Sport
9 February, 2026
Upset win for Cats in WMDCA
ROUND 11 of the Warrnambool Moyne and District Cricket Association premier division reverted back to one day matches on Saturday after the heat abandonment on January 24.
At Henderson Oval, Mortlake scored a 91-run win over the Northern Raiders.
Batting first, the Cats made 8/251.
Ollie Mahncke top scored with 54 from 62 balls, while Raiders captain James Elford took 3/47 from nine overs.
In reply, the Raiders struggled to 9/160.
Jacob Fishwick top scored with 34 from 45 balls, while for Mortlake Damien Goddard took 3/23 from eight overs.
At Jones Oval, Dennington had a comfortable 73 run win over North Warrnambool.
Batting first, the Dogs made 8/155 with captain Ben Rantall top scoring with 45 from 80 balls.
Hugh Scott led the Eels’ bowlers with 3/23 from eight overs.
In reply, North was dismissed in the 38th over for 82, with Dilip Tharaka taking 5/6 from 4.4 overs.
At Merrivale, Nestles had a 13 run win over the home team.
Captain Mark Murphy top scored with 68 not out from 70 balls in Nestles’ total of 4/178.
Merrivale fell just short, bowled out for 165 in the 43rd over - Tigers captain Josh Stapleton top scoring with 42 from 61 balls.
At Jetty Flat, Russells Creek had a 60 run win over Warrnambool.
Creek batted first, scoring 4/236 led by 72 to Heshan De Silva, 60 not out to Ryan Barnes and 57 to Liam Collett.
Warrnambool managed 8/176 in reply, with Damon Cooper scoring 49.
At Avery’s Paddock, Port Fairy scraped home over Noorat Terang to win by one wicket.
The Lions batted first, posting 7/210 led by 63 from 87 balls to Stephen O’Connor.
A thrilling finish in the run chase saw Tim Delaney take the ninth wicket with the second last ball of the match; Port Fairy still needing two runs to win.
Pirates number 11 Andrew Ferres went out and hit the last ball for two to give the home team a memorable win.
Earlier, opener Jason Perera made 99 from 106 balls, with Liam Geary taking 4/43 for Noorat Terang.
At Davidson Oval, Allansford-Panmure scored an 86 run win over West Warrnambool.
The Gators, led by 53 to Shashan Silva and 51 to Chris Bant, posted 6/219 batting first.
In reply, West Warrnambool was dismissed in the 29th over for 133, teenage paceman Mack Mills taking 4/24 for Allansford-Panmure.
The penultimate round of two-day matches starts this week.
At Terang, the seventh placed Lions host fifth placed Mortlake.
Allansford-Panmure and Warrnambool will clash at Allansford.
At the Davidson Oval, West Warrnabool play Nestles; North Warrnambool travel to Port Fairy to take on the Pirates, Jetty Flat will see Russells Creek play the Northern Raiders, while Dennington will host Merrivale.
The WMDCA women’s competition wrapped up the home and away season with the final round of matches on Sunday.
Allansford-Panmure scored an eight wicket win over Dennington at Allansford.
Led by 4/8 from four overs to Millie Hook, the Gators bowled the visitors out for 60 in 23 overs.
Allansford-Panmure passed the score in just 10 overs for the loss of two wickets.
At Koroit, North Warrnambool scored a three wicket win over the home team.
Koroit was bowled out for 64 in 22.4 overs, Charlotte Wythe taking 3/5 from 3.4 overs for the Eels.
North Warrnambool lost seven wickets in the run chase, passing the score in the 19th over.
Brooke Gottlewski’s 3/4 from four overs made the visitors earn their win.
At Wenborn Oval, Nestles scored a dominant 118 run win over Mortlake.
Openers Charlotte Eldridge and Rachel Sabo both made 60 retired from 59 and 39 balls respectively in Nestles’ total of 2/184.
Mortlake could only scrape to 9/66 in reply, Cherie Geyer leading the Nestles bowling with 4/2 from four overs.
On the turf at Camperdown’s SA Wright Oval, Cobden scored a seven wicket win over Russells Creek.
Batting first, Creek made 9/85, Maddison Fisher top scoring with 19 not out.
For Cobden, Jess Walsh took 2/9 from four overs.
Cobden passed Russells Creek’s score in the 14th over for the loss of three wickets.
At Wangoom, Warrnambool registered an 83 run win over the home team.
Opener Jessica Quinlivan top scored with 74 not out from 48 balls in Warrnambool’s total of 7/171.
In reply, Wangoon batted out its overs but could only manage 8/88, Zoe Wagstaff top scoring with 23.
Hawkesdale had the bye.
Finals action in the women’s competition starts this week.
The top two teams, Hawkesdale and Nestles, have the first week off, with Warrnambool playing Cobden at Brierly on Friday night, and Allansford-Panmure playing Dennington at the Reid Oval on Sunday night.
