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League12 November 2026 How to Follow a VECL Match: Live Scores, Streams and Results Every VECL match is scored ball by ball and streamed live. Where to follow the scores, where to watch, where results and honours are kept, and how the league protects players who are not to be named. Read the story

League11 November 2026 Girls and Women in VECL: What Is Open, and Where Girls' age groups in the December 2026 tournament, the HPIP on the same terms for everyone, dedicated girls' and women's bands in Chennai, and what families can expect along the way.
League10 November 2026 VECL Age Groups Explained Which age groups the December 2026 tournament fields, how they compare with VECL Chennai, the ages for try-outs and the HPIP, and what changes for a player as they move up.
Pathway9 November 2026 How December Squads Are Picked: From Registration to Franchise You register for the season, not for a franchise. How the league turns a list of registrations into the three Melbourne squads, who goes through selection, and what an offer means.
League8 November 2026 Umpires, Scorers and Curators: The People Behind Every VECL Match A VECL match needs far more than two teams. Who the umpires, scorers, curators, team managers and tournament staff are, what each of them does, and the standards they work to.
Pathway5 November 2026 HPIP Try-Out Night at Junction Oval, with CSK All-Rounder Macneil Noronha Young cricketers from across Victoria trained at Junction Oval for the first HPIP try-out, coached by Andrew Walton, Michael Sheedy and Dhana Murugavel — with Karnataka and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Macneil Noronha in the nets alongside them.
Players3 November 2026 Why Turf Matters for Junior Cricketers Every VECL match in Melbourne is played on turf. What changes when a junior moves from a synthetic pitch to a grass one, which skills it asks for, and why the league chose it.
League2 November 2026 Meet the Melbourne Franchises: Falcons, Panthers and Warriors The Western Falcons, Eastern Panthers and Northern Warriors: where they came from, what they play, how players are placed in them, and what the league's own record shows.
League1 November 2026 A Parent's Guide to VECL: Safety, Supervision, Weather and Gear Child safety, medical information, wet weather and lightning, uniforms and kit, photographs, and conduct on the boundary — what the league's published policies say, in one place.
Pathway31 October 2026 The High Performance International Pathway and KIOC Bengaluru, Explained What the HPIP is, what eight days at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket involve, who looks after the players, and how selection works — set out plainly for players and parents.
League30 October 2026 The December 2026 Turf T20 Tournament: Dates, Format and How to Register Five match days between Christmas Eve and 30 December, seven junior age groups across three franchises, played on turf under the league's competition rules. Here is how it works and how to register.
Pathway29 October 2026 VECL Try-Outs Explained: Who Can Try Out, What Happens, What to Bring The November try-outs pick both the December junior franchises and the HPIP camp squad. Who can come, what happens on the night, what to bring, and what happens afterwards.
League28 October 2026 What VECL Is, and How the Junior Franchises Work A plain guide for Melbourne cricket families: what the Victorian Elite Cricket League is, how the three franchises are picked, and how a player gets into the league.
Pathway8 October 2026 A New Era for VECL: Andrew Walton Named Director, the KIOC Pathway Opens, and Trials Are Set Andrew Walton joins as Director of the league and of the High Performance International Pathway, built with the Karnataka Institute of Cricket. George Shaw is Head Coach of the Western Falcons. Hear it all at a free online session on 18 October, then trial on 4 or 9 November.
International7 September 2026 One League. Two Countries. Your Opportunity. Team selections open in Chennai and Melbourne: VECL Chennai's first season runs on Sundays from January to April 2027, with selection days on 6 and 13 December.
International5 September 2026 VECL Comes to Chennai — And the Pathway Runs Both Ways VECL's first season in Chennai begins in January 2027 — four clubs, a season of Sundays, and a route between Melbourne and Chennai that runs both ways.
League28 July 2026 Elite Cricket Group Five Years | VECL Next Innings Elite Cricket Academy turns five: three centres, a new booking platform, and what the next chapter means for the Victorian Elite Cricket League.

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