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Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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On November 3, 2023, community cricketer Paul Compton reached a rare – maybe even unique - milestone in Australian cricket. Compton who plays for De La Salle Kingsgrove Cricket Club (DLSKCC) in Sydney’s Southern suburbs, took his 1000th wicket in Australian Club cricket.

Compton is 60 years old and this milestone has been a long time coming. He picked up the bat for his club as early as 10 and went through the entire club cricket pathway to start playing senior cricket around 1983. His 1000 wickets have come off the last 40 years of bowling right arm medium outswingers to his opponents.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3802222/bowler-records-1000th-club-cricket-wicket
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3 years ago
Stephen Leathley
Stephen Leathley
Business Owner
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Just finished another great cricket experience playing for NSW in the Div 2 side in the national championships in Christchurch NZ. A few ‘toight’ games beating Qld, then SA on one of the coldest ever days any of us have played cricket. Then Greg Hall and I put on 70 odd in 8 overs as a 10th wicket stand to steal a thrilling semi final against the host NZ to book a spot in yesterdays final against the other NSW team. As the pictures below illustrate……. of course the Cinderella story continued and we won Great team effort, great bunch of guys superbly led by my great mate Mark Tranter
Thanks for the memory’s guys
For those wanting to know how I went personally, well, ‘I got a few’

Picture - Luke Stoodley, Mark Tranter, Greg Hall, Stephen Leathley

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3 years ago
Cricket NSW Masters
Cricket NSW Masters
New South Wales, Australia
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NSW Over 55s Kangaroos Division Two National Champions

NSW Over 55s Kangaroos defeated NSW Waratahs by 87 runs in the Division Two Final of the Over 55s National Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand from the 22 to 28 November 2023.

Back Row: Mark Freeman, Grant Ryan, Matt Hardman, John Toohey, Luke Stoodley, Tim Weilandt, Andy Eastcott,
Front Row: Mark Favell, Paul James, David Craig, Mark Tranter (Captain), Stephen Leathley, Greg Hall

Match Scorecard -
https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/org/veterans-cricket-australia/national-championships-summer-202324/o55-national-veterans-cricket-championship-division-2/game-centre/c14ae834
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3 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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In the beautiful suburb of Hornsby Heights, Friday evenings at Montview Oval turn into a carnival-like atmosphere. There’s music, dancing and lots of cricket, played by girls who just can’t have enough fun.

Montview Oval is equipped to run two cricket matches next to each other, and come Friday this season, Stage 1 girl players (8-12 years-old) who have, until now, mostly played Cricket Blast, or haven’t played cricket at all, gather in the afternoon sun to play against each other’s teams.

This is a celebration of girls’ cricket all the way. The ball is pink, the kit is colourful, and no one needs to wear white unless they choose to. There’s music playing on a boom box and the girls are dancing with their bats, inventing cricketing moves and perfecting their legwork all in one. A few pink hoodie-wearing fielders are around the field, ready for a catch, or to stop that opening batter’s boundary attempt.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3793948/hornsby-hills-district-launch-brand-new-cricket-girls-competition
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3 years ago
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Vale Keith Wyatt

The Western Suburbs District Cricket Club family is sad to hear of the loss of Western Suburbs first grade player #414, Keith Wyatt.

Keith debuted against Waverley on October 9th., 1965, playing 55 first grade games. between 1965-66 and 1969-70.

In his 60 innings, with 4 not out, Keith scored 1,128 runs at an average of 20.14. His top score was 105.

A contemporary of Wests legends Alan Davidson, Bob Simpson, Wally Wellham and Graham Corling, Keith was a member of the first Team to win the Rothmans Knock-Out Competition in 1967-68 (pictured).

Keith Wyatt enjoyed good health until recently and passed away this week at age 79 in the Grafton Hospital.

We send our sincere condolences to his son, Neil, and the Wyatt Family.

