South Burnett has taken revenge for its grand final loss last season, knocking last year’s Goodchild Shield winners Gympie out of the competition with a comprehensive 190-run victory at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy this afternoon.
Nanango secured first innings points when the two-day match between Warriors and Scorpions ground to a draw on Saturday.
The South Burnett has the opportunity of securing a spot in the Goodchild Shield final when it takes on Gympie at Lyle Vidler Oval on Sunday.
Kingaroy RSL players will be able to take a well-earned holiday next weekend after wrapping up their two-day match against Murgon in just one afternoon.
Kingaroy RSL carried a lead of more than 200 runs into Day 2 of their A Grade match against the Warriors played at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy on Saturday
Damien Sippel will take over the captain’s role for the South Burnett XI’s second Goodchild Shield match, which will played in Bundaberg on Sunday.
The first round of two-day A Grade games for the 2012-13 South Burnett cricket season began this weekend. Kingaroy RSL took on Wooroolin Warriors at Lyle Vidler Oval and Murgon Crusaders played Nanango Scorpions at Murgon.
Nanango Scorpions were too good for a depleted Kingaroy RSL side during their A Grade match at Nanango Sportsgounds on Saturday.
Murgon Crusaders completed their dominance of the pre-season T20 competition by cruising to victory in the grand final played at Murgon on Friday night.
Three young South Burnett cricketers have been selected to play for the Queensland U12s schoolgirls team following Wide Bay’s victory in the two-day selection championships played at the weekend in Brisbane.
The South Burnett Cricket Association’s 2012-13 season of one-day matches returned with a bang on Saturday with Kingaroy RSL and Murgon Crusaders scoring solid victories.
The South Burnett’s U19 representative team travelled to Gympie on Sunday for their first game of fixtures for 2012.
Kingaroy teenager Holly Ferling will make her debut tomorrow with the Queensland Fire when they take on South Australia in a T20 cricket match at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
An exciting young cricketer made his A Grade debut for Murgon Crusaders on Saturday in Kingaroy … at the grand old age of 12.
The South Burnett’s cricket season roared into action at the weekend with a victory in the opening Goodchild Shield match and a round of T20 matches played at Murgon, Wondai and Kingaroy.
Spin bowler Freddy Davies will captain the South Burnett’s representative XI in their opening Goodchild Shield cricket match against Fraser Coast on Sunday.
Wondai bowler Dan Learmont has issued an early warning for season 2012-13 after picking up five wickets for the South Burnett XI in an easy victory over a Wanderers Club side in Kingaroy on Saturday.
Eighteen junior cricketers from Murgon and Kingaroy attended a free coaching clinic on Saturday as part of the Wanderers’ visit to Kingaroy.
South Burnett cricketers are looking forward to a pre-season one-day match against the Wanderers Queensland Club in Kingaroy tomorrow (August 25).
Kingaroy Services’ fast bowler Holly Ferling, 16, has been invited to join a training camp in Sri Lanka with the Australia’s national women’s cricket team, the Southern Stars.
