Nagambie's Ryan Matthews and Connor Little touch gloves.
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With the return of Cricket Shepparton’s lower grade action comes the return of Saturday Sundries.
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With the whites dusted off, the cordial mixed and seven different varieties of Shapes plonked on the tea-time table for the first time, there’s no better chance to examine all the runs, wickets and quirks as the league’s Clyde Young and Jim McGregor Shields launched with a series of one-day games.
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News photographer Rechelle Zammit was perched behind the lens as Central Park-St Brendan’s hosted Nagambie in the Clyde Young Shield opener.
Central Park-St Brendan's Andy Riza leaps into his bowling action.
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Nagambie's Connor Little sneaks through for a run.
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Nagambie's Connor Little tucks his shot away.
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Central Park-St Brendan's Dwain Vidler prepares to bowl.
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Central Park-St Brendan's wicket-keeper Nate Earl gets low.
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Double Js on the money
As a bowler, the first overs of a season can be a bit rusty.
That wasn’t the case for a pair of B-grade pacemen.
After Old Students posted 195 in its one-dayer against Karramomus, opening bowler Jacob Kinnane played chief destroyer with five of the first six wickets to send the Bloods into a tailspin.
Kinnane had terrific support in the field and behind the stumps — all five wickets caught — finishing with a tidy 5-31 as the Students bundled the Bloods out for 89 to seal a commanding 106-run victory.
Katandra’s Jack Poyner also raised the ball at the first opportunity, but it was something of a lone hand from the Eagles’ young gun.
Poyner had the scalps of both Mooroopna openers before cleaning up the tail to finish with 5-39, but despite also adding an unbeaten 15 runs in pursuit of 193, an undermanned Katandra was caught 88 runs short.
Renshaw-esque return from the wilderness
The Matt Renshaw revival has captured the imagination of the Aussie cricketing public as he piles on the runs in Durban — and the spirit of a long-awaited comeback was alive and well at the local level too.
And, while a similar long-time comeback didn’t quite reach triple figures, it was nonetheless a good show after nine seasons away.
Tatura managed a healthy 198 in its clash against Kyabram on the back of Elliott Bailey’s opening stand of 92 runs, marking his first appearance in the club’s Clyde Young Shield side since 2017-18 in style.
However, while Bailey may have booked his place in the side for the immediate future, his performance went in vain as a wayward bowling performance (38 extras) and some steady batting from the Redbacks carried the visitors to a three-wicket win.
Meanwhile, an exquisite collaboration between Adrian McGregor (89 runs) and David Mollison (82 not out) saw an early candidate for partnership of the year, their 151-run opening stand making a chase of CPStB’s 207 a simple one.
Mega milestone for SYCU stalwart
It wasn’t the result Shepparton Youth Club United would have wanted, but its round one clash proved a historic one.
Club president Steven Tate suited up for the 271st time for SYCU against Euroa and, in doing so, became the club’s record after a career spanning more than two decades, 6000 runs, 200 wickets and three club champion accolades.
The SYCU life member has also held a multitude of off-field roles that has made him one of the most respected faces at Princess Park and Cricket Shepparton circles and, only last year, was judged the Clyde Young Shield joint best-and-fairest.
SYCU went down by nine wickets to Euroa, but it was nonetheless a proud day for one of the organisation’s top people.
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