FIVE young cricketers have been rewarded for their individual performances at the recent Junior Country Week carnivals during January within the Western Waves Region, selected to play in the Western Waves All Star teams.

MACARTHUR had the bye in A grade which allowed the club to select regular top grader, Sam Lambevski in D grade, and he made the most of his time in the middle as the Demons thrashed Hamilton at Haymes Paints Oval.

HOUNOURS are even after the opening day of the Hamilton and District Cricket Association round 12 A grade clash between College and Pigeon Ponds College Turf on Saturday.

GORAE-PORTLAND will head into day two of their Portland and District Cricket Association clash with South Portland at Cavalier Park with an imposing total to defend after fantastic knocks from two of their veteran batsmen.

AS the Portland and District Cricket Association reaches the business end of the 2022-23 season, there remain a couple of vital matchups on the horizon.

COLLEGE Turf is the venue for the match of the round in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade match of the round, as College hosts Pigeon Ponds in a vital round 12 encounter.

HAMILTON Cricket Club stalwart, Adrian Ferguson, gained more reward for his many years of hard toil as a bowler last Saturday when he claimed the third hat-trick of his Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) career in the match against College Eagles at College Turf.

GRAMPIANS has continued its dominant season, collecting the Hamilton and District Cricket Association One-Day Shield with victory against Pigeon Ponds at Dahl Turf on Thursday.

THEY didn’t do it as easily as they would have liked to, but nonetheless Portland Tigers managed to get a win over South Portland in the Portland and District Cricket Association on Saturday, getting home thanks to a huge eighth-wicket partnership.

HAMILTON and District Cricket Association will celebrate Australia Day in its usual manner with the staging of the One Day Shield Final at Dahl Turf tomorrow, as Grampians and Pigeon Ponds do battle for the short format trophy.