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Brett Lack
Brett Lack
Business Owner
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Brett Lack - Fairfield Liverpool Good Blokes and Lunatics XI

I joined Fairfield Liverpool at the start of the 1988/89 season and it’s the club I’ve come to grow and love and where I still continue to play.

Over many years I’ve played with many great cricketers and characters.

Here’s a link to make my best ever Fairfield Liverpool team but I’ve also taken the opportunity to name by Good Blokes and Lunatics XI.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/170/brett-lack/blog/1093/brett-lack-fairfield-liverpool-good-blokes-and-lunatics-xi
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Brett Lack
Brett Lack
Business Owner
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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I joined Fairfield Liverpool at the start of the 1988/89 season after short stints at Petersham Marrickville CC and Parramatta DCC and have seen the club grow immensely from their first season in 1985/86.

There have been many great cricketers and premierships along the way.

Here is my all-time best Fairfield Liverpool cricket team from players I had the good fortune to play with

1. Grant Lambert
350 games, 12,572 runs and 681 wickets

2. Garry Baldwin
148 games, 4,915 runs and 155 wickets

3. Steve B Smith
71 games, 3,483 runs

4. Ben Rohrer
304 games, 10,375 runs and 54 wickets

5. Anthony Clark
449 games, 11,127 runs and 766 wickets

6. David Kelley
303 games, 8,765 runs and 81 wickets

7. Sean Pope – Wicket Keeper
113 games, 2,711 runs and 184 dismissals

8. Brett Patman
54 games, 1,144 runs and 108 wickets

9. Ronnie Davis
129 games, 1,285 runs and 286 wickets

10.Doug Bollinger
113 games, 570 runs and 246 wickets

11. Bill York - Captain
276 games, 1,756 runs and 674 wickets


Manager – Doug Williams

Scorer – Kay Wilcoxon

Coaches – Ron Harival and Bill Madden

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3 days ago
Focus Cricket Australia
Focus Cricket Australia
Cricket Coach
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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See for yourself why our balls are now becoming the choice of many clubs and leagues around Australia…. Already massively popular in the US, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada & Europe, the Focus ball gives you a premium quality ball at an affordable price.

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Call Mark 0417998919

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Cricket ACT Community
Cricket ACT Community
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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A decade since the ACT Comets last played as a standalone entity in the Toyota National Second XI competition, their return for the 2023/2024 season brought about a great sense of excitement amongst the local Canberra cricket community.

The Comets return made for a development stepping stone for local players to compete at a national level, an opportunity that motivated many local players who had been toiling away in the ACT competition without reward.

https://www.cricketact.com.au/news/3998455/act-comets-excited-for-the-future-after-return-to-national-competition
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B3 Cricket
B3 Cricket
Cricket Coach
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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FROM CLEFT TO A THING OF BEAUTY!

Here at B3, we are recognised for having our industry's most advanced, consistent bat-making process. Walking out to bat with a cricket bat that suits you in every aspect and a bat you trust will fill you with confidence at the crease. Combining the two will result in one thing ….. MORE RUNS!

Every cricket bat we make from the very first to the last out of the factory has its unique serial number. That serial number is the DNA of that bat and provides all the information we need to make the exact same bat again. That repeatable consistency, quality and performance are the key reasons our customers, from club players to some of the top professional players in the world, love their B3.

We love to welcome cricketers to our Nottinghamshire factory so they can see first-hand how we combine advanced tech and old traditional craftsmanship to produce our beautiful bats.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR UNIQUE PROCESS
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Joel McGlynn
Joel McGlynn
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The History of Cricket for the 60s, 70s, and 80s year old players

Let's be clear from the outset: we are not discussing cricket players from the 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s. We’re talking about people today who are still playing cricket in their 60s, 70s, and even 80s. That's right, more than a thousand cricketers, or perhaps even closer to two thousand, are still playing cricket on a weekly basis throughout Australia and England, plus a smaller number in New Zealand and other parts of the world. In our home state of Victoria, we currently have some 700 over-60 cricketers playing in our own Cricket Association on a regular basis, every Wednesday and Sunday during the cricket season. Included in this number are 200 Over 70s players.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1566/joel-mcglynn/blog/2174/the-history-of-cricket-for-the-60s-70s-and-80s-year-old-players
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John Rogers
John Rogers
Melbourne, Australia
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The period from the 1950s to the 1970s was a heyday of Sydney grade cricket.

