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Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs)

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Cricket Insights with Rob Frew - New Zealand Over 50s cricket captain

15 February 2026, Australia and New Zealand’s Over 50s cricket teams will meet in Christchurch for the opening match of an historic series - three One Day Internationals and the first-ever Over 50s Test Match played over 3 days and playing for the Peter Solway and Adrian Dale Trophy.

We’re joined by Rob Frew, captain of New Zealand to discuss the series.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1684/cricket-insights/blog/3540/cricket-insights-with-rob-frew-new-zealand-over-50s-cricket-captain

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Armidale, Australia

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Waratahs, On This Day - 8th February

Centuries to Brendon McGee, Tim MUlddon and Geoff Marshall, who also took a pfeiffer in the same game.
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Tom Shiner - Penrith Cricket Club

Arriving at Penrith for the 1980/81 season, Tom Shiner appeared rather Chaplin-esque. He had an easily recognisable gait and was generally attired in gear more crumpled than creased. He maintained a moustache, more pencil than plumage. He didn’t mind a beer, liked a cigarette. Quirky was his sense of humour, and that rounded out the ‘package’—leg-spinner with attitude.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/3535/tom-shiner-penrith-cricket-club

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Gordon District Cricket Club

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James Munting’s cricketing journey is one defined by perseverance, adaptability, and consistent excellence at the highest levels of club cricket.

A Manly junior, Munting’s early development was shaped not only on the northern beaches but also abroad, spending part of his teenage years living in the United Kingdom. That experience broadened his cricketing education before he returned home to Manly, where his senior career began in earnest. At the start of the 2003/04 season, he made his fifth-grade debut under the guidance of Steve Gazmelski, marking the first step in what would become a steady and impressive rise through the ranks.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/3513/the-journey-of-james-munting

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Steve Colley's connection with Gordon Cricket Club stretched across sixteen seasons, beginning with his Green Shield introduction in 2006 and concluding in 2022. Throughout this period, he accumulated 7,513 runs while demonstrating the values that Gordon traditionally seeks in its players.

His initial season in Green Shield yielded 260 runs at an average of 43, complemented by eight wickets bowling off spin. This early form led to his appointment as captain of the SCA Combined Green Shield First XI, marking him as a player of promise.

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UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club

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Stephanie Hughes: A Model of Consistency, Growth, and Club Spirit

Steph Hughes has been a valued and steadily improving member of the club since making her debut in the 2019/20 season at Under 15 level. From the outset, she demonstrated strong commitment and a willingness to develop her game, qualities that have defined her progression through the grades.

In the 2020/21 season, Steph stepped up to third grade, where she made an immediate impact behind the stumps

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/3511/stephanie-hughes-a-model-of-consistency-growth-and-club-spirit

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Sunshine Coast Scorchers Cricket Club

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Jumping on the bandwagon of 2016 flashbacks, in this photo gallery we show a few familiar Bears faces back then, courtesy of longstanding photographer and Life Member, Tony Johnson.

First and foremost, Robbie Aitken reached the amazing milestone of 400 First Grade appearances in Round 14 of 2015/16 against Sutherland, which was marked by the Sydney Cricket Association and captured in our cover photo. In late 2021, Robbie went on to become the first player to appear in 500 First Grade matches in Premier Cricket in Australia.

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Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

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Sunshine Coast Scorchers v University of Queensland in the 1996 Coco Cola One Day Final - 30 year match report

Just making the 50-over Coca-Cola Cup final in their debut season was a miracle for the Sunshine Coast Scorchers. The beach boys were still finding their way in Brisbane, facing Australian and Queensland players instead of farmers, spanners and bogans on the country circuit.

On a clear, nervy day in Wynnum a collection of enthusiastic amateurs – except for our two top-order legends – faced a University outfit dripping with representative bling. Sure, they had soon-to-be Test players Michael Kasprowicz and Martin Love,

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Gordon District Cricket Club

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The 1992/93 Poidevin Gray Season: A Story of Untapped Potential

The 1992/93 Poidevin Gray season remains one of the great “what might have been” chapters in the club’s history. Rich in talent and leadership, the side showed immense promise but was ultimately denied the opportunity to realise its full potential.

Throughout the season, injuries and representative selections consistently disrupted team continuity. As a result, the side rarely took the field at full strength

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/338/manly-warringah-district-cricket-club/blog/3514/the-199293-poidevin-gray-season-a-story-of-untapped-potential

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5 months ago

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James Packman remembers a star-studded clash at Chatswood Oval

James Packman – former NSW batsman. Third in career club First Grade batting records – 6705 runs at 28.78.

Match: 2007-08 Semi-Final v Randwick Petersham

Featuring: Beau Casson, Matt Nicholson and James Packman for Gordon and Burt Cockley, Nathan Hauritz, Simon Katich and Usman Khawaja for Randwick Petersham

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/3510/james-packman-remembers-a-star-studded-clash-at-chatswood-oval

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5 months ago

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Adam Parkinson and Manly's Most Winning Cricketer

Adam Parkinson’s name is etched firmly into the history of Manly Cricket Club as its most winning cricketer, a distinction earned through longevity, resilience, and consistent contribution across more than three decades of involvement with the club.

