QC Awards Winners Celebrated

Queensland captains Marnus Labuschagne (Bulls) and Georgia Redmayne (Fire) claimed the major individual awards after eye-catching batting feats across the summer.

Labuschagne, currently playing in the Pakistan Super League, claimed the Ian Healy Trophy as the Bulls Player of the Year for the second time in his career.

Redmayne, who led the Fire to their second ever Women’s National Cricket League title two weeks ago, won the Jodie Purves Trophy for the first time, with the award encompassing performances for the Fire and WBBL Brisbane Heat.

Labuschagne, who became the first Queenslander to score four centuries in a domestic one-day season as well as adding two first class tons, also received the One Day Cup and Sheffield Shield Player of the Year awards.

The Test batter was last month selected by Cricket Australia as its 2025-26 Domestic One Day Player of the Year, taking that honour for a record third time in his career.

Redmayne, who also set a record by becoming the first woman to score four centuries in a WNCL season including her second in a Final, received the Queensland Fire Player of the Year award as well.

The wicket-keeper scored 558 runs at 55.8 and claimed 10-catches and 6 stumpings with the gloves.

The Pike-Maher Medal, presented for outstanding contributions by a player in the community, was awarded to former Queensland captain Jess Jonassen for her personal fund-raising efforts for Invictus Australia which supports veterans and their families.

Jonassen raised $2340, donating $15 for every wicket and $5 for every run she scored across the WNCL and WBBL seasons.

The allrounder was also celebrated for her milestone of becoming the third woman to register 100 WNCL games for Queensland, presented with an oil painting of her bowling produced by leading Australian sports artist Jamie Cooper.

Queensland and Australian batter Usman Khawaja was also formally thanked and farewelled following his decision to retire from Test and first class cricket at the end of the season.

Khawaja, who is also playing in the Pakistan Super League, delivered a heartfelt video message about how grateful he was to have been embraced by Queensland after moving from NSW in 2012.

Khawaja played 64 first class games for Queensland, hitting 4317 runs at 45.44, and 55 DOD games with 2634 runs at 50.65. He captained the Bulls between 2015 and 2024 and led Queensland to the 2020-21 Sheffield Shield title.

The Andrew Symonds Medal, presented to the Bulls Players’ Player as voted on by the squad members, went to leg-spinner Mitch Swepson, whose on-field prowess was again matched by his off-field leadership and team loyalty.

Swepson finished with 33 wickets to be the Bulls’ leading Shield wicket-taker and achieved a career highlight with his record-breaking haul of 7-28 in the last One Day Cup game of the season.

The Queensland Fire Players’ Player honour was awarded to rising allrounder Sianna Ginger.

Renowned as one of the most dedicated members of the squad, the 20-year-old was the Fire’s leading wicket-taker and was also vice-captain for some key games. 

The two Big Bash Most Valuable Player awards were claimed by South African allrounder Nadine de Klerk (WBBL) and Australian spinner Matt Kuhnemann (BBL).

Each player provided key individual moments in the competition for the Heat, with de Klerk finishing as the team’s leading run-scorer while Kuhnemann had the lowest economy rate of the team’s frontline bowlers as well as taking key wickets with a best of 2-14 from four-overs.

Rounding out the player acknowledgments, Gympie batter Jarad Sippel and Childers pace bowler Catherine White received the major Queensland Country awards named after Bulls and Kingaroy legend Carl Rackemann and proud Rockhampton product Jess Jonassen.

Sippel, the younger brother of former Fire allrounder Courtney, was a stand-out across all formats and competitions this season, including the Australian Country championship winning Queensland Country Brahmans.

White, a back-up player for the WBBL Heat and Queensland Fire during the summer, was also a member of the Queensland Under-19 female team that won the National championships, one of three State teams to claim National Pathways titles in 2025-26.

2025-26 Queensland Cricket Award Winners

Ian Healy Trophy – Marnus Labuschagne

Jodie Purves Trophy – Georgia Redmayne

Pike-Maher Medal – Jess Jonassen

Queensland Fire Player of the Year – Georgia Redmayne

Sheffield Shield Player of the Year – Marnus Labuschagne 

One Day Cup Player of the Year – Marnus Labuschagne

Andrew Symonds Medal (Bulls Players’ Player) – Mitch Swepson 

Queensland Fire Players’ Player – Sianna Ginger

Brisbane Heat WBBL MVP – Nadine de Klerk 

Brisbane Heat BBL MVP – Matt Kuhnemann

Qld Country Player of the Year – Carl Rackemann Award – Jarad Sippel 

Qld Country Player of the Year – Jess Jonassen Award – Catherine White

Match Official of the Year – Kylie White

Queensland Cricket Volunteer of the Year – Ellen Ferris (Wolston Park Centenary Cricket)

Graham Dixon Award for Staff Achievement – Tom Gibson