Country Cricket is the lifeblood of many communities across Australia during the
summer months.

Country cricket clubs provide many aspiring juniors the opportunity to get a start in our great game
and senior players to test their skills against other like minded people, with the social aspect of
cricket always much enjoyed.

Upcoming events...

Port Lincoln twenty20 match vs Eyre Peninsula X1 @ Centenary Oval
Sunday February 28th @ 3:00pm
The Eyre Peninsula Country Academy squad members will play in curtain raisers to the main game.
EP under 14 academy players 10:00am T20
EP under 16 academy players 12:30pm T20

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Eyre Peninsula Cricket Academy established in season 2009/2010

The inaugural EP Academy was a great success with the players enjoying the training camp over 2 days. Port Adelaide players Darryl Monger, Colby Grace & Ben Walters were in Port Lincoln to coach the players during the 2 days. Players will now be involved in a final trail match in early November before the final selection of the under 14 & 16 Eyre Peninsula country cup teams.



Photos courtesy of Port Lincoln Times.

Click here to view the Country SACA page

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BOYS AND GIRLS:

IN2CRICKET - Centers run across the Eyre Peninsula, Tumby Bay Area School, Cleve Area School, Port Lincoln CA, Kimba Area School, Far West Junior Association, Streaky Bay Area School and Cummins Area School

For further information and player enquiries please contact:
Ben Walters, email: bwalters@saca.com.au

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Port Adelaide has a direct link with the Eyre Peninsula, our clubs' country region that includes 8 associations:

This relationship is to strengthen the link between the country zone with the Port Adelaide Cricket
Club and providing opportunities for players with coaching and development opportunities to prosper
in the game of cricket.

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Latest Country News

Port Lincoln Visit

The Port Adelaide Cricket Club is hailing the recent 3 day visit to Port Lincoln a great success with
over 500 people attending the exhibition match between the SACA 20/20 champions and a Lower Eyre Peninsula invitational XI held at Ravendale Sporting ground on Thursday the 22nd of January under lights.  

The Exhibition match was an entertaining affair
with Port Adelaide batting first and recording a
big score of 194 with Adam Dilley the star scoring
a brisk 68. Although a big score was on the board,
the Port boys were undermanned in the bowling
department and with some big hitters in the
country line up a good run chase was assured.
Steve Orchard provided some fireworks early
in the innings and the Port players were also
impressed with his keeping skills up to the stumps.

Eventually the LEP boys were dismissed for 159
with PACC Coach Paul Finnie claiming 4 wickets
with his slow medium pacers. The game was of
a high standard under lights in front of a supportive
crowd with many having travelled a long way from
within the EP to the match.

The Port Adelaide Cricket Club held 2 coaching
clinics during their stay which saw nearly 100
budding young cricketers attend, where they were
put through their paces touching on all the skills of
the game in a fun and interactive way with the Port
Adelaide players. Most of the Port Adelaide players
had not been to Port Lincoln before and were very
keen to take on the country boys in the Twenty20
match and enjoy Port Lincoln during the Tuna Rama
festival. 

A highlight for many of the players was the
'Close up Tuna Tour' where the players enjoyed
feeding and swimming with the fish that has made
the town famous. The Port Adelaide Cricket Club
would like to make this visit to Port Lincoln an
annual event to help promote and develop cricket
in the Lower Eyre Peninsula.

The Port Adelaide Cricket Club would like to take
this opportunity to thank the people of Port Lincoln
and the Lower Eyre Peninsula for making us feel
very welcome during our stay. The Port Lincoln
Cricket Association deserve tremendous credit for
helping to coordinator the event in such a short
time along with all the behind the scenes work
from Bluey Dunn and Peter Forrest.

I would like to also say a big thank you to all the
sponsors of cricket in Port Lincoln and to the Grand
Tasman Hotel, Matt Woller of Close Up Tuna Tours
along with the Ravendale Sporting complex, Tasman
CC & The Baseball Club for helping make our visit
to Port Lincoln a memorable one for all of us.

Ben Walters

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