{"id":385572,"date":"2026-01-01T22:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/385572\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:26:15","slug":"geraldton-bendigo-bank-cricket-league-sporties-duo-leads-mens-and-womens-cricketer-of-the-year-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/385572\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldton Bendigo Bank Cricket League: Sporties duo leads men\u2019s and women\u2019s Cricketer of the Year count"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 2025-26 Geraldton Bendigo Bank Cricket League season in recess, Geraldton\u2019s cricket expert Victor Tanti takes a look at some of the key statistics and top performers.<\/p>\n

A-grade men\u2019s<\/p>\n

Sporties\u2019 Clint Yeates currently leads the Cricketer of the Year count with 505 votes after impressing with both bat and ball in the first 10 rounds.<\/p>\n

Yeates averages 49.19 with four 50s and many of his runs also against the odds, and is currently ranked second in batting aggregate with 295 runs.<\/p>\n

However, Wanderers\u2019 Kade Gillingham tops the batting aggregate with 324 runs with three 50s to his name, coming in ahead of Yeates.<\/p>\n

Others to impress are Shayne Bidwell (Wan) 265, Darcy Ingle (Spo) 263, Seb Bainbridge (BP) 239 and Nigel Routledge (CVN) 200.<\/p>\n

The averages are led by Bidwell and Yeates, respectively 48 and 41-years-old. Bidwell averages 53.00 with an unbeaten 105 and a 79, both made under pressure. Sporties\u2019 Riley Barham averages 42.00.<\/p>\n

The bowling aggregate is streeted by Sporties\u2019 Zac Williamson with 26 wickets and three five wicket hauls, ahead of Damien King (Wan) who has 16 wickets.<\/p>\n

Others are James Morrison (BP) 15 with three three-wicket hauls, Tom Witt (Twn) 14 then Justin Clarkson (Wan) and Brad Boyer (CVN) on 13.<\/p>\n

Williamson heads the averages (minimum 10 wickets) on 7.11 and Yeates has 12 at 7.83. Ethan McQuade (CVN) has 11 at 11.18.<\/p>\n

\"Wanderers'Camera IconWanderers’ Kade Gillingham. Credit: Guy Skillen \/RegionalHUB<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s competition<\/p>\n

In Women\u2019s Young Motors T20s, Sporties\u2019 Shyanne Thomas-Mirrielees tops the batting aggregate and average (298 runs at 49.44), including a 106 not out against CVN and leads Cricketer of the Year.<\/p>\n

Next is Olivia Bidwell (Wanderers) with 270 runs then teammate Abby Green with 182 and Belinda Burrows (Sporties) on 167. Bidwell has three 50s is second on the averages on 45.00, while Burrows sits on 41.75.<\/p>\n

Towns\u2019 Indiana Burns heads the bowling aggregate with 15 wickets featuring four three-wicket bags. Next are Ashlyn Thompson (Wanderers) and Jo Walker (Sporties) on 12 and Isabelle MacPherson (Towns) 11.<\/p>\n

The averages (minimum of eight wickets) are led by Thompson\u2019s 5.41 followed by Green with 7.50 and Walker on 7.75. The most recent of Walker\u2019s 12 wickets was her 100th making her the first to that milestone.<\/p>\n

It should also be mentioned, Thompson has played men\u2019s A-grade and has 11 wickets at 14.72.<\/p>\n

\"Sporties'Camera IconSporties’ Shyanne Thomas-Mirrielees. Credit: Guy Skillen \/RegionalHUB<\/p>\n

A-grade Cricketer of the Year: Clint Yeates (Spo) 505, Callum Marquis (Twn) 474, Darcy Ingle (Spo) 453, Zak Williamson (Spo) 443, Shayne Bidwell (Wan) 410, Austin Breen (Twn) 384, Seb Bainbridge (BP) 380, Kade Gillingham (Wan) 374, Sam Crouch (Twn) 355, Jarrod Jupp (Spo) 346.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Cricketer of the Year: Shyanne Thomas-Mirrielees 478, Abby Green (Wan) 392, Olivia Bidwell (Wan) 380, Isabelle MacPherson (Twn) 297, Ashlyn Thompson (Wan) 292, Indiana Burns (Twn) 277, Alexia Wekwerth (CVN) 245, Charli Bidwell (Wan) 208, Belinda Burrows (Spo) 207, Tarni Screaigh (CVN) 202.<\/p>\n

B-grade Cricketer of the Year: Ross Weaver (Kal) 418, Glenn Wishart (Spo) 412, Aaron McAuliffe (Spo) 412, Greg Patience (Wan) 364, Oliver MacPherson (Spo) 359, Mark Lucas (Don) 318, Brett Broad (Don) 310, Alex Reynolds (BP) 308, Gavin Foster (Twn) 291, Steven Eley (Kal) 291.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the 2025-26 Geraldton Bendigo Bank Cricket League season in recess, Geraldton\u2019s cricket expert Victor Tanti takes a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,35538,44,52350,85,153390],"class_list":{"0":"post-385572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-mid-west","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-regional-wa","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-the-geraldton-guardian"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}