Skinner Reserve’s pitch in sunshine was vandalised just before the match between Kingsville Baptist Cricket Club and Sunshine Heights. Kingsville would have qualified for the finals had they won this match. Although we might all be suspecting Sunshine Heights to have been the accused, they are so much in the clear since they are next to last in the ranking and hence they had nothing to gain from for the vandalism act.
Since there was no match the game was declared a draw and Kingsville lost their chance to be among the top four who are proceeding to the finals. They only needed 140 runs with nine wickets to in the match that did not happen to get to the finals.
Authorities have issued a reward of $5,000 for any information on the perpetrators who caused the ruthless act.
The pitch was destroyed beyond recognition, some say it reminded them of a ploughed field. The covers were drawn back, some section of the field was also dug up and oily substance spread across the surface of the whole pitch.
If another club is found to have any involvement in the vandalism or any knowledge of this act prior to its occurrence, they will face starkconsequences, was what McNamara said in a statement.
He also apologised to Kingsville Baptists CC for the dreadful act. He went ahead and said that that was not the case they were familiarised to at the great game of cricket and that anyone who came forward would be helping the cricket community to catch the people accountable for the act.
Peter Hardeman, Kingsville club treasurer said that it was clearly an act of sabotage. He told Tripple M that the person who did this act knew what they were doing because they pulled the covers off. This was an act by someone who knew the covers were there.
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