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3 years ago
Stephen Leathley
Stephen Leathley
Business Owner
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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I played a game for the SCG XI at the SCG a few years ago against the Honk Kong Cricket Club and they had this opening bowler who played County cricket and apparently bowled 140km/hr. Stuart Clark was captaining us that game and got out LBW to him on the last ball of one of his overs, then he skittled our next batsman first ball of his next over.

So, I found myself trudging out onto the SCG to face the hat trick ball. Russell Grimson was at the other end and said to me ‘play forward, he will pitch it up’. Well, Russell was right, it was pitched up, but it was through me before I got a chance to get forward, quickest ball I have ever faced by far, wrapping my back pad on the knee roll. Arthur Watson was umpiring and gave me not out. Not sure what part of middle stump it would have been missing. Maybe Arthur is a bit if a sadist and just wanted to watch me face the rest of that over, which I did, somehow. I actually really enjoyed the challenge.

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3 years ago
Graham Mackie
Graham Mackie
Yamba, NSW, Australia
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2 Followers

A game for Bickley Park 3rd X1 which comprised the opening bat aged 56 (the man with no back lift) the opening bowler 54 (the man with no run up), Chris Sheerin (Captain Magic/Tragic), myself and 7 under 14 and16 year old's.
We batted first and scored a paltry 72. The opposition were cruising at 1 for 30 and I thought something need to change. The man with no run up took a wicket and in came “man mountain” - looks like the game is all over.
I bowled 3 balls to him, and he did not lay bat on ball, so I went to the non-striker borrowed his bat and took it down to the other batsman and said here tape these two together and you might have a chance of hitting the bloody ball. I bowled him the next ball, took a hat trick and ended up with 7 for 29 and they were all out 54… game over.
The opposition ran onto the field, and all congratulated me as did the umpire who bought me the first pint and after a few more the ump drove me back to Bickley Park for a couple of pints with the lads.

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3 years ago
Sekhar Sridhar
Sekhar Sridhar
Marketing Professional
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Last, Friday, I attended the Cricket Victoria Premier Cricket Awards night at the MCG, representing Prahran Cricket Club.
It was a wonderful occasion to reflect on an amazing 2022/23 season and soak in the camaraderie with other club administrators, players, media persons, managers, and board members from across the premier cricket ecosystem. A plethora of awards were given away with the winners exemplifying cricketing values and serving as inspiring role models for the others in the room.
My club won two awards - the Women's competition Spirit of Cricket and the Women's Under-18 Player of the Tournament. Looking back at the men's competition, we came agonisingly short of the Club Championship, finishing second after the last home & away game, and four premiership flags after falling short in the finals. Cricket reinforced the importance of going the extra mile with these results and we start all over again come summer 2023/24.

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3 years ago
Wayne Holt
Wayne Holt
Insurance Manager
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I was playing for Hawkesbury v Penrith (1st grade 1986/87), Rod Bower had smacked us around all day, and was on 200, and looking to move past the current club record score of 202. At this stage we had been fielding for 4 sessions and were cooked, so the captain brought on Barry Coad to bowl his useful left arm wrist spin. The field was spread far and wide, then Barry bowling his third delivery had Rod coming down the wicket and hitting a hard on drive in the air to deep long on. Rod had hit it hard, and quite straight, so the fielder had to run quite a distance to his left to get anywhere near it. As the ball got closer to the fence (in the air still), the fielder thought they were closer than they thought, so they should put in and then gave it a big soccer goalie dive. To everyone’s amazement, the ball lodged in the right inverted hand of the fielder, one inch off the ground, and Rod was caught for 200.
As Rod walked past the fielder, he was heard to say, “how the #@%$ did you catch that?”, to which the fielder said “#@%$ed if I know”.
Rod and I have never spoken about it since.

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3 years ago
Veterans Cricket Australia
Veterans Cricket Australia
Brisbane, Australia
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Christchurch, New Zealand - Veterans Cricket Australia O55's is set to make its debut as a National Age Category in Christchurch this November. Fourteen teams from Australia and two sides from New Zealand will compete across two divisions in what is expected to be an exciting and closely contested tournament.

