http://www.butchercricket.com/feed The latest Cricket News from butchercricket.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:44:16 +1000 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:44:16 +1000 en-au Copyright 2010 Northern Districts Cricket Club. All rights reserved. http://butchercricket.com/images/butchers.jpg http://www.butchercricket.com/ http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=252&title=Under 19 Most Improved Preview&mode=1 http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=252&title=Under 19 Most Improved Preview&mode=1 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:44:16 +1000 In true Hollywood Oscars vein, our Gossip Writer brings you a preview of 10 junior players who might be in line to take out this years prestigious U19 Most Improved award. Keep in mind this is purely speculation and meant for entertaining reading and healthy discussion; the award winner may or may not be represented in this list. Please feel free to cast your vote (which will in no way have bearing in the judging), but should be fun to tally anyway.The current holder is Jack Daskey who took the award after rising out of the Junior ranks in Season 2008/09; scoring 362 runs and taking 48... http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=251&title=Junior Tuesday - U16A hammer Corrimal&mode=1 http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=251&title=Junior Tuesday - U16A hammer Corrimal&mode=1 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:19:17 +1000 Welcome to Juniors Tuesday, the latest feature to hit Butcher Cricket. Congratulations to the Thirroul Under 16A side who progressed to the Semi Finals on the back of a 2nd place finish in the 10 team competition. With a record of one outright win, five innings wins, two washouts and just one loss, Thirroul kept the club aspirations of a Junior title alive at Hollymount West on Saturday. The previous encounter, back in Round 7, had been all Butchers after a Jackson Stewart and Lachlan Dunn inspired 7-278 was far too good for Corrimal's 104 & 6-69.Losing the toss ... http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=250&title=Junior Tuesday - 14A brave in Semi loss&mode=1 http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=250&title=Junior Tuesday - 14A brave in Semi loss&mode=1 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:58:47 +1000 Welcome to Juniors Tuesday, the latest feature to hit Butcher Cricket. Congratulations to the Thirroul Under 14A side who progressed to the Semi Finals on the back of a 4th place finish in the 11 team competition. With a record of one outright win, three innings wins, one washout and five losses, Thirroul met 1st placed Wests at Figtree Oval 2 on Saturday. The previous encounter, back in Round 5, had been a comfortable win to the Red Devils on the back of a mammoth 2-176.This time around Thirroul put up a much braver fight in the field by restricting Wests to just 1... http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=249&title=Junior Tuesday - U10 Quarter Final Nail-biter&mode=1 http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=249&title=Junior Tuesday - U10 Quarter Final Nail-biter&mode=1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:43:53 +1000 Welcome to Juniors Tuesday, the latest feature to hit Butcher Cricket. Congratulations to the Thirroul Blue Under 10 side who progressed to the Quarter Finals on the back of a 5th place finish in the 15 team competition. With a record of eight wins, two washouts and four losses Thirroul met 4th placed Wests at JJ Kelly Park on Saturday. The previous encounter, way back in Round 1, had been a relatively comfortable win to the Red Devils. This was a much improved Butcher side though and it showed when composing a respectable 7/112 from their allotted overs. With the bat La... http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=248&title=Honours even after rain shortened day&mode=1 http://www.butchercricket.com/news.php?news=248&title=Honours even after rain shortened day&mode=1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:43:17 +1000 NDCC 2nd Grade - Toby English and Lachlan Dunn hold the key for a strong Butcher total in a rain shortened game at Hollymount Park on Saturday. After a wet pitch forced play to be held up until 3:30pm, Northern Districts finally got out to the middle much to the exasperation of the Red Devils Captain. Despite losing the toss and being asked to bat on the sticky wicket, Mark Rollestone (21) and Mick Allen (22) performed admirably to negate the moving new ball. Allen was surprisingly subdued in what can only be labeled as a Captains knock while Rollestone played more freely in his 53-bal...