A product of the local area, Parkinson began his cricketing journey as a junior with Cromer before first representing Manly in the 1992/93 Green Shield season.

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5 months ago

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Ryan Gupta is a gifted young right-arm leg-spinner with the cricket world at his feet.

He possesses all the raw essential trappings a young wrist spinner requires to take wickets and move forward through the NSW Premier Cricket ranks and beyond into first-class cricket, especially once his skills are bolstered by further degrees of playing experience. Ryan has already achieved plenty of success, but he is still in his infancy as a purveyor of the most difficult form of bowling (Leg-spin), and excitingly for him he should be entering his prime years once he reaches his mid-twenties.

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St George Cricket Club

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As St George DCC compete in their 105 season of First Grade Cricket here's a great summary by Nathan Anderson of the trial played before they had their first official match back in the season of 1921-22.

To begin their First Grade cricket career, St George completed a trial match against an XI organised by Australian test cricketer Charlie Kelleway. The team, described by local paper The Propeller as “practically a New South Wales XI”, featured seven state representatives including test players Kelleway and Alan Kippax.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/275/st-george-cricket-club/blog/3509/st-george-dcc-trial-match-v-charlie-kelleways-xi-1921

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Kim Dolton – the driving force behind Penrith Cricket Club’s first Women’s teams

Kim Dolton, the youngest of six children, four of them big brothers, was raised at Chester Hill in a fibro house ‘of the times’, the 60s. It turned out that she, and none of her brothers, would be the cricketer.

At Sefton High School, Kim was encouraged by Patsy May, a teacher who had played for Australia at both softball and cricket. Miss May bowled tidy outswing, and, in 1976 aged 29, played against England at Lord’s, taking the first wicket

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/3505/kim-dolton-ndash-the-driving-force-behind-penrith-cricket-clubrsquos-first-womenrsquos-teams

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Penrith Cricket Club's first Women's teams: malthoid, mats and misses

At the start of the 1980s, Penrith Cricket Club hosted matches between men and women at Howell Oval with the aim of promoting women’s cricket.

In season 1986/87, a little bit of history was made when the Club fielded a team in the Sydney Women’s Cricket Association competition for the first time. Competing in Second Grade, the team faced a stiff challenge. Most of the players had come from indoor cricket, which surged in popularity in the 1980s, but few had played outdoor cricket before. They were a dedicated group, however, moulded by the tireless work of Kim Dolton on and off the field and often inspired by Bonnie Paniora’s up-front leadership.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/3504/penrith-cricket-clubs-first-womens-teams-malthoid-mats-and-misses

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Geoffrey Williams ‘Furry’ – A Crafty Slow Bowler

As a junior player for the Baulkham Hills club Geoff first appeared for Central Cumberland in the 1963/64 A.W. Green Shield team, but it was not until the 1966/67 season that he joined the club’s senior ranks. Debuting in Fourth grade and closing his initial season in Third grade. He was ‘an instant success’ capturing 54 wickets @ 12.63 (40 in 4ths and 14 in 3rds).

Like a lot of slow bowlers Geoff approached his cricket with an air of eccentricity, but he was a highly competitive player who simply loved to bowl, he thrived on plenty of work, and he was a marvellous fieldsman – ‘off his own bowling’.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/3507/geoffrey-williams-lsquofurryrsquo-ndash-a-crafty-slow-bowler

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Gordon District Cricket Club

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Kashvi Gunawardane is another of the rising young quality batsmen that the Parramatta District Cricket Club has in it’s talent stable all of whom are staking their claims for permanent future berths in the club’s First grade team.

Kashvi is a slightly built left-handed batsman who usually opens the innings, he possesses the ability to score freely ‘all around the ground’ from a sound array of attacking strokes despatched with a surprising degree of power. As is the custom with the modern approach to batting he likes to ‘take the fight to the bowler from the get-go’ and when he’s set and in free-flow his progress is hard to contain. Kashvi is also a lively and sharp fieldsman.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/406/parramatta-district-cricket-club/blog/3506/kashvi-gunawardane-ndash-a-maker-of-runs

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Women's Cricket Comes to the Gordon DCC - Part 3 (final)

As well as Price and Annetts the selectors saw fit to include Sally Moffatt, Sally Griffiths and Michelle Stenning in NSW teams. With many young women finding the club, junior teams were formed. The quality of the players was high meaning some of the girls were selected in junior representative teams. Jo Watts, Angela Burroughs and Monika Brogan wore the NSW blue cap for the first time.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/297/gordon-district-cricket-club/blog/3503/womens-cricket-comes-to-the-gordon-dcc-part-3-final

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Graeme Thorpe and other players and curators of the 1980s - Penrith Cricket Club

Graeme Thorpe, ‘Thorpey’, as he was affectionately known, joined Penrith Cricket Club from Bankstown in 1978/79. He was like the movie character Rocky in appearance – a thatch of black hair, unruly and curled at the ends, with bright eyes and a weathered face. There was earnestness to his character, a serious air that conveyed the message that he meant business and if the going was going to get tough then he’d like an invitation to be there.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/330/penrith-cricket-club/blog/3501/graeme-thorpe-and-other-players-and-curators-of-the-1980s-penrith-cricket-club

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