Warwick and Clifton players win major state cricket awards
CRICKET: Delissa Kimmince and Eliza Flynn won major awards at the Queensland Cricket presentations in Brisbane last night.
Warwick player Kimmince won the Queensland Fire all-rounder of the year award and Flynn won the Queensland Country female player of the year award.
The 2016-2017 season in cricket and the 2017 season in AFL could be described as watershed moments in the career of Kimmince.
She showed her class with bat and ball for the Queensland Fire and Brisbane Heat.
Kimmince was second behind Beth Mooney for most runs and second leading wickettaker for the Fire and captained the team to the Women's National Cricket League final.
Once the Brisbane Heat season was over, she debuted for the Brisbane Lions WAFL team which topped the competition table to make the women's Aussie rules grand final.
Few sportswomen have been part of teams to make three grand finals within six months in two national league sports but Kimmince did it twice in cricket and once in WAFL.
During the Australian Country Cricket Carnival last year, Clifton bowler Flynn had the best individual figures, 6-4, and had the best strike rate, 9.5, among the top 25 bowlers in the carnival.
She was the only Queenslander to make the national merit team after finishing with 12 wickets for 114 runs at a average of 9.25 in winning the Queensland Country Female Player of the Year.
2016-17 Queensland Cricket Awards
Ian Healy Trophy Bulls Player of the Year: Michael Neser
Konica Minolta Queensland Fire Player of the Year: Delissa Kimmince
Brisbane Heat MVP: Brendon McCullum
WBBL Brisbane Heat MVP: Beth Mooney
Bulls Players' Player: Chris Hartley
Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: Jack Wildermuth
Matador Cup Player of the Year: Michael Neser
Queensland Academy of Sport Player of the Year: Sam Truloff
State Government Queensland Country Male Player of the Year: Tony Hampson
State Government Queensland Country Female Player of the Year: Eliza Flynn
Queensland Thunder Indoor Player of the Year: Rob Fitzgerald
Queensland Lightning Indoor Player of the Year: Krystal Opperman
Queensland Youth Player of the Year: Xavier Bartlett
Konica Minolta Queensland Fire Youth Player of the Year: Renee Irvine
Qld Fire Fielders Award: Haidee Birkett
Qld Bulls Fielder of the Year: Marnus Labuschagne
National Awards
Lord's Taverners Indigenous Cricketer of the Year: Cameron Trask
BBL Player of the Year: Chris Lynn
WBBL Player of the Year: Beth Mooney
Matador Cup Tournament Player of the Year: Marnus Labuschagne