For over 85 years, Sandy Creek Cricket Club has provided opportunities for senior cricketers of all ages and abilities.
The Cockatoos have always been a sociable and welcoming club, while maintaining a competitive streak on the field.
As our club song says: We're a mighty bunch of fellows and everyone's a star. If you don't find us at the cricket, you'll find us in the bar!
We currently field 4 senior sides in the Barossa and Light Cricket Association, with our home ground at Curdnatta Park being one of the best turf pitches in the competition.
Unfortunately the Sandy Creek A-Grade has been defeated by South Gawler in their semi-final over the weekend. After bowling the opposition out for 184 in just 48.3 overs (Rooster 4/46, Diener 4/81), the Cockies were left under 100 overs to chase it down. Unfortunately they had a collapse of 5 wickets for 1 run to
Congratulations to Kurt “Gomez” Roberts, who made his 3000th senior run for the Cockies today (21/10/2017), during his innings of 27 for the B-Grade against Willaston. The modest, self effacing acting skipper and beloved chairman of the club now has 3006 runs at an average just a shade under 22, with two centuries including a
Club records have now been added to the website here. Various details will be added as and when time permits. In the meantime, a start has been made, using a combination of Andrew Martin’s “holy grail” spreadsheet in conjunction with mycricket’s statistics for the last 7 seasons. For the women, mycricket numbers from 2008/09 onwards have
Australia’s 21 and under side are the world indoor cricket champions, winning the Grand Final of the Indoor Cricket World Cup in Dubai by just 2 runs! And leading the way with a Man of the Match performance was none other than Sandy Creek A-Grade cricketer, Jamie Diener! Top scoring for Australia in the Grand
A-Grade superstar all-rounder Jamie Diener has been selected to represent Australia’s 21 & Under side in the Indoor Cricket World Cup in Dubai from 16 – 23 September. Congratulations Jamie! Jamie has created a GoFundMe page to raise money to help him get to Dubai. All donations are welcome and appreciated. If you would like to
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
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
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
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
