The mercury off the field may have finished a touch under 37 degrees on Saturday, but the action was even hotter on the field as finals action heated up across Ballarat.
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The Ballarat Cricket Association moved into finals mode for the first day of the two-day semi-finals and while the day seemed perfect for batting, it was the bowlers who defied the conditions to leave both Ballarat-Redan and East Ballarat on the cusp of a grand final berth.
Fortunately for basketballers, the pre-season tournament at Selkirk Stadium was played in nice and air-conditioned comfort. Many of the Ballarat Miners top players took to the court just three weeks before the start of their own season.
There was also plenty of pre-season soccer action as well. Photographers Adam Trafford, Lachlan Bence and Kate Healy braved the conditions to capture these images.
