6:57pm: 4 catches for Mark Di Fede today for BUCCs. He now has 9 for the season.
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6:50pm: Just posted a gallery of photos of the Kangaroo Flat v Strathdale game online here
6:43pm: I've just got a changed score at Strathfieldsaye, make that a 1 RUN loss to Sandhurst.
2nd time in three games they've lost by one run.
Liam Bowe finished 46 n.o. Great knock.
Got to feel for the Dragons. So close, yet so far.
6:42pm: Yet another close loss for Sandhurst.
The Dragons have lost to Strathfieldsaye by 5 runs.
Would the Dragons have to be the most competitive 2-6 team getting around the BDCA for a while?
Strathfieldsaye now 5-3.
6:39pm: Eaglehawk bowled out for 168, lose by 5 runs to BUCCs.
Marcus Smalley took the last wicket, bowling Richard Tibbett.
No heroics this week for the Hawks, who suffer a close loss.
Bendigo United now 7-1.
Reckon you can lock the reigning premiers in for a home semi-final.
Eaglehawk now 5-2.
6:37pm: 13 off 4 balls needed for Sandhurst.
6:35pm: Sandhurst need 14 off last over.
Reckon the Dragons are headed for another close loss here.
But again, have fought the game right out after appearing down and out earlier.
6:34pm: Eaglehawk 9-167 after 43.4 overs.
7 runs needed.
6:31pm: White Hills premiership reunions on the horizon.
6:30pm: Sandhurst need 21 off 2 overs to beat Strathfieldsaye.
6:29pm: Eaglehawk 9-162 in 43rd over.
11 needed to win, Hawke and Tibbett batting.
Can Tibbett be a hero with the bat for second game in a row?
6:27pm: Sandhurst 7-169 with 2 overs to go against Strathfieldsaye.
Liam Bowe on 31 and Clinton Botham on 27.
Dragons need 193 to win.
A career-best knock in the first XI for the Bowe at the moment.
Highest score before today had been 10.
6:26pm: Looks like coach Adam Ward got among the runs for Huntly against White Hills.
6:25pm: Eaglehawk 8-156 in 42nd over.
Can they get out of jail for second week in a row.
Cory Jacobs and Brodie Hawke batting for the Hawks.
6:22pm: Haven't been able to get a confirmed final score, but I assume Bendigo beat Golden Square.
Then again, you know what they say about assuming...
6:20pm: Eaglehawk 8-152.
Cam McGlashan last wicket to fall for 5, dismissed by Marcys Smalley.
That's the coach's second wicket for the Redbacks.
Apparently Marcus is very keen to participate in under the pump, so we'll get him involved in the new year.
6:14pm: Kangaroo Flat 7-112 in 35th over v Strathdale.
Ben DeAraugo has a 5-for for the Suns coming off his ton last week.
Goes alright he does.
Has 5-37 off 7 overs.
The Suns have conceded 33 runs in wides today.
6:11pm: Eaglehawk 7-143 v BUCCS in 40th over.
Matt Fitt dismissed for 57; Aaron Monro out for 34.
Cam McGlashan and Cory Jacobs in.
Miggy Podosky has 3-20 for BUCCs.
5:58pm: Huntly-North Epsom has defeated White Hills.
Big win for the Power, ends a 4-game losing streak.
Both the Power and Demons go to the break with 3-5 records.
5:52pm: Sandhurst 7-121 off 33 v Strathfieldsaye.
70 needed off 12 overs for the Dragons.
Liam Bowe on 4 and Clinton Botham on 8.
Ben Devanny has 3-25 off his 9 for the Jets.
5:50pm: Eaglehawk 4-110 after 33 v BUCCs.
Matt Fitt on 57, Aaron Monro on 20 for the Hawks.
5:41pm: Bendigo should beat Golden Square from here.
The Goers are 5-130 in 37th over, need 14 more to win.
If the Goers finish the job, that will be four losses in a row for first time in 15 years for Square.
On the other hand, Bendigo hasn't won 3 in a row too often in recent years eithewr.
