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2 years ago

Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, Australia

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Record Run Chase Sets Up Easts Cricket Record Season

In 2003 the greatest run chase in the history of Premier Cricket was achieved by the Eastern Suburbs (Waverley) Cricket Club and became the launch pad for the club’s most successful first grade season.

The game took place at Waverley Oval on 11 and 18 October against the powerful Western Suburbs Cricket Club led by future Australian test captain, Michael Clarke. Both sides were brimming with talent. The Easts team included three players who were to go on to represent their country with distinction. James Marshall for New Zealand, Brad Haddin for Australia and a 16 year old tyro, David Warner. There were also three other players with first class experience. To add to the international flavour the flamboyant “crooked finger of doom” Billy Bowden, test umpire, officiated.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/319/eastern-suburbs-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1347/record-run-chase-sets-up-easts-cricket-record-season

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2 years ago

St George Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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St George “in between balls” with Jeremy Bray

We take this opportunity to catch up with some of our esteemed former first grade legends to find out more about them and their time with The Saints.

Its the charismatic Jeremy Bray, a true cricketing journeyman who went from winning a premiership with St George to playing in the 2007 Cricket World Cup for Ireland

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/554/st-george-ldquoin-between-ballsrdquo-with-jeremy-bray

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2 years ago

Mariekes Art of Living

Travel Agent

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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The exhilarating ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 takes place this October | November in INDIA, as the world’s greatest teams battle it out for the prestigious ICC Cricket World Cup trophy. This will be the thirteenth edition of the 50-over tournament and the fourth to be held in India.

This is a unique cricket tour to India, the epicentre of world cricket today where cricket pulses through the veins of India as elemental to the national consciousness.

This is an exceptional opportunity to witness the spirit of cricket in India as well as exploring a delectable melange of mountains, heritage, colourful cities, culture and awe-inspiring forts and palaces.

Your Host is Mike Coward AM

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1154/mariekes-art-of-living/blog/1346/royal-india-cricket-tour-hosted-by-legendary-mike-coward-24-october-to-5-november-2023

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2 years ago

Gavin Dovey

CEO

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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"Australia is in some sense punching above its weight, but way below its potential."

This was a statement made by a former National Security Advisor to George W. Bush, when asked about Australia.

This is cricket in the Northern Territory.

We are absolutely punching above our weight, but we are also absolutely punching way below our potential.

We have so much more to offer Australian Cricket.

I say this as Pakistan A (The Shaheens) 👇 today set off from Lahore ... 🛫 ... Darwin bound!

The 2023 Charles Darwin University Men's Top End T20 Series, powered by Dafabet, kicks off on Sunday 30 July and runs to 6 August.

Bravo👏 Pakistan Cricket Board

https://www.ntcricket.com.au/news/pakistan-shaheens-top-end-series/2023-07-20

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2 years ago

John Rogers

Melbourne, Australia

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Until Brian Taber arrived, Australian wicket keepers might have been best in the world, but by no stretch of the imagination were they pretty.

His predecessors mostly had been short and squat, some balding, and often quite rotund practitioners, disinterested in how they looked - think Don Tallon, Gil Langley, Wally Grout, Barry Jarman. My goodness they were good - and when he joined their company, Brian Taber was every bit as good. Known as "Herby" to a select few, he beat many renowned keepers to be named in the NSW team of the Millennium.

Yet without being showy, Tabbsy brought style and grace to the art of wicket-keeping. What he added to that dark art was that he personified Australia of the swinging sixties.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/531/john-rogers/blog/1345/brian-taber-quotswinging-sixtiesquot-keeper

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2 years ago

Mosman Cricket Club

Sydney, Australia

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Lower Grades keep the Faith – Mosman Cricket Club 3 December 2001

A diabolical weekend for Mosman’s first XI was somewhat offset by continuing improvement from the club’s lower grades.

The addition of The Rawalpindi Express – Shoaib Akhtar – to the Mosman attack was not enough, although Shoaib has impressed in his first two games for the Whales.

Shoaib has fitted in well and is enjoying his time at the Mosman Club.

“I am also learning more about Australian conditions, which is important for me” he said. “Only on Sunday, one of the lower grade bowlers, James Sinclair, showed me some balls I had never seen before.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/340/mosman-cricket-club/blog/1344/lower-grades-keep-the-faith-ndash-mosman-cricket-club-3-december-2001

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2 years ago

Kim Evetts

Financial Planner

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

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Is it time to revamp the Sheffield Shield and first class cricket in Australia

Being passionate about cricket and in particular the ongoing production of quality cricketers to represent Australia I think it is time to reconsider the Sheffield Shield format.

I personally still believe Shield Cricket should be the only selection ground for future Australian test players.

My observation is the public have also lost all interest in attending Sheffield Shield matches.

Getting backsides on seats again will obviously be good for the game financially and motivating for our players and perhaps possibly less incentive for players to target franchise cricket.

