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Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Steve Rixon, Brian Taber and Mark Taylor share their favourite moments with NSW Blues

Steve Rixon – Wicket Keeper

Steve Rixon made his first class debut for NSW in the 1974/75 season and went on to play 94 Shield games for NSW and took 259 dismissals, 218 catches and 41 stumping’s. Steve scored 6 centuries for NSW.

Rixon played 13 Tests for Australia


Brian Taber – Wicket Keeper

Brian Taber made his first class debut for NSW in the 1964/65 season and played 64 Shield games for NSW taking 211 dismissals, 179 catches and 32 stumping’s. Brian scored 1 century for NSW.

Taber played 16 Tests for Australia


Mark Taylor – Opening Batsman

Mark Taylor made his first class debut for NSW in the 1985/86 season and played 85 Shield games scoring 6,090 runs at an average of 42.29 including 15 centuries.

Taylor played 104 Tests for Australia and is renowned as one of Australia’s greatest ever captains.

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The Howie Games Podcast
The Howie Games Podcast
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Episode 53 - The Howie Games with Justin Langer

#TheHowieGames | Newly appointed Australian men’s cricket coach Justin Langer is a man who just loves cricket. In his playing days JL revelled in singing the team song, playing with his mates and wearing his baggy green cap. After speaking to Justin, it’s pretty obvious that the team could not be in better hands and if the coach is anything like he is in this podcast the team will having a few laughs along the way as well.
In this episode JL chats about his passion for the game, taking on Mike Gatting in an eating challenge and reveals his thoughts on the recent ball tampering scandal.

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Sydney University Cricket Club
Sydney University Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Five things we learned from Round 10 - NSW Premier Cricket 2023-24

There’s a top six starting to form

With this frantic season pausing for two weeks to catch its breath over the new year, the top six in First Grade is slowly taking shape. Anyone taking odds on who’ll be there will have closed the book on St George, who have opened the season with nine straight wins. Five Things usually reckons that, to make the finals, a side needs something between 54 and 60 points, which means that St George (on 56) could lose every game between now and March and still have a pretty good chance (although we do not recommend this approach). Saints are followed by Northern District (41), Mosman (37), Manly (33), Penrith (33) and Parramatta (31). But Penrith and Parramatta play each other in the next round, and Gordon (28), Easts (27), Wests (26), Fairfield (25) and Randwick-Petersham (25) will be looking to make up ground on whoever loses that one.

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Penrith Cricket Club
Penrith Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Officially, he was Ralph James Clough MLA, but it was a rarity to find anyone who preferred Ralph to the more knockabout ‘Mick’. It was a throwback to his father, Michael Roland Gordon Clough—‘little Mick’. Mick Clough was a cricket lover from a cricket-loving family. His next greatest love was the Australian Labor Party. Those with ‘an eye for a cricketer’ thought him an enormous talent, a seriously dangerous right-hand batsman, but his early cricket career was limited because he lacked the discipline to make the most of his talent. “I preferred to go in search of good times,” he confessed to his sons Peter and David, when advising them on the best way forward in the game. A commonly-told family story recounts an offer from a Perth Grade Club “to come and play with our Second Grade team”. Mick rejected it to play Park cricket with the team from the Telegraphist’s Office—because they had a keg after every game.

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Nick Foster
Nick Foster
HR Manager
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Nick Foster – my best captain

I have been fortunate enough to play under some very good captains over my playing time. The name that stands out to me as the best captain is Mark Littlewood.

I grew up playing junior cricket against Mark around the Newcastle area and then played a lot of grade cricket against him. Whilst I didn’t share a club changeroom with Mark I was fortunate enough to spend many successful years under his captaincy in the Newcastle Representative team.

Under Mark’s captaincy the Newcastle representative team had one of its most successful periods with multiple NSW Country Championship wins and also a hugely successful stint in the NSW Premier Cricket Kingsgrove Cup T20.

