Carlton have continued their good early season form with a 62-run victory over the Greenvale Kangaroos in round four of the Victorian Premier League one-day competition. After making 184 thanks to a century from veteran Nathan Pilon (above), the Blues rolled the Kangaroos for 122 with Tom Smyth the major destroyer snaring 3-36 from his ten overs.

The Kangaroos were making their debut at their new home at Greenvale Reserve and were coming off two solid wins in the previous rounds over Frankston and Northcote. James Damjanovski was superb with the cherry picking up three for sixteen from his ten overs while paceman Peter Manser finished with three for forty.

Northcote's season has begun on a high with a six-wicket win over Frankston in round one of the Premier League at the Bill Lawry Oval. Set a target of 194 the youthful Dragons chased down the total with 23 balls to spare thanks largely to an 90 run partnership between Chris Dent (pictured above) 52 and Ben Peake 48. Aidan March 32no and Dylan Grendall 25no steered Northcote across the line with an un-beaten half-century partnership to sink the Heat's fortunes.

Batting first Frankston began well with openers Jayde Herrick 36 and Michael McClean 13 putting on 42 before wickets began to fall regularly. Peake claimed the valuable scalp of Frankston skipper Matthew Chasemore 24 and apart from Samuel Wiese 47 there was little joy for the Heat's batsmen.Liam Scammell was the chief destroyer for the Dragons taking 4-27 from 7.3 overs in his first game for the club.

Melbourne have made light work of their win over Essendon in round two of the Victorian Premier League cricket season at Windy Hill. After bowling out the Bombers for 168, the Demons took just 39.2 overs to reach the total; Matthew Brown unbeaten on 66 and Alex Keath (above), 67, the major contributors for the Demons.

On a perfect spring day in Essendon the home side won the toss and elected to bat. On a slow wicket the Bombers found it tough to get any momentum in their innings with wickets falling on a regular basis. Bomber's all-rounder Solomon Mire was a crucial first scalp for the Demons caught off Nicholas Quinn for three. When Melbourne skipper Andrew Kent ran out his Essendon counterpart Ben MacRea (21) the score was three for 67. Former ACT player and keeper Aaron Ayre in his first season with the Bombers played a lone hand scoring a well made 55 before being bowled by Quinn.

The Box Hill Hawks have secured a spot in this year's Peter Jackson VFL Grand Final with a commanding 52-point win over Werribee at North Port Oval in Port Melbourne. The win sets up a thrilling weekend of football here in Melbourne with the VFL Hawks taking on Geelong and their senior side, Hawthorn, also up against Geelong in the AFL Preliminary Final at the MCG on Friday night.

The first half was a shoot-out with 21 goals kicked between the two sides in perfect spring conditions and in front of vocal supporters including Hawthorn coach Alistair Clarkson. At half-time the Hawks had edged clear leading by nineteen points. They increased their lead to 27 points at the final change before ramming home another six goals in the final term to win 22.12.144 to Werribee’s 14.8.92.