First class cricket in Australia needs to be escalated back to its previous heights as the production factory for future high quality Australian Cricketers and as a spectacle of choice for supporters. (I don’t believe we should say it is too hard to achieve)

It also must be more motivating for First Class Cricketers to be playing in front of a large crowd then nobody at all.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/545/kim-evetts/blog/1343/is-it-time-to-revamp-the-sheffield-shield-and-first-class-cricket-in-australia

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2 years ago

Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Phil Melville arrived in Sydney from Armidale in Northern NSW in 1989 to play Sydney Grade Cricket for Mosman Cricket Club. 34 years on and Phil continues to take wickets in both grade and veteran’s cricket.

Leading into the 2023/24 Phil has taken 710 grade wickets in Sydney. He took 440 wickets for Mosman Cricket Club and so far, has taken 270 wickets for Northern District Cricket Club.

Phil is a prominent member of Over 50s cricket in Australia and the very proud owner of NSW Blues cap number 30 and Australian Over 50s cap number 49.

Phil was selected in the Australian Over 50s World Cup team to your South Africa that was sadly cut short after a couple of games due to Covid.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1342/phil-melville-keep-on-keeping-on

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2 years ago

Campbell Kean

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I’m a 16 year old opening batter who played their first season of grade last year. I found it tough to get starts and struggled batting in the afternoon of 2 day matches. Something I struggled with was maintaining focus for my innings and losing concentration when I got comfortable. Could I get some advice on how to maintain focus and get a routine to make sure I’m concentrating

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2 years ago

Cricket NSW

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Six NSW rising stars have been named in a 16-player Australian squad to tour England for a multi-format Under-19 series, which starts in August.

The Youth Selection Panel has selected Cameron Frendo, Ryan Hicks, Sam Konstas, Rafael MacMillan, Harjas Singh and Tom Straker, following training camps in Brisbane and Sri Lanka, where they will return for the 2024 ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup.

Singh and Straker will make their second appearance in the gold and green colours this year. The pair were members of an Australian U19 squad that secured a series victory against a touring England U/19 team in January and February.

Hicks, Konstas and MacMillan are set to further progress through the national pathway system, building on their previous success of winning the U19 National Championship title in a dominant NSW Metropolitan side.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/154/cricket-nsw/blog/1341/nsw-six-selected-in-australia-under-19-squad-for-tour-of-england

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2 years ago

Shane Duff

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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My Best Grade team - Shane Duff 1989 to 2002

I have selected the best grade team of players I played with. I did not consider my first 6 games at Sutherland in 1989/90 which included players such as Glenn McGrath, John Dyson, Rod Davison, Justin Kenny or players that I played a handful of games with later such as Steve Waugh, Stuart McGill, Stuart Clark, Daniel McLauchlan and Daryl Tuffey.

I also left out my 5th grade game with a 15-year-old kid named Steve Smith that yielded a 280 run partnership!

In batting order:

1. Phil Jaques (Sutherland)....

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1151/shane-duff/blog/1340/my-best-grade-team-shane-duff-1989-to-2002

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1151/shane-duff/blog/1340/my-best-grade-team-shane-duff-1989-to-2002

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2 years ago

Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney

Sydney, Australia

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Josh Holt made his first grade debut for Eastern Suburbs as a wicket keeper batter on 26 October 2002.

Josh is Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club first grade player number 597.

Who was the best spinner you had the good fortune to keep to?

Without a doubt Adrian Tucker. He was a freak. Tucks had an incredible ability to not only have wicket taking deliveries but also had the skill to tie down and frustrate batsmen for long periods. He was incredibly accurate.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/319/eastern-suburbs-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1339/josh-holt-donrsquot-get-struck-by-lightning

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2 years ago

Armidale District Cricket Association

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Armidale City Public School – 10As Premiers 1981 Term 3

Back Row - Andrew Tambyraja, Alastair Piper, Ben Callcott, Milton Watts, James Ley, Darrel Brock, Nick Pearce
Front Row - Anthony (Joe) Campbell, Michael Handes, Albie Hempel, John Maclean, Renos Rologas

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2 years ago

Stuart MacGill

Cricket Coach

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Episode 2: Wickets with Stuart MacGill, Jack Sharp and Guests: Ashes Recap, Wet Wet Wet, Beating The Colonial Masters

We are back. Well, some of us. Stu MacGill, Jack Sharp, and former Australian Lacrosse player, DJ and Umpire - Josh Beagley. Shane Lee has omitted himself with illness.

In this episode we chat about the Aussies retaining the Ashes. Boo Hoo, it rained. That's pretty normal in Manchester, in England, well pretty much everywhere. It's happened before and it will happen again. Fact is, it's 2-1.

Sharpie chats about beating England, Stuey talks about his Welsh heritage and his love for beating the 'colonials masters', and Josh chimes in with ... you'll have to listen.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/988/stuart-macgill/blog/1338/episode-2-wickets-with-stuart-macgill-jack-sharp-and-guests-ashes-recap-wet-wet-wet-beating-the-colonial-masters

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2 years ago

Cameron Vellacott

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Brendan Nash - the road less travelled

You played for Jamaica and then the West Indies, what prompted the move and how did you adapt to living north of the equator?

