Cricket
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SCA First Division sides hope for a short but sweet season
MILDURA SETTLERS President: Greg Schultz Coach: Greg Smart First Division captain: Braidyn Turnerjho Last year: Premiers In: Mark Cleary, Andrew Petrie, Jonty Purdue, Nick Mee,…
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Mildura West star Chris Williams reaches a score of seasons
WIND the clock back to 2001 and an 18-year-old Chris Williams was just a lad from Essex looking to enjoy some cricket during the Australian…
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Robinvale-Euston Rangers go to bat for junior cricketers
AS Robinvale prepares to re-enter competitive cricket after a 16-year absence, some club members have picked up paint brushes, others scalpels. Using the scalpels has…
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South Merbein cricketers cop another COVID hit
MERBEIN South Cricket Club will miss the already delayed opening round of the Sunraysia Cricket Association season on Saturday after a COVID-19 case was detected at…
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Cricketers back on the field and up for the battle
MILDURA WEST Coach: Ken Innes Captain: Brianna Smith Last year: Premiers Brianna Smith: “It’s a good group of young girls who are all very keen…
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Sunraysia girls shine in Murray-Mallee cricket trial
YOUNG cricketers hoping to represent the Mallee-Murray region in Melbourne met in a practice match in Swan Hill on Sunday ahead of the selection of…
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Rhiann O’Donnell gets shot with Renegades
RHIANN O’Donnell made her Melbourne Renegades WBBL debut yesterday against the Adelaide Strikers in Perth. The 23-year-old from Mildura West Cricket Club was included in…
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Saturday Serve: Put ‘fun’ in fundamentals
THAT light at the end of the tunnel is starting to burn my eyes a little bit more. It’s been such a wait and such…
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Back in the swing
Merbein South batsman Dillon Furze has a welcome return to the nets at the weekend. With COVID rules set to ease on Friday, when 80…
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Paceman lines up for another Premier Cricket spell
JAKE Reed is going back to the Premier Cricket well at least one more time. The 31-year-old former Victorian fast bowler has suffered more injuries than…
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Saturday Serve: No open and shut case
SOMETIMES hope is the biggest thing we have in this world. From a sporting perspective, my hope is Will Pucovski still has a cracking international…
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Sunraysia Cricket Association season ready to roll
AS Victorian double-dose vaccination numbers rise, Sunraysia Cricket Association’s (SCA) president says player vaccination guidelines are unlikely to delay the start of 2021-22 SCA competitions…