Budding young stars have plenty of appeal
Have the junior Gold Coast cricket competitions found the next Matthew Hayden, Andrew Symonds or Michael Kasprowicz?
Gold Coast’s young cricketers headed into the Christmas break with plenty of hundreds, fifties and big bags of wickets.
We have looked through the junior competitions and picked our teams of the first half of the year.
Open Junior Div 1
1. Josh Cox – 235 runs @ 56.75 – Runaway Bay
2. George Dean – 159 runs @ 39.75 – Queens
3. Patrick Eveleigh – 227 runs @ 56.75 – Burleigh Bullsharks
4. Nathan Iffland – 166 runs @ 33.20 – Burleigh Bullsharks
5. Ishaan Sandhu – 161 runs @ 40.25 – Mudgeeraba
6. Riley Eckersley – 126 runs @ 63.00 & 8 wickets @ 6.00 – Surfers Paradise
7. Zachary Doyle – 116 runs @ 23.20 & 5 catches, 1 stumping – Coomera Hope Island
8. Hudson Collins – 10 wickets @ 8.90 – Surfers Paradise
9. Ayaan Khan – 10 wickets @ 10.20 – Coomera Hope Island
10. Sheldon Lowndes – 9 wickets @ 11.11 – Burleigh Bullsharks
11. Oscar Leu – 9 wickets @ 11.44 – Burleigh Bullsharks
Open Junior Div 2
1. Taylor Waugh – 206 runs @ 51.50 – Surfers Paradise
2. Eligh Fermor – 179 runs @ 35.80 – Bonogin Valley
3. Joshua Clarke – 168 runs @ 56.00 – Mudgeeraba
4. Kobe Movigliatti – 213 runs @ 213.00 – Palm Beach
5. Cooper Turner – 171 runs @ 34.20 & 13 wickets @ 6.08 – Alberton Ormeau
6. Bede Stratton – 146 runs @ 48.67 – Burleigh
7. Joshua McDonald – 121 runs @ 20.17 & 7 catches, 3 stumpings – Alberton Ormeau
8. Tyler Sperling – 13 wickets @ 7.54 – Broadbeach
9. Max Noble – 12 wickets @ 3.17 – Broadbeach
10. Marley Goodwin – 9 wickets @ 6.33 – Helensvale
11. Harry Hart – 9 wickets @ 9.78 – Queens
Open Junior Div 3
1. Joseph Masen – 121 runs @ 30.25 – Broadbeach
2. Jack Penfold – 127 runs @ 127.00 – Surfers Paradise
3. Jake Tattle – 187 runs @ 93.50 & 8 wickets @ 11.50 – Southport
4. Matthew Pattinson – 179 runs @ 44.75 & 8 wickets @ 6.00 – Tamborine Mountain
5. Ollie Mednis – 173 runs @ 173.00 – Palm Beach
6. Harrison Smith – 149 runs @ 74.50 – Broadbeach
7. Harryson Sheppard – 10 catches – Alberton Ormeau
8. Lachlan Gallagher – 11 wickets @ 9.09 – Alberton Ormeau
9. Isaac Elmore – 10 wickets @ 3.50 – Palm Beach
10. Tate Della – 10 wickets @ 6.20 – Tamborine Mountain
11. Tallen Barton – 9 wickets @ 9.56 – Helensvale