scoring 27 off 39 in a valiant effort from Ipswich. In the end they were bowled out for 123, with Martin top scoring with the best strike rate.
Brayden Meegama (UQ)
Meegama was making his case for why he should be in that Queensland under 17 National Championships XI.
He is currently a non-travelling reserve but boy after this performance it’s clear he’s just as deserving as the others.
His figures – 5/10 off nine.
Kori Ramsden (Ipswich)
The jack of all trades was back at his brilliant best against UQ. This time it wasn’t his batting prowess that got Ipswich over the line, rather his beautiful bowling. Ramsden eradicated five batsmen. Four of them came consecutively so you can imagine how fired up the Ipswich Grammar School border would’ve been on his home ground.
Amitoj Sidhu (Toombul)
Sidhu was sensational, putting in his best bowling performance of the season after being named on the Queensland under 17 team during the week.
He came away with six of the best. Then, with bat in hand, he hit a crucial 18 off 20 to earn victory.
Ravijit Singh Buttar (Western Suburbs)
Buttar continued his good form on the weekend with a tenacious 78 in the face of some fierce bowling in Jack Balkin and Sidhu.
He took his time, playing 131 balls but that was a must for the opening batsmen who weathered the storm with great poise.
Balian Herd and Braithyn Pecic (Toombul)
Herd and Pecic did their best to chase down Toombul’s 154. The opening pair scored 31 and 26 respectively, those that followed getting starts to finish the job. Scores of 17,13,11,12,18 and 14 filled the scoresheet as the Toombul boys gobbled up 152 with 12 overs to spare.
Kye Martin and Pranshu Dave (Western Suburbs)
Martin and Dave did all they could, picking up three apiece.
They were economical and it really was a two man show with the ball in hand.
Alas, the depth of the Toombul batting order was in full effect.
Cruz Baker (Northern Suburbs)
Baker brought the aggression at No.4, smacking three 4s and two 6s on his way to a quick 42. It was the perfect answer after danger man Alex Procopis was dismissed.
Charlie Bignell and Dominic Black (Darling Downs & SW Queensland)
The two B’s were super in a losing effort. Bignell tallied 57 while Black had an unbeaten 71. If the rain had held off, the in-form Black would have made it a real contest with 74 runs required off the last 34 balls.
Fergus McFayden (Northern Suburbs)
McFayden had it going, the youngster taking three poles. One of them was a dazzling caught and bowled effort.
Liam Johnson and Jared Jackson (Sunshine Coast)
This lethal duo both scored themselves half centuries against Sandgate-Redcliffe on the weekend.
Johnson took his time while Jackson was in a rush, clearing the boundary twice on a pair of big strikes.