The Cricket Shepparton Haisman Shield is set to resume this weekend, and with second through to ninth separated by only two wins, it’s still anyone’s game for a shot at March action.
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Four two day matches remain before the top six battle for the cup begins, and with the race for finals heating up, we’ve previewed each club’s run home and predicted their record by round 11.
How will your club fare in the second half of the summer?
Kyabram
Current Record: 6-1 (first)
Run Home: Karramomus (away), Nagambie (away), Mooroopna (home), Tatura (away)
As Kyabram is sitting pretty with one day silverware in the shed, the Redbacks will be confident to maintain its minor premiership position heading into March - but it will undoubtedly be challenged.
Facing T20 title winners Karramomus, sixth-placed Nagambie and fourth-placed Tatura, the Redbacks will need to knock off three teams currently inside final calculations if it is to maintain its ledger.
However, we see them doing so.
The Redbacks are in fine form and are unbeatable at their best, and still a challenge at their worst.
Expect Kyabram to hold at least a top two spot by season’s end.
Run Home Prediction: 4-0
Central Park-St Brendan’s
Current Record: 5-2 (second)
Run Home: Tatura (away), Mooroopna (home), SYCU (home), Numurkah (home)
A handy run home against a couple of outsiders should give the Tigers belief they’ll finish their home and away campaign strongly.
Tatura and Numurkah are the two danger games, with either side positioned in the top six currently.
Besides a round one blip to Kyabram, the Blues have beaten classy opponents and fallen short in respectable fashion in its losses, while Tatura can only claim losses to Karramomus and Nagambie.
But following a heartbreaking one-day defeat after its T20 runner-up effort, there will be a drive to make amends for the remainder of the summer at Tigerland, and Tyler Larkin’s men have the ability to go flawless in 2026.
Run Home Prediction: 4-0
Karramomus
Current Record: 5-2 (third)
Run Home: Kyabram (home), Waaia (away), Pine Lodge (away), Katandra (home)
After a T20 title, and narrowly missing the one-day final qualification, the Bloods have held firm to sit third at the holiday break.
The Bloods will have a demanding month straight up, facing Kyabram and reigning two-day premiers Waaia to begin the new year, but its last two games against Pine Lodge and Katandra could be two wins to chalk up heading into March.
Scoring under 100 runs in rounds five and six looked like the Bloods were on the slide, but a composed response to defeat Old Students have reaffirmed their status as a finals contender.
Two wins in the second half of the season would just about sure up a finals berth, and we think they’ll be able to do so.
Run Home Prediction: 2-2
Tatura
Current Record: 5-2 (fourth)
Run Home: Central Park-St Brendan’s (home), Old Students (away), Waaia (away), Kyabram (home)
It’s going to be a tough run home for Tatura, but its latest performance has shown there is a resilience in this group to pull off a couple tough wins.
Facing CPStB, Waaia and Kyabram, the red, white and blue will be tasked with producing at least one upset if it is to stay ahead of the pack.
With a lightning outfield at Frank Howley Oval, Tatura could match the one-day finalists’ batting prowess at home, while it holds greater records than Old Students and Waaia already as a little belief booster.
Likewise to Karramomus, two wins for this ‘Killa Cup’ club should see it remain in the top six, and we believe in Tatura’s chances.
Run Home Prediction: 2-2
Numurkah
Current Record: 4-3 (fifth)
Run Home: Mooroopna (away), SYCU (home), Old Students (away), Central Park-St Brendan’s (away)
The Blues had a tough opening stint to its Haisman Shield season, losing to Kyabram and Waaia in rounds one and two, before it opened a four game winning streak.
Its 2025 campaign closed with a tight loss to Tatura in what could be a two-game swing, but what it does show is that Numurkah is around the mark of the top end teams - had the Blues put away Tatura, a 5-2 record would’ve situated them third.
A lighter run home on face value will certainly have Numurkah’s hopes skyrocketing.
Facing three teams outside the top six, Numurkah will enter as favourite up until the final round clash against the Tigers, but it won’t necessarily be as straightforward as it seems on paper.
Mooroopna has recorded multiple upsets this season and are on the verge of the top six, while Old Students too have shown glimpses of upset potential against top teams.
Should Numurkah’s talent play truly, though, the Blues will be back in finals action in 2026.
Run Home Prediction: 3-1
Nagambie
Current Record: 4-3 (sixth)
Run Home: Old Students (away), Kyabram (home), Katandra (away), Waaia (home)
Can the Lakers climb the table in its run home?
While it has to face Kyabram, its other matches against Old Students, Katandra and Waaia are opponents that sit outside the top six.
On paper, Nagambie should win those three matches - its comprehensive win over the Tigers suggests its best is near on unstoppable.
But on an off day, it can be beaten with ease, seen by Mooroopna and Numurkah’s cruisy victories over the Lakers in rounds five and six.