5:39pm: Eaglehawk 4-87 after 27 v BUCCs.
Matt Fitt on 49 and Aaron Monro on 7.
Target to win is 174.
Could be another tight finish in store for the Hawks.
5:25pm: All over at the Gabba, Aussies win.
5:14pm: Kangaroo Flat in the 21st over is 3-59 v Strathdale.
Last 2 wickets have been Daniel Barber (16) and Jake Klemm (4).
Ben DeAraugo got both the wickets for the Suns.
The target for the Roos is 171.
The Roos haven't beaten the Suns in their past eight meetings.
5:13pm: Old Tiger Bourke putting in the Bendigo Golf Club Christmas Challenge today.
5:10pm: Bendigo 4-96 in 27th over.
Target for the Goers is 144. The Goers are going for three wins in a row.
5:02pm: Sandhurst now 5-83.
Shane Robinson and Lucas Hutchinson last 2 wickets to fall.
Seb Greene and Ned Slater in for the Dragons, who need 110 more runs to win off 26 overs.
A couple of young fellas at the crease for the Dragons.
5:01pm: Eaglehawk now 4-66 v BUCCs.
Last wicket to fall Todd Brown, dismissed by Leigh McDermott for 2.
Matt Fitt holding the innings together. He's on 35.
Aaron Monro yet to score.
5:00pm: Australia closing in on victory in 2nd Test.
4:51pm: Eaglehawk 3-56 v BUCCs.
Last wicket was Anthony West out for 4.
That's a second wicket to Jean-Miguel Podosky.
4:50pm: Chris Rogers out for Aussies.
4:36pm: Bendigo 2-62 in 15th over v Golden Square.
Target to win is 144.
4:31pm: Australia 2-63 needing 128 to win
Rogers 38, Smith on 9.
4:29pm: Sammy Johnston with the wicket for the Suns.
4:28pm: Matt White out for a duck, dismissed by Marcus Smalley.
Eaglehawk 2-27 after 7 v BUCCs.
Matt Fitt on 16, Anthony West on 1.
4:26pm: Kangaroo Flat is 1-18 in the 10th over v Strathdale.
Lachlan Shelton on 0 and Daniel Barber on 0.
4:19pm: 4 catches for Eaglehawk keeper Matt Fitt earlier today.
He now has 19 dismissals for the season.
4:14pm: Pressure on Sandhurst.
The Dragons are 3-42 off 7 overs v Strathfieldsaye.
Trevor Pickthall (0), Joel Schneider (9) and Craig Howard (16) all out.
Lucas Hutchinson on 6 and Shane Robinson on 0.
Robbo was one of the cameos in yesterday's Remember When....
Ben Devanny has 2 wickets, Cory Devanny 1.
4:07pm: Bendigo United defending a score of 9-173 v Eaglehawk.
Basically, an identical score to what Eaglehawk chased against Kangaroo Flat last week.
The Hawks have already lost Jason Abbott, dismissed by Miggy Podosky for 4.
The Hawks are 1-14 after 4.
Matt Fitt on 7, Matt White yet to score.
4:05pm: Here's the story on Liam Radolf's 314 n.o. over at Maryborough this morning.
3:37pm: Huntly 0-11 off 3 overs v White Hills in their pursuit of the Demons' 145.
3:32pm: Strathdale finish 8-170 v Kangaroo Flat.
Jono Davidson finished 24 n.o. and Jake DeAraugo 22 n.o.
They put on 51 for the 9th wicket.
3:23pm: Nathan Fitzpatrick and Brett Andrews 3 wickets each for Bendigo.
3:21pm: Golden Square all out for 143 v Bendigo.
Strathfieldsaye finished 8-192 v Sandhurst. Xavier Crone 41 n.o.
3:20pm: 3 quick wickets to Richard Tibbett has Bendigo United 9-171 after 44 overs.
BUCCs have just lost 4-11.
Tibbett took 3-28 off 9, dismissing Ricky Allan (4), Miggy Podosky (0) and Marcus Smalley (0).
Looks like Tibbett could have been on a hat-trick, but unconfirmed.
