NSW Metro Topple NSW Country to Cap Off U19 Championships

NSW Metro capped off their campaign at the U19 Male National Championships in Adelaide, securing fifth place with a commanding 182-run victory over NSW Country in the playoff match.  

Bankstown’s Riley Kingsell delivered a spectacular performance, smashing 161 runs, including 15 boundaries and nine sixes, while Campbelltown’s Bailey Abela shone with the ball for NSW Country, claiming five wickets. 

View the scorecard from the final: HERE 
 
NSW Metro won five out of their six matches of the competition, highlighted by a convincing seven-wicket win over Victoria Metro and a dominant 193-run victory against the Northern Territory. NSW Country started their campaign with a dominate 8-wicket win over Tasmania but struggled to maintain momentum in subsequent matches. 

Kingsell finished as the second-highest run scorer, with Bailey Abela taking sixth. On the bowling front, Oliver Patterson (Metro), Ryan Cattle (Country), and Everett Oxenham (Metro) were among the top ten wicket-takers, 

NSW had three players named in the Team of the Tournament: 

• Riley Kingsell – NSW Metro | second highest run scorer  

• Bailey Abela – NSW Country | sixth highest run scorer  

• Ryan Cattle | fifth highest wicket taker  

NSW statistics leaders | 2024 U19 Male National Championships: 

NSW Metropolitan leading run-scorers  

1. Riley Kingsell – 323 runs | 58.83 average | 161 top score 

1. Andrew Boulton 211 runs | 52.75 average | 110 top score  

1. Coby Holland – 170 runs | 28.33 average | 54 top score  

NSW Metropolitan leading wicket-takers 

1. Oliver Patterson – 12 wickets | 16.33 average | 3-23 best bowling 

1. Everett Oxenham – 11 wickets | 19.64 average | 3-20 best bowling 

1. Ryan Gupta – 8 wickets | 27.88 average | 5-12 best bowling 

NSW Country leading run-scorers 

1. Bailey Abela – 263 runs | 52.6 average | 117 top score 

1. Angus Campbell – 156 runs | 26 average | 60 top score  

1. Shaun Smith – 125 runs | 20.83 average | 74 top score  

NSW Country leading wicket-takers 

1. Ryan Cattle – 12 wickets | 20.17 average | 3-50 best bowling 

1. Angus Campbell – 6 wickets | 14.33 average | 4-24 best bowling 

1. Zakary Graham – 6 wickets | 19.67 average | 5-41 best bowling 

Cricket NSW would like to congratulate and thank our high-performance staff for their preparation and dedication to helping our pathways players be at their best for the National Championships.  

NSW Metropolitan Head Coach | Anthony Clarke 
NSW Metropolitan Assistant Coach | Alex Kemp 
NSW Metropolitan Physiotherapist | Ryan Farrell 
 
NSW Country Head Coach | Dean Burke 
NSW Country Assistant Coach | Greg McLay 
NSW Country Physiotherapist | Devlin Malone 

See all the results from the tournament: HERE