Warren Blackwood Cricket Association president Jason Treasure says the organisation is in great health

Warren Blackwood Cricket Association president Jason Treasure says the willingness of clubs to work together is holding the association in good stead. Already 10 of the WBCA’s 14 regular season games have been run and won, including all of the T20 fixtures which saw Boyup Brook claim the short format title after two weekends of round-robin cricket. Mr Treasure said the seamless navigation of Bridgetown’s lack of a home ground as it undergoes renovations was a strong example of the association’s synergy. “It’s been a good, positive start to the year,” he said. “We’ve been able to get all the games in. It’s been a lot warmer this year and no games have been rained out, which has been good. “The blend of juniors and experience in our senior sides has been a really big positive.” The six-team WBCA ladder features a pair of pacesetters with 8-2 records in Forestry and Boyup Brook while Pemberton’s win-loss ledger sits at 2-8 and Northcliffe are winless from their 10 games, but Mr Treasure — a Northcliffe player — said competitive balance was not an issue for the association. “We’re in a different cycle compared to Boyup Brook or Forestry,” he said. “They’ve done a lot of development into their juniors and those juniors have been able to play together for quite a while now, so they’re a very strong team on the back of that. “We’ve got five, six young players coming through, that’s the positive for us. Pemberton are similar.” Two major highights from this season have come with the bat, with Boyup Brook’s Braydon Ridley belting an unbeaten double-hundred against Northcliffe in round four and Bridgetown’s Hugh Mitchell winning a T20 game against Pemberton with 14 required from the last three balls by smashing three sixes. The WBCA will send two teams in B and E grade for senior country week later this month, while the second half of the summer also includes the Bunbury junior and masters carnivals. LADDER Forestry Cricket Club 8-2 44 points 1.62 NRR Boyup Brook Cricket Club 8-2 38 points 2.01 NRR Bridgetown Cricket Club 7-3 36 points 0.81 NRR Manjimup Cricket Club 5-5 29 points -0.21 NRR Pemberton Cricket Club 2-8 17 points -1.13 NRR Northcliffe Cricket Club 0-10 10 points -2.69 NRR STATISTICS Leading run-scorers Braydon Ridley (Boyup Brook): 580 runs @ 82.86 Jason Treasure (Northcliffe): 471 runs @ 47.10 Hugh Mitchell (Bridgetown): 450 runs @ 50.0 Brendon White (Bridgetown): 331 runs @ 55.17 Luke Murphy (Manjimup): 256 runs @ 36.57 Leading wicket-takers Reece Edwards (Forestry): 13 wickets in @ 11.85 Declan Holland (Boyup Brook): 13 wickets @ 13.54 Nicholas Mills (Pemberton): 13 wickets @ 19.85 Braden Gibellin (Forestry): 12 wickets @ 8.33 Jacob Maw (Boyup Brook): 12 wickets @ 13.08 THIS WEEK’S FIXTURES Boyup Brook v Pemberton @ Boyup Brook Oval Bridgetown v Forestry @ Collier Street Sporting Complex (Synthetic) Manjimup v Northcliffe @ Collier Street Sporting Complex (Turf)