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Q: Who played the best innings you've seen in a game you played?
A: Without fail, Martin Love.
One of the most patient batsmen I have ever bowled against. His innings of 194 when playing for University in Brisbane against Souths was one of the best and most majestic innings I have ever seen.
The only false shot he played was at 194 and was the one that got him out. He could leave balls over after over and wait for you to miss your line or length and hit you for four through a gap with precision.
The one innings I bowled against that you just had to say, “that was good to watch!”
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Q: Who is the one player from Brisbane 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 Queensland Premier first grade cricket team?
A: Alan Border
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Q: Jarrod Bird – my best captain
The best captain I played with was Brad Ruddell at South Brisbane District Cricket Club.
Brad learned how to get inside my head and make me focus on what our team needed. As an angry fast bowler, I could be a bit loose at times but he taught me to direct my anger and focus on what the team needed.
He also trusted me and when I told him my plan for a particular batsman, he would set fields to support that plan and always congratulate me when my plan resulted in a dismissal.
Brad always led from the front and always set a good example for all team mates. He was supportive and authoritative when he needed to be. He backed everyone in the team because we had all earned our stripes to be given a chance to play first grade cricket in Brisbane.
Humility was his second-best trait. He never had an ego and when he performed as an individual, he would find a way to include the whole team as part of his success. He is a model human being and someone I will always hold a place in my heart for.
2000/2001 season he led us to a Grand Final Victory by instilling the belief in us all that we could win. We entered the semi-finals in 4th spot and played the minor premiers who were chasing their fourth consecutive premiership. We all played to a plan and beat them convincingly with a great all round effort from everyone.
We played University of Queensland in the final at Allan Border Field. They had Martin Love, Geoff Foley, Michael Kasprowicz and other Qld shield players.
What we accomplished in this final is still one of the proudest moments I have ever experienced in cricket.
The reason we beat this team was because of the ethos that our skipper instilled in is. We won because of the strength of the team and not any one individual. Literally one of the best experiences I have ever had on a cricket field.
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Q: Giving a big plug here to Brisbane cricket umpire Stephen Dionysius who runs Venro Finance, Loans and Mortgage Brokers.
If you are looking to re-finance and getting nowhere with your bank - ring Steve.
If you are sick of getting ripped off by the banks and haven’t yet considered other options, then get onto Steve as soon as possible especially if you are self-employed.
Venro simply sorted the lot for us after getting the usual garbage treatment from our longtime bank lender.
Seriously good service after years of bank heartache.
Contact Steve –
www.www.venro.com.au
or call (07) 3074 9418
Cricket community please feel free to spread the word.
A: Steve Dionysius is a great bloke and not a bad umpire. Knows his stuff and will point you in the right direction.
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Q: My kids love heading to the nets in school holidays but often don’t have any adults with them to direct what they’re working on.
Does anyone have any advice on what drills they could do at the nets to keep them interested and engaged whilst also improving their skills?
Batting, bowling and catching all need help!
Thanks in advance
A: Put a cricket ball in a stocking and tie it to the clothes line. Hit the ball as it hangs down and every time you hit it cleanly you get a run. Every time you knick or miss the ball you lose a wicket. Great for hand eye co-ordination and they can play at home and by themselves.
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Q: I play for a club where our home ground is quite close to the beach and the senior players talk about the influence the tide has on the pitch. Is it true?
A: No. It often has more to do with the afternoon sea breeze and rise in humidity.
Tide doesn’t generally influence ground water. Water travels through clay at around 3mm/hr which means for the water to move naturally in the soil profile enough to influence the clay based wicket it would have no effect. Often the sea breeze will bring in moisture that will assist swing bowlers. (Wacca)
Most often it is a superstition that batsmen use to mask their lack of result in an innings or twenty.
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Q: Our one day Captain at South’s, Mick Sippel, told all of us that the Eastern Downs team at Gatton had mentioned in their local newspaper that our bowling attack wasn’t strong enough to beat their team. This fired all of us big quicks up and we rolled through them pretty cheaply after a few heated words in the middle. We couldn’t understand the blank look on the batters face when we got stuck into them about the newspaper article……. Until Mick told us he had made the story up to fire us up! It worked but none of us are allowed back to Gatton! 😊 😊
