Cricket wash out

ROUND six of WDCA action will revert to one-day games after Saturday’s fixture was washed out. Wangaratta received 43.2mm of rain with WDCA officials calling games off early on Saturday morning, while junior affairs were cancelled on Friday night. This Saturday’s A grade games will now be played as 40 overs each way, with under 16s and under 14s to follow suit. WDCA president Justin Kelly said it was a tough few days logistically. “We’ve had around 100mm since Monday but we had a reprieve on Thursday and Friday so all of the curators had to get wickets and grounds prepared just in case seniors went ahead,” Kelly said. “We were hoping the weather might change for Saturday but that wasn’t the case at all and it had already been raining for a few hours before we cancelled senior games on Saturday morning. “It was a frustrating week, especially for the curators who had to roll wickets. “Seven days out it’s saying it could be wet next weekend as well but hopefully that’ll change. “All senior and junior games will just revert to one day games.” Ovens Valley United A grade skipper Dylan Bursill said the change to a 40-over fixture against City Colts would be a challenge. “It was a bit disappointing considering it was the last two-dayer before Christmas - the weather’s a bit unpredictable at the minute,” he said. “They’ve got some good players, so we’ve got to be a bit more mindful to make inroads into their top five because they’ve got some good batters in their top five. “It definitely helps our bowling we’ve got plenty of options. “It gives Geeth (Alwis) another week, he was touch-and-go with whether he was going to bowl on Saturday – hopefully his finger will be right by Saturday to resume bowling, because it hurt not having him bowl last game.” Along with WDCA club games, junior representative cricket also took a hit with the Shepparton Challenge abandoned for the second consecutive week. The representative games were set to be played on Sunday in Shepparton with the deluge leaving grounds too wet. “The Shepparton Challenge was meant to be on Sunday but the outfields are too wet,” Kelly said. “There’s talk that it might get rescheduled to February when school goes back but that’s not set in stone.”

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