January 14, 2014
Kingaroy RSL’s Anthony Eden has been starring with the bat for Queensland in the Australian Country Cricket Championships currently being played in the ACT.
Eden is listed in the Top 10 batsmen for Best Batting and Best Batting Average across the interstate competition.
So far, he has scored 27 against WA Country, 85 off just 76 balls (including seven 4s and one 6) against East-Asia Pacific, 45 against Vic Country, and 49 off 50 balls faced yesterday against SA Country.
In today’s T20 match played against NSW Country, Eden was unlucky to be judged LBW for one run after facing just five balls.
The Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships is an annual tournament which showcases the best cricket talent from regional areas around Australia and the East Asia Pacific region.
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The Southern Stars women’s cricket team has lost its sole Ashes Test against England, played in a see-sawing contest over four days at the WACA ground in Perth.
England, who won the toss and elected to bat, finished on top by 61 runs despite a valiant effort with the bat and ball by NSW star Elyse Perry who scored 71 in the first innings and also top-scored in the second with 31 runs.
Perry also took 3/41 and 5/38 to bring the Australians to within 12 runs of England at one stage.
Australia were all out for 123 & 207; while England finished with 190 & 201.
The loss means Australia must now win five out of the next six limited-overs matches in the multi-format series to reclaim the Women’s Ashes trophy.
Kingaroy’s Holly Ferling finished with bowling figures of 1/46 off 12 overs, with two maidens, in the first innings; and 0/39 off 13 overs, with three maidens, in the second.
Ferling got off to a good start, taking the valuable wicket of England opener Heather Knight for 14 runs.
The next match in the Ashes series will be a ODI played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on January 19.
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Cricket returned to South Burnett grounds at the weekend after the festive break.
At Kingaroy State School, Wooroolin Warriors defeated Kingaroy RSL in their B Grade match.
Warriors batted first with Shane Gray knocking out 60 of the team’s 102 runs. Allan Christensen (10) and Hayden Wieck (9) also chipped in to help.
Best of the RSL bowlers were Jack Hourn (2/2), Bryan Walters (2/11) and Peter Hourn (2/15).
In reply, Kingaroy RSL made a total of 98, with Chris O’Rourke top-scoring with 24. Louis Fairbairn (15) and Matt Patroni (13) were the next best.
Warriors’ bowlers James Dundas (2/5), Troy Miller (2/10) and Stuart Lavaring (2/13) did the damage.
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