Our Sunil's selected to play for Australia

Moonee Valley's Sunil Bhandari will be representing Australia at an Over 55s tournament in New Zealand in February.
Sunil has an excellent tournament representing Victoria in Perth earlier this season, and was rewarded with the Baggy Green for the Christchurch tournament.
A left arm orthodox spinner, Sunil (pictured right) has been a big wicket taker for Moonee Valley across his 67 games, first playing with us in 2013/14. Up to the start of this season he  had taken 131 wickets @ 8.87 - the second-best bowling average in our history.
Sunil will become the sixth Moonee Valley player to take the field for Australia.
Rex Bennett and Neil King played in the Australian Over 60s Ashes in England in 2015 and did something the Aussies were unable to do at that time - beat the Poms and bring home the trophy!
International star Fawad Ahmed played two Twenty20 games for Moonee Valley. He has represented Australia at Twenty20 and One Day International level and toured England and the West Indies as part of our Test squad.
Andrew Payton, who played 79 games for Moonee Valley starting in 2004/05, was a key member of the Australian team at the Special Olympics in India in 2006, where we won the bronze medal.
And Damien Clarke, who played 24 games with Moonee Valley starting in 2017/18, played for Australia in a disabilities tournament.




OUR TOYOTA "GOOD FOR CRICKET" RAFFLE


- CLICK HERE FOR YOUR TICKETS



A great games milestone for Dynamic Dean

Above: Dean Jukic and his teammates for his 350th game: L-R Shiva Chhabra, Frank Ripa, Luke Sevenson, Mukul Sharma, Lachlan Smith, Sudarshan Devkota, Chris Love, Dean Jukic, Andreas Skiotis, Ben Baldacchino, Joey Ripa and Jason Ripa.
Dean Jukic has become just the sixth player in more than a half century of Moonee Valley history to play 350 games for our club.
Pulling on the whites for the Fourths at home on December 7, Deano hit 22 runs as we easily accounted for Barnawartha.
The popular Life Member has also brought up 450 wickets - our fourth-highest tally, and his 22 runs on Sunday took him to 5493 runs for the club - our ninth-highest at Moonee Valley.
A few of his teammates from across the years came down to Ormond Park to wish Deano well for his milestone.
At left: Celebrating the milestone with great mates and fellow Life Members - L-R Mark Gauci, Jim Polonidis, Dean Jukic and John Talone.
He has been a stalwart of our club since making his Moonee Valley debut in 1998/99 and has always been willing to pitch in and help, including several seasons on the committee.
Deano was honored with Life Membership in 2015/16.
He is a four-time Moonee Valley Wisden Player of the Year, and has been selected in the Moonee Valley Wisden Team of the Year six times.
Deano is the current Most Valuable Player winner for the Fourths, and jointly holds the record for most MVP awards with Jim Polonidis - six each.
He holds First Eleven cap No. 122 - debuting in our highest grade in Round 5 in his debut year.
Across the seasons the three-time Premiership player has won four batting awards and six bowling awards, underlying his value to any team he plays in.
Deano also won the Sean O'Kane Award - the club champion for all grades other than the Firsts - in 2019/20. He's a true ornament of our Club, and here's to many more milestones in Deano's career.



