North Canberra Gungahlin batsman Jason Kila in action. Photo: Jay Cronan
If the start of the two-day competition meant batsmen needed to change the way they approached an innings, someone forgot to tell Jason Kila.
North Canberra-Gungahlin's Papua New Guinean import smashed a 101-ball 82 to guide Norths to a strong position at stumps on day one against Queanbeyan.
CRICKET ACT DOUGLAS CUP
At stumps on day one: North Canberra Gungahlin 9/334 (dec) v Queanbeyan 0/6; Tuggeranong Valley 160 v Eastlake 3/102; ANU 263 v Weston Creek Molonglo 1/48; Ginninderra 208 v Wests-UC 4/96.
Aiden Blizzard is in hot form ahead of the upcoming Big Bash League. Photo: Getty Images
Meanwhile, Canberra's Aiden Blizzard has hit a purple patch of form ahead of his upcoming Big Bash League stint with defending champions Sydney Thunder.
Blizzard belted unbeaten scores of 81 (55 balls) and 97 (52) to power the ACT Comets to two nine-wicket victories over Fairfield-Liverpool and Sydney University in the Kingsgrove Sports Twenty20 Cup at Manuka Oval on Sunday.
KINGSGROVE SPORTS TWENTY20 CUP
ACT COMETS 1-124 (A Blizzard 81no, M Gilkes 27; P Uppal 1-18) bt FAIRFIELD-LIVERPOOL 7-119 (B Rohrer 70, L Ohrynowsky 14; B Taylor 3-11, J Slater 2-14) by 9 wickets.
ACT COMETS 1-149 (A Blizzard 97no, M Spaseski 35no; B Joy 1-44) bt SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 5-145 (D Mortimer 45no, B Trevor-Jones 25no; B Taylor 2-25, S Devoy 2-32) by 9 wickets.
CANBERRA UNITED
Canberra United celebrates a goal against Newcastle. Photo: Brendon Thorne
Canberra United goal-scoring freak Michelle Heyman blasted two goals into the net as led her team to a 5-2 win against the Newcastle Jets.
The Jets had no hope of victory with Heyman firing in attack, opening the scoring in the 19th minute and netted another just after half-time to snuff out any hopes of a comeback.
Teenage sensation Grace Maher also got on the score sheet as Canberra cruised to their first home win of the W-League season. Full report to follow.
CANBERRA UNITED 5 (Michelle Heyman 19', 53', Stephanie Ochs 33, Grace Maher 65, Nicky Flannery 90'+2) bt NEWCASTLE JETS 2 (Rhali Dobson 63', Emma Stanbury 88') at McKellar Park. Crowd: 871.
CANBERRA CAPITALS
Canberra Capitals solidified their title credentials with a 87-82 win over league leaders Perth Lynx on Sunday at Tuggeranong Stadium.
The Capitals bounced back from a 10-point half-time deficit to win in front of a vocal crowd of 892 people at Tuggeranong Stadium Sunday afternoon.
Perth's Sami Whitcomb scored 36 points but an all-round performance led by co-captain Marianna Tolo secured the impressive win for Canberra.
WNBL ROUND 8
CANBERRA CAPITALS 87 (Marianna Tolo 25, Jazmon Gwathmey 15) bt PERTH LYNX 82 (Sami Whitcomb 36, Carley Mijovic 17) on Sunday at Tuggeranong Stadium. Crowd: 892.
CANBERRA CAVALRY
Mike Reeves was one of five Cavalry players to homer in Sunday's epic 21-11 win over Sydney in Wollongong. Photo: SMP Images
What a difference two days can make in baseball.
The Canberra Cavalry put on a show in the maiden Wollongong Classic, beating arch-rivals the Sydney Blue Sox 21-11 in a history making fixture less than 48 hours after a being on the wrong end of a 10-run drubbing.
AT A GLANCE
Game four - Sunday
Sydney 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 - 11R 12H 0E
Canberra 5 1 0 4 2 3 2 4 - 21R 23H 1E
Sydney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1R 5H 2E
Canberra 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X - 4R 9H 0E
Game two - Friday
Sydney 1 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 10R H13 E0
Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0R H4 E0
Sydney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4R H6 E3
Canberra 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 X 8R H6 E0