Occasionally there were summers with no international cricket at all, so the domestic game was played with great intensity. One-day cricket and Sunday play did not start until the 1967-68 season, so there was less call on the top players. The sports lift-outs of the three Sunday papers gave grade cricket extensive coverage. The two afternoon daily newspapers, The Sun and the Daily Mirror, also covered grade cricket extensively. Articles on grade cricket were read widely, and the sporting public was interested in what Test and state players were doing in domestic cricket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/531/john-rogers/blog/2173/sydney-grade-cricket-50s-to-70s-strong-opponents
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4 days ago
Gordon District Cricket Club
Gordon District Cricket Club
Sydney, N, Australia
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Robert 'Bob' Thomas Life Member nomination by Jim Cattlin

Attended Orange High School and displayed his talent by being chosen in Combined HS cricket and rugby league teams. In playing at St Joseph’s college he was chosen for Schoolboys Team to tour West Indies in December 1969 where he scored 540 runs in 10 innings including 1 century and took 11 wickets.

When he came to Sydney in 1969 he joined his mates playing for Sutherland CC and scored 604 runs over 2 seasons and took 24 wickets, including 5/41. His highest score was 77, which just happened to be against Gordon at Chatswood, when he took to Guy and Todd. He probably thought Gordon needed help and on such a small ground a switch the next season was a good move. He also played Rugby League for Cronulla as an amateur. Not only was he gifted in those sports but also squash and Rugby Union.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/2172/bob-thomas-awarded-life-membership-of-gordon-district-cricket-club
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Joe Maiorana
Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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Syed Mushtaq Ali was an Indian cricketer, a right-handed opening batsman who holds the distinction of scoring the first overseas Test century by an Indian player when he scored 112 against England at Old Trafford in 1936.

Mushtaq Ali was observed by C. K. Nayudu at Indore at the age of 13 and helped to develop his cricketing skills. In total, he played in 11 Tests. He made his debut in the Test against England at Calcutta, 5–8 Jan 1934, and played his last Test against England at Madras, 6–10 Feb 1952, at the age of 38. - Cricket Cosmos

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Carrum Cricket Club
Carrum Cricket Club
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
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Shaun Foster has a strong family history at Carrum Cricket Club. A very talented batsman Shaun has made a terrific impact on the Peninsula and captain for the first grade team for 4 seasons.

Shaun represented Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association in Victoria Country Cricket week for 5 years and played First Grade for Casey South Melbourne in Victoria Premier Cricket.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1085/carrum-cricket-club/blog/2171/shaun-foster-your-own-expectations-are-what-matters
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Cricket Victoria
Cricket Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
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Victoria 2nd XI v NSW 2nd XI at North Sydney Oval 1993

Back row: Shaun Williams, Richard Herman, Brad Williams, Ashley Robertson, Laurie Harper, Kyle Malligan.

Seated: Kevin Neville, Ian Harvey, Geoff Allardice (Captain), Matthew Galbraith, Paul Garlick

Match scorecard -
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/534/cricket-victoria/blog/486/victoria-2nd-xi-v-nsw-2nd-xi-at-north-sydney-oval-1993
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4 days ago
Peter Langston
Peter Langston
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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Book Review: "Ponting: At The Close of Play" Ricky Ponting (Harper Collins 2013)

I embarked on this book just so I could understand the context in which the challenging statements released from it in pre-publicity were made. I also opened the first page as an anti-fan, believing that for all his greatness as a player, that his attitude had done much to erode the image of Australian cricket. By the end, I was not so sure.

Ponting is a man of great passion toward the game and even greater passion to winning. That has always been clear. What comes forward in this book doesn't confuse that understanding - it enhances it - but there is so much more to this very complicated man from a working class background. He was raised to believe that you can't trust the boss and that suckers don't get an even break and he has lived his life along those lines.

He treasures the relationships he has formed with his closest mates and he adores his wife and children.

In the mix, he is largely in denial about the incidents which have provided a darkness to his shadows. Clearly, some have been exaggerated by an Australian media which loves to rip and tear away at its successes ... to bring the tall poppies back to size. However, too often he shrinks important mistakes he has made where no shrinkage is allowable. At other times, he owns up ... just not often enough.

His reported comments about others in this book hardly make it a kiss and tell special, rather the application of a directness that has been there all along but was refused permission to speak by "the boss".

I found it refreshing, honest and informative ... and yes, my opinion of the man has been changed - improved - by it. It’s compelling ... much like the man's expert commentary during broadcasts, where he has established himself at the very upper end of those who provide insights into the game.

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Peter Langston
Peter Langston
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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Book Review: "Sometimes I Forgot To Laugh" Peter Roebuck (Allen & Unwin 2005)

"... he fought for his place in a world that did not suit him nearly as well."
The words of Peter Roebuck's father, published in 2004, at the end of this book, are an eerie epitaph in the light of his death. In fact, Roebuck's last three sentences of the book include "Alas, the dismayed will continue to take their lives for life is all the more fragile than it appears."

