COLLEGE opening bowler, Henry Bensch, has ended the finals run of the Pigeon Ponds team with a stunning display of fast bowling that saw him send six Pigeons players back to the pavilion for only six runs.

TYRENDARRA booked their spot in the Portland and District Cricket Association’s 2022-23 season grand final with an em-phatic victory over Portland Ti-gers over the weekend, winning the two-day match with 10 wickets in hand at Alexandra Park.

THE Hamilton and District Women’s Cricket Association (HDWCA) has crowned a new queen of the competition at its annual presentation event, with Aisha Hendriks winning her first MVP award as the best player in the competition.

THE cream has risen to the top of the Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) A grade competition with the semi finals set for this weekend, as the top four teams meet to decide which of them will get to square off in the season decider.

The HDWCA held its Grand Finals in A and B grades at Melville Oval on Sunday with some great games played.

TWO Casterton District teams will return to the crease this Saturday, securing berths in both the A Grade and B/C Grade Hamilton District Cricket Association finals.

RESULTS in all matches went the way of the favoured teams in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association B-C grade, as the finalists were decided in both B and C grades on Saturday.

CASTERTON District entered its last home game of the season knowing a loss was going to see the season end prematurely and it was a last wicket partnership of 53 that allowed the Maroons to record victory against Hamilton and hand the wooden spoon to the Blues on Saturday.

THE Portland and District Cricket Association’s 2022-23 under-16 season came to its enthralling conclusion on Sunday, with Portland Tigers defeating South Portland by 34 runs in a back-and-forth contest.

HAMILTON and District Cricket Association (HDCA) match committee members had to call off all senior cricket on the weekend, as Mother Nature caused the cancelation of the round with up to 25mm of rain drenching parts of the district.