15 wickets for the season for Tibbett now.
3:19pm: Here's the leaderboard in our Addy-Bicknells Player of the Year Award:
1 - Craig Howard (Sandhurst) 26
2 - Adam Burns (Kangaroo Flat) 23
3 - Ben Devanny (Strathfieldsaye) 20
4 - Cameron Taylor (Strathdale-Maristians) 17
5 - Ben Gunn (Bendigo United) 15
6 - Shaun Knott (Eaglehawk) 14
69 - Nathan Fitzpatrick (Bendigo) 14
7 - Heath Behrens (Bendigo United) 13
8 - Nick Baker (Strathdale-Maristians) 13
9 - Mitchell Winter-Irving (White Hills) 13
70 - Alex Pearson (Bendigo) 13
10 - Gavin Bowles (White Hills) 11
76 - Adam Ward (Huntly-North Epsom) 11
11 - Scott Woodman (Golden Square) 10
12 - Brent Hamblin (Kangaroo Flat) 10
3:11pm: Strathfieldsaye 8-172 off 43 v Sandhurst.
Bodee Scullie last wicket to fall for 49.
Xavier Crone is 28 n.o.
Scullie proving a valuable addition to the Jets this year. His past 5 scores have been 34*, 87*, 11, 1* and 49.
3:10pm: In his 250th game, Heath Behrens is out for 50, dismissed by Cory Jacobs.
Bendigo United 5-156 in 42nd over.
That's now four half-tons for Behrens this season - 62 19 64 24 10 39 57 50
Nick Crawford on 12, Ricky Allan yet to score.
3:08pm: Here's how all the teams were ranked on their batting and bowling heading into today:
BATTING:
1 - STRATHDALE-MARISTIANS
2 - STRATHFIELDSAYE
3 - BENDIGO UNITED
4 - EAGLEHAWK
5 - WHITE HILLS
6 - BENDIGO
7 - KANGAROO FLAT
8 - GOLDEN SQUARE
9 - SANDHURST
10 - HUNTLY-NORTH EPSOM
BOWLING:
1 - BENDIGO UNITED
2 - HUNTLY-NORTH EPSOM
3 - STRATHDALE-MARISTIANS
4 - EAGLEHAWK
5 - GOLDEN SQUARE
6 - SANDHURST
7 - KANGAROO FLAT
8 - STRATHFIELDSAYE
9 - WHITE HILLS
10 - BENDIGO
3:07pm: White Hills only got 145 runs to play with against Huntly.
3:02pm: Adam Burns' 3 wickets today gives him 25 to the mid-season break.
Burns' season: 4-21 2-32 1-32 5-71 5-69 2-51 3-59 3-12
3pm: Bendigo United 4-149 in the 40th.
Heath Behrens on 45; Nick Crawford on 10 for the Redbacks.
2:59pm: India 2nd innings
M Vijay b Starc 27
S Dhawan lbw b Lyon 81
CA Pujara c Lyon b Hazlewood 43
V Kohli b Johnson 1
AM Rahane c Lyon b Johnson 10
RG Sharma c †Haddin b Johnson 0
MS Dhoni lbw b Hazlewood 0
R Ashwin c †Haddin b Starc 19
UT Yadav c †Haddin b Johnson 30
VR Aaron c Hazlewood b Lyon 3
I Sharma not out 1
Extras (lb 2, w 5, nb 2) 9
Total 224
Fall of wickets 1-41 (Vijay, 10.3 ov), 2-76 (Kohli, 26.1 ov), 3-86 (Rahane, 28.3 ov), 4-86 (RG Sharma, 28.5 ov), 5-87 (Dhoni, 29.2 ov), 6-117 (Ashwin, 36.4 ov), 7-143 (Pujara, 44.4 ov), 8-203 (Dhawan, 59.1 ov), 9-211 (Aaron, 61.2 ov), 10-224 (Yadav, 64.3 ov)
MG Johnson 17.3 4 61 4
JR Hazlewood 16 0 74 2
MA Starc 8 1 27 2
SR Watson 13 4 27 0
NM Lyon 10 1 33 2
2:56pm: India all out for 224 at the Gabba.