Keith Wyatt’s funeral is expected to be on Friday, December 8th., with full details to follow.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/161/western-suburbs-district-cricket-club-sydney/blog/1764/vale-keith-wyatt
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3 years ago
Cricket Australia Masters
Cricket Australia Masters
Sydney, Australia
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Australian Squad for the Over60s Cricket World Cup in Chennai, India – February 18 to March 4, 2024 has been announced. Congratulations to those selected.

Peter Jensen - NSW - Captain
Peter Judd - SA - Vice Captain
Bill Blair - Victoria - Tour Selector
Sam Davis - WA
Phil Jackson - Victoria
Richard Johnson - QLD
Bob McGhee - QLD
Claude Orlando - Tasmania
Peter O'Reilly - NSW
Tony Panecasio - NSW
Geoff Patterson - NSW
Graeme Pavey - Victoria
Stuart Ridge - NSW
Darren Smith - NSW
Andrew Walsh - QLD
Andrew Watson - QLD
David Wenham - SA
Bruce Worthington - QLD

Also congratulations to the follow who will be joining to support the team in Chennai.
David Head - Team Manager
Roger Bryce - Official Scorer
Gary Zealand - Team Physio

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3 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Week 9 – ‘The Opening Spell’

A tale of young and old, a story of bat versus ball, a record-breaking partnership and kit reveal above it all!

First ball – Bulldogs bite first against Sharks!

Daniel Solway opened the batting for Bankstown in their first-grade battle against Sutherland at Glenn McGrath Oval. Some 257 deliveries later, Solway’s innings came to an end, having accumulated 149 runs (13 fours, 1 six). He became the second player to pass the 500-run mark for the season and reached 8,000 first-grade runs in the innings. Solway sits at 8,050 first-grade runs at an average of 44.23 and has now achieved 24 centuries in the top division of NSW Premier Cricket.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3790984/week-9-the-opening-spell
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3 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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Cricket NSW is celebrating Women and Girls Week from November 20-26, and the state’s Central Coast has more reason to feel joyous than just for a week.

It was eight years in the making, but Cricket NSW’s (CNSW) and Central Coast Cricket Association’s (CCCA) bid to have female only teams in every club at all community-based levels of the game has finally been a success.

Central Coast is fast turning out to be NSW’s female cricket hub. This year, during Women & Girls Week, Cricket NSW will celebrate stories of success for seven days, bringing forth extraordinary stories of ordinary women and girls who have thrived on and off the cricket field because of their love of the sport.

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3790173/central-coast-leads-the-way-with-women-girls-teams-in-every-club
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3 years ago
Peter Procopis
Peter Procopis
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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A hearty congratulations to Captain Pat and his World Champion One Day side! Of course, Captain Pat also leads the current World Test Champions too. Not bad...not bad at all for a new age bloke with a few political views and a penchant for Aristotle-style Coaches as opposed to Aussie Alphas.
Okay, so I'm being a bit cheeky on this post, provoking a few of my grizzled, old Grade Cricket toughie comrades. You know, the Steve Waugh crew; my mob who reckon Langer was hard done by and that modern players are a bit precious and sometimes even petulant.
The irony of course of me stirring the pot this way is that I was an avowed Stephen Rodger acolyte; an avid admirer of his hard, old-school ways. But you grow older don't you, and you reflect. So, my cricket brothers, here are some scoring opportunities. Who's keen to play a few shots? C'mon, we're not the leaving "No Runnn" types, are we?
Half volley 1- the Australian pathway system is imperfect but producing good results. We win World Championships.
Half volley 2- the load management, training phasing and overall coaching of our bowlers was superb. How else did they peak so perfectly? The loading and resting and MRI scanning is working.
Half volley 3- you don't have to be as Hayden refers to them 'an Australian Great' to be a successful Head Coach of an Australian side.
Half tracker 1- the “new age' overall workload management of players that aims at keeping them mentally healthy and connected to their loved ones and communities seems to be working.
Half tracker 2- the Australian selection panel is doing a very, very good job.
Half tracker 3- the large contingent of support staff seem to be minimising injuries, maximising playing time and providing excellent environments for the players to excel in.
Anyone that saw my 2-over first grade bowling career one Sunny afternoon at Old Kings against Paramatta circa 2000 will recognise the deliveries above. Let's see if I do better than 1-17 this time. Play a few shots, lads and lasses.

