NSW Metro Clinch Third Straight U19 Title!

NSW Metropolitan have been crowned champions for the third year running, defeating Queensland in the final of the U19 Female National Championships in Perth.  

Olivia Callaghan, who plays for Gordon’s Women’s Cricket Club in first grade in McDonald’s Women’s Premier Cricket, was named Player of the Final, hitting 54 with the bat before taking two wickets for 47 runs off her 10 overs.  

View the scorecard from the final: HERE 

NSW Metro progressed through their round matches undefeated, including a mammoth 156-run win over Victoria Country, before defeating South Australia by 58-runs to secure their spot in the final. 

NSW Country had a tough loss to Queensland in the semis, dashing their hopes of a berth in the final, but bounced back to defeat South Australia by 8-wickets to finish third.  

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

• Kate Pelle – NSW Metro | 3rd highest run scorer  

• Kate McTaggart – NSW Country | 5th highest run scorer 

• Ella Briscoe – NSW Metro | 7th highest run scorer 

• Ava Drury – NSW Country | 2nd highest wicket taker  
  
  

NSW statistics leaders | 2024 U19 Female National Championships: 

NSW Metropolitan leading run-scorers

1. Kate Pelle - 298 runs | 42.57 average | 75 top score
2. Ella Briscoe - 268 runs | 38.29 average | 78 top score
3. Olivia Maxwell - 239 runs | 34.14 average | 115 top score 

NSW Metropolitan leading wicket-takers 

1. Juliette Morton - 11 wickets | 16.82 average | 5-33 best bowling
2. Olivia Callaghan - 11 | 17.45 average | 2-23 best bowling
3. Emily Powell - 10 | 11.1average | 3-15 best bowling 

NSW Country leading run-scorers 

1. Kate McTaggart 292 @ 58.4 HS - 76
2. Sophie Parson 181 @ 25.86 HS - 45
3. Samira Mitchell 151 @ 18.88 HS - 62 

NSW Country leading wicket-takers 

1. Ava Drury - 16 | 11.63 average | 4-9 best bowling
2. Maddison Spence - 10 | 8.2 average | 3-5 best bowling
3. Emily Humphreys - 9 | 21.22 average | 3-13 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 | Cameron Weir 
NSW Metropolitan Assistant Coach | Mitchell Yearlsey 
NSW Metropolitan Physiotherapist | Tara Dighton 
 
NSW Country Head Coach | Hannah Trethewy 
NSW Country Assistant Coach | Jenny Gunn 
NSW Country Physiotherapist | Anja Kolodziej 

See all the results from the tournament: HERE