Michael Maclennan began his grade cricket career in 1990/91 when he joined Waverley/Eastern Suburbs after growing up in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney.

In 25 seasons of grade cricket Michael has won three premierships, a Benaud medal for the player of the match in the first grade grand final and was selected as one of the top 50 contenders for the Waverley/Eastern Suburbs team of 125 years

At what age did you make your first grade debut in grade cricket and what can you remember about the game?

I was 21 and it was the last game of the season against Mosman at Waverley Oval. It was memorable as at the end of the first days play Brett Lee bowled an amazingly quick spell and had hit two of our players in the helmet and one had been taken off the field. Greg Matthews was the captain and asked if I wanted to be nightwatchman!!! (Crapping myself) I was “yeah sure”, Mark Patterson stepped in and said no “all good I’ll go into to bat.”

Think I scored about 10 and took a catch.

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