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11 months ago
Dean Tuckwell
Dean Tuckwell
Travel Agent
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Lachlan Stevens was a gritty opening batsman and useful left-arm orthodox bowler who played for South Australia & Queensland.

In 2005-06 he scored his maiden first class century against Western Australia and contributed 66 in Queensland’s victory in the Pura Cup final.

A keen student and lover of the game, since retiring from playing, Lachlan has forged a successful coaching career, as coordinator of high performance at The Cricket Academy in Brisbane and later guiding Western Australia to the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League in South Africa.

He has also coached in Tasmania & is currently assistant coach of the Victorian Sheffield Shield side and coach of the Melbourne Renegades in the WBBL.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/69/dean-tuckwell/blog/651/lachlan-stevens-ndash-student-and-teacher
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11 months ago
St George Cricket Club
St George Cricket Club
Sydney, Australia
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In the last half of the 1950s and into the 60s, Norm O’Neill was up there with Australia’s top sports superstars. He was the most charismatic cricketer of his day and the game’s biggest crowd-puller.

With the sporting public in awe of the all-conquering St George rugby league team’s pace, power and skills, Normie was showing the same characteristics for the St George cricket team. Just as Reg Gasnier had added glamour and class to the St George football team to lift it to a new level, so Norm added those qualities to St George, NSW and Australian cricket.

Billy Watson, Brian Booth and Warren Saunders were all in contention for test spots, but it was Normie who captured the imagination of the sports and general media

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/951/norm-oneill-cricket-colossus
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11 months ago
Howzattt Cricket
Howzattt Cricket
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Howzattt presents – Profile of Champions - Lundi Mbane

“Every day may not be good but there is good in every day.”

Name – Lundi Mbane
Age – 40
City / town – East London
Province – Border
Employment – Border U/16 Head coach
School – Eric Mtonga High School
Cricket teams played for – Border Academy, Border Bears A and B teams, Warriors, Sa Invitation and Border Vets
Cricket career highlights – Took 5 for 20 for Border vs Dolphins. Took 7 for 15 for Border vs WP. Scored 88 not out for Border vs Titans.
Brief description of your cricket skills - All-rounder: Prefer to bowl first change and can bat anywhere. Explosive batter and able to clear the ropes. Athletic in the field.
Other sports played – Soccer and boxing
Interests / hobbies – Playing video games and watching movies.
Your sporting hero – Freddie Flintoff
Favourite quote – “Every day may not be good but there is good in every day.”

Your thoughts on Vets Cricket – After retiring from cricket, I thought that was it for me. All I could do now was help the young starts even though I thought I could outplay them. Thanks to Vets crickets I can now play for my province and represent my country. I’m really enjoying the chance to play again.

Link to get your downloadable digital E-Book for only R75 incl VAT. Paperback version only R125 incl VAT -
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11 months ago
Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso
Business Development Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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We have seen some truly incredible moments in the competitions as well. From Jay Lenton earning the Moniker of the Prince of Manly Manly to watching Brett Lee dismantle the Gordon Top Order at Chatwood Oval, even the heroics of Northern District scraping through this year in an intense Super Over against Western Suburbs. The fierce nature of the competition means that the players are better equipped when they take the step up into the Big Bash League, none-more-so than Grand Final Day, when it was held at the SCG. But one match stood out in terms of sheer star-power and excitement and it all took place at a typically picturesque day at Drummoyne Oval on 10 December 2018.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1045/anthony-caruso/blog/2208/when-sutherland-chased-down-sydney-kingsgrove-t20
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11 months ago
Peter Langston
Peter Langston
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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Knocking over a back catalogue of my uncle's books, gifted to me after his death, is an exercise in time traveling. Each one is like keeping a connection with the man, who along with my father, shaped me from a child, to a boy, to my own manhood.
This one, written by Greg Chappell following the controversial 1980-81 season, covers the ground he would cover again, with greater honesty, twenty years later. On this pass, he admits regret at the underarm bowling incident but defends it as being within the rules and the result of great pressure he was under, largely from an overcrowded summer and the burgeoning role of the national captain, post Packer. He is unrepentant on the Martin Snedden non-catch but only provided descriptions of the Sunil Gavaskar walk-off.
Of course, two decades later, he revealed that he was suffering heavily from depression when these events took place.
As a time capsule observance of the changing role of the Australian Captain, this book is placed right at the crossroads where the role changed. For that reason alone its interesting.
Elsewhere he muses on the calls for a third TV umpire but his conclusions that it wouldn't work are based on technologies he could not have dreamed off. The personal computer from Apple had only been in the market for four years. His calls for commentators to have less influence on the game are interesting in the light of that becoming a recurrent theme among Australian captains since.
Its a very simple read, as this was one of many Austin Robertson produced books that were pumped into the cricket market post Packer. Others included the Chappelli series, a few by Doug Walters and of course those great adjuncts to literature, the Max Walker books on the topic of hypnotising chooks.
Not great literature but its placement in time makes it interesting.

