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Premium Content Subscriber only HAVING valuable all-rounders like Macy Hauser rising through the program is one of the reasons the Ipswich Hornets have qualified for Saturday s grand final. Macy, 15, is the only cricketer from the Hornets first year of female player development to still be in the club s Second Grade team. She started in the all-girls Hornets winter squad in 2014, becoming one of the team s go-to players in this year s Jodie Fields Shield competition. Having helped guide her side to a nailbiting, last over semi-final win over Sunshine Coast last weekend, Macy is one of the teenagers with a promising future. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only STYLISH Ipswich Hornets batsman Harry Wood had to work harder than usual to post a crucial century in his team s latest Queensland Premier Grade victory. However, he had a valuable ally in older brother Jack to enhance the enjoyment. Unable to bowl as he waits on further medical assessments on his knee, Wood did what he does best. The classy first drop knuckled down in the hot conditions to score his first ton of the season against Redlands at Walker Oval. It was one of the tricky ones for me, the former Ipswich Grammar School student said. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only HAVING recently tested himself against higher level bowling, Centrals captain Lachlan Vellacott has his fingers crossed for another absorbing contest on Saturday. The skipper and his consistent performing team are anxious to face Laidley in the Harding-Madsen Shield Ipswich final at Walker Oval. The Centrals Kookaburras have been denied some big match shots at the Blue Dogs. After last year s four-day Ipswich competition grand final was cut short by COVID, Centrals also had to settle for being runners-up after last weekend s Baxter Big Bash T20 decider was washed out. With rainy weather still around, Vellacott was hoping for dry conditions on Saturday to allow another challenging but exciting contest before the Christmas break. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only SOME of Jack Wood s Ipswich Hornets teammates were just as anxious as him as the left-handed wrist spinner made his Big Bash League debut. I reckon there were a fair few nervous Hornets as well, just nervous for Jack, head coach Aaron Moore said. I can t watch, one teammate declared on the group chat. The Hornets were sharing thoughts as they cheered on Wood playing his first game for Brisbane Heat against the Melbourne Stars in Canberra on Friday night. He ll be so much better for the run, Moore said. I could tell he was nervous. ....
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