Melbourne has defeated Carlton by 8 wickets to win the Premier Women's Under 18 title in hot conditions at Princes Park.
Batting first, Carlton finished their 50 with a score of 9/171 as Grace Potter 48 runs and Charli McLennan 32 provided the bulk of the teams runs. Darcy Collins with 3/26 was the pick of the bowlers for the Demons.
In reply, Melbourne cruised past the total in the 38th over for the loss of just two wickets. Zoe Samuel (51*) and Hasrat Gill (48*) finished the game in style.
Melbourne’s Sahana Tarini was presented with the medal as Player of the Final having made 34 runs and taking 2/19 from 10 overs with the ball.
Melbourne and Carlton had progressed to the Grand Final as the two highest placed finishes from the carnival of matches in January.
2024 Female Under 18 Leading Run Scorers
Player | Club | Runs |
Sarnsiree Plant | Box Hill | 343 |
Hasrat Gill | Melbourne | 243 |
Zoe Samuel | Melbourne | 220 |
Samara Dulvin | Ringwood | 200 |
Grace Moyle | Carlton | 189 |
Tegan Rule | Ringwood | 162 |
Navleen Sandhu | Dandenong | 160 |
Rachel Hegarty | Plenty Valley | 148 |
Kamya Mishra | Melbourne | 145 |
Mikayla Collins | Prahran | 125 |
2024 Female Under 18 Leading Wicket Takers
Player | Club | Wickets |
Sahana Tarini | Melbourne | 10 |
Madeline Waring | Prahran | 9 |
Brooklyn Diwell | Dandenong | 8 |
Grace Moyle | Carlton | 7 |
Samara Dulvin | Ringwood | 7 |
Annabelle Glossop | Geelong | 7 |
Grace Barnes | Dandenong | 7 |