Victorian Premier Cricket Final Dandenong vs Frankston Peninsula (Fri-Sun)

[CENTER][B]2010/11 Kookaburra Victorian Premier Cricket Final[/B]
[B]Dandenong vs Frankston Peninsula at Melbourne University[/B]
[B]Friday March 25 to Sunday March 27 2011 (Res Day Mon Mar 28)[/CENTER][/B]

[B]Session Times:[/B] 11am to 1pm,1:30pm to 3:30pm,4pm to 6pm

What can we say but it is amazing that teams that finished 5th and 8th are playing off in the Final. Both teams have put up great performances away from home in the past 2 weekends to make to the Final. Peter Siddle may comeback into the Dandenong side for the Final and will go in as slight favorites. Other players to look out for are the Pattinson brothers for Dandenong. Jon Holland,Nick Jewell and Luke Walker(AFL Goal Umpire who is doing to Geel vs StK game on Fri Night at the G) for Frankston Peninsula.

[B][U]Path to the Final[/U][/B]
[B]Dandenong:[/B] Finished 5th 44pts. Defeated Casey SM(4th) at Casey Fields in QF, Defeated Carlton(2nd) at Princes Park in SF.
[B]Frankston Peninsula:[/B] Finished 8th 40pts(made finals by 0.01% from Fitzroy Doncaster), Defeated St Kilda(1st) at Junction Oval in QF, Defeated Geelong(2nd) at Geelong in SF.

Both clubs are appearing in their 2nd 1st XI Final. Frankston Peninsula losing to St Kilda at the Albert Ground in 2002/03. Dandenong defeated St Kilda at Junction Oval in 2006/07.

[B][U]Their meeting in 2010/11[/U][/B]
Round 11 Sat 16/12/10 at Frankston. Frankston Peninsula 6/144(cc)(20)(Damiano 32,Wiese 31*,Dempsey 2/18) def Dandenong 7/143(20)(Donnell 42,Hales 41,Benbow 4/27) by 1 run.

[B][U]TEAMS[/U][/B]
[B]Dandenong(2 to be omitted):[/B] Nick Thomas, Tom Donnell, Peter Sweeney, Darren Dempsey(capt), James Pattinson, James Nanopoulos, Darren Pattinson, Peter Siddle,
Dylan Quirk, Brent Fairbanks, Justin Butterfield, Paul Boraston, Michael Sweeney
[B]Frankston Peninsula:[/B] Chris Dew, Ben Clements, Ricky Damiano, Luke Walker,
Matthew Chasemore(capt), Nick Jewell, James Miller, David Nankervis, Jon Holland,
Scott Boland, Darren Groves

[B]Umpires:[/B] John Ward,Tony Ward

[B]Live Scores(updated over by over):[/B] [url]http://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/asphost.aspx?loc=/cricket/…]

[B]Twitter:[/B][url]www.twitter.com/vicpremcricket[/url] or @vicpremcricket for updates throughout the match

[U][B]WEATHER FORECASTS[/B][/U]
[B]Friday:[/B] Shower or Two Max 18
[B]Saturday:[/B] Morning Shower Max 20
[B]Sunday:[/B] Fine Max 21
[B]Monday(Res Day):[/B] Fine Max 25

[B]Other XI's Finals (Sat March 26/Sunday March 27 11am start)[/B]
[B]2nd XI at Toorak Park,Prahran[/B]
Prahran vs Geelong
[B]3rd XI at Camberwell Sports Ground[/B]
Melbourne vs Camberwell Magpies
[B]4th XI at Monash Uni No.1,Clayton[/B]
Northcote vs Camberwell Magpies