By Russell Bennett
Each of the local cricket competitions across the region have officially called off their fixtured senior games for this weekend.
The Warragul and District Cricket Association (WDCA), West Gippsland Cricket Association (WGCA), Dandenong District Cricket Association (DDCA) and Victorian Premier Cricket have each announced that due to the current weather, which is set to not only continue but worsen across the weekend, all senior games have been cancelled.
In an announcement to clubs sent out earlier this afternoon, the WGCA’s management said: “Due to the adverse weather forecast, the WGCA board of management has postponed all senior cricket for this weekend.
“Round 7 will be played as one-day matches on Saturday week. Note: Round 7 one-day competition games will be abandoned and not replayed”.
Similarly, the WDCA announced: “All WDCA cricket tomorrow (Saturday) has been cancelled. Junior matches will be draws, and senior matches will revert to one-day matches next weekend”.
The DDCA announced yesterday that all senior and junior cricket across the weekend would be cancelled, with Victorian Premier Cricket also officially cancelling all its men’s and women’s premier cricket.
Flash flooding and power outages have already affected parts of the state today, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting up to 150mm of rain to fall across the local area between Friday afternoon and Sunday night.
