COLBY Marr had longed for cricket to return, and when it did he made the most of it.

The 12-year-old Nichols Point player scored 63 not out in the opening round of the season in his under-14 match against Mildura Settlers, before rain washed out the second half of the game at the weekend.

His performance earned him the nod as the first Sunraysia Cricket Association Junior Player of the Round for...