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Anthony Barranca
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Played WA Premier Cricket for Perth Cricket Club
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Q: Who played the best innings you've seen in a game you played?
A: No doubt it was Adam Gilchrist! He scored over 200 (210 I think) in a 1 day, 50 over game, for the Perth Cricket Club vs Gosnells Cricket Club at Sutherlands Oval, back in the mid to late 90s. The amazing thing about it was the fact that he was out in the 40th over! A display of pure hitting & thankfully the ground was big enough to not lose any balls! Even the mis hits were going long! I had the best seat in the house!
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Q: Who is the one player from Perth Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Western Australian Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?
A: It would undoubtedly be Adam Gilchrist. His cricket skills speak for themselves, but it’s the person that he is. His personality & character was something I was instantly drawn to. What he went on to achieve was inspiring & I was lucky to get to know him & had the pleasure to call him a teammate.
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Q: Anthony Barranca - my best captain
One of the best captains I had the pleasure of playing for and with, is a man by the name of Mark Hullet.
He had a great cricket brain, but it was how he managed the team and more so the individuals within the team, a real man manager.
I’ll never forget when we were playing in our first grand final and we were all in a tight circle and he made it clear that the 11 blokes that were going to take to the field that day could share in something very special together and that the odds of the same 11 guys to get the chance to do it again was extremely unlikely.
“This side will never be the same 11 ever again”!
It really made me think about the opportunity ahead and that I would do anything for the other 10 men taking the field. He was right, we won, and those same 11 blokes were never a team again even though we won 3 premierships in 4 years.
One of the best captains I had the pleasure of playing for and with, is a man by the name of Mark Hullet.
He had a great cricket brain, but it was how he managed the team and more so the individuals within the team, a real man manager.
I’ll never forget when we were playing in our first grand final and we were all in a tight circle and he made it clear that the 11 blokes that were going to take to the field that day could share in something very special together and that the odds of the same 11 guys to get the chance to do it again was extremely unlikely.
“This side will never be the same 11 ever again”!
It really made me think about the opportunity ahead and that I would do anything for the other 10 men taking the field. He was right, we won, and those same 11 blokes were never a team again even though we won 3 premierships in 4 years.
