***GOOD FOR CRICKET? YOU'RE

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IT IS

Fancy a chance to win a Rav 4 hybrid wagon, a Corolla Cross or a Yaris Cross and help the Moonee Valley Cricket Club at the same time? If you want a crack at a total prize pool worth more than $233,000, click the link here.
The Moonee Valley Cricket Club is participating in the Toyota Good For Cricket Raffle this season, and all the proceeds from your ticket purchases go direct to our Club.
That's right - tickets are $5 each, and every $5 sale comes to our coffers.
The link above is exclusive to the Moonee Valley Cricket Club, so click on it and you're ready to go.
You will see from the info in the link that we're not exactly on the leaderboard yet in terms of ticket sales, but we've got through to March 3, 2025.
Apart from the cars, prizes include coaching clinics for club members with Cricket Australia players, special experiences at cricket matches and signed memorabilia.
There are no costs for the club and no need to organise permits or prizes. Toyota has everything organised, so it's free, easy and contactless. So hop in now, buy some tickets and support Moonee Valley.


David does it -

first ton for the

Valleys

Young gun David Lubansky has scored his first century for Moonee Valley, helping his Under 16 team to a strong win.
Playing in our combined team with Kensington, David his his unbeaten 100 off just 108 balls. He was well supported by fellow Valley  young gun Jeremy Sevenson, who made a brisk 45 off 37 balls.
Both David and Jeremy are also regulars in our Fourths, which play C Grade turf in Mercantile on Sundays.
At left: David Lubansky raises the bat after his maiden century for Moonee Valley.
It's amazing to think how far David has come since he played his first senior game while still in our Under 12s.
Even on debut in November 2021 - David took a very tidy 2/26 off six overs against Reservoir Mayston, and making a confident 2 with the bat before being caught.
Here's to many more centuries and many more runs.
                      

Performance counts in milestone

matches for Shaun & Brick

Above: Shaun Rayment and teammates for his 250th: L-R: Fifths captain Andreas Skiotis (injured), Reyan Noor Raziq, Sarah Fenn, John Petropoulos, Charlie Walker, Paul Sevenson, Shaun Rayment, Allan Cumming, James Smith, Glen Courts, Sudarshan Devkota and Pat Taylor.
Moonee Valley stalwarts Shaun Rayment and Luke Brock brought up major milestones on the November 9/10 weekend, and both celebrated with key performances.
At left: In the rooms: Club Treasurer/Life Member Allan Cumming talks about the contribution Shaun (right) has made to our club, with team captain Andreas Skiotis.
Shauny, in his 250th game, took a wicket, took a catch and also stunned the Ormond Park crowd with a direct hit runout from side on to swing the match.
Luke also had a big day, taking his third senior five-wicket haul - 5/50 to snuff out Point Cook Centrals for 149, after they looked like building a sizeable total.
Shaun celebrated his milestone match with a good win over St Albans in the Fifths, while Brocky's Firsts are well placed after Day 1 of their two-day game.
At right: Our victorious Thirds team at home for Prashant Hirani's 50th game: L-R Maks Rahman, Sunil Bhandari, Chand Shrestha, Sagar Bhatia, Lachlan Smith, Vansh Tandon, Joshua Norsetter, Prashant Hirani, Vinny Singh, Sukhwinder Jaiswal and Muhammad Amir.
And to continue with the milestone theme, Prashant Hirani played his 50th game for Moonee Valley on the Sunday, with the Thirds winning a nailbiter at home v Williamstown Colts. Sagar Bhatia posted his 1000th run for Moonee Valley in the same game.

A gun fielder, Shaun has won eight fielding awards across the grades since he made his debut in 2005/06, and has also taken out both batting and bowling awards.
Prashant Hirani bowling in his 50th match, with Chand Shrestha keeping.
He was part of our Sixth Eleven Premiership team in 2013/14.
Luke made his senior debut at Moonee Valley in 2013/14, and has been a fixture in our First Eleven for a good part of his career to date, opening the bowling and sometimes the batting.

Below: Getting ready to celebrate their milestones: Shaun Rayment (left) and Luke Brock.










Luke is a fiery customer with ball in hand, and unsettles the opposition batsmen with his sheer pace.
Prashant Hirani in our Thirds brings up his 50th game on Sunday - playing at home.
Prashant is the current MVP for the Thirds, was one of our five Wisden Players of the Year in 2022/23 and was in our Wisden Team of the Year in 2020/21.
Congratulations to Luke, Shaun and Prashant - and to many more games at Moonee Valley.


** HOT OFF THE PRESS - OUR 2023/24  WISDEN IS HERE AT LAST!

The Moonee Valley 2023/24 Senior Wisden is out now – perhaps a bit late, but we think it’s worth the wait for the hours of reading, reviews and statistics it offers.
It's a bumper edition - 150 pages - and chronicles our great club's past as well as our present, including photos and details of the season.
For the first time, we have separated and collated the career statistics of all our women players. See if you can guess the only two players who have reached the 50-game milestone.
The stats of our women players are also still in the club’s all-time consolidated list of all senior players.
It's all in the Wisden - so have a look and see.
Try and find:
* Which 12 players made the Wisden Team of the Year? (Hint: See Page 3)
* Who was selected as captain of our Team of the Year?
* Who was our leading wicket-taker in 2023/24? (Hint: See Page 36)
* We have been at the Barooga Over 35s tournament for 10 years. A surprise result: Who has the best bowling average across that time? (Hint: See Page 59)
* Who were the five players who scored centuries in 2023/24? (Hint: See Page 18) 
* Who are the only three players in our history with a bowling average under 10 {minimum 30 wickets}? (Hint: See Page 132).
* Who are the only five players in our history with a batting average over 60? One of them is a current player. (Hint: See Page 131).
* Who are the only two players with 10 or more wickets and a bowling average under 12 in 2023/24? (Hint: See Pages 6/7).
This information is all available - you just have to look.
So start reading - here's the link

Cheers,
Charlie Walker, Editor, Moonee Valley Wisden

Junior and Senior Registration - link here - CLICK

*SENIOR TRAINING - THE DETAILS 

Coach Brayden McGregor and assistant coach Tony Gleeson run senior training each Tuesday and Thursday at our home ground, Ormond Park in Pattison St, Moonee Ponds.
Training starts at 6pm.
Moonee Valley has five senior men's teams - four of which play on turf - and a women's team, as well as juniors across all age groups and a Blast program for the younger players.
We still have spots available in all teams. Anyone interested in joining Moonee Valley can phone Brayden on0429 559 797, junior co-ordinator Paul Sevenson on 0407 556 950 or President Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381.

     
Main Club contact details:

* Charlie Walker - President 0411 705 381; 9370 1802
* Allan Cumming - Treasurer 0438 380 990
* Sarah Fenn - Secretary 0438 141 179
* Mark Gauci - Vice President 0457 778 335 
* Paul Sevenson - Junior Co-ordinator - 0407 556 950   

Emails: mooneevalleycricket@gmail.com
        charlie.walker@optusnet.com.au 

For more contacts, see " Office bearers & Officials " under "Club News & Info" at the top of the page

Last updated : November 22, 2024.
For more of our history, including our Premierships, click HERE