The tournament will be hosted by the St Albans Cricket Club and will take place from November 22-28, with a scheduled rest day on November 25th to allow players and their partners to take in the many tourist attractions on offer in and around Christchurch. Many players are expected to bring their partners and stay an extra week to enjoy the local sights and sounds.

The tournament will be played on several grounds, including Rangiora, Willows, Burnside, and some of the private schools in and around Christchurch, before culminating in the final at the Famous Hagley Park Oval.

"We are delighted to bring the Veterans Cricket Australia O55's tournament to Christchurch for the first time," said Andrew Knight Chairman, O50’s Veterans Cricket Association. "We are confident that this event will be a great success and showcase the best Australian veteran’s cricket."

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3 years ago
Dean Tuckwell
Dean Tuckwell
Travel Agent
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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The best three fast bowlers I played against?
Carl Rackemann was quick of course but it was his bounce and accuracy made him so difficult to play.
I opened the batting against Michael Holding (with Ezra Moseley at the other end) in a benefit game in England. Every ball hit the seam and if he wasn’t beating the outside edge he was cutting me in half. I don’t remember hitting a ball so he obviously didn’t bowl at the stumps.
You had to be on your game when facing Adam Dale as he put you under pressure every ball. He had a beautiful outswinger and always just short of a driving length. Although you could pick his inswinger it was always on the money as was his bouncer which was a yard quicker than his stock ball.
If Chippin wasn’t quick enough for this list I’ll throw in Joe Dawes – accurate and bowled a heavy ball at a nasty length.

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3 years ago
Luki Soeradinata
Luki Soeradinata
Business Development Manager
Singapore, Singapore
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Hi, all. I am just new in this forum. I hope to provide some input as I go. I hope it is all useful. I am just a grass roots cricketer, born in Indonesia and grew up in country Victoria. There was no reason for me to play the game due to my background. To cut a long story short, I have played and/or been involved with cricket for 40 years and have enjoyed every bit of it. All my kids played and 2 of them are still playing with a sub District Club in Melbourne. My passion is grass roots and I believe that sports offers many things for kids. I grew up in clubs and I remember the weekends where we talked all the day about nothing and everything. Some of the best memories have been on a Saturday in and around cricket clubs. Recent times, it has saved my mind during tough times also. Its a great place to be. I now coach at the Singapore Cricket Club and spend most of my time there. I also am working with sports clubs internationally to improve efficiencies in clubland! Thats the short version...till my next post...cee ya.

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3 years ago
Greg Briggs
Greg Briggs
Gosford, NSW, Australia
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My most surreal moment in cricket

I was 19 and working my way through the grades and into 1st Grade at Northern District when returning from a tour to Pakistan with the Australian Under 19’s I was selected in the NSW Shield Squad to start training in the July. After playing against the likes of Salim Malik and Rameez Raja at stadiums in Karachi and Lahore of Pakistan and then a few months later to be included in the NSW Squad to start training with people like Doug Walters, Len Pascoe, Ian Davis, Peter Toohey and the like cricketers I’d watched on TV growing up and admired and now I’m rubbing shoulders with them it was something I’ll never forget.

A far cry from my junior cricket days a few years earlier as a skinny kid playing for Gosford on the Central Coast.

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3 years ago
Lyall Gardner
Lyall Gardner
Sydney, Australia
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Few men had a greater love of the Randwick District Cricket Club than Wally Byrne. He began as a player and finished as President of the club, a position he held for seven years between 1952 and 1958.
In 1932-33, Wally Byrne was captain of the Randwick First XI. In the four years he skippered the side, it finished 2nd, 3rd, 3rd and 2nd. It was an amazing effort and only bad luck prevented the team not taking out a premiership or two during that period.
An indication of his dedication to Randwick and the game he loved was illustrated by an incident during the course of a 1st Grade match at Kensington Oval in October 1933. A member of the Randwick team was Dr. William McCristal, a fine left-hand bat and later captain of the team. However, on this occasion, Wally was in charge of the side and was a little upset to learn that the Doc had to leave the ground to deliver a baby. Once the delivery was complete, Dr McCristal returned to the game although Wally’s enquiry of the details of the birth did not eventuate until the fall of the next wicket. This was an amazing display of patience and restraint by the skipper as the baby Dr McCristal delivered, was in fact Wally’s daughter, Judy!!

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