ROUND four Cricket Shepparton matches were abandoned last weekend due to extreme heat as the region sweltered through a hot Saturday.
Under league rules, afternoon matches will be cancelled if the Bureau of Meteorology has a forecast high temperature of more than 38 degrees for the day of the match. In Shepparton, the mercury hit 40 degrees at 1pm.
Further afield, Albury reached 41.8 degrees on Saturday, breaking the November record from last year of 40.9. Rutherglen reached 42.6 degrees, breaking the November record from 1997 of 41.8.
Meanwhile Yarrawonga hit 42.4 degrees, equalling its November record from last year.
Round five cricket action should return to the region this Saturday, with warm temperatures expected, although not above the threshold 38 degrees.
All undefeated, Nagambie, Mooroopna, Old Students and Waaia sit atop the Sherbourne Terrace Haisman Shield A Grade ladder with three rounds to play before the Christmas break.