Most people don’t know this, but I had virtually given up playing cricket when I moved there. After being told by the then chairman of selectors for QLD that my career was over, I moved to Jamaica to experience part of my heritage. Both my parents and sister were very proud Jamaicans and had talked about what it was like to live there. I guess I wanted to experience this for myself. Cricket was a way to help ease me into my life there.

To live there and to be accepted into the cricketing world was difficult for sure but having been through all the little life lessons to that point certainly helped me adapt more quickly. I was very fortunate to have some very good family friends in Jamaica to help me out along the way.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1150/cameron-vellacott/blog/1337/brendan-nash-the-road-less-travelled

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2 years ago

Andrew Walton

Cricket Coach

Clifton Hill, Australia

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In the chapter "On Batting" Chappell details how at a time when he was still coaching in state cricket (South Australia) and before the internet, he spent "several days in Melbourne, locked in a hotel room with Ian Frazer and Swan Richards watching hours of footage of all the top players. These included Sobers, Lara, Gilchrist, Chanderpaul and more to unlock the human movement elements within these players.

What they found was the fact that all the players shared a virtually identical position at the point of the bowler's release, despite finding all manner of different ways in which to get there.

Chappell describes it as the "active neutral" position. Basically meaning that at the point of release, their weight was mainly on the back foot but with their front foot lightly touching or just off the ground, ready to move forward if required by the early release of the full ball, or back if a delayed release meant the shorter ball.

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2 years ago

Andrew King

Real Estate Agent

Mornington, Victoria, Australia

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Adam Voigt is the President of Dromana Cricket Club in the Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association.

He started out in the MPCA juniors and seniors with Delacombe Cricket Club before joining Dromana as captain coach.

He then moved to Darwin and played for Waratah Cricket Club in Darwin Premier Cricket.

What’s been your most memorable moment in cricket?

Winning the 1992/93 flag with Delacombe Park CC. It was a huge breakthrough moment for the club. I remember seeing old-timers in tears and knowing we’d done something pretty special.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/900/andrew-king/blog/1335/adam-voigt-enjoyed-the-big-moments

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2 years ago

Redlands Tigers Cricket Club

Brisbane, Australia

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Evan Bancroft, known to all as ‘Banger’ is a passionate Tigers man.

Starting out with Easts as a 17 year and still playing over 40’s cricket, Banger has such an infectious personality he brings a smile to all.

He can talk, in fact he does it professionally as an MC and he shares some great tales as we look back at his journey playing the game.

I was 27 years and we played Sandgate. It was a great thrill as I never thought I would get the chance to play first grade. I took 2 wickets and scored 23 not out batting 11.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/404/redlands-tigers-cricket-club/blog/286/evan-banger-bancroft-mc

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2 years ago

Tony Goodfellow

Ballina, New South Wales, Australia

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Greg Beacroft’s World Record Six Hitting Innings for Yass

In January 1979, Greg Beacroft playing for Yass first grade against Williamsdale in the Sunday competition scored 268 runs in 92 minutes at the O’Connor concrete pitch in Canberra.

The 21-year-old Beacroft, who played first grade for Western Districts in the Saturday competition, hit an amazing 29 sixes in his innings, which at the time, was reported to be an official world record.

Unfortunately, balls faced were not recorded in those days and I was told by a good mate who was playing in the match, that the innings would have been much quicker in time as some deliveries were deposited on to the bitumen surface of Barry Drive which runs past the oval. This meant that the fielder retrieving the ball had to scale a six-foot-high wire fence that bordered the road, significantly adding to the time that Beacroft batted for.

Peter O’Reilly, who was an ACT representative played in this match as well and the following is his recollection of Greg Beacroft’s innings.

“Greg was a bit dusty at the beginning of his innings as a few of his early sixes only just cleared the boundary. He was hung over from his 21st Birthday party the night before. He partnered mostly with a Yass guy by the name of Donny Douglass who played the perfect foil for Greg. Donny scored 29 singles in his score of 29 feeding Greg the strike. 29 sixes and 11 fours by Greg. There was a church service beginning across the road where Greg landed one nearly hitting a combi van on the way in and 50 minutes later again on the way out of the church grounds. It was an unbelievable innings and remember waking up the next morning to hear it on the national news with Keith Miller calling for Greg to be added to the Australian team against England.”

Sadly, Greg passed away a few years ago from cancer, however, his innings briefly made him a cricketing celebrity, with radio interviews locally and internationally, while his record stood till October of 2017, when Josh Dunstan hit forty sixes and nine fours in his innings of 307 for West Augusta against Central Stirling in the Port Augusta cricket association.

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2 years ago

Mark Atkinson

Real Estate Agent

Sydney, Australia

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Steve Nikitaras was a left-arm fast bowler who represented both NSW and Western Australia.

A late starter to the game Steve possessed incredible natural talent and quickly progressed through the ranks and played 4 first-class game and 14 one day games.

It’s been quite the cricket journey for Steve and he shares some raw insights and most memorable moments

When I finally got picked in an NSW squad, it was massive and I can honestly say it was enough. I don’t see the same value these days in players and I think players don’t appreciate it to the degree we did. Maybe I have that wrong but I doubt it.

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