Cricket

Kingaroy Chases Down Wolves

Kingaroy Chases Down Wolves

Kingaroy RSL Services chased down the Wondai Wolves to win by five wickets in their A Grade game played at Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday.

Rain Hits And Misses

Rain Hits And Misses

Saturday’s rain affected some but not all of the weekend’s cricket games played in the South Burnett.

Locals Star In Rep Cricket

Locals Star In Rep Cricket

It was a great weekend for representative cricket with the South Burnett XI bringing home a Goodchild Shield win and victories to the South Burnett U12s and Wide Bay U17s

Scorpions Dig Deep For Victory

Scorpions Dig Deep For Victory

An understrength Nanango Scorpions downed Kingaroy in a gripping A Grade cricket game which came down to the wire at Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday.

Goodchild Shield Squad Named

Goodchild Shield Squad Named

The squad from which the final South Burnett XI to compete in the 2015-16 Goodchild Shield series will be selected was named on Tuesday.

Kingaroy Too Good At Wondai

Kingaroy Too Good At Wondai

Opener Wayne Kelly led the way with the bat at Wondai to secure a victory for Kingaroy RSL Services in the A Grade cricket match played against the Wolves on Saturday.

Cricketers Hit The Pitch

Cricketers Hit The Pitch

The South Burnett’s 2015-16 cricket season gets underway this weekend with Round 1 matches in the A Grade and B Grade competition being played.

Ferling Back For Test

Ferling Back For Test

Kingaroy fast bowler Holly Ferling has been recalled to the Southern Stars team which is taking on England in the Ashes Test match on Tuesday night.

Holly’s Ashes Battle Begins

Holly’s Ashes Battle Begins

The Southern Stars have suffered a four-wicket defeat in the first ODI in the Women’s Ashes series, played at the County Ground in Taunton on Tuesday.

Pink Ball To Make Test Debut

Pink Ball To Make Test Debut

There’s a South Burnett connection to the “pink cricket ball” news stories which have been circulating since Cricket Australia announced a pink ball would be used in a day-night Test against New Zealand in November.

Win & Loss For Qld

Win & Loss For Qld

Coming off two wins and a loss, the Queensland 15 & Under cricket team, has had mixed fortunes for the rest of the week of the School Sport Australia Cricket Championships played in Darwin

NSW Just Too Strong

NSW Just Too Strong

Queensland’s “State of Origin” game against NSW in Round 3 of the 15 & Under School Sport Australia Cricket Championships in Darwin went the same way as this week’s iconic league game … with a loss to Queensland.