NQ Twenty20 Title Grabbed By Mercy Cricketers

Mercy College Mackay cricketers have added another trophy to their impressive sporting honours list.

The Intermediate Girls cricket team were recently crowned Street Smarts North Queensland Secondary Schools Twenty20 Challenge champions after dominant performances in Mackay.

Angela Beardmore’s talented line up eliminated Rockhampton’s The Cathedral College in a third-round fixture before securing the championship title with a six-wicket victory over Whitsunday Anglican College in the final.

Outstanding prospects Kiana Dunn and Elisha Holdsworth were instrumental in the Twenty20 trophy success, turning in superb displays with both bat and ball.

Holdsworth carved out an unbeaten 49 and boom all-rounder Dunn (29) as Mercy College (1-93) eclipsed their Rockhampton rivals who were earlier dismissed for 87 with pace ace Dunn snaring 2-3 off four tidy overs.

The promising pair also made an impact in the title decider with Holdsworth retiring on 26 along with Matilda Wiggins (24 retired) and Alex Wood (11 not out) as Mercy compiled 6-100 after routing Whitsunday Anglican for a meagre 46.

Seam bowler Wood (2-4) and tearaway Dunn (2-9) were the chief destroyers with sharp spells as the Mercy team showed its champion qualities.

MEANWHILE the combined Mercy/St Patrick’s College Senior Girls cricket team was denied a second successive StreetSmarts Secondary Schools Twenty20 Challenge State title after bowing out to Rockhampton Grammar in a third-round fixture.

A superb 86 by Meg McCarthy in a team tally of 154 wasn’t enough for the reigning trophy holders as Rockhampton cruised to an eight-wicket victory.

There was no joy also for the St Patrick’s/Mercy College Senior Boys team who finished runners up in the North Queensland Secondary Schools Twenty20 Challenge.

Ignatius Park College Townsville (6-105) claimed the title after eclipsing the St Patricks/Mercy tally of 5-103.

Batting mainstays Haiden Mellifont (30 runs off 35 balls), Etienne Pretorius (22 runs off 27 balls) and Liam Zurvas (22) kept St Patrick’s/Mercy in the hunt with solid contributions.

Cody Sadler (36 runs off 19), Taj Petersen (27 not out) and John McLean (17) guided Ignatius Park to victory after Jack Hutchins (2-24) and Christian Payne (2-25) had earlier shone with the ball.

TEN Mercy College cricketers will represent Capricornia at the Queensland Secondary Schools Cricket Championships in Brisbane next month.

Charles Lott, Cameron Tomerini, Jack Muller, Connor Muller and Etienne Pretorius gained selection in the Boys 13-15yrs squad while Kiana Dunn, Matilda Wiggins, Holly Wardrop, Madeleine Searle and Eeden Thompson feature in the Girls 13-15yrs line up.

By Chris Karas

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Mercy College Mackay’s triumphant Intermediate Girls cricket team that lifted the North Queensland Secondary Schools Twenty20 Challenge Trophy. Standing l to r Sylvie Cahill, Lilly Miotto, Alex Wood, Mya Youman, Sophie Searle, Angela Beardmore (Team Coach); kneeling Maddy Searle, Kiana Dunn (co-captain), Elisha Holdsworth (co-captain), Holly Wardrop, Matilda Wiggins, Patrick Hoare (Team Manager). Absent: Tahlia Anderson and Poppy Goodman