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11 months ago
Country Cricket NSW
Country Cricket NSW
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Back Row - Ken Falkenmire, Allan Robinson, Neil Frame, Hugh Munro, Terry Gleeson, Gordon Cross, Peter Davidson, Tim Grosser, John Gleeson, Jim White

Front Row - Dave Rutherford, John Muller, Neville Holstein, Ross Scott, John Hayward, Bill Bucknell, Colin Elliott and Dave Evans.

Northern NSW Emu Colts Cricket team – England Tour 1961

The “Emus” as they are affectionately known was founded by Jim White in the 1940s. Each year selected players from NSW North Coast, Hunter Valley, North West, and Northern Tablelands would assemble in Tamworth for the JS White Under 21’s Colts Carnival over 3 days in January.

From the carnival the Northern NSW Emu's cricket team was selected.

In 1961, White decided to take his team on a three-month tour of the world.

The first match was in San Francisco then New York's Staten Island.

Vancouver was the next destination, followed by every major city across Canada,

The team then flew to England, where they played 19 games in 21 days against Minor County and Club sides

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11 months ago
Peter Clifford
Peter Clifford
Insurance Manager
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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We extend an open invitation to all male cricketers in Northern NSW between the ages of 18 and 26. The Emus are back.

For 65 or more years, representative teams from NSW North Coast, Hunter Valley, North West, and Northern Tablelands would assemble in Tamworth for the JS White Under 21’s Colts Carnival over 3 days in January. From the carnival, players were selected to represent the Emus.

Doug Walters, an Australian cricket legend, is one of Emu's most famous.

In June 2025, a new breed of Emu’s will head off to Scotland for 14 days, from 6 to 20 June.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/47/peter-clifford/blog/2205/we-extend-an-open-invitation-to-all-male-cricketers-in-northern-nsw-between-the-ages-of-18-and-26-the-emus-are-back
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12 months ago
James Psarakis
James Psarakis
HR Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The “Emu” players are proud cricketers with a tremendous sense of belonging and through the great work of Peter Clifford, former Emu, and NSW & Queensland First Class Cricketer, a number of Emu tours have still progressed.

The 2019 Emus tour was to Scotland and I was fortunate to be selected.

The 2019 Emu’s included a few players over the age of 21 and also included a few Queensland players. Peter arranged the tour through his Scotland connections where he played as a professional for about 4 years during his career

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1086/james-psarakis/blog/2204/the-cricketing-emus-tour-of-scotland
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12 months ago
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Founder
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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11 days after his 21st birthday on 21 February 1988 Scott Hookey made his debut for NSW in the McDonalds Cup one day against Queensland at the Gabba.

Hookey a big left hand opening batsman had a presence about him at the crease and on debut he opened the batting with former Australian opener John Dyson. The star studded NSW team also included Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Trevor Bayliss, Greg Matthews, Graham Smith, Peter Taylor, Phil Emery, Mike Whitney and Geoff Lawson was the skipper.

"Simply the most devastating batsman I played with. The "Hookey Monster" batted the way he lived his life."

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/181/scott-hookey-monster
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12 months ago
Dean Tuckwell
Dean Tuckwell
Travel Agent
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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John Dyson was a determined opening batsman for NSW & Australia playing 30 Tests between 1977 & 1984 – not the ideal era in which to be opening the batting. 5 of his tests were against the West Indies in their prime and in 1982 scored 127 not out to draw the Sydney test against an attack comprising Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Sylvester Clarke & Colin Croft – no mean feat.

He also top scored in both Australian innings of the Headingly Test of “Botham’s Ashes” in 1981. John made 102 in the first innings and was the 6th wicket to fall for 34 out of Australia’s total of 111 chasing 130. He scored 1015 runs @ 63 with a best of 241 to be named Sheffield Shield player of the year in 1983/84.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/69/dean-tuckwell/blog/257/john-dyson-jannali-to-jamaica-via-johannesburg
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