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Rain pours cold water on thrilling finish

Rain ruined a nail-biting clash between Bundoora and Rosanna in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association’s Barclay Shield on Saturday. Bundoora needed just two wickets, while...

Dean can smile again

The nervous nineties are a staple of cricket folklore. For Matt Dean, the one-hundred-and-thirties have taken on a significance all their own – of...

Greenvale Kangaroos can’t keep pace with Peninsula

Greenvale Kangaroos started the Victorian Premier Cricket season with a loss to Frankston Peninsula on Friday. The Kangaroos looked on track midway through its innings...

Warriors want grand final glory

Having been knocked out in the preliminary finals of the North Metro Cricket Association Jika Shield the past two years, Lalor Warriors are determined...

Kangaroos relish second-chance lifeline

Greenvale Kangaroos are looking to make the most of an off-season reprieve in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association’s senior division. A late-season revival wasn’t enough...

Renewed Falcons ready for take-off

Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows is buoyantly confident of having a successful season in the Victorian Sub-district Cricket Association. After making the north-west grand final last season,...

Rivergum sticks to title formula

When you’re on a good thing, stick to it ... Rivergum will use the same model this season which has won the last two...

Jacana looking to continue winning ways

Winning a premiership was Jacana’s first milestone. Now the club needs to ensure it continues to build at a new, higher level. After ending a...

Six clubs start in maiden women’s comp

The North Metro Cricket Association has set up a women’s competition, which will start with six teams next month. The inaugural season will see Preston...

Bats opting for young blood

  Developing the next generation of cricketers has been a major focus for Plenty Valley Cricket Club during the offseason. Having won both first and second...

Mernda up for new challenge

Mernda Cricket Club believes it can be competitive in its first year back in the Diamond Valley Cricket Association’s top grade. After last year’s dream...

Busy off season for new Greenvale coach

It has been a hectic but enjoyable preseason for new Greenvale Kangaroos coach Stan Nell. Nell, an assistant at the club last season, stepped up...

Sri Lanka’s loss is Westmeadows Cricket Club’s gain

Sri Lanka’s loss is Westmeadows Cricket Club’s gain for the upcoming Victorian Turf Cricket season. After Chanaka Weledegara was told he would not be selected...

Bats sign English international

Plenty Valley has secured the signature of England international Danielle Wyatt for the coming women’s Premier Cricket season. Wyatt, who has represented her country 89...

Gisborne an incubator of cricket talent

  Gisborne Cricket Club is gaining a reputation for producing some of the nation’s most promising young players. Just 12 months ago, former Dragons’ cricketer Pat...

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Batting collapse proves costly for Kangaroos

Greenvale Kangaroos’ continue to show good patches of cricket but can’t put it together enough in Victorian Premier Cricket. The Kangaroos got themselves in...