Saturday Sundries | Mystery man keeps Tigers atop, number 10 bat smacks 50 in B-grade special

Thus, it’s a B-grade Clyde Young Shield special in this week’s Saturday Sundries, as we take a look at the best moments and performances from the lower grades of the competition.

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Mystery man leads the Tigers home

Central Park-St Brendan’s are currently the kings of the B-grade jungle with an undefeated record, and that was aided by a near run-a-ball unbeaten knock by a middle order bat on Saturday.

However, there is no name to credit the match-winning knock, with the player’s PlayHQ privacy settings censoring the person who scored the game-high 63 not out.

Whether it be Phil Inn, Stan Din, or Ray Placement, the mystery man was the key for the Tigers to get home by 57 runs over Mooroopna.

Mr Asterisk wasn’t the only standout performer though, with Sam Holland raising the Kookaburra after a clinical five-for.

Holland claimed figures of 5-32 off nine overs, and his wickets were worth heavy weight too.

The gun pacer sent all five top order bats packing, leaving the tail to fend for themselves.

Number 10 display a 10 out of 10

Sham Dadallage had only batted once for Euroa this year, back in a T20 round-robin fixture, where he made nine runs.

So when Dadallage thanked the umpire as he marked middle stump at the crease of Euroa Recreation Reserve, coming in to bat at tenth in the Magpies order, Waaia likely assumed Euroa’s current scoreline of 8-113 wouldn’t grow much higher.

But boy, were they wrong.

Dadallage was patient initially in his approach, trying to revive whatever he could out of Euroa’s innings, which to that point only had two wickets left to survive 17 overs.

The number 10 bat would only score one run off his first 15 deliveries, but it was in that time Dadallage was getting comfortable on the pitch.

However, during that period, the ninth wicket fell, and the pressure to dig in heightened.

But that didn’t faze Dadallage.

Instead, Dadallage began swinging with freedom.

Two, dot, four, four shot the Magpies man out to 11 runs off 19 deliveries, before an 11-run over soon after.

Number 11 bat Jack Walters’ mission was to stay alive, playing a brick wall defence that saw his score reach only nine off 31, but his role allowed Dadallage to continue to strike.

Soon, sixes were flying off the willow, and when Dadallage attempted a tight run and was short of his ground in the 44th over, Euroa were all out, but another 84 runs higher than when Dadallage came in.

You could forgive Dadallage for exhaustion following his innings, but his day was not over.

Taking the white rock, he claimed three wickets too as the Bombers were rolled for 111.

Not-so-golden start

It’s a batsman’s worst fear to go out without getting off the mark, and so far in B-grade this season, there have been plenty of ducks to go around - 16 in round three alone.

However, only three players have recorded multiple doughnuts in the 2025-26 B-grade campaign, and one player has yet to get off the mark in any match this season.

For Waaia’s Jacob Johnson, the number four batter was walked without score against Kyabram in round one, did not play in round two, before returning to the line-up in round three, only to be trapped LBW with a seed on his very first ball back.

Northerners’ Leigh Miles is the only other Clyde Young Shield cricketer to record consecutive ducks, scoring nought off seven and eight balls respectively in B-grade this season, but Miles was able to run a length of the pitch twice for two not out in the T20 tournament, which Northerners won.

Johnson’s teammate Corey Walpole, admittedly the number 11 bat, has also scored nothing on two occasions this year, but made an 11 not out in round two.