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Kayo Sports, Australia’s leading sports streaming service, has extended its support of the Australian Little League Championship and will show games on each day of the 2021 event in Lismore.

Fifteen games – including the gold and bronze medal matchups – will be streamed live and free on Kayo Freebies from June 9-14.

The revised schedule for the 2021 Australian Little League Championship in Lismore has been locked in.

It comes after Southern Mariners and Twins were forced out of the event after the Victorian government announced on Wednesday that Greater Melbourne would stay locked down another seven days until 11.59pm on June 10.

Baseball.com.au experienced its biggest month since launching in May, sparked by Little League’s return to the national stage and the historic Australian Women’s Baseball Showcase presented by VALO.

More than 58,500 web sessions were logged across the month – the most since January 2020 and a new record since baseball.com.au relaunched as an all-encompassing hub of baseball news, information, and content in July 2019.

Southern Mariners and Twins will not be able to take part in the 2021 Australian Little League Championship in Lismore after the Victorian government extended its lockdown on Wednesday.

Under the government’s announcement Greater Melbourne will stay locked down at least another seven days until 11.59pm on June 10.

Baseball Australia is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation in Victoria and working with stakeholders to see if the state’s two qualifiers will be able to take part in next week’s Australian Little League Championship in Lismore.

Victoria’s seven-day lockdown is set to end at 11.59pm on Thursday but yesterday Acting Premier James Merlino refused to rule out extending restrictions after 11 new cases were linked to the outbreak over a 24-hour period.

The rest of the 2021 Australian Intermediate League Championship in Mildura has been cancelled after the Victorian Government announced the state would head into lockdown on Thursday.

A state-wide seven-day lockdown will begin at 11.59pm on Thursday following a growing number of COVID-19 cases, including 12 new infections overnight.

The battle for spots in the 2021 Australian Intermediate League Championship semi-finals will go down to the wire on Thursday in Mildura.

Only Western Australia’s Eastern Phantoms are guaranteed a spot in the tournament’s final four heading into day three, leaving three spots up for grabs.

Ryan Chou’s four RBIs helped Ryde secure a 15-5 win over Eastern Athletics to close out day two of the 2021 Australian Intermediate League Championship in Mildura.

Chou gave the Hawks the lead with a two-run triple in the bottom of the first and they did not look back, improving their record to 2-1 with a mercy-rule win.

Eastern Phantoms scored seven unanswered runs to topple Hills on Wednesday and remain unbeaten at the 2021 Australian Intermediate League Championship.

The West Australian charter took the lead on a sacrifice fly in the fifth and added five insurance runs in the sixth to seal an 11-6 victory on diamond one.