Congratulations to Sanjay Gidwani from Strathfield, NSW 2135. Sanjay purchased the winning ticket no. 4419 and is very excited, having just been recently married in February and has not yet had a honeymoon! Sanjay and his partner can now enjoy tickets to Days 1-4, for the World Test Championship Final at Lord’s in June 11-15,…

Priya Rajendra from North Balwyn CC won this year’s Community Cricket Award for Diversity and Inclusion – Initiative of the Year, from both Cricket Victoria and Cricket Australia. Priya invited 4 members of the Melbourne Deaf Willows women’s team to our A night with Alana ‘King of Spin’ held on the 29th April and brought them up on…

  It is with great sadness that Taverners Victoria received the news that Keith Raymond Stackpole MBE, had passed away unexpectedly on 22 April, 2025. Keith represented Victoria and Australia in 43 Tests (2,807 runs & 15 wickets) and 6 ODI’s between 1966 and 1974 and was inducted as a Taverners Victoria Legend in 2011.…

24/1/2025 This year’s National Cricket Inclusion Championships were held again at Marchant Park in Brisbane, from the 19-24 January 2025, with teams from all over Australia competing across 5 divisions. Victorians competed in all 5 and were crowned Champions in the Men’s and Women’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Cricketers with an Intellectual Disability divisions. They also competed with pride in the Blind…

26/12/24 Over 200 Taverners Members and guests packed the Yarra Park Room for an outstanding Boxing Day Test Breakfast function at the MCG.  With unprecedented demand for one of the most anticipated Test series in years, a large contingent of Melbourne’s  Indian cricket loving community provided a welcome boost to the room.  Under the guidance…

29/10/24 VIPs and Guests arrived to a sun-bathed Stadium Room at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club to a slideshow of MAACA players action shots and drinks on arrival. Among the VIPs was Mr Harish Rao, who presides on the boards of; Cricket Victoria, the Australia India Institute, the Australia India Chamber of Commerce Ltd. and the charity…

11/10/24   Story and photos by David Hayden Moorabbin CC hosted a wonderful All Abilities Season Launch on Sunday 10 November, with a Division 3 game against Ferntree Gully CC in perfect conditions. Play got under way at 10.30am with a large crowd and Taverners Victoria’s Saktti Breen and David Hayden were joined by Channel Nine News, who filmed the…

11 June, 2024 Annabel and Will Sutherland lit up the Taverners at our winter dinner event. A near capacity crowd were highly entertained by our special Guest Speakers, Annabel and Will Sutherland. Australian Cricket selector, Tony Dodemaide introduced the pair with glowing accolades after main course. Our MC, Ron Steiner carried the audience on a journey through their short careers, from back…

11/3/24 MAACA players and supporters came out in large numbers despite the heatwave conditions on Monday 11 March, at Moorleigh Community Village Reserve, East Bentleigh. Division 3 players show off their skills For the first time in MAACA’s 9 season history, Division 3 clubs Brunswick and Maiden Gully Marists (from Bendigo) put on 2 exhibition games of 10 over…