Mooroopna wicket keeper Sai Rajiv whips off the bails to continue a Karramomus collapse.
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The holiday break is over, and the cricket whites are back on (and probably still unwashed).
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Lower grade Cricket Shepparton competitions returned to action at the weekend, and a couple of standout performances have caught the eye.
Saturday Sundries recaps all the greatest moments from the lower grade action and it could not have gotten off to a finer start in the new year.
News photographer Megan Fisher got down to Vibert Reserve to capture the B-grade action between Karramomus and Mooroopna, witnessing a Bloods batting collapse.
Mooroopna wicket keeper Sai Rajiv celebrates the wicket with his team.
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Mooroopna's Benjamin Andonoudis braces for a hit down the wicket.
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Karramomus batter Tace Bigmore winds up the New Balance bat.
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Karramomus batter Faigyn Southwell grounds his bat in the nick of time.
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Karramomus batter Angus Kerr looks at his stumps in disbelief after being bowled for a golden duck.
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Boswell goes berserk
Tonning up in cricket is no ordinary feat, no matter how it’s achieved.
But for Old Students’ Ryan Boswell, the D-grade opening bat was in a bit of a hurry to get past triple figures against Katandra.
Boswell had no time to keep the head down and pierce a gap in the field, rather his eyes were firmly set on the Katandra West Primary School boundary rope.
Boswell scored nine fours and 10 sixes on his way to 106, combining for 96 of his individual total.
With that many balls to the fence, it’s little wonder Boswell scored perhaps the fastest ton yet this summer, taking just 48 balls to cross the century mark and raise the bat.
Boswell would face a further five balls, the last bowling the Old Students batter after a carnage-filled 19 overs at the crease.
His centurion effort backs up his last appearance with the bat, when he smoked 149 off 106 against Central Park-St Brendan’s.
Perhaps it’s time for a B-grade call up?
Seven’s heaven for Sham
Last time we wrote about Sham Dadallage in this column, it was for his batting heroics in round three, but this time it’s his bowling wizardry that’s grabbed attention.
Euroa’s Dadallage was happy to let his teammates take the opening three wickets against Nagambie’s B-grade side, but once the Kookaburra was in his hands, there was no stopping the Magpie spinner.
Dadallage made an immediate impact, securing a wicket via LBW with his first ball, while the final ball of his second over landed him another pole due to a sharp stumping.
Hit for eight runs off his third over, Dadallage kept a cool head to deliver the most damaging over yet in his fourth - instantly taking two wickets back-to-back to be on a hat-trick, and while Nagambie’s Trent Galdwin survived the hat-trick ball, he wouldn’t survive his third delivery at the crease, bowled through the gate.
Dadallage raised the ball for his five-for, but the job was not yet complete, taking two wickets across the next three overs to finish with 7-12 figures off a 6.5 over spell.
The win takes the Magpies to 8-0 on the season in B-grade.
A win is a win
Pine Lodge’s E-grade side has finally claimed a win this season ... kind of.
While a one has been chalked up in the win column, the Lodgers won’t be feeling much sense of achievement, with the result coming off of a forfeited result.
However, Tatura’s second forfeited match of the season has put the E-grade spoonbowl back on the radar.
Pine Lodge and Karramomus tied in round four, meaning both previously winless sides were forced to wait on for a winning opportunity, but thanks to an appearance by Lightfoot Medallist Chris Keady in round seven, the E-grade Bloods got on the board against Northerners.
But with Pine Lodge’s round nine win, the round 11 clash between the pair has plenty at stake again, and could determine the wooden spoon winner of 2025-26.
