MILDURA Settlers cricket export Seamus Keogh has fallen just shy of claiming victory in the Northern Territory Strike League competition.
The 19-year-old’s City Cyclones fell just one-run short of taking out the competition during Friday’s grand final, with Desert Blaze taking the honours.
Keogh’s exploits for Port Adelaide in SACA cricket earned him a call up to the Strike League, one of two events launched by Northern Territory Cricket in 2021 as a national winter cricket concept featuring the best young emerging talent in Australia.
Four franchise teams battled in a combination of 10, 50-over and 11 Twenty20 matches across 37 days and multiple venues.
Pace bowler Keogh regularly took the new ball across his six games, finishing with five wickets including 1/30 in Friday’s final.
Despite some injuries, Keogh impressed in his season in South Australia after switching from Northcote in Victorian Premier Cricket.
The pace bowler finished with 25 wickets for Port’s first XI with best figures of 7/31, helping the Magpies to second place and their first finals appearance in six years.
Keogh also made his South Australian Second XI debut in Hobart against Tasmania, playing alongside Mildura East export Campbell Vadlja.
Pre-season for the SACA Under 23 rookie program will begin for Keogh after he returns to Adelaide from Darwin.