Whether a fan of Peter Roebuck or not, this is a fascinating insight into the man, all the more remarkable for the fact he has opened the door and let us in to a world he usually kept so private. A man who clearly placed enormous demands upon himself and those he considered capable enough to get on with life, he was never the less compassionate to a fault and immensely interested in life and the characters that give it colour and was filled to the brim with the imperfect humanity in us all.

He felt abandoned by England and had no great concern in adopting Australia, loving its capacity and preference for openness.

His legendary falling out with Ian Botham is covered in detail and despite painting a sympathetic picture of Beefy, he isn't backward in his dislike for the skulduggery Botham applied in making life difficult for him, from the fallout at Somerset onwards. His praise for Australians such as Steve Waugh, Allan Border and Mark Taylor and the manner in which junior cricketers are developed in Australia is noteworthy by comparison to his own experience in passing from boy to man.

As you would expect, it is an extremely well written book by a man who shuffled words on a page with great mastery. Like his newspaper jottings, there is much more on the page than the story being told. There are many dog-eared pages in my copy and highlighted quotes worthy of repetition but perhaps two to finish with which remind us of where we started.

"A man may survive many blows, outstare numerous disappointments and still hold his head high. Its not the harshness that brings him down but the tiny, unendurable slights that follow."
... and my personal favourite
"A man must follow his spirit for otherwise something dies within."

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Ashley Holznagel
Ashley Holznagel
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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My Best Grade team - Ashley Holznagel 1992 to 2005

I started my Grade Cricket journey at Souths back in 1992 and had 12 great years at the club. I was lucky to play in a 2nd Grade premiership in 1995-96 and First Grade premiership in 2000-01. A great journey and a privilege to play for such a traditional club.

I moved up to the Sunshine Coast for the 2004-05 season and thoroughly enjoyed 3 years of playing first grade with a ‘team first mentality ‘of the playing group.

Eddo Brandes was our coach and I learnt a lot as captain.

I played 2nd Grade after that and enjoyed helping the next generation of Scorchers come through. I coached at Sandgate-Redcliffe for 2 seasons and enjoyed every minute with a fantastic club. I’ve returned to the Sunshine Coast for the last 4 seasons and have enjoyed being involved with a special playing group.

To be involved with cricket and enjoy the competitiveness of Grade Cricket is a privilege. Cricket teaches us all a lot about life and how to bounce back from tough times. The game is a great leveller.

To be with Alecz Day when he had his heart attack and be able to play a part in saving his life along with John Turnbull and Ashley Renouf was a special moment in my life. A moment in time that everyone in our Scorchers Club will never forget. The cricket community was amazing during this time and I am forever grateful.

It’s been a wonderful journey and cricket has been good to me. Here’s my best Grade team made up of players I played with from 1992 to 2005. It goes without saying Andy Bichel and Ashley Noffke would be automatically selected but given they were on Queensland and Australia duties most of the time they weren’t considered for selection. Both were fantastic for their clubs and tremendous role models.

1. Troy Dixon – Sunshine Coast

2. Jeff Thomas – Sunshine Coast

3. Lance Kahler – Souths

4. Gavin Fitness – Sunshine Coast

5. Matt Kerr – Sunshine Coast

6. Dale Turner – Souths

7. Mick Sippel – Souths

8. Matthew Lunn – Souths

9. Brad Ruddel (Captain and Wicket Keeper) – Souths

10. Paul “Sticks” Argent – Souths

11. Paul Cash – Sunshine Coast

12th man Glen Rogers - Souths

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Brendan Lyon
Brendan Lyon
Cricket Coach
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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The 2024 Lyon Cricket Lunch is back! - Friday, June 7 from 12pm at Manly Leagues

This year's theme is "Icons of Sport" and features sporting greats across Cricket, AFL and Rugby League. Hosted by journalist and presenter Adam Peacock, we are really proud to announce the special guests supporting us this year are former NSW & Australian cricketer Brad Haddin, Sydney Swans & Collingwood AFL great Nick Davis, and current Manly, QLD and Australian NRL player, Daly Cherry-Evans. We'll be sharing some incredible career highlights and plenty of great yarns, plus you will have the chance to get your hands on some pretty special treasures in our silent and live auctions, plus our famous Raffle! (there just might be a meat tray or 2 included this year!)

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/646/brendan-lyon/blog/2170/the-2024-lyon-cricket-lunch-is-back-friday-june-7-from-12pm-at-manly-leagues
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