Brotherly rivalry sets Gary Sheen scoring - Newspaper Article

Penrith Cricket Club | July 31, 2026

GARY Sheen took up cricket because his brother played it … and he wanted to be better than his brother.

Well, he succeeded, because he has been named to the NSW U19 side to contest the Australian U19 championships in Melbourne, and hopes to eventually play for the senior NSW, and maybe the Australian sides.

"I need to score plenty of runs because the Australian U19 side were selected from our carnival performances and next year I will tour the West Indies and play the Windies U19 side," Sheen said.

He has the knack of coming up with good scores when required – in the last selection trial for the NSW U19 side, he top-scored with 125 to win NSW Schoolboys the match.

"I'll be playing at the MCG in our second game, so that'll be a buzz," he said.

"I just have to come up with some good scores, because the selectors don't have people in mind; it's just how they play."

A second grader with Penrith, he said he was in good form.

"I've hit about four 50s in the last seven games, so I hope I can carry it on."

Sheen has been playing since he was eight years old.

"I've made the NSW U17 side twice, the NSW Schoolboys twice, the CHS side twice, and the Green Shield and Combined Green Shield representative sides," he said.

"The one that started it all was when I was selected in the NSW Public Schools Sporting Association when I was in Year Six.

"It was like, 'wow!' for me; it was the first thing I had been really good at.

"Now I want to go further with it."

Sheen bats at either three or four. He said he used to admire Kim Hughes "when I was in the backyard" and now enjoyed watching Mark Waugh play.

"The next thing will be trying to get into the NSW Colts (U21 side) which goes on how you play in grade," he said.

By DUNCAN LAY - 1993/94