Rain Disrupts Cricket
Rain affected all three senior cricket games scheduled to be played in the South Burnett last weekend.
Rain affected all three senior cricket games scheduled to be played in the South Burnett last weekend.
The Kingaroy Cricket and Sports Club are planning a big birthday party on Saturday, April 7 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Lyle Vidler Oval clubhouse.
Cricket in the South Burnett is coming to the pointy end of the season with semi-finals scheduled to be played this weekend in the local B Grade competition.
Kingaroy junior cricketer Jaden Heness has been selected in the Matthew Hayden XI to take on the Martin Love XI in a mini-competition next month.
Murgon cricketers Courtney Sippel and Renee Irvine have been named in the Queensland Under 18 squad.
Kingaroy’s Holly Ferling will be back playing for the Queensland Fire this season after being offered a contract with Queensland Cricket.
Members of the local community – and some visitors from much further away – gathered at the Kumbia Cricket Grounds recently for a fun day of fundraising.
Murgon cricketers have topped off a big year with a closely fought victory in the South Burnett Cricket Association’s B Grade Grand Final played on Saturday.
Fortunately Cyclone Debbie doesn’t appear to have damaged much local infrastructure, but she has definitely tossed a spanner into local sports competitions.
In almost a carbon copy of last year’s A Grade South Burnett cricket grand final, Murgon Crusaders proved too strong for Wooroolin Warriors at the weekend.
Murgon will host the Grand Final of the South Burnett cricket competition after the Crusaders defeated the Wooroolin Warriors by 11 runs in Kingaroy.
Kingaroy cricketing hero Matthew Hayden will be formally inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame as part of the Allan Border Medal awards ceremony in Sydney on Monday night.
The man who has been hailed as cricket’s best-ever all-rounder, Sir Garfield Sobers will make the first public appearance of his Australian tour at Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport on Thursday.
The Kumbia Rattlers Cricket Club officially opened their new clubhouse with a small ceremony last week
The 2016-17 South Burnett cricket season will get under way next Saturday (October 8) in a new-look, combined competition consisting of both A and B Grade teams.
The Southern Stars cricket team is heading back to Australia undefeated after a 5-0 whitewash in Sri Lanka.
Kingaroy’s Holly Ferling rewarded cricket selectors with some lethal bowling for Australia during the One Day International against Sri Lanka played on Sunday
Holly Ferling has overcome injury and a form slump to be selected in the Southern Stars squad
Several South Burnett junior cricketers have been selected to undergo further training as part of the Queensland Rookie Program run by Queensland cricket.
Murgon veteran cricketer Neville Kratzmann is making waves in England as part of the Australian Over 70s cricket tour.