A REVERSAL OF FORTUNES FOR TOM J

The Ormond Park pavilion was packed out for our Reverse Raffle night, which was a roaring success.
We sold all of the 400 tickets for the event, and the major prize was won by Tom Janetzki.
Above: Our raffle winner Tom Janetzki (centre) with Jack Newman (left) and Brayden McGregor.
Our thanks go to the organisers of the Reverse Raffle - one of our major fundraisers for the year - particularly Jack Newman, Brayden McGregor and Ian Denny.
Thanks also to the outside support we received for our event, including the group from the Maribyrnong Park St Marys Cricket Club, and the crew of Western Australian visitors across for a week with our curator Matt Philpott.
Thanks also to the support from member of the Moonee Valley Bowls Club.
We also appreciate the last-minute inclusion of Michael Bourke from Memorabilia Magic, who turned up with framed photos and other memorabilia from the football, cricket and horse-racing world.
Michael was an absolute hoot with his auctioning routine, and had the crowd in stitches as he worked around the room. The auction result was also a valuable boost to our takings on the night.
We all had fun when Michael identified Dom Gibaldi as the sole North Melbourne supporters in attendance. He must have felt sorry for the long-suffering Dom, and donated to him the only piece of Kangaroos memorabilia - a frame photo of Glenn Archer.
Our thanks also go to our sponsors Dorr Paper & Food Supplies and to Frankie's Pizza for looking after us with the excellent food on the night.
Thanks also to our volunteers in the kitchen and bar who kept us well provisioned - with special thanks particularly to Sarah Fenn, Adele Walker, Paul Simon, Paul Sevenson and Allan Cumming.
***For more photos from the event click HERE

The Moonee Valley Cricket Club invites all former and current players, supporters and families to join us on Saturday, February 7 as we celebrate four of our greats being elevated from Life Membership to the Moonee Valley Cricket Club Hall of Fame.

We’re rolling out the red carpet for:
**Kevin Gardiner: 233 games, 269 wickets; two Premierships; seven bowling awards; 13 seasons on the committee; seven seasons as Junior Co-ordinator; Junior Coach multiple seasons, junior Blast program.
**Ian Denny: 371 games; 12,611 runs (club record); 664 wickets (club record); seven Premierships; 12 times a Wisden Player of the Year; 13 times Club Champion; 12 times winner First Eleven batting award; five times winner First Eleven bowling award.
**Darren Nagle: 357 games; 6660 runs; 454 wickets; eight Premierships (equal club record); 13 seasons Club President; three seasons Club Secretary; three times Women’s Team Premiership Coach; five bowling awards; six times a Wisden Player of the Year.
**Mark Gauci: 423 games (to season start – a Club record); 9446 runs; 329 wickets; four Premierships – one as First Eleven Captain; six times a Wisden Player of the Year; eight seasons Club Vice President; Club Champion 2005/06; five batting awards.
It’s going to be a fantastic night full of stories, laughs, memories and a few surprises along the way.
 Where: Moonee Valley Cricket Club Pavilion.
 When: Saturday February 7th from 7.30pm.
 What: A fully catered sit-down dinner. Drinks Available At Bar Prices.
 Tickets Presold at: $75 per person.
 Dress Code: Smart Business Attire.
 Limited to 100 guests. This will sell out fast so please book early to avoid any disappointment.
 To secure your seat please pay by using the Link below or deposit into our Bank Account : Bendigo Bank BSB 633 000 Account No 138449160 be sure to include your details.
Lets get together to celebrate four absolute legends of our club.
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1500706...  

*CRICKET - STILL VACANCIES IN ALL

TEAMS 

Moonee Valley Cricket Club is always keen to talk to potential new players, and there are vacancies in all teams - our Saturday and Sunday turf teams, our Saturday men's hard-wicket team, our Sunday women's team and junior teams at all levels.
Anyone interested in joining Moonee Valley can phone senior coach Brayden McGregor on 0429 559 797, junior co-ordinator Paul Sevenson on 0407 556 950 or President Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381. Anyone wanting information can also email us at [email protected]

Main Club contact details:

* Charlie Walker - President 0411 705 381; 9370 1802
* Allan Cumming - Treasurer 0438 380 990
* Sarah Fenn - Secretary 0438 141 179
* Mark Gauci - Vice President 0457 778 335 
* Paul Sevenson - Junior Co-ordinator - 0407 556 950   

Emails: [email protected]
        [email protected] 

For more contacts, see " Office bearers & Officials " under "Club News & Info" at the top of the page

Last updated : December 23, 2025.
For more of our history, including our Premierships, click HERE