NSW the state to beat as 19s Nationals get underway
YESTERDAY saw day one of the Under 19 female National Championships, with four sides shooting to the front of the pack.
Both sides from NSW had a strong first day at the tournament, with both winning their first two games of the week.
NSW Metro beat South Australia and Western Australia, while their Country state mates beat the Papua New Guinea Under 23s and the ACT. For NSW Metro, Ella Briscoe has surpassed the ton with 117 runs across her first couple of matches, while for NSW Country, Ava Drury has six wickets to her name already after just two games.
The other two teams to get off to a flier were Queensland and Vic Metro, who both won both their opening day games. Queensland beat Vic Country and Tasmania as Mahlia Rea snatched four wickets for the day, while seven wickets from Samara Dulvin steered Vic Metro beat the ACT and the Papua New Guinea Under 23s.
Today’s action sees each side play two more T20s before a rest day tomorrow.
UNDER 19 FEMALE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS – DAY 1
ROUND 1 – T20 AM
Queensland (8/122) defeated Vic Country (7/91)
Queensland Best: Lucy Bourke (36 runs), Lily Bassingthwaighte (two wickets), Mahlia Rea (two wickets)
Vic Country Best: Brooklyn Diwell (three wickets), Bronte Leishman (two wickets), Hasrat Gill (28 runs)
NSW Metro (4/113) defeated South Australia (7/112)
NSW Metro Best: Emily Powell (two wickets), Olivia Callaghan (two wickets), Kate Pelle (43 runs), Ella Briscoe (39 runs)
SA Best: Elizabeth Worthley (25 runs), Ilona Melegh (24 runs)
NSW Country (5/141) defeated Papua New Guinea (10/62)
NSW Country Best: Samira Mitchell (62 runs), Ava Drury (four wickets), Tara French (three wickets)
PNG Best: Buruka Vicky (two wickets)
Western Australia (2/96) defeated Tasmania (4/95)
WA Best: Ella Dodgson (two wickets), Ines Mckeon (65 not out)
Tasmania Best: Ava Curtis (20 runs and two wickets)
Vic Metro (3/87) defeated ACT (8/85)
Vic Metro Best: Samara Dulvin (three wickets)
ACT Best: Amy Hunter, Dhruti Patel and Brieanna Dillon (all one wicket)
ROUND 2 – T20 PM
NSW Metro (6/162) defeated Western Australia (6/103)
NSW Metro Best: Ella Briscoe (78 runs), Lucy Finn (two wickets)
WA Best: Natasha Kelsey (four wickets)
Vic Metro (6/137) defeated Papua New Guinea (10/70)
Vic Metro Best: Tegan Rule (49 runs and two wickets), Samara Dulvin (four wickets), Anya Arul (three wickets)
PNG Best: Buruka Vicky (three wickets)
NSW Country (8/142) defeated ACT (10/73)
NSW Country Best: Kate McTaggart (42 runs and two wickets), Maddison Spence (three wickets), Ava Drury (two wickets), Monique Krake (two wickets)
ACT Best: Stella Wilde (three wickets)
Queensland (3/159) defeated Tasmania (10/75)
Queensland Best: Grace Collins (49 not out), Trinity Doyle (three wickets), Mahli Rea(two wickets)
Tasmania Best: Shelby Leonard, Jessica Ransley and Ella Scolyer (all one wicket)
South Australia (2/108) defeated Vic Country (7/107)
SA Best: Matilda Maitland (two wickets), Nicole Hobbs (two wickets), Elizabeth Worthley (69 not out)
Vic Country Best: Kamya Mishra (53 runs)
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