Plenty on the line for Dees, True Blues
ONE team is looking to break into the top two, the other is teetering just outside the top eight. That is what confronts spectators when they head down to Albert Ground tomorrow morning for the clash between the Melbourne Demons and Prahran True Blues. It headlines a big round of Victorian Men’s Premier League cricket, […]
Returning superstar carries Lions to win
ANOTHER weekend of Victoria Premier Cricket Premier Men’s Firsts has wrapped, with plenty of impressive performances around the competition. In this series, we put the spotlight on one individual performance that may have caught the eye of teammates, opponents and fans alike. With plenty to choose from each week, it is worth mentioning that there […]
Final month yields season defining matches
AS we enter the final month of the home and away season in the Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s 1sts competition, the matches become more and more season defining. There are still technically seven teams left in finals contention, but the path to finals is a lot harder for some than it is for others. We […]
Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket: 2nds and 3rds wrap – Part 2
LAST weekend saw the final T20 double header in the Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s 2nds and 3rds competition for the season, so in part two of this report, we take a look at what transpired in the afternoon matches across both grades. In the afternoon round, it was Ringwood who had the bye in both […]
Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket: 2nds and 3rds wrap – Part 1
LAST weekend saw the final T20 double header in the Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s 2nds and 3rds competitions for the season. In part one of this report, we take a look at what transpired in the morning matches across both grades. In the morning round, it was Essendon Maribyrnong Park who had the bye in […]
St Kilda reigns supreme in heavyweight clash
THE weekend has concluded, as has the most recent round of the Victoria Men’s Premier Cricket League. Round 10 saw scoring drop for a number of sides, largely due to to the rainfall around Melbourne over the days prior. The wild weather also saw two matches forced into cancellation, with the Footscray/Melbourne University and Carlton/Melbourne […]
Panthers and Demons trios lead Team of the Week
THERE were a lot of stellar performances across the weekend in Round 10 of the Women’s Firsts competition. Among the final team this week are three players from both Dandenong and Melbourne, and a Ringwood Ram who’s normally more known for her bowling is in for her stellar batting performance from the weekend. 1. Rhiann […]
Terrific bowling spells across the grounds
THIS past weekend saw Round 4 of the Under 17s Dowling Shield take place across a number of grounds on Sunday. After some serious rain over the days leading in, the sun was able to break through for another nine games for Victoria’s best young male cricketers. The overall scoring came down a bit, with […]
Victorian Premier Cricket: Women’s 1sts wrap
AS we get further and further into the back half of the 2021/22 Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s Premier 1sts season, the ladder finally gets more settled and we are starting to get a better picture of where each team really sits. Let’s take a look and what took place last weekend in the Women’s 1sts […]
Northcote look to upset undefeated ladder-leaders
THE weekend has arrived and so has the latest round of the Victoria Men’s Premier League Cricket competition, with preparations beginning to heat up. Saturday will mark the Round 10 of action for the 2021/22 season, with the race for a top-eight spot well and truly wide open. There are some big clashes set to […]
Ladder defining clashes as teams meet again
IN an amusing quirk of the fixture, every game this weekend in the Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts is a repeat of the fixture from only a few weekends ago. Who will reverse the results from a matter of weeks ago? For whom will history repeat itself? In what will most likely be the most lopsided […]
Double-century leads Geelong to monumental score
THE Under 17 Dowling Shield resumed its 2022 season on Wednesday, with nine matches taking place for the day across a number of grounds. The competition is in full swing at the moment, with no delays halting play as some of the state’s best young cricketers produce astounding performances both at an individual and team […]
