ACT CRICKET
If the start of the two-day competition meant batsmen needed to change the way they approached an innings, someone forgot to tell Jason Kila.
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North Canberra-Gungahlin's Papua New Guinean import smashed a 101-ball 82 to guide Norths to a strong position at stumps on day one against Queanbeyan.
CRICKET ACT DOUGLAS CUP
At stumps on day one: North Canberra Gungahlin 9/334 (dec) v Queanbeyan 0/6; Tuggeranong Valley 160 v Eastlake 3/102; ANU 263 v Weston Creek Molonglo 1/48; Ginninderra 208 v Wests-UC 4/96.
Meanwhile, Canberra's Aiden Blizzard has hit a purple patch of form ahead of his upcoming Big Bash League stint with defending champions Sydney Thunder.
Blizzard belted unbeaten scores of 81 (55 balls) and 97 (52) to power the ACT Comets to two nine-wicket victories over Fairfield-Liverpool and Sydney University in the Kingsgrove Sports Twenty20 Cup at Manuka Oval on Sunday.
KINGSGROVE SPORTS TWENTY20 CUP
ACT COMETS 1-124 (A Blizzard 81no, M Gilkes 27; P Uppal 1-18) bt FAIRFIELD-LIVERPOOL 7-119 (B Rohrer 70, L Ohrynowsky 14; B Taylor 3-11, J Slater 2-14) by 9 wickets.
ACT COMETS 1-149 (A Blizzard 97no, M Spaseski 35no; B Joy 1-44) bt SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 5-145 (D Mortimer 45no, B Trevor-Jones 25no; B Taylor 2-25, S Devoy 2-32) by 9 wickets.
CANBERRA UNITED
CANBERRA CAPITALS
Canberra Capitals solidified their title credentials with a 87-82 win over league leaders Perth Lynx on Sunday at Tuggeranong Stadium.
WNBL ROUND 8
CANBERRA CAPITALS 87 (Marianna Tolo 25, Jazmon Gwathmey 15) bt PERTH LYNX 82 (Sami Whitcomb 36, Carley Mijovic 17) on Sunday at Tuggeranong Stadium. Crowd: 892.
CANBERRA CAVALRY
