Former Benalla cricketer Wade King holds the Player of the Tournament trophy after the Australian Indigenous tour of Vanuatu, with his mother Michelle by his side.
Former Benalla Bushrangers cricketer Wade King went big with the bat for Melbourne Stars Indigenous cricket team in a two-game series on Wednesday.
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The Stars Indigenous team played two matches against the Melbourne Renegades Indigenous team at the CitiPower Centre in St Kilda.
The all-rounder is no stranger to representative duties, having toured Vanuatu as a member of the Australian Indigenous side in 2023, where he was named Player of the Tournament after taking 13 wickets at a paltry average of four.
In the first match, King went ballistic in at first drop as he cracked a series-high 87 off 50 balls, including 11 fours and four sixes.
King’s swashbuckling innings propelled his side to 4-175, and the Stars were able to walk away with a 27-run victory.
Game two saw the Renegades post 9-179, and despite a run-a-ball 25 from King, the Stars fell 28 runs short as the series was called a draw after the 1-1 split.
King, who currently captains McKinnon Cricket Club in Melbourne’s Cricket Southern Bayside competition, was named captain of the Stars side.
Also a talented footballer, King won Benalla’s goalkicking award in 2024, however will line up for Southern Football League outfit St Paul’s McKinnon in 2025.
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Rechelle Zammit
The Melbourne Stars Indigenous team wore the playing kit designed by Taungurung woman, Sammy Trist, which features a Southern Cross representing the Southeastern sky, leaves representing the players connected through strength, water which is representative of the Yarra River and the bay, while people represent the club as a family and players as role models for children.
King, a crafty forward on the football field during the winter months, led Benalla’s goalkicking last season in their Goulburn Valley League campaign, however he will be plying his trade in the Southern Football League this year after signing for St Paul’s McKinnon.
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