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Bendigo Cricket Club is an Australian cricket club which competes in the Bendigo and District Cricket Association (B.D.C.A.), the major cricket competition in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The club's home ground is the Queen Elizabeth Oval in Bendigo, although since the 2005/2006 season the club's training centre and clubrooms have been based at the Garden Gully recreational area, some 10 minutes walk to the north of the Q.E.O.

The club was formed in 1918 and was originally known as the Comrades Cricket Club. In 1922 the club changed it's name to that of the Bendigo Cricket Club, the title it retains to this day. Since it's inception, the club has won 13 1st XI premierships and been runner-up on 18 occasions. The clubs premiership seasons are as follows : 1926/27, 1934/35, 1939/40, 1942/43, 1945/46, 1948/49, 1954/55, 1959/60, 1964/65, 1970/71, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1993/94. The club last played in a 1st XI grand final in 1999/2000 where it was defeated by Bendigo United, and it's last senior competition premiership was the 2nd XI's victory over Strathfieldsaye in the 2004/2005 season.

In 2005 the Bendigo Cricket Club and the Sandhurst Cricket Club became the first to play a match at night and under lights in Bendigo (played in the Twenty 20 format), when they clashed at the Queen Elizabeth Oval. The match was not played for points and was not part of the regular season, however it has become an annual event with both clubs playing off for the 'Ron Slattery Cup'.

For the 2010/2011 season, the club has appointed Max Taylor (a member of the B.D.C.A.'s 'Hall of Fame') as senior coach, whilst Tim Edwards will captain the 1st XI.