Aussies need 128 to win.
2:54pm: Strathdale 8-129 off 36 overs v Kangaroo Flat.
Last 4 wickets - Cam Taylor (17), Ben DeAraugo (13), Adrian Pappin (0) and Charlie Garratt (0).
Jono Davidson on 6 and Jake DeAraugo on 2.
Adam Burns has taken 3-12 off his 9 overs.
Tim Robertson has 1-35.
2:50pm: 37 overs gone and Strathfieldsaye is 7-136 v Sandhurst.
Bodee Scullie on 30 and Xavier Crone on 16.
The brothers Bowe have 2 wickets each for the Dragons.
2:28pm: Been a tough day with the bat for White Hills against Huntly.
2:48pm: India 9-224.
2:47pm: Bendigo United 4-138 after 37 overs v Eaglehawk.
Heath Behrens on 37. Nick Crawford on 7.
2:35pm: Wicket for the Aussies at the Gabba. India now 8-206.
2:33pm: Golden Square 6-110 in 33rd over v Bendigo.
2:31pm: Bendigo United 4-113 v Eaglehawk.
Last 2 wickets to fall have been Wayne Fidler (38) and skipper Leigh McDermott (0).
Heath Behrens and Nick Crawford batting for the Redbacks.
Wonder how many times these two have batted together over the years?
Cam McGlashan, Cory Jacobs, Aaron Monro and Brodie Hawke all have a wicket each for the Hawks.
2:25pm: Kangaroo Flat has a 10-year premiership reunion coming up next month.
The reunion will be held on Saturday, January 24.
Past players and supporters wishing to attend are to RSVP Shane Harling on 0418 514 542.
2:19pm: India 7-194.
2:16pm: Strathfieldsaye now 6-81.
Is this the day the wheel finally starts turning for Sandhurst and they get their season going.
The Dragons are 2-5. Can easily mount a case that they should be 7-0.
2:15pm: Strathfieldsaye 5-80 off 26.3 overs v Sandhurst out at Tannery Lane.
2:14pm: White Hills are 5-63 off 24 overs v Huntly.
Brayden Stepien has top-scored so far with 44.
The Power on top out at Huntly.
2:13pm: Big wicket for Eaglehawk. Ben Gun trapped lbw for 29.
Bendigo United 2-98 off 26.
Heath Behrens just in in game No.250. He's on 6.
Wayne Fidler unbeaten on 36.
2:10pm: Thanks to Golden Square all-rounder Liam Smith and his partner Anne-Marie Kelly for taking part in Under the Pump this week.
Believe we've got a top-order batsman from Eaglehawk teed up for next week.
2:05pm: Strathdale now 4-105 after 23 v Kangaroo Flat.
Last 2 wickets have been Sam Johnston (27) and Nick Baker (2).
Jake Klemm and Cameron Salmon the last 2 wickets for the Roos.
Cam Taylor on 10 and Ben DeAraugo on 6.
2:03pm: Looking forward to Addy Christmas party tonight.
After getting his fix of his favourite movie Dirty Dancing on TV last Saturday night, Bourkey is up and about for a big one I reckon.
1:58pm: India 7-173.
1:57pm: Bendigo United 1-79 in 23rd over v Eaglehawk.
Wayne Fidler on 29, Ben Gunn on 25.
Mark Di Fede the batsman out, dismissed by Cory Jacobs for 16.
1:53pm: Don't have a score, but White Hills is batting against Huntly-North Epsom.
Sounds like Adam Ward gave Brayden Stepien a let-off in the second over.
1:34pm: Bendigo is up and about.
The Goers have Golden Square 3-48 off 16.
Square have lost their past 3 games. Got to go back to the 1999-2000 season for the last time they lost 4 in a row:
Rd 6 187 lt Bendigo United 7-188
Rd 7 162 lt Eaglehawk 5-180
Rd 8 5-177 lt Bendigo 9-180
Rd 9 179 lt Eaglehawk 9-222 & 1-31
1:32pm: Strathfieldsaye 3-46 in 16th over v Sandhurst.