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3 years ago
Cricket NSW Masters
Cricket NSW Masters
New South Wales, Australia
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NSW Over 60s Blues National Champions

NSW Over 60s Blues defeated Victoria by 8 wickets in the Division One Final of the Over 60s National Championships held in Perth from the 11 to 16 November 2023.

Back Row - Richard Rowlings, Paul Adams, Alister Little, Stuart Ridge, Chris Cox, Gary Whitaker, Darren Smith
Front Row - Tony Panecasio, Barry Hoy, Matthew Brennan, Geoff Patterson, Peter Jenson (Captain), Peter O'Reily, Rohan Wilson

Match Scorecard -
https://www.playhq.com/cricket-australia/org/veterans-cricket-australia/national-championships-summer-202324/o60-national-veterans-cricket-championship-division-1-john-hammer-cup/game-centre/c311dd7e
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3 years ago
James Psarakis
James Psarakis
HR Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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I.T Job Opportunities and a little cricket

🏆🏆 AUSTRALIA ARE CHAMPS AGAIN 🏆🏆

Happy Monday everyone, I've never been more excited to wake up Monday morning as it turns out my prediction of a few months back that Australian would beat India in the final has aged quite well.
A hell of a tournament from both teams but as I said in my post a few months back, India haven't handled the pressure in big moments over the past decade or so and this was no different. Over 130,000 people in attendance, millions of people watching with all eyes on them maybe got the better of them I feel. Mind you, the Aussies played outstanding cricket I thought. Stuck to their game plans throughout and backed the process they had in place.

I don't like saying I told you so... but in this case I think I can, right? 🤔🤣

On another note, I am working a few roles as we head into the holiday season:
💻Senior Backend - Node/TypeScript/GCP - Melbourne bases
💻Engineering Lead - Ruby on Rails/Node/TypeScript/React/AWS - Melbourne or Sydney
💻Test Lead - Transformation project on an internal system - Sydney based

If you're interested in any of these please reach out for a chat.

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3 years ago
Cricket NSW
Cricket NSW
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The cricket family and wider community is saddened by the passing overnight of former Cricket NSW chairman and Life Member Dr Gorur ‘Harry’ Harinath OAM.

Dr Harinath came to Australia from Hyderabad in 1971 and began work at the Mercy Hospital in Tasmania with barely a dollar to his name, before forging a highly successful medical career and making a seismic contribution to cricket.

After a year in the Apple Isle, Harinath built a friendship with former Pakistani batsman Sadiq Mohammad and was recruited to play for his cricket team, thus beginning a five-decade long connection to the game in this country.

In 1977, Dr Harinath joined Balmain Cricket Club (now Sydney Cricket Club) as their team doctor at the invitation of then Australian Cricket Board chairman Fred Bennett. It wasn’t long before Dr Harinath's passion and administrative skills led to him to the club’s presidency - a role he held for more than 30 years.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/154/cricket-nsw/blog/1748/vale-dr-gorur-lsquoharryrsquo-harinath-oam
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3 years ago
Prahran Cricket Club
Prahran Cricket Club
Melbourne, Australia
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Vale Patrick Hugh Smith OAM

It is with sadness that we report the sudden passing of former club captain and Hall of Fame inductee Patrick Smith on 12 November 2023 at the age of 71.

Born on January 20, 1952, Pat will be remembered for his outstanding career as one of Australia’s greatest sports journalists. Winner of three Walkley Awards, he was a former football, cricket and athletics writer and columnist for The Sun, and sports editor for The Age and The Australian newspapers in a career spanning almost 50 years.

He was also a longtime contributor to 1116 SEN where he worked alongside Richmond icon Kevin Bartlett for two decades.

Smith’s Walkley Awards came in 1997, 2002 and 2004 when he was recognised for his sharp commentary and cold analysis.

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2021 for his services to print media as a journalist.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/441/prahran-cricket-club/blog/1744/vale-patrick-hugh-smith-oam
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