Following some late additions, Brown Hill is looming as a dark horse ahead of the 2020-21 Ballarat Cricket Association season.
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The club welcomed returning young guns Fraser Hunt and Fraser Hay into the fold for the start of the upcoming campaign. Both played their junior cricket with the Bulls before taking their talents to the Melbourne ranks.
Club captain Tom Bourke-Finn said the pair would play with the club until metropolitan competitions resumed from COVID-19.
"Both were juniors at the club and have been playing premier and sub-district cricket the last couple of seasons," he said.
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Hunt played premier fourth grade with Geelong last season, while Hay played in the Melbourne Sub-District Cricket Association with Williamstown.
They will help offset the losses of departing players Imesh Udayanga, Matt Sandford and wicket keeper Kane Leathem.
Meanwhile the club also added top order bat Mitch Mclaughlin, who returns after a couple of seasons off. Maryborough Cricket Association talent Carter Horsley has also come across.
Brown Hill finished the 2019-20 season seventh on the competition ladder but proved capable of matching it with the upper echelon on numerous occasions. Bourke-Finn said he hoped to see the club play with more consistency this season.
"We wen't very close to Darley twice last season, we beat Mt Clear in a one day match, we were competitive against Golden Point but we were inconsistent as well," he said.
"We want to be more consistent this year and be competitive against those top sides."
BROWN HILL
Last season: seventh
Captain: Tom Bourke-Finn
Coach: leadership group
Key arrivals: Fraser Hunt (Geelong), Fraser Hay (Williamstown), Mitch Mclaughlin, Carter Horsley (Maryborough)
Key departures: Imesh Udayanga (Sri Lanka), Matt Sandford (Ballarat-Redan), Kane Leathem (Creswick)