The Dragons just got the big wicket of Ben Devanny, caught by Craig Howard off Ned Slater for 13.
Also out are Luke Jones (0) and Nick Scullie (6).
Rhys Smith got both the openers out.
He has 2-9 off 6.
Greg Lyon is on 16 and Isacc Hogan yet to score.
1:28pm: Strathdale is 2-64 in 15th over v Kangaroo Flat.
Batsmen out are Linton Jacobs for 15 and Andrew Hosking for 31.
Dylan Klemm got Jacobs for his first A grade wicket on debut.
Jake Klemm got the wicket of Hosking, caught Brent Hamblin at backward point.
Currently in are Sam Johnston on 15 and Cam Taylor on 3.
Here's Sammy J's favourite photo.
1:17pm: Bendigo United 0-31 v Eaglehawk in the 10th over.
Mark Di Fede on 15, Wayne Fidler on 11.
1:15pm: More on this Liam Radolf over at Maryborough.... he's now averaging 649 this season in the under-16 comp.
12:58pm: Confirmation that Liam Radolf made 314 n.o. in a 50-over Maryborough junior game this morning for MKM Cricket Club.
12:56pm: SOS call to White Hills... any chance of some twitter action today lads from out at Huntly??
12:54pm: Bendigo United 0-24 in 7th over v Eaglehawk at Canterbury Park.
12:53pm: Golden Square 1-15 in 7th over v Bendigo at MyJet Oval.
12:51pm: Another wicket for the Aussies at the Gabba.
All over the Indians this morning.
12:50pm: Got a call in to see if this 300 in a junior game in Maryborough this morning is legit.
Fair innings if so.
12:42pm: Just heard a young lad may have made 300 in a one-day junior game in Maryborough this morning.
12:38pm: Sandhurst won the toss and is bowling first against Strathfieldsaye.
The Jets are 0-2 off 2.2 overs.
Nick Scullie and Luke Jones opening for the Jets.
Scullie coming up against his old side for the first time, so no doubt will be keen to get among the runs.
Actually, plenty of key players coming up against their old sides today.
Ryan Grundy is back in the White Hills side to take on his former side, Huntly-North Epsom.
12:35pm: Kangaroo Flat has won the toss and sent Strathdale-Maristians.
The Suns are 0-4.
Linton Jacobs and Andrew Hosking batting for the Suns.
Hosking batting for the first time he won two flags with in 2004 and 2005.
The Roos are holding a reunion of their 2005 premiership later this season.
They beat Eaglehawk that year at the QEO.
12:32pm: Bendigo United has won the toss and is batting against Eaglehawk at Canterbury Park.
Massive game. 1st v 3rd.
Tipped the Hawks to get the bikkies in this one.
12:18pm: Also a shout out to Kangaroo Flat star Adam Burns, who last week took his 400th first XI wicket for the Roos.
12:16pm: Congratulations to Heath Behrens who today becomes the first Bendigo United player to notch 250 first XI games.
A few years ago Behrens made a ton in his 200th game v Strathfieldsaye.
Can he get a ton in his 250th v Eaglehawk today?
12:15pm: Reckon it could be all over at the Gabba by the end of today.
India 6-117. They've lost five wickets today.
12:02pm: Welcome to another edition of BDCA around the grounds.
Round eight today - a one-dayer.
It's the third and last one-day round of the season and the last day of action before a month off mid-season.
Today's matches:
Eaglehawk v Bendigo United
Strathfieldsaye v Sandhurst
Golden Square v Bendigo
Huntly-North Epsom v White Hills
Kangaroo Flat v Strathdale-Maristians
The ladder:
Bendigo United - 36 pts
Strathdale-Maristians - 30 pts
Eaglehawk - 30 pts
Strathfieldsaye - 24 pts
Golden Square - 18 pts
White Hills - 18 pts
Bendigo - 18 pts
Kangaroo Flat - 12 pts
Sandhurst - 12 pts
Huntly-North Epsom - 12 pts
Games begin at 12.30pm.