Bernie Sharp will feature in his 300^th match for the Mounties in the Ballarat Cricket Association one-day C-grade encounter with Darley.

He will play alongside son Aaron, who is set to start in his first game of the season after recovering from an ankle injury.

Sharp’s career with Mt Clear has been a prolific one, with the batsman’s 319 innings returning 7629 runs to be the seventh-highest all-time scorer at the club.

The 51-year-old has notched up 10 hundreds – the fourth most at the club – 31 half-centuries and holds senior premiership medals for grand final triumphs in the second and fifth grades.

This seconds flag is one that Sharp holds especially close to his heart.

“That was my first senior premiership after losing a couple beforehand. That was definitely a highlight,” he said.

“And my life membership, which I received three or four years ago.”

Sharp, who was named the Mounties’ 1998-99 second XI best and fairest and skippered the fourths from 1988 to 1991, said his decision to join Mt Clear as a youngster was an uncomplicated one.

“I always wanted to play the game and where Mt Clear trained (at Eastern Oval), that was just closest to home,” Sharp recalled.

Sharp heads into Saturday’s match at Mt Clear 2 on the back of a half-century.