{"id":365612,"date":"2025-10-08T19:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=365612"},"modified":"2025-10-09T22:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:30:35","slug":"cricket-hits-off-in-south-burnett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/10\/08\/cricket-hits-off-in-south-burnett\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Hits Off In South Burnett"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_365613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365613\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-365613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Troy Dennien hit a very valuable 49 runs for Crusaders on Day 1 of their Gympie A Grade Two-Day match against Harlequins at Murgon Sportsground last Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 8, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noticed the temperature? It&#8217;s cricket time &#8230; so the South Burnett Cricket Association&#8217;s local competition will be getting under way this Saturday!<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 and Stage 3 junior cricketers will be holding a muster at Murgon Sportsground from 8:00am to sort out teams for the 2025-26 competition as well as play some friendly games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 1 games of the Senior One-Day 40-Over competition will also be played on Saturday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wondai Cricket Ground<\/strong> &#8211; Wondai Wolves v Murgon Diggers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Taabinga State School Oval<\/strong> &#8211; Kingaroy Services v Nanango Scorpions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lyle Vidler Oval, Kingaroy<\/strong> &#8211; Wooroolin Warriors v Saints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All senior games start at 12:30pm.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Gympie A Grade<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The South Burnett again has two teams competing in the Gympie Cricket Association&#8217;s A Grade competition: Murgon Crusaders and Wooroolin Warriors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Day 1 of Round 2 of the Two-Day competition was played on Saturday with Murgon Crusaders taking on Harlequins at Murgon Sportsground.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murgon won the toss and elected to bat, declaring at 8\/226 at the end of the 52nd over.<\/p>\n<p>At stumps, Harlequins were 1\/75 after Byron Kratzmann (1\/15 off five overs) trapped Harlequin opener Daniel Shepperson out LBW.<\/p>\n<p>Top-scorers for Crusaders were Troy Dennien (49), Joseph Carney (40) and Adam Kratzmann (39), with each batter hitting seven 4s.<\/p>\n<p>Day 2 will be played this Saturday at Murgon Sportsground, with Harlequins trailing by 151.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>In Gympie, Wooroolin Warriors were in action against Gympie Royals at Jack Ison Oval.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wooroolin won the toss and elected to bat, declaring at 8\/242 in the 59th over.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson Black starred for Warriors, hitting 95 runs, including six 4s, before being bowled just short of his century.<\/p>\n<p>Hayden Wieck (41) and Clinton Zemek (28) also added valuable runs.<\/p>\n<p>At stumps, Royals were on the ropes after losing six wickets in just 16.5 overs (6\/75).<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Askin (2\/16 off four overs) and Kyron Tunstall (2\/19 off five overs) did the damage for Crusaders.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-kpDqfm fWMLcR\">Day 2 will be played on Saturday in Gympie, with Royals trailing by 167 runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Footnote:\u00a0 Gympie&#8217;s Two-Day competition <\/em><em>began on September 20, with Warriors (10\/183) and Crusaders (6\/141) at the end of Day 1 in Gympie, but unfortunately Murgon had to forfeit Day 2 on September 27.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365614\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-365614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251004cricket2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Patton hit 14 runs off 17 balls for Crusaders before he was bowled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noticed the temperature? 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