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Luke D'AnelloLeader sports reporter

Luke D’Anello has been a sports editor/reporter at Leader Community News since 2011. He specialises in local football and cricket.

Premier Cricket club St Kilda will not compete in this season’s elite under-16 competition but here’s every other “Dowling Shield” squad.

Premier Cricket never disappoints and after another weekend of sensational performances with bat and ball, see who made the Round 3 Team of the Week.

A gun batsman with more than 8000 VTCA runs to his name is poised to return to the competition.

A DVCA Barclay Shield flag contender is set to be boosted by three key inclusions after Christmas, including a decorated Premier Cricket batsman.

After a slow start to the season, last season’s preliminary finalists are showing signs of returning to their best.

An experienced coach fresh out of the AFL system will be calling the shots in the VAFA in 2021.

Thilina Herath scored 96 runs in boundaries in an incredible maiden Diamond Valley Cricket Association century.

Druids captain-coach Michael Hay is the leading run-scorer in VTCA Senior Division after a superb knock in Round 4.

No Simon Mackin, no Fawad Ahmed, no worries as the Students scored a crushing win over Essendon in Premier Cricket.

After a patchy start to the VSDCA season, the Seagulls recovered from a top-order collapse to claim victory in a must-win fixture.