Which Nagambie will we see this year? The side that finished top two in 2024-25, or the shadow of its former self seen occasionally earlier in the summer?
Run Home Prediction: 3-1
Mooroopna
Current Record: 4-3 (seventh)
Run Home: Numurkah (home), Central Park-St Brendan’s (away), Kyabram (away), Old Students (away)
The Cats may have the toughest run home in the league, and despite its ability to pull off an upset, it faces mountainous efforts to do so in the new year.
Outside of finals calculations by quotient, matches against CPStB and Kyabram away from home doesn’t help its cause, while the Blues will be fired up out of the break after letting one slip against Tatura.
Its effort this year has been admirable, but 2026 may be the time when the yarn all unravels for the Cats.
Run Home Prediction: 1-3
Waaia
Current Record: 3-3-1 (eighth)
Run Home: Pine Lodge (away), Karramomus (home), Tatura (home), Nagambie (away)
Is it too little, too late for the Bombers to soar?
Waaia’s washed out clash against SYCU is already a win gone begging in a season the reigning premiers are desperate for premiership points to get back up the leaderboard.
Its opening clash of 2026 will be targeted as a much-needed quotient booster, but matches against Karramomus, Tatura and Nagambie will be tough.
If the Bombers recapture its form of last season, it could well and truly go 4-0 and reach the finals equation.
However, any blemish all but rules out a successful premiership defence.
Unfortunately for Waaia, there’s not enough proof that they can pull themselves together to salvage the season, and a couple of losses to finish the year puts the Bombers behind the eight-ball for the top six.
Run Home Prediction: 1-3
Old Students
Current Record: 3-4
Run Home: Nagambie (away), Tatura (home), Numurkah (home), Mooroopna (away)
It is a dim run home for Old Students.
While it is only two games out of second place, Old Students’ record this year has seen it beat only the teams below it, and with three top six teams, and Mooroopna marginally in seventh, its difficult to see it win a game in the next two months.
It’s not to say it won’t provide a challenge - the club is yet to lose in massive defeat, highlighted by a positive quotient of 1.146 despite its negative win-loss record.
But Nagambie, Tatura and Numurkah are flying, and with Mooroopna facing a similar run home, both clubs are likely to try salvage a 2026 win in the final round against one another.
And with Old Students’ current unproven ability to beat sides with better records, we’ve sided with the Cats and predicted a winless run home for the navy and red.
Run Home Prediction: 0-4
Katandra
Current Record: 2-5 (tenth)
Run Home: SYCU (away), Pine Lodge (home), Nagambie (home), Karramomus (away)
Likewise to Waaia, this previous finals participant in 2024-25 is staring down missing out on March action in 2026.
The Eagles have a fairly favourable run home, but require a perfect end to their season to be a shout for the top six.
A smashing of Waaia in round seven was a needed confidence booster for Katandra heading into the holiday break, and with winless sides back-to-back to begin the new year, the Eagles could roll into underdog clashes against the Lakers and Bloods brimming with belief.
We’re going bold with this one - the Eagles have a sniff about them that could see them claim an upset win if it does what it should against SYCU and Pine Lodge.
Will it be enough to sneak into finals? Time will tell.
Run Home Prediction: 3-1
Shepparton Youth Club United
Current Record: 0-6-1 (11th)
Run Home: Katandra (home), Numurkah (away), Central Park-St Brendan’s (away), Pine Lodge (away)
It appears a spoon bowl between SYCU and Pine Lodge is destined to take place in the final round of the season.
SYCU’s run home sees it enter as underdog for its first three clashes, but its quotient being nearly double that of Pine Lodge suggests United will travel to Lodgers territory as favourites.
That being said, its match against two-win Katandra could spell opportunity for a win earlier in the new year, and its ability to bowl out Kyabram in round four and marginal three-wicket loss to Tatura with just nine balls remaining suggests one perfect SYCU storm could perhaps topple a Numurkah or Central Park.
Either way, recording a win on the season would be a sweet note to end a strugglesome summer.
Run Home Prediction: 1-3
Pine Lodge
Current Record: 0-7 (12th)
Run Home: Waaia (home), Katandra (away), Karramomus (home), SYCU (home)
Funnily enough, Pine Lodge’s run home is arguably the easiest of all Haisman Shield teams.
Facing just one current top six side - that being surprise packet Karramomus - and three sides unlikely to ascend to finals action, if Pine Lodge was in any other position than last, it would be licking its lips.
Although, the lighter run home means the Lodgers can head into each match with a bit of belief for an upset.
Its match at home against SYCU is its best bet, but don’t count the Lodgers out for any other fixtures.
Still, it’s difficult to give it full confidence for a triumph this season, so for the green and gold, we’re chalking up a winless summer.
Run Home Prediction: 0-4