Victorian Cricket

The Semi Finals are being played on the weekend with the winners advancing to the Final to be played at Melbourne University from Friday 25th March.

[U][B]Weather Forecast[/B][/U]
[B]Saturday:[/B] Fine Max 23
[B]Sunday:[/B] A Little rain later Max 21

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

[B]1st Semi Final Geelong vs Frankston Peninsula at Geelong Cricket Ground[/B]
[B][I]Last time they met:[/I][/B] Oct 23 2010 (Rd 4) Geelong 8/224(cc)(Harrison 50,Elliot 39,Holland 3/58) def Frankston Peninsula 221(Chasemore 88,Damiano 44,Foss 3/37) at Geelong Cricket Ground

[B][U]TEAMS[/U][/B]
[B]Geelong:[/B] Alex Stanley, Luke Muller, Thomas Elliot, Aaron Finch, Hayden Butterworth, Liam Buchanan(capt), Justin Foss, Cameron Alford, Trent Walerys, Marc Carson, Jeremy Hart
[B]Frankston Peninsula:[/B] To be announced

[B]2nd Semi Final Carlton vs Dandenong at Princes Park No.1,Carlton[/B]
[B][I]Last time they met:[/I][/B] Feb 19,20 2011 (Rd 16) Dandenong 170(Donnell 61,J.Pattinson 45) lost to Carlton 6/197(Buszard 69*,Gulbis 49) at Shepley Oval

[B][U]TEAMS[/U][/B]
[B]Carlton:[/B] Dean Peter-Budge,Trent McCormick,Evan Gulbis,Tim Buszard,Lachlan McKenna,Nicholas Ross,Nathan Pilon(capt),Jake Hancock,Tom Smyth,Peter Manser, Andrew Dickinson,Nick Austin
[B]Dandenong:[/B] Nick Thomas, Tom Donnell, Peter Sweeney, Darren Pattinson, James Pattinson, Darren Dempsey(capt), James Nanopoulos, Dylan Quirk, Brent Fairbanks,
Justin Butterfield, Paul Boraston, Michael Sweeney

[B][U]Other Grade Semi Finals[/U][/B]
[B]2nd XI[/B]
Prahran vs Richmond at Toorak Park
Geelong vs Fitzroy Doncaster at Schramms Reserve,Doncaster
[B]3rd XI[/B]
Melbourne vs Melbourne Uni at Albert Ground
St Kilda vs Camberwell Magpies at Junction Oval
[B]4th XI[/B]
Northcote vs Geelong at Bill Lawry Oval
Fitzroy Doncaster vs Camberwell Magpies at Russell Lucas Oval,Ringwood

This Saturday is the 13th Annual Country Round for Victorian Premier Cricket this season it is a T20 game being played.

[B][U]Round 12 Saturday January 8 2011[/U][/B]
[B][I]Footscray Edgewater(11th) vs Essendon(14th) at Norm Minns Oval,Wangaratta at 2:30pm[/I][/B]
[B]Note:[/B]Wangaratta DCA T20 games will be fixtured around the premier match
[B]Weather:[/B] Partly Cloudy Max 36

[B][I]Melbourne Uni(13th) vs Ringwood(4th) at Camp Reserve,Castlemaine at 1:30pm[/I][/B]
[B]Note:[/B]Castlemaine DCA T20 Final will be played following the premier match as a twilight fixture.
[B]Weather:[/B] Cool Change. Shower or Two Max 35

[B][I]Northcote(15th) vs Dandenong(1st) at Barooga Recration Reserve at 7pm[/I][/B]
[B]Weather:[/B] Late Shower Max 37

[B][I]Frankston Peninsula(12th) vs Fitzroy Doncaster(2nd) at Andrews Park,Churchill at 2:30pm[/I][/B]
[B]C/Raiser:[/B] Churchill A Grade T20 Grand Final Replay at 11am
[B]Weather:[/B] Cool Change. Shower or Two Max 32

[B][I]Prahran(9th) vs Melbourne(6th) at Deakin Reserve,Shepparton at 7pm[/I][/B]
[B]Weather:[/B] Partly Cloudy Max 36

[B][I]St Kilda(10th) vs Hawthorn Monash Uni(17th) at Moama Recreation Reserve at 3pm[/I][/B]
[B]C/Rasier:[/B] Moama will play a 40 over a side match starting at 9am
[B]Weather:[/B] Late Shower or Two Max 37

[B][I]Richmond(16th) vs Casey South Melbourne(7th) at Warrion Cricket Ground at 2:30pm[/I][/B]
[B]C/Raiser:[/B]Local T20 Final Warrion vs Alvie starts at 10am
[B]Weather:[/B] Shower or Two Max 27

[B][I]Geelong(5th) vs Camberwell Magpies(8th) at Merrivale Oval,Warrnambool at 2:30pm[/I][/B]
[B]Note:[/B] Under 23 Rep Match to be played as a curtain raiser
[B]Weather:[/B] Shower or Two Max 23

[B][I]Carlton(3rd) vs North Melbourne(18th) at Eastern Oval,Ballarat at 2:30pm[/I][/B]
[B]Note:[/B] Ballarat CA T20 Final to be played straight after Premier Match
[B]Weather:[/B] Shower or Two Max 31

The CA Futures League Twenty20 competition starts tomorrow. Admission is Free to all games.

