Under 19 National Champs get underway as Vic Country and NSW Metro rise to the top
THIS week sees the 2022 Under 19 Female National Championships take place, with nine teams from across Australia converging on Perth to battle it out for the national title.
Four rounds of competition have happened so far, with a rest day today and competition set to get back underway tomorrow.
With that in mind, let us check in and see how the teams have gone so far in the tournament.
Round 1
NSW Country (3/146) defeated ACT (10/82)
Best NSW Country performances: Jade Allen (48 not out and three wickets), Kate McTaggart (43), Caoimhe Bray (two wickets) and Callee Black (two wickets)
Western Australia (1/136) defeated Tasmania (10/98)
Best WA performances: Charis Bekker (64 not out), Chloe Ainsworth (61 not out and three wickets), Natasha Kelsey (2 wickets) and Shay Manolini (two wickets)
Best Tasmanian performances: Julia Cavanough (51)
Vic Country (7/106) defeated Vic Metro (9/105)
Best Vic Country performances: Grace Jones (two wickets) and Aanliya Cheeran (two wickets)
Best Vic Metro performances: Erin Carroll (two wickets) and Vaish Munukutla (two wickets)
NSW Metro (2/87) defeated South Australia (10/86)
Best NSW Metro performances: Kate Pelle (54 not out), Ananaya Sharma (four wickets), Alex Mavros (three wickets)
Round 2
Queensland (5/164) defeated ACT (9/98)
Best Queensland performances: Mikayla Wrigley (62), Sianna Ginger (46 not out), Bonnie Berry (two wickets), Lucy Hamilton (two wickets) and Darcey Johnson (two wickets)
Best ACT performances: Kallie Gumm (two wickets)
NSW Metro (5/122) defeated NSW Country (1/101)
Best NSW Metro performances: Claire Moore (40), Ananaya Sharma (four wickets), Grace Bryson-Smith (three wickets)
Best NSW Country performances: Jade Allen (two wickets)
Vic Metro (5/134) defeated Western Australia (1/136)
Best Vic Metro performances: Vaish Munukutla (two wickets)
Best WA performances: Shay Manolini (two wickets)
Vic Country (0/125) defeated Tasmania (6/124)
Best Vic Country performances: Aanliya Cheeran (two wickets), Bronte Leishman (two wickets), Yashoda Senarathne (two wickets), Paris Bowdler (60 not out) and Tia Davidge (51 not out)
Best Tasmanian performances: Julia Cavanough (56)
Round 3
Vic Country (4/48) defeated Western Australia (10/47)
Best Vic Country performances: Milly Illingworth (three wickets), Poppy Gardner (two wickets), Jasmine Nevins (two wickets) and Ribhya Syan (two wickets)
Best WA performances: Chloe Ainsworth (two wickets)
NSW Country (7/104) defeated Tasmania (9/100)
Best NSW Country performances: Sienna Eve (two wickets)
Best Tasmanian performances: Taylor Brooks (two wickets)
NSW Metro (0/128) defeated Queensland (8/127)
Best NSW Metro performances: Ananaya Sharma (three wickets), Grace Bryson-Smith (two wickets) Kate Pelle (52 not out) and Claire Moore (70 not out)
Best Queensland performances: Mikayla Wrigley (40)
South Australia (7/59) defeated ACT (10/58)
Best SA performances: Sanigdha Bansal (three wickets), Maggie Clark (two wickets) and Matilda Maitland (two wickets)
Best ACT performances: Amber Smith (three wickets) and Kallie Gumm (two wickets)
Round 4
Western Australia (9/102) defeated South Australia (10/86)
Best WA performances: Morgan Pires (three wickets), Charis Bekker (three wickets) and Shay Manolini (two wickets)
Best SA performances: Ella Wilson (two wickets), Maggie Clark (two wickets) and Lucy Bowering (two wickets)
NSW Metro (3/98) defeated Vic Metro (7/96)
Best NSW Metro performances: Lauren Kua (two wickets)
Vic Country (4/154) defeated ACT
Best Vic Country performances: Milly Illingworth (three wickets)
Best ACT performances: Kallie Gumm (two wickets)
Queensland (8/123) defeated NSW Country (7/94)
Best Queensland performances: Bonnie Berry (three wickets)
Best NSW Country performances: Jade Allen (three wickets), Kate McTaggart (two wickets)
Ladder
At the end of four rounds worth of play, it is Vic Country and NSW Metro who are top of the table with an undefeated record.
Following them is the Queenslanders and NSW Country, followed by WA, SA, Vic Metro, Tasmania and the ACT rounding out the table.
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