Past greats say they fear for the future of Colac and district cricket.Two of the district’s most celebrated champions say the phenomenon of Twenty20 cricket could eventually make the longer version of the game redundant.City United great Byron Cashion and Colac legend Tom Lloyd have warned Colac District Cricket Association to manage the new game [...]

Colac continues to enhance its reputation as a Victorian country cricket feeder ground.Eight of Colac’s top junior cricketers have earned the right to represent the Barwon Rockets in under-age state championships against Victoria’s elite next year.Promising City United trio Nick Lynch, Callum Buchanan and Lachie Crook have won selection into the Rockets under-18 squad along [...]

City United and Colac cricket clubs will put their rivalries aside tomorrow long enough to honour two of the clubs’ past legends.More than just four points will be up for grabs in tomorrow’s pivotal Division One clash as both clubs play for a perpetual shield named after City United champion Byron Cashion and Colac great [...]

Apollo Bay captain Ben Knight is talking tough ahead of tomorrow’s long-awaited blockbuster against ladder leader Irrewarra.Knight said his team was “busting at the seams” for this weekend’s 2006-07 grand final replay and not even the loss of key fast bowler Casey Lang could curb its enthusiasm. The Bay leader believes his team has discovered [...]

Colac West Division One captain David Lineen refuses to concede season 2008-09.Even with his side languishing in bottom place and the clock ticking on its chance to break the club’s finals drought, Lineen believes his team has what it takes to turn it around.The all-rounder said finals were still on West’s agenda, despite having just [...]

Warrion Division One captain Ryan Lang says his team will be glad to say goodbye to one-day cricket and hello to the real stuff.Putting aside Darren Murrell’s game-breaking exploits with the bat, Lang said his side had struggled to come to grips with the abbreviated form this season and was relieved tomorrow’s home game against [...]

Irrewarra premiership captain Nick Hay has called for Colac district cricket to stage its own Twenty20 competition as early as next season.   Fresh from helping his side advance in Cricket Victoria’s state-wide Twenty20 tournament on Sunday, Hay said it was time the Colac District Cricket Association explored the game’s abbreviated form.Hay, an association committee member, [...]

Irrewarra lethal weapon Micah Buchanan and Alvie power hitter Michael Groves know what is at stake this weekend.The dynamic duo will carry their team’s hopes on Sunday when the two Division One cricket teams battle for an opportunity to win $20,000 and showcase their skills on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.One club’s journey to a dream [...]

If Colac West is to stay in the hunt for finals, tomorrow’s contest against fellow cellar dweller Warrion on home turf is the forum to prove its case.This weekend’s bottom-of-the-ladder showdown at Western Oval looms as the most decisive contest of a round that is likely to sort out the major players in this season’s [...]

It’s fair to say premiership challengers Irrewarra and City United are in a similar boat leading into tomorrow’s top-of-the-table clash at Irrewarra.Both sides are looking to finish the Christmas break on top, both are coming off heartbreaking one-run losses and both are likely to be without four of their best XI players.The prospect of a [...]