[B]FIXTURE[/B]
[B][U]Monday December 20[/U][/B]
[B][I]Junction Oval[/I][/B]
Western Australia vs Queensland at 10am
Victoria vs CA Centre of Excellence at 2pm
[B][I]Harry Trott Oval[/I][/B]
Tasmania vs ACT at 10am
South Australia vs New South Wales at 2pm

[B][U]Tuesday December 21[/U][/B]
[B][I]Junction Oval[/I][/B]
Tasmania vs South Australia at 10am
ACT vs New South Wales at 2pm
[B][I]Toorak Park,Prahran[/I][/B]
Western Australia vs Victoria at 1pm
Queensland vs CA Centre of Excellence at 5pm

[B][U]Wednesday December 22[/U][/B]
[B][I]Harry Trott Oval[/I][/B]
Western Australia vs CA Centre of Excellence at 10am
Queensland vs Victoria at 2pm
[B][I]Toorak Park,Prahran[/I][/B]
Tasmania vs New South Wales at 1pm
ACT vs South Australia at 5pm

[B][U]Thursday December 23[/U][/B]
[B][I]Harry Trott Oval[/I][/B]
7th/8th Playoff at 10am
3rd/4th Playoff at 2pm
[B][I]Junction Oval[/I][/B]
5th/6th Playoff at 10am
GRAND FINAL at 2pm

[B]SQUADS[/B]
Australian Capital Territory: Josh Anderson, Aaron Ayre, Jono Dean, Blake Dean, Nicholas Death,Mark Higgs, Mark Littlewood, Nathan Lyon, Sam Miller, Ben Oakley, James Sprague, Tom Thornton, Michael Wescombe

CA Centre of Excellence: Nathan Brain, Jackson Coleman, Peter Forrest, Joel Garrett, Sebastian Gotch, Joe Mennie, Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Reardon, Sean Sturrock, Sam Truloff, Ashton Turner, Tim Van Der Gugten, Sam Whiteman

New South Wales: Sean Abbott,Tim Armstrong, Corrie Boss, Steve Colley, Scott Coyte, Patrick Cummins, Stephen Cush, Luke Doran, Simon Keen, James Phathanak, James Ryan, Daniel Smith, Adam Zampa

Queensland: Corey Barsby, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Ben Dunk, Jason Floros, Steven Exelby, Brad Ipson, Michael Lumb, Alister McDermott, Dominic Michael, Michael Neser, Chris Sabburg, Scott Walter

South Australia: Josh Barrett, Cullen Bailey, Cameron Borgas, Tom Brinsley, Michael Cranmer, Craig Dand, Joel Davies, Michael Delaney, Ben Dougall, Tim Lang, Jake Lehmann, Kane Richardson, James Smith

Tasmania: Harrison Allanby, Steven Cazzulino, Matthew Day, Russell DeGroot, Michael Dighton, Adam Griffith, Hamish Kingston, Ashton May, Rhys Owen, Sam Rainbird, John Rogers, Tom Triffitt, Jonathon Wells, Brady Jones

Victoria: Scott Boland, Ryan Carters, Ayrton Dehmel, Theo Doropoulos, Evan Gulbis, Jayde Herrick, Alex Keath, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Reid, Clive Rose, Daniel Salpietro, Will Sheridan, Tom Stray, Michael Hill

Western Australia: Phillip Adams, Anthony Del Borrello, Matt Dixon, Marcus Harris, Michael Johnson, Matthew Johnston, Simon Mackin, John McKay, Luke Pomersbach, Darcy Short, Marcus Stoinis, Michael Swart, Luke Waterhouse, Jake Fawcett

[B]Live Scores:[/B] [url]www.cricket.com.au[/url]

[B]WEATHER[/B]
Monday: Few Showers Max 20
Tuesday: Shower or Two Max 21
Wednesday: Sunny Max 24
Thursday: Sunny Max 24

Still hitting them alright!

I didn't even know there was a game on tonight.

The Victorian Bushrangers finally get play at home after spending time in South Africa, Perth adn Brisbane.

Coming up in the next 2 weeks

Futures League(formerly State 2nd XI) AT Junction Oval
Today 10am to 6pm,Tomorrow 10am to 5:30pm
Victoria vs South Australia
Victoria resume today at 1/14 in reply to SA's 8/240(DEC). Admission is Free.

Ryobi One Day Cup at MCG
Games Start at 2:45pm, Gates Open at 2pm
This Saturday Victoria vs Western Australia
Sat 30/10 Victoria vs Tasmania

Sheffield Shield at MCG
Mon 25th October to Thursday 28th October
Victoria vs Tasmania (Play starts at 11am each day)

The Cricket Victoria Gala Awards Night were held at the Crown Palladium last night. Here are the Award winners.