There are a few things that stick in my mind about Mark’s leadership and captaincy:

• Mark was one of the most competitive people I know and it’s safe to say that competitiveness took others along with him for the ride.
• He instilled confidence in others and especially myself. I have no doubt Mark made me a better cricketer and I think many other people he captained would say similar things. I always felt he had complete faith in me to do the job the team needed.
• Mark was always positive. Whether it be Batting, Bowling or with his captaincy, he was always trying to win! And always trying to move the game forward.
• Mark never took a backward step. It wouldn’t matter the opposition, Mark was always up for the fight. As a player in his team I found it such a great thing to know that our leader just wanted to win and wasn’t going to be intimidated or be pushed around by anyone.
• Mark performed when our team needed it the most. He was so resilient. I recall Mark dislocating a finger whilst fielding in a NSW Country Final at Bradman Oval in Bowral. Mark went to hospital for treatment and returned to bat and went on to score a decisive half century to secure another title for Newcastle.
• Mark was tactically very astute. He understood the game, and always seemed to be a step ahead. I am convinced that Mark’s tactical nous played a huge part in the success of the Newcastle teams he captained. Yes, we had many wonderful cricketers but I would say Marks captaincy often gave us a head start.

I feel very fortunate to have played underneath Mark and I have tried to incorporate some of his skills and traits into my own captaincy.

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Ross Leipold
Ross Leipold
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Ross Leipold – my best captain

I would rate Wayne Andrews as the best captain I played with.

Wayne took Gosnells Cricket Club to a premier cricket semi-final and was a very calm leader who impacted our team by being relaxed no matter what the situation and allowing the team to play at its best.

Even when individuals were struggling, his ability to help them turn their fortunes around played a big part in our success.

One particular time my brother Colin was bowling against Damian Martyn when he played for Wanneroo in between test and shield duties.

Martyn had taken to him in one over hitting straight and long.

Wayne had faith in Colin’s ability to take up the challenge for another over against Martyn.

Keeping the field up Martyn went for another big hit and holed out to mid-off. Just one example of the skipper backing a player to bounce back and come out on top.

Wayne also lead with the bat scoring over 1,000 runs and taking out the Ollie Cooley Medal as the best Western Australian Premier cricketer of the year.

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Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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Paul Fitzgerald has a particular record which any sport-minded person would expect will never be surpassed. He won a cricket premiership, was named man-of-the-match in the Grand Final, celebrated with his premiership team-mates and got married. All in the same weekend!! His wife Suzanne was a very understanding bride.

The occasion was the 1990-91 3rd Grade Grand Final between Randwick and Penrith at Raby Oval, Campbelltown played over both days of the March weekend. With opponent Penrith finishing higher up the points table, Randwick needed to win the match to take the premiership. But disaster struck when the first day’s play was washed out.

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Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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Born November 11, 1942 in Blairmont, East Bank, Berbice, Guyana (then British Guiana), Roy Fredericks was a former West Indies opening batsman who played between 1968 and 1977.

Standing at just five feet six inches, Fredericks was considered one of the most destructive left-handed batsmen of his time. He often annihilated the best pace bowlers of his generation. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1974.

This Guyanese accumulated 4,334 runs in 59 Tests at an average of 42.49 with 8 hundreds and 26 fifties. Fredericks played only 12 ODIs in which he averaged 25.91. On his birth anniversary, Bhaskar Narayan takes a look at 15 lesser known facts of this cricketer who passed away 15 years ago.

1. Born in British Guiana

Roy Fredericks was born in 1942 in what was then British Guiana, South America. The country was a British colony at that time until it became a sovereign nation on May 26, 1966. Roy made his Test debut two-and-a-half years later against Australia on December 26, 1968.

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Warren Buttigieg
Warren Buttigieg
Business Development Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Warren Buttigieg - my best captain

Neil Maxwell was the best captain I played with.

Playing with Balmain in Sydney Grade Cricket Maxi was hard as nails cricketer, who expected the same from everyone in his team. He created a fantastic training environment that brought out the best in each and every player. I walked onto the field 10 feet tall knowing that Maxie was our leader.

Neil instilled belief into you as a player, he had a way of ensuring that you were the best player you could be. He created the win from any position mantra that is so important in successful teams. He created teams that were always tough to play against.

I remember a wet training day on the footy field next to Drummoyne, we worked out backsides off for 2 hours in the rain and mud. Maxie’s message, training is always on!

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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At the start of the 2021-22 NSW Premier Cricket Season Western Suburbs first grade batter Callum Hotham launched his career as an artist and his first project was the Western Suburbs dressing room at Pratten Park in Sydney.

Today there are 4 magnificent murals of Western Suburbs international players Michael Clarke, Phillip Hughes, Alan Davidson and Bob Simpson holding pride and place in the dressing room.

Pictured are Australian first-class umpires Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson in Western Suburbs home dressing room in front of the Michael Clarke mural. Greg Abood played NSW Premier Cricket for Western Suburbs and Greg Davidson took 333 first grade wickets for Parramatta.

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