Minor grades’ big moments
CRICKET: With the sun beating down on Toowoomba’s ovals last weekend there was plenty of cricket to enjoy.
The TCI A-grade competition is on “holidays” but Reserve, B, C and D grade still produced plenty of action and big moments.
The Chronicle sport team ran the rule over every match and have ranked our top 10 performers.
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10. Chris Stearn (Metropolitan Easts B-grade)
WITH his teaming chasing 125 for victory, Stearn set about making sure their time at the crease was short.
Stearn just missed out on a half-century, hitting 48 runs off 62 balls.
More than half his runs, 28, came off boundaries in his side’s eight-wicket win over Western Districts.
9. Matty Boyle (Metropolitan Easts Reserve Grade)
CHASING just 122 runs for victory, Trojans would have been forgiven for expecting an easy day at the crease.
Western Districts however had other ideas and some tight bowling early put Trojans under pressure.
Boyle was a rock for Trojans, scoring 75 runs off 104 balls in his side’s seven-wicket win.
8. Thomas Crooke (Uni C-grade)
THE first of two Crookes who appear on our list. After winning the toss and deciding to bat, Uni was in trouble early with the loss of Andrew Catlow.
Crooke however was patient at the top of order, punishing the bad balls and playing a straight bat to the good ones on his way to 46 off 91 balls.
He scored 20 of his runs off boundaries.
7. Ben Jeffrey (Metropolitan Easts B-grade)
BROUGHT on in the 19th over, Jeffrey signalled his intentions with the first ball he sent down – claiming the wicket of Daniel Mortimer.
Jeffrey ripped through the Western Districts middle order, finishing with 4-29 off eight overs.
The Trojans bowler clearly had his line and length dialled in – he hit the stumps on three occasions.