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SPORT SPORT Then and Now is back for 2022 - P22 NQ Open Women’s cricket team secured victory in Toowoomba

MARIA GIRGENTI

A HUGE congratulations to the NQ Open Women’s cricket team who claimed victory at the Queensland Country Championships played in Toowoomba last weekend.

This competition was the first to develop a pathway for cricketers in the Women’s Queensland Country selection process.

Three local players, Amy Hunter (Atherton/ Cassowary Coast), Abby Toshach (Cassowary Coast) and Keiryn Lenoy (Mulgrave), were featured in the winning team.

The first game, dominated by South Queensland’s bowlers, came down to the last over.

Four players reached double figures, and Grace Abdy’s innings of 12 not out were crucial to NQ’s nailbiting four-run win against South Queensland in their first T20 match.

NQ secured another close win in the second game, with the result again determined in the final over.

Stephanie Baldwin (captain) and Grace Abdy starred in the final clash against South Queensland on the second day. They helped steer NQ to victory and a clean sweep of the three-game series.

When NQ’s batting innings was disrupted due to rain, Baldwin finished 27, not out.

Based on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern system, NQ won eight wickets and lifted the inaugural JonassenKimmince Shield.

The shield is named after talented cricketers Jess Jonassen and Delissa Kimmince. They have played alongside each other for Queensland, Brisbane and Australia for over a decade.

Results:

Round 1 - January 21 - Southern Cross Reserve Oval

North Queensland 9/87 (20) def (Keryn Lenoy 11* (10) not out)

South Queensland 83 (19.2) (Amy Hunter 4/9 (4); Abby Toshach 1 catch)

North Queensland won by 4 runs

Round 2 - January 22 North Queensland 7/116 (20) (Abby Toshach 41 (47); Keiryn Lenoy 8* (8) not out) def South Queensland 7/115 (20) (Keiryn Lenoy 2 catches) North Queensland won by 3 wickets

Round 3 - January 22 - Final

North Queensland 2/71 (14) (Abby Toshach 17 (23); Grace Abdy 12* not out;) def

South Queensland 96 (20) (Keiryn Lenoy 1/7 (2) and 1 catch; Grace Abdy 2/14; Stephanie Baldwin 1 run-out)

North Queensland won by 8 wickets based on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern system.

The North Queensland Women’s team consisted of players from Mackay and surrounding areas.

Amy Hunter and Abby Toshach gained selected after being part of the Northern Country Open Women’s team that competed in the Northern Representative Women’s cricket carnival in late 2021 in Mackay.

In 2021, Hunter received the prestigious Jodie Fields Young Cricketer Development scholarship, whilst Toshach sometimes plays in the Brisbane premier grade cricket competition.

In 2021, Hunter competed in Queensland Cricket’s Under 17 Girls Female Championships in Caloundra and collected the Player of the Carnival award.

In her second season of playing club cricket for Mulgrave in 2020-2021, Keiryn Lenoy received the Cricket Far North Ladies Player of the Year award.

The NQ Open Women’s cricket team at the Queensland Country Championships in Toowoomba. Photo: Toowoomba Cricket Inc.