Sandy Creek Cricket Club would like to congratulate Simon Longman on being appointed as the A-Grade Captain for season 2017/18. A former North Adelaide league footballer, Longy is renowned as a patient and level headed top order batsman, as well as a handy bowling option with both medium pace and leg-spin. Entering his fourth season
Sandy Creek are the inaugural winners of the B&LCA T20 Competition. Chasing 102 for victory, the Cockies just passed Freeling’s tally in the last over, with Chris McLean bringing us home with a classy 47 not out. Pick of the bowlers was evergreen Scott “MJ” Hill with 3/14 off his 4 overs and Jamie Diener
Ethan Morrow, affectionately known as Easy E, has had a breakout season for the Cockatoos in 2016/17. Making his A1 debut in Round 2 vs Kapunda, he has not only played U16s and A-Grade for Sandy Creek each week, but has also piled on the runs for the B&LCA U16 carnival side and the Northern
Massive congratulations to Under 16 Daniel Koch on winning the Kelly Mattner Cup (Association Junior Player of the Year) at last night’s Barossa and Light Cricket Association presentation night. Despite missing a game with injury, DK won the Association U16 Batting Aggregate by more than 100 runs over the second place-getter, teammate Ethan “Easy E”
In the last minor round game of 2015/16, Jamie Diener scored 173 off just 120 balls, including an incredible 21 sixes! The last 54 runs of his innings came from just 19 balls and included 8 sixes, 6 singles and 5 dot balls. Click on the scorecard below for a larger version with details of
After a very solid one-day campaign, Sandy Creek took home the 2015/16 One Day premiership, with a Grand Final victory over Angaston at Nuriootpa. The clear Man Of The Match was Jamie Diener, who not only took 3/21 with the ball, but set the platform for victory with a quickfire 76 with the bat, including
The Sandy Creek women’s side are back-to-back premiers in 2012/13, after chasing down a formidable total from Salisbury West. Set 151 for victory, the female Cockatoos won easily in the end, thanks largely to a foundation set by openers Jess Schirmer and Ashlee Morrow. Schirmer, the victorious captain, finished on 37 not out, while Morrow
Sandy Creek fielded two teams in the A3 competition of the B&LCA in 2011/12. The main side, Sandy Creek Green, ended the season as undefeated premiers, winning all 14 minor round games and both finals, making it back-to-back A3 premierships for the mighty Cockatoos! It wasn’t all beer and skittles though and the Grand Final
The Sandy Creek Women’s team have run away with the 2011/12 premiership in emphatic style! After winning the toss and sending Modbury in, they rolled the opposition for just 74, then chased the runs down inside 17 overs. Congratulations! Jess Schirmer top scored with 28 not out and took 1/13 from 3 overs, while the
Topping off an excellent 2010/11 season for the Sandy Creek club, the B-Grade side won the A2 Grand Final in convincing style with an outright victory over minor premiers Light Pass. Light Pass would have been full of confidence, having defeated the Cockatoos twice in the minor round, then winning the toss and batting in
