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1 month ago | 
codesports.com.au | Brayden May |Simon McEvoy
Altona captain James Grubb puts his side’s remarkable 2024-25 form down to “belief”. Grubb and his teammates have stormed into the VSDCA south-west finals after winning six of their last seven games in a rollicking finish to the regular season. After beating Spotswood in a virtual elimination final on Saturday, Altona jumped up to fourth spot, setting up a trip to Brighton for the first week of the finals.
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2 months ago | 
codesports.com.au | Simon McEvoy |Daniel Cencic |Brayden May
There was no shortage of match-winning performances in the latest rounds of Victorian Premier Cricket for men’s and women’s. Dandenong opening bowler Poppy Gardner made a spectacular start to her match when she was on a hat-trick after two deliveries, while Sam Harper showed his class with a sizzling century for Melbourne. And Kingston Hawthorn paceman Tyler Pearson underlined his emergence as a genuine all-rounder by dragging his side to a gripping win with a superb batting display. MEN1.
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2 months ago | 
codesports.com.au | Simon McEvoy |Brayden May
Brutal batting backed up clinical bowling as Malvern secured its eighth win in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association’s south-west section on Saturday. The Roosters rolled Port Melbourne for 151 and then took only 26 overs to charge to victory, with Zimbabwe Test player Solomon Mire blasting four sixes on his way to 56 off 34 balls (also with 6 fours).
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Mar 10, 2024 | 
heraldsun.com.au | Simon McEvoy
Jamie Scully played cricket for Delacombe Park as a youngster. And while his time in the middle was curtailed by muscular dystrophy, his passion for the game and his beloved Parkers remained. For the past 31 years Scully has been Delacombe Park’s First XI scorer, recording the club’s greatest moments and also its struggles. He also had long stint as the club’s secretary in the 1990s and 2000s. Scully has been loved and appreciated by Parkers players and spectators from different generations.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Simon McEvoy
Spectators were on high alert as a Mordialloc boom recruit smashed a sizzling century in Cricket Southern Bayside. He reveals what sparked the onslaught. His easy going nature masks a steely determination that often pops up when he’s at the batting crease. And it did on Saturday as Dave Tantsis-Hall blasted his maiden century for Mordialloc, at his second outing for the Bloodhounds since crossing from Caulfield.
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Oct 22, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Tyler Lewis |Daniel Cencic |Simon McEvoy
Bat dominated ball across the competition with eight players in this round’s Team of the Week recording centuries. See who made our side. 1. BLAKE THOMSON (Melbourne)The Demons skipper hit 188 as the Demons almost pulled off a win for the ages, falling 10 short of Essendon’s 412. Thomson was last man out, chopping on while trying to hit a boundary. After 790 runs last season, the right-hander must surely be in state selectors’ minds. 2. BRETT FORSYTH (Dandenong)Yet another century for Forsyth.
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Oct 22, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Simon McEvoy
The big signings continue in the MPFNL, with an ex-VFL midfielder and a Western Region premiership player joining clubs. The recruiting news rolls on... Edithvale-Aspendale announced on Sunday they’ve signed Lewis Diggins, a big-bodied midfielder from Beaumaris who had stints at both Richmond and Sandringham in the VFL. And Rye and Rosebud unveiled their latest signings.
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Oct 22, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Simon McEvoy
Mt Waverley has launched its season with a run-scoring spree, ignited by a former Indian first-class batter and one of the VSDCA’s most dangerous all-rounders. What a way to start at your new club. Former Indian first-class batter Akshay Ballal joined Mt Waverley on the eve of the season after being cleared from Endeavour Hills. And on Saturday, the 33-year-old hit the ground running, peeling off 112 to set up Mt Waverley’s 9-322 against Box Hill at Box Hill City Oval.
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Oct 21, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Simon McEvoy
Fortunes fluctuated as Port Melbourne and Brighton faced-off on Saturday, both chasing their first win of the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association season. The Borough were in the box seat after shooting out Brighton for 150 at North Port Oval, but some late drama left the contest in the balance at stumps. A burst of hostile bowling by Brighton captain Peter Cassidy and his new-ball partner William Sist had Port Melbourne wobbling at 3-6 in reply.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
codesports.com.au | Simon McEvoy
Sorrento has confirmed former Victorian Premier Cricket star Damian Shanahan will join its playing ranks. Shanahan is likely to start out in the lower grades in November. The Sharks are also set to welcome an ex-international player into their first XI in January. They’ve refrained from naming the player, who is said to be in his mid-40s and has a holiday house in Sorrento. “He’s pretty much committed,” Sorrento president Ben McDonald said of the player. “His kids are going to play (in the juniors).
