{"id":663329,"date":"2026-05-11T06:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/663329\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T06:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:40:12","slug":"key-cricket-signings-bairnsdale-advertiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/663329\/","title":{"rendered":"Key cricket signings &#8211; Bairnsdale Advertiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It might only be May, but the big announcements have begun in the Bairnsdale Cricket Association (BCA), with two significant signings confirmed last week.<\/p>\n<p>The headline appointment sees Lakes Entrance Cricket Club announce Scott Davidson as its captain-coach for the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Lindenow South Glenaladale star is a multiple premiership player and three-time winner of the Bairnsdale Cricket Association Cricketer of the Year award, including in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson needs little introduction, a fierce competitor equally adept with bat or ball in hand, with the Seagulls hoping he can bring the winning culture he has long been associated with.<\/p>\n<p>He also carries strong family ties to the club, with the current champion player award named after his uncle and life member Lindsay \u201cSnow\u201d Davidson, a 10-time winner \u2014 adding further significance to his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Now based at Lake Tyers Beach, Davidson is highly respected across the region and brings extensive experience and leadership to the role.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was looking forward to getting started.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, St Mary\u2019s Nagle has appointed Jayanga Peiris as club coach for the 2026\/27 and 2027\/28 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Peiris, who has previously played locally with Bruthen and Meerlieu, is a Level 1 accredited coach with extensive international playing and coaching experience.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in Australia, he has amassed more than 4500 runs at an average of 30, with a strike rate of 185.5.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Peiris starred for Bundalaguah in the Sale\u2013Maffra Cricket Association (SMCA), earning Team of the Year honours after scoring 500 runs, including a standout 151 against Sale.<\/p>\n<p>He also made a strong contribution representing the SMCA in GCL cricket and has previously represented the BCA in GCL and Country Week competitions, alongside high-level playing experience in Sri Lanka.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30038 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC04326_98376.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>Huge post-season news with the reigning competition Cricketer of the Year, Scott Davidson taking on the captain-coach job at Lakes Entrance in 2026\/2027. (PS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It might only be May, but the big announcements have begun in the Bairnsdale Cricket Association (BCA), with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-663329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}