Week 21 – ‘The Opening Spell’

First ball – Runs, wickets and records!

Earlier in the season, in Round 12 (20/01/2024), 17-year-old Addison Sherriff (born 21/07/2006) scored a century (115) for UTS North Sydney against Sydney.

On Saturday, he finished with 7-32 off 14 overs, two maidens, aged 17 years 219 days.

Sherriff joins Sam Robson and Bob Simpson as the only players to have both a first-grade century and a first-grade five wicket performance before the age of 18!

Robson (16 years 106 days) and Simpson (16 years 321 days) both got their five-wicket haul first, and their century later (Robson 17 years 210 days; Simpson 17 years 249 days).

https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3913375/week-21-the-opening-spell