{"id":325056,"date":"2022-10-15T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T04:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=325056"},"modified":"2022-10-29T18:26:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T08:26:21","slug":"cricket-returns-with-a-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/10\/15\/cricket-returns-with-a-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Returns With A Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brenton Polzin sends the ball to the boundary for Crusaders … Polzin hit seven fours and one six during his short spell at the crease<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 15, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett cricket returned with a blast last weekend with a full round of senior games played, a local derby in the A Grade competition and juniors mustering for games in Nanango.<\/p>\n

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A Grade<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Round 4 of the Gympie A Grade competition featured a clash between the two South Burnett teams, Murgon Crusaders and Wooroolin Warriors, at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crusaders came out on top defeating Warriors by 58 runs.<\/p>\n

Murgon won the toss, batted first and were 6\/236 at the end of their 40 overs.<\/p>\n

Ashley Sippel just missed out on his ton, not out 96 off 71 balls when Murgon ran out of time.<\/p>\n

Captain Brenton Polzin hit a quickfire 43 runs off 42 balls to be the next best scorer.<\/p>\n

Chris Curtis was the best of the Wooroolin bowlers, finishing with 2\/39 off seven overs.<\/p>\n

In reply, Wooroolin were all out for 178.<\/p>\n

Curtis (81), Caylan Brown (36) and Luke Smith (30) were the top scorers.<\/p>\n

Tom Currin did the damage for Murgon, taking 5\/27 off seven overs, including one maiden.<\/p>\n

Both the South Burnett teams will be in action again locally this weekend, with Warriors playing at Lyle Vidler and Crusaders at Murgon, against Gympie teams.<\/p>\n

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Joe Meikle hit 18 runs for Murgon, including one four and one six … this ball was despatched to the boundary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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South Burnett Seniors<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Wondai’s David Warner hits a towering six which had spectators ducking for cover at Taabinga State School on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Round 1 of the South Burnett Cricket Association’s senior competition saw games played in Murgon, Kingaroy and Nanango.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was also the debut of some new-named teams filled with familiar faces …<\/p>\n