{"id":376806,"date":"2026-10-08T16:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=376806"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:22:15","slug":"local-cricket-begins-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/10\/08\/local-cricket-begins-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Cricket Begins Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 8, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Cricket Association&#8217;s 2026-27 competition officially gets under this weekend with three games scheduled on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All games will begin at 12:30pm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Murgon Diggers v Wooroolin Warriors &#8211; Murgon Showground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wondai Wolves v Nanango Scorpions &#8211; Wondai Cricket Ground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kingaroy Services v Saints &#8211; Taabinga State School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is Saints&#8217; second season in the competition, and the club will be hoping to repeat their 2025-26 success which led them to a Grand Final victory.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Wooroolin Warriors&#8217; A Grade team is competing again this season in the Gympie Cricket Association&#8217;s competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wooroolin will be in action this Saturday against Gympie Colts in Day 2 of Round 2 of the Two-Day Competition at Jack Ison Oval in Gympie.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of Day 1 last weekend,\u00a0 Warriors were 3\/301 declared with Colts (0\/59) trailing by 242 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Hayden Wieck (132 retired) and Oscar Dioth (106 not out) were Wooroolin&#8217;s top scorers.<\/p>\n<p>In Round 1, played at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy on September 19 and 26, Warriors (3\/147 declared) downed Gympie Royals (9\/56 and 81 all out) by seven wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Warriors&#8217; top scorers were opener Alexander Peters (68) and Braidyn Scott (23 not out).<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Askin took 3\/26 off eight overs in Royals&#8217; first innings, and 3\/11 off five in the second.<\/p>\n<p>NB. Murgon Crusaders have forfeited the first two rounds of the Gympie competition.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Tingoora Vikings are playing the Dalby Cricket Association competition again this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Their first game of the season will be this Saturday (October 10) against Criterions at Dalby Cricket Ground.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second year that the Vikings have played in the Dalby comp.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A grading day for all Stage 2 and Stage 3 junior cricketers in the South Burnett will be held from 8:00am to 11:00am on Saturday, October 17, at Murgon Showground.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The morning will include games and net sessions, and help set up the teams for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>The canteen will be open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Burnett Cricket Association&#8217;s 2026-27 competition officially gets under this weekend with three games scheduled on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":329804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,3,6],"tags":[1133],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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