[B][I]Bushrangers[/I][/B]
[B]Twenty20 Player of the Year:[/B] Andrew McDonald
[B]Dean Jones Medal(FRC Player of the Year):[/B] Brad Hodge
[B]Bill Lawry Medal(Sheffield Shield Player of the Year):[/B] Damien Wright

[B][I]Spirit[/I][/B]
[B]Cathryn Fitzpatrick Medal(T20 player of the Year):[/B] Sarah Elliott
[B]Sharon Tredrea Award(WNCL Player of the Year):[/B] Sarah Elliott

[B][I]Commonwealth Bank Future Star Awards[/I][/B]
[B]Men:[/B] Alex Keath(Melbourne)
[B]Women:[/B] Cassie Brock(Essendon Maribyrnong Park)

[B][I]Victorian Premier Cricket[/I][/B]
[B]Jack Ryder Medal Final Leaderboard[/B]
[B][I]Graeme Rummans(StK) 36 votes[/I][/B] (3rd Ryder Medal Win)
Dale Tormey(Haw-Mon Uni) 35
Evan Gulbis(Carl) 32
Tom Stray(Ring) 32
Darren Dempsey(Dand) 26
Nick Jewell(Frank Pen) 26
Matthew Chasemore(Frank Pen) 24
Rob Cassell(Melb) 23
Simon Hill(Camb Mag) 22

[B]Premier Cricket Team of the Year(in batting order)[/B]
Peter Dickson(Fitz Donc)
Liam Buchanan(Geel)
Tom Stray(Ring)
Graeme Rummans(StK) (capt)
Evan Gulbis(Carl)
Dale Tormey(Haw-Mon Uni)
Nathan Pilon(Carl)
Jayde Herrick(Casey SM)
Rob Cassell(Melb)
Adam Dale(Melb)
Michael Beer(StK)
Daniel Mueller(StK)

[B]Club Championship:[/B] Ringwood (2nd straight year)

[B]2nd XI Player of the Year:[/B] Ben Torney (Richmond)

[B]3rd XI Player of the Year:[/B] Kyle Humpherys (Fitzroy Doncaster)

[B]4th Player of the Year:[/B] Brett Hudgson (Frankston Peninsula)

[B]Spirit of Cricket:[/B] Casey South Melbourne

[B]Grounds of the Year:[/B] (1sts/2nds) Frankston (3rds/4ths) Casey South Melbourne

[b]2009/10 Kookaburra Victorian Premier Cricket Grand Final[/b]
[b]Melbourne vs St Kilda at Melbourne University[/b]
[b]Friday March 26 to Sunday March 28 2010 (Res Day Monday March 29)[/b]

[b]Playing Hours:[/b] 11am to 1pm,1:30pm to 3:30pm,3:50pm to 5:50pm

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

[b][u]Teams[/u][/b]
[b]Melbourne:[/b] To be announced on Thursday Night

[b]St Kilda:[/b] To be announced on Thursday Night

[b][u]Only meeting in 2009/10 Season[/u][/b]
[b]Round 7 Nov 14,21 2009 at Albert Ground[/b]
Melbourne 157(Meuller 5/42,Beer 3/43) lost to St Kilda 225(Rummans 141,Dale 4/36,Halbish 3/51).

[b]Live updates:[/b] [url]http://twitter.com/premierfinals10[/url]

[b][u]Weather Forecast[/u][/b]
[b]Friday:[/b] Isolated showers developing Max 29
[b]Saturday:[/b] Isolated showers Max 26
[b]Sunday:[/b] Little rain later Max 28
[b]Monday(Res Day):[/b] Patchy Rain clearing Max 24

[b][u]Other XI'S Grand Finals(to be played on Sat 27 and Sun 28 March)[/u][/b]
[b]2nd XI at Bill Lawry Oval,Northcote[/b]
Carlton vs Geelong
[b]3rd XI at Toorak Park,Prahran[/b]
Geelong vs Melbourne
[b]4th XI at AH Butler Oval,Frankston[/b]
Northcote vs St Kilda

The Sheffield Shield Final begins tomorrow at the MCG

Play starts at 10:45am

RADIO
ABC Grandstand Digital 2 will have ball by ball coverage each day.

TV
Days 1 and 2 live on Fox Sports 3 and 3HD from 10:30am AEDT
Day 3 live on Fox Sports 2 and 2HD from 10:30am AEDT
Days 4 and 5 coverage can be accessed from Fox Sports 3 by pressing the red button during coverage of the test match from Wellington and getting viewers choice to access coverage from 10:30am AEDT.

Teams to be announced today

Victoria will play Tasmania this Sunday(Feb 28) at the MCG in the 2009/10 Ford Ranger Cup Final. The game starts at 2:15pm. Gates Open at 1:30pm. $10 Adults $5 concession. Great value.

I would love to be going but will be following the game from Christchurch as I am heading over to New Zealand this weekend to support the Aussie teams in their 2 twenty20 games in Wellington and Christchurch. My first trip to NZ and 1st overseas trip since 1995. Also my first time to see the Aussies play on foreign soil.

GO THE VICS!!!!!!!

Its down to a final day run-chase.

Its 0/23, chasing a further 357 runs.

Cricket Australia have an online video feed from the MCG here:
http://www.cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=weet-bixsheffieldshieldlivestream

Its been a positive start so far.