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Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney
Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club Sydney
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Christopher Thanos - Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club 5th Grade premiership winning captain 2021-22

In season 2021/22 Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club 5th grade team won the competition for the first time in the clubs 127 year history.

In this Q&A we invited the very proud 5th Grade captain Christopher Thanos to share some insights into the 5th Grades premiership winning season

What made winning the premiership so special?

Seeing the boys being rewarded for all their hard work, given the challenges thrown at everyone this year was pretty special. Seeing past players, volunteers and supporters get around this group and the support from the current group highlights how special this club is and how much this premiership meant to everyone at the club.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/319/eastern-suburbs-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1595/christopher-thanos-eastern-suburbs-cricket-club-5th-grade-premiership-winning-captain-2021-22
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Kincumber Avoca Cricket Club
Kincumber Avoca Cricket Club
Central Coast, NSW, Australia
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Mark Danckert has made an invaluable contribution to the Kincumber Avoca Cricket Club.

After arriving from the big smoke of Sydney in 1991 Mark has been a player, administrator, coach, umpire and curator and has done an enormous amount for cricket on the Central Coast.

He played Grade Cricket in Sydney for Randwick (Randwick Petersham), Waverley (Eastern Suburbs – First Grade Player Number 503) and Gordon Cricket Club

Mark is a Life Member of Kincumber Avoca Cricket Club so let’s find out more about Mark’s journey in the game

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/952/kincumber-avoca-cricket-club/blog/971/mark-danckert-the-curator
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Cardiff Boolaroo District Cricket Club
Cardiff Boolaroo District Cricket Club
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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David Willis started his cricket journey with Cardiff-Boolaroo District Cricket Club at the age of 14 and has made a tremendous contribution to the club over many years.

He is a life member and at the 60 Year Anniversary Dinner On September 25th 2009, David was selected in Cardiff Boolaroo team was comprised the best players to have donned the baggy blue cap

David played 2 seasons for Western Suburbs in Sydney Grade cricket and is the proud owner of first grade cap number 514.

Who was the best captain you had the good fortune to play with?

Really enjoyed my cricket playing in the rep sides under Greg Arms, he always led from the front and you knew that he was committed to winning and had the “buy-in” from the players in his team. Also, in club cricket, his Tah’s sides seemed to have the wood on us.

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Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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On the 8th of November 2022, Archie Gray lost his eleven and a half, month courageous battle with brain cancer. Archie was just 17 years of age. An absolutely outstanding and talented cricketer for Western Suburbs Cricket Club, who describe Archie as a "GUN". Archie at the age of 16, debuted in second grade, alongside his elder brother Finn. Archie was a year 11 student at St Patrick’s College Strathfield, who was a friend to so many within the cricketing community.

Archie’s last game of cricket was Western Suburbs vs Manly at Pratten Park, Ashfield and his last 4 days of life were spent at Bear Cottage Manly. For this reason, the 2 clubs have come together to create a spectacular T20 cricketing event, with a mix of current players and yester-year players (celebrities), to celebrate Archie’s passion for cricket and continue to raise awareness of brain cancer through Mark Hughes Foundation.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1593/archie-gray-brain-cancer-awareness-celebrity-charity-cricket-match
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Cricket Australia Community
Cricket Australia Community
Melbourne, Australia
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Lost to cricket for 35 years, a founding member of Australia's WODI side returned to the game and found a special way to leave her mark

It was a couple of years back now that Patsy Fayne found out she had between three and five years to live.

"They thought I had pulmonary fibrosis," Fayne tells cricket.com.au. "Unknown cause. So I started getting my affairs in order. Thought I better do something before I carked it."

For Fayne, who represented Australia 16 times from the late 1960s, that meant tying the two ends of her cricketing life together. Although she had been completely detached from the sport for 35 years in between, when it came to grappling with her own mortality, that mattered not a jot.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3734341/patsy-fayne-womens-odi-cricket-world-cup-1973-nsw-noosa-history-reunion-ca-australia-aca
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Sydney University Cricket Club
Sydney University Cricket Club
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Five things we learned from Round 2 - NSW Premier Cricket 2023-24

It’s taken Brendon Piggott a few seasons to climb through the ranks at Sutherland, but on the back of a solid effort in Second Grade last season, he earned a First Grade debut in Saturday’s 50-over match against Parramatta. He didn’t waste his opportunity. Batting with the more aggressive Tom Doyle and Ben Dwarshuis, Piggott began in a quiet supporting role, showing a neat defence and a fondness for flicking the ball through the on side. But in the last six overs of Sutherland’s innings, he accelerated, helping Dwarshuis to smash 67 runs. Piggott crunched a short ball from Dylan Stanley through square leg for four, then took the attack to Evan Pitt, slapping a four through cover and steering the next ball through point to the fence. He brought up his fifty in the final over, nonchalantly picking up a good length delivery from Michael Sullivan and hoisting it over midwicket for six. The next ball, the last of the innings, was another length ball on off stump, and Piggott flat-batted it over long on for six more. He remained unbeaten on 59 from 57 balls, and Sutherland’s 4 for 239 was just enough to hold off a strong challenge from Parramatta (and Nick Bertus in particular). No matter how many more innings Piggott plays in Firsts, he’ll not forget this one.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/260/sydney-university-cricket-club/blog/1594/five-things-we-learned-from-round-2-nsw-premier-cricket-2023-24
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Joe Maiorana
Sydney, Australia
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The late Ashley Mallett who took 132 Tests wickets in 38 Tests for Australia and authored over 25 books including biographies of Clarrie Grimmett, Doug Walters, Jeff Thomson and Ian Chappell on the incredible Sir Garfield Sobers (from 2012):
When I first saw film of Sobers carving up a good Australian attack in the tied Test match at the Gabba in 1960-61, I couldn't think of a better batsman I had seen after Harvey. Undoubtedly the greatest all-round cricketer to draw breath, his batting alone places him in exalted company. His shot selection was terrific, and he played all the strokes imaginable, plus a few of his own.
The way he played Richie Benaud's leg spin had me confused, because seeming half volleys from Benaud were either blasted to the cover boundary or blocked. I first thought Sobers was "resting" between hitting boundaries, but no, it had to do with how the ball arrived. He defended a hard-spun ball just above the eyes and smashed to the fence a delivery that was a little flatter, a ball with a trajectory below eye level.
In 1971-72, Sobers led a Rest of the World Xl Down Under, and the 254 he hit against Australia at the MCG prompted Bradman to declare that Sobers' knock was the best innings he had seen from anyone in Australia.
I was among the Australians who attended a rum punch night put on by Garry Sobers' West Indian team on the eve of the Adelaide Test in 1968-69. .
Sobers surprised everyone by telling the gathering that he would only be partaking in a few drinks that night, "... because tomorrow I am going to score 100". And he did. As Australia's 12th man I could sit back and watch.
I played a few matches against Sobers but bowled just two balls to him. Playing for West Indies against South Australia in, he caressed a ball from me through the covers for two runs; then in the Test match at the Gabba I bowled one ball to him, which he swept for one.
Sadly, he got out up the other end on both occasions, and I didn't get the chance to bowl to him again. I did get an idea of how Clarrie Grimmett felt when he bowled just the one over to Victor Trumper at the Basin Reserve when playing for Wellington against the visiting Australians.

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Hamilton Wickham District Cricket Club
Hamilton Wickham District Cricket Club
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Todd Campbell is Hamilton Wickham District Cricket Club first grade player number 146 and a former first grade captain.

Todd has the impressive record of being the premiership winning captain in Ham Wicks 4 first grade premierships.

Who were the best three fast bowlers you have played against?

Easily Brett Lee when coming through the junior NSW ranks. He was something else and before any of his injuries he was the fastest bowler I still have ever seen.

Locally, I always really rated Chad White (Merewether) and Tony Parker (Southern Lakes) as two of the better fast bowlers I came up against over a long period of time.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/463/hamilton-wickham-district-cricket-club/blog/392/todd-campbell-leader
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Michael Beer
Michael Beer
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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My best grade team - Michael Beer 2003 to 2020

Picking my best grade team was a challenging exercise.

I started my grade or district cricket journey in 2003 with St Kilda before moving in 2010 across the Nullabor to play with South Perth and Willeton. After the 2015/16 season I moved back to Victoria and resumed playing with St Kilda.

This is my best grade team from players I played with over the past 17 years. In batting order

1. Graeme Rummans – St Kilda

2. Shawn Craig – St Kilda

3. Michael Klinger - St Kilda

4. Rob Quiney – St Kilda

5. Peter Handscomb – St Kilda

6. Hilton Cartwright – South Perth

7. Glen Lalor – St Kilda

8. Shane Warne – St Kilda

9. Damon Rowan – St Kilda and Wicket Keeper

10. Adam Warren – St Kilda

11. Adrian Jones – St Kilda

12th man Brad Hogg - Willeton

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The Howie Games Podcast
The Howie Games Podcast
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Episode 40 - The Howie Games with Mark Waugh

#TheHowieGames | Mark Waugh was statistically a wonderful player for Australia, but the numbers do not tell the true story of why Mark is such a loved figure among cricket fans. M.E. Waugh batted with a style few have ever matched to see him bat was to witness artistry and grace in action. This episode covers Mark’s brilliant sporting life from the highs of a century on debut to the lows of the negative media spotlight. Junior is funny, direct, and reflective. (Make sure you keep an ear out for a couple of cameos from some old teammates!)

https://www.howiegames.com/podcast/https-hg33-projectboard-com-au-podcast-episode-40-mark-waugh
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