Mercantile Cricket Association 

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Sacred Heart 4-251 (A Singh 98* N Eathorne 63) d Youlden Parkville 6-cc-250 (M Bhosle 75 S Godbole 64) Indigos 7-cc-148 d Emerald Hill 6-cc-113 ... T20 A RESERVE Flemington Colts 4-cc-199 (J Slater 111*) d W'town Colts 144 (J Ibrahim 56) B GRADE Power House 153 (S Raykar 52 G Pabinedi 5-31) drew National 1-36 in 9.2 overs B NORTH Royal Pk Brunswick 2-cc-248 (R Afzal 118* D Weerasinghe 81*) d Reds 6-cc-117 ... T20 C GRADE Youlden Parkville 8-cc-136 (S K

Pitch checks are needed at 8.30am. These are mandatory for home sides and optional for visiting sides (YP to also check Ransford). Clubs need to SMS 0410-938191 by 9. 00am , stating the ground, grade, and their recommendation to either "start on time", "delay to 1.30pm (70 overs)", "delay to 3pm (T20)", or "abandon". Good drying conditions CANNOT be assumed. Home sides may peel back covers for the morning to air their pitch once rain has stopped, and may remove covers from th

Play is abandoned at Bonbeach #3, Flem Rd Oval, FP3 (cordner), FP5, Gillon, Loughnan, TH King, Walter St & Western Matches remain at fixtured start time at Dane Rd, FP4, Koornang, Lord & McAlister Three matches are transferred , with first-named side to supply balls & tea, and opponent taking on other home duties: Monash v YP (B Sun) moves to Ransford, 12.00 start TTS v Sunrise (C Sun) moves to Brens, 1.30 start (70ov) Barnawartha v Reds moves to Walker West, 1.30pm start (

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Royal Pk Reds 8-cc-186 (P Sharma 50) d Parkville Dist 178 Sacred Heart 9-cc-330 (V Sangwan 122 A Singh 121) d Indigos 169 (V Pamisetty 56 K Joshi 4-27) S.Yarra 4-169 (H Bell 59*) d Flemington 60 Youlden Parkville 5-78 d Emerald Hill 76 (M Modi 4-11) A RESERVE S.Yarra 4-cc-293 (J Black 134* J Dear 78*) d Flemington 159 Melb City 2-121 (N Sasidharan 63*) d National 120 (S Kempu 6-54 S Ramanathan 4-66) Royal Pk Brunswick 5-98 d Flem Colts 97 (N Neagle 4-1

Covers are not in use Saturday morning. Home sides must have them on hand in case of showers late in the day. Wicket tables must be covered at stumps on Saturday at all grounds with Sunday matches. In the City of Melbourne, this means all grounds used on Saturday. Captains in Sunday matches should check this website at 7.30am Sunday in case pitch checks are needed.

Covers are in use and match times are unchanged. Covers must be put away after play, and wicket tables roped off. With rain breaks likely, any DLS calculations must use https://scores.cricketsingapore.com/SingaporeCricketAssoc/viewDlsCalculator.do?clubId=7683 , entering the current score and overs faced at each rain break, plus the over loss due to each break. The PlayHQ calculator is under review.

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE S.Yarra 1-58 d Sacred Heart 57 (J.Jacob 4-7) Youlden Parkville 4-188 (S.Godbole 71 J.Mu rtagh 64) d Royal Pk Reds 187 (Y.Kaul 62 J.Mu rtagh 5-43) Indigos 5-cc-224 ( V.So ma 78 N.Nu vula 64) d Flemington 5-cc-163 ( O.Ing ham 61*) Parkville Dist 5-102 d Emerald Hill 101 ( N.Green 5-11) A RESERVE Royal Pk Brunswick 215 (D.Weerasinghe 57 K.Cl arke 55) d S.Yarra 208 ( J.Black 58) Youlden Parkville 5-cc-257 ( R.Hu ria 74 K.Bh ardwaj 70 K.Gay al 64) d Melb

Starts are delayed to 1.30pm (70 overs) at Fawkner Park 5 (SH v PH B), Flemington Rd Oval (Ind v Gun B) and Walker East (RPR v YP A). The start is delayed to 3pm (T20) at Altona Green (WC v TTS D). All other matches remain at originally fixtured start time. Wicket tables must be covered tonight at all grounds with Sunday matches. In the City of Melbourne, this means all grounds except Brens, Ransford & Walker West.

SUNDAY GRADES A SUNDAY Carnegie 5-65 d Malvern 63 ... T20 CUCC Kings 9-cc-315 ( R.Ba ddum 64 R.Sa jjanapu 64 N.Si ngh 56*) d Indigos 244 ( S.Ga ikwad 73 G.Raviteja 53) A SUNDAY RESERVE Vic Vikings 7-cc-262 ( A.Ma hindrakar 105 A.Si ngh 76) d CUCC Kings 194 ( A.Ch iragoni 76) B SUNDAY Heatherton 3-157 ( P.Na agapoori 64 N.Raghav 57*) d MHSOB 8-cc-154 (A.Goswami 60) C SOUTH Burnley 2-100 d Carnegie 4-cc-99 ... T20 S.Yarra 3-cc-233 ( M.Ma rszal 103*) d Canterbury 7-cc-156 Melb S

Picture: Stuart Holmes, Threlkeld CC Malvern v Carnegie (A Sun) is moved to Koornang for a T20 at 12.00noon MHSOB v Heatherton (B Sun) is moved to Heatherton for a 1.30pm start (70 ov). Matches at Bonbeach, Como, Dendy Park, Flem Rd Oval & Loughnan are delayed to 1.30pm (70 ov). Carnegie v S.Yarra (D Sth at Koornang) becomes a T20 at 3. 00pm . The match at Greenwich is delayed to 3.30pm (T20). All other matches are ABANDONED. Tea is not required for T20s. Covers and hessians

Picture: Threlkeld Cricket Club Play is ABANDONED in all of today's matches, based on views of captains and checks of ground conditions. Covers should be left on at all City of Melb grounds, and at all other grounds with Sunday matches unless ground authorities have directed otherwise. Sunday "away" sides able to keep their home pitch covered as a back-up are asked to do so and advise the Match Secretary. Sunday sides will be required to do pitch checks at 8.30am tomorrow, an

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Royal Pk Reds 3-cc-297 ( G.Sh arma 105 T.A khtar 103* C .Umer 72) d Flemington 113 Emerald Hill 8-cc-152 ( O.Thomas 66 B.Vakil 4-25) d Sacred Heart 80 Youlden Parkville 5-221 (A.Avraam 62* J.Mu rtagh 54) d Indigos 216 S.Yarra 8-cc-225 (S.M aterna 79 J.Kerr-Nelson 4-37) d Parkville Dist 201 (S.Rana 66) A RESERVE National 7-cc-152 d S.Yarra 138 Flem Colts 9-cc-196 (F.Riddick 51) d Youlden Parkville 149 ( A.Cam eron 5-26) Royal Pk Brunswick 8-cc-232 (T.

Matches have been delayed to 1.30pm (70 overs) at Armstrong (Albert Park 12), Fawkner Park 1, Walker East and Walker West. All other matches remain at previously scheduled start times. Covers are not required tonight and must be put away at stumps.

Players and umpires should turn up for normal start at Brens, Canterbury, Dane Rd, Dendy West (B Sun), Greenwich, Koornang, McAlister, Namatjira & Walker East. The C South match at Meade is transferred to Lord. CDCC remain responsible for balls and tea. The toss at Canterbury is awarded against the home side, who are responsible for umpire fees in case of abandonment due to failure to report. All other matches today are ABANDONED. Home sides must dry hessians and put away cov

Pitch checks are required at all grounds at 8.30am. These are mandatory for home sides and optional for visiting sides. Report by 9am via SMS to 0410-938191, with options Start On Time, Delay to 1.30pm or Abandon. Clubs may also request to "Abandon based on forecast if opponent agrees" -- visiting sides may do this without checking the pitch. , Players and umpires, please check this website at 9.30am for news of abandoned and delayed matches.

SATURDAY GRADES A GRADE Youlden Parkville 0-55 d Flemington 52 ( M.Mo di 4-7) Sacred Heart 3-80 d Parkville Dist 76 Emerald Hill 6-108 d S.Yarra 107 Indigos 171 ( S.Ch opra 4-33) d Royal Pk Reds 124 (T.Akhtar 55) A RESERVE Royal Pk Brunswick 242 (A.Tewary 4-62) d National 9-98 ( S.Shaw 56) on DLS S.Yarra 4-117 ( S.Ma terna 74*) d W'town Colts 113 ( A.Ag a 4-16) Melb City 8-254 (T.S ankar 62) in 37 overs d Flem Colts 7-cc-275 ( J.Sl ater 142) on DLS Youlden Parkville d Flemi

Covers are not in use Saturday morning. However, covers must be on hand at all grounds, and pitches and wicket tables must be covered at stumps on Saturday at all grounds with Sunday matches. In the City of Melbourne, this means all grounds except Western and Ransford. Home sides are required to dry hessian and put away covers after all Sunday matches.

SATURDAY GRADES A Grade Sacred Heart 9-237 (K.Joshi 71* S.Ch audhary 53) d Indigos 8-cc-236 ( R.Ga napatineedi 78) S.Yarra 5-cc-277 ( J.Mo orman 73 S.Ch apman 67 K.Al ev 50) d Flemington 157 (L.Wright 99 R.Hanna 6-15) Youlden Parkville 5-cc-188 d Emerald Hill 134 Royal Park Reds 135 d Parkville Dist 81 ( M.Lilly white 4-24) A Reserve Melb City 9-247 (T.S ankar 82 R.A nand 57 S.Ch aubey 4-36 ) d National 243 S.Yarra 6-dec-209 (A.Endean 100*) d Flemington 116 & 7-82 (M.Jagtap

Covers are not in use Saturday morning and are not required Saturday night. Sunday home sides must have them accessible in case of late showers. Home sides are reminded to rope off tables after each day's play.

Pitch & ground checks are required this morning at 8.30am. This is mandatory for home sides and optional for visiting sides. Reports must be sent via SMS to 0410-938191 by 9.00am sharp, choosing from "start on time", "delay to 1.30pm", "delay to 3pm" or "no chance of play". The SMS must state ground, team and grade. Please check this website at 9.30am for decisions on matches.