On a day when only “mad dogs and Englishmen” would be outside, Curban maintained their position on top of the ladder with a convincing win over Biddon Toora, while Town Services kept their second position on the competition table with an easy win over Gular. Coonamble read the weather forecast prior to the weekend and had let USC know that it was going to be too hot.

Despite the heat, some great performances with the bat and ball were produced.

The Gilgandra Bowling Club best performances included Andrew Newstead (Curban) 72 not out, David Johnson (Town Services) 61, Jaimie Zell (Biddon-Toora) 51 and Brad Freeth (Curban) 48. Best of the bowlers were Randall Medd (Town Services) 5/14, with four wicket hauls to Curban duo, Andrew Newstead with 4/9 and Scott Chandler 4/12. Brandon Hammond from Gular took 3/20.

In other cricket news, an U19 Gilgandra side took on Narromine at McGrane Oval on Sunday.

With Gilgandra not having a Brewery Shield team this season, it was great to see the young cricketers organise this “friendly” representative game.

In an extremely close game, Gilgandra managed to beat the visitors with good performances put in by Jarred Couley, Wes Lummis and Brandon Hammond.

Congratulations fellas.

In reference to a question asked in regards to short-pitched bowling, please see the GDCA Associations rules below:

Condition 16 - A bowler shall be allowed to bowl one fast, short-pitched delivery per batsman per over.

This is defined as a ball which, after pitching, passes or would have passed above shoulder height of the batsman standing upright in their normal batting position at the crease but not clearly above their head.

If the delivery clearly passes above head high, it will be called a no-ball and will count as the one allowable short-pitched delivery for that over.

Condition 17- In the event of the bowler bowling more than one fast, short-pitched delivery as previously defined, the umpire will call no-ball and caution the bowler.