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Q: After a coaching career spanning well over 40 years, I am often asked to name the best cricketers that I have coached.
A very difficult decision after spending many years of coaching cricket with CNSW Youth Squads, NSW Junior Cricket Union, Westfields Sports High School, Bankstown DCC, Bankstown District Cricket Association, Camden District Cricket Association and a number of junior Clubs, There are so many cricketers worthy of note, that I thought it would be easier to select a side made up of those cricketers that I coached in their junior years, who then went on to further their careers, subsequently progressing to play cricket at a FIRST Class level.
So here goes (and my apologies to any player/s that I may have overlooked);
STEVE WAUGH (Bankstown DCC and DCA), MARK WAUGH (Bankstown DCC and DCA), USMAN KHAWAJA (Westfields SHS), WAYNE HOLDSWORTH (Bankstown DCC), PHIL JACQUES (CNSW Youth Squads), NATHAN BRACKEN (NSWJCU and BDCC), JOSH LALOR (Westfields SHS), SIMON KEEN (Bankstown DCC and Westfields SHS), SCOTT THOMPSON (Bankstown DCC and DCA), DANIEL SAMS (Bankstown DCC), DAVID FREEDMAN (Bankstown DCA) SHANE DEITZ (Bankstown DCC).
Other players considered for selection: MITCHELL CLAYDON (Westfields SHS), SCOTT HOOKEY (Bankstown DCC), GRAEME RUMMANS (NSWJCU), SCOTT PRESTWIDGE (Bankstown DCC and DCA), DEAN WAUGH (Bankstown DCC), VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (Bankstown DCC), DANIEL SOLWAY (Bankstown DCC), GRANT RODEN (Bankstown DCC), HANNAH DARLINGTON (Westfields SHS), KATE WAETFORD (WSHS).
As I stated, there are a whole lot of players from over my coaching years who I would consider selecting in "Best Of" teams, but the task would be an endless one, and I wouldn't want to disappoint any of the huge list of fine young cricketers that I was able to assist during their junior careers.
