Young blood: South’s Arnold wins A Grade

SOUTH PORTLAND’S Mitch Arnold become one of the youngest players to win the Portland and District Cricket Association’s A Grade Cricketer of the Year Award on Monday evening, with the hard-hitting all-rounder collecting 13 votes at 17-years-old.

By Portland Observer

March 18, 2022 | 1:39 PM

SOUTH Portland all-rounder Mitch Arnold is the youngest winner of the Portland and District Cricket Association’s A Grade Cricketer of the Year in more than 20 years.

17-year-old Arnold was awarded the competition’s top prize on Monday night at presentations at Cavalier Park, with his 13 vote haul making him the youngest winner since Jarrod Holt (also 17 at the time) in the 2000-01 season.