The Murray Valley Cricket Association tournament will begin with four games of cricket at Deniliquin’s Memorial Park oval tomorrow, with two games each at 11.30am and 3pm.
Play will move to Barooga for the following Saturday.
A number of Deniliquin players have registered to play, with the majority of local players lining up in the Crushers team.
It will be lead by Deni Rhinos player Andrew Hogan, and will also include players from Jerilderie, Katunga and Katamatite.
Leading the Challengers team is Barooga’s Riley Gow, who will captain a side made up of mostly Barooga and Tocumwal players.
The Blasters is a team made up of Cobram, Nathalia, Katamatite, Cobram and Barooga based players, lead by Cobram’s Adam Decicco.
The final team, the Warriors, is captained by Moama’s Jack Russell and includes players from Deniliquin, Cobram, Barooga and Tocumwal.
The Twenty20 competition was created following delays in community sport, which deferred the start of the MVCA season proper.
The league has estimated a start date for Saturday, November 13 for the A grade season, and November 20 for B grade.
Twenty20 teams are as follows:
Fairway Views Motor Inn Challengers – Riley Gow (c), Barooga; Daniel Ellis, Barooga; Will Sharp, Barooga; Jordan Anthony, Barooga; Luke Dinan, Tocumwal; Michael Roberts, Tocumwal; Patrick Bennett, Tocumwal; Tom Oliver, Tocumwal; Cody Deegan, Tocumwal.
Tocumwal Golf & Bowls Club Crushers – Andrew Hogan (c), Deni; Charlie Hillier, Deni; Greg Mitchell, Deni; Boddie Arthur, Deni; Mitch Doyle, Katunga; Brayden Beaton, Katamatite; Ben Lukies, Katamatite; Daniel Henerey, Jerilderie; Eddy Akhtar, Jerilderie.
Bega Blasters – Adam Decicco (c), Cobram; Tyron Baden, Cobram; Jack Beasley, Cobram; Sam Boyd, Nathalia; Jason McKenna, Nathalia; Kepler Lukies, Katamatite; Harry Paterson, Katamatite; Connor Cowley, Tocumwal; Manraj Singh, Barooga/Deni Rhinos.
Cobram Panel Works Warriors – Jack Russell (c), Moama; Glen McFadden, Moama; Tom McCallum, Deni; Brad Todd, Deni; Mark Habberfield, Cobram; Will Lavery, Barooga; Daniel Johnson, Barooga; Jono Oliver, Barooga; Andrew Lean, Tocumwal; Paul Mangion